Onions! And Raspberries!

[iloveasailor]

I planted some onions last year in my garden, but I think it was probably waaaayy too late in the season, and they didn't really grow very much. This year, however, I started raking the leaves off of my garden, and there they are again, already growing. Two of them are looking a little funny though...what I'm assuming happened is that I didn't

Comments

[matanai]

Your raspberries probably are just 1 year. They're pretty short in their first year... about a foot or two. Supposedly they can and might give you 1 handful of fruit, but they get better each year.

[yesididit]

raspberries put out their berries on second year canes. that means the first year the canes come up they just put out leaves. the second year is when those canes that came up last year will put out berries.

[liminalia]

Toss those onions. They'll probably flower this year.

[dangerduckie21]

2nd this, unless you want onions sprouting all over next year - but you're not going to get anything edible from them this year.

[martygreene]

Or, let them flower, and as the flowers start to fade put a small baggie around them to catch the seed, and then you can plant the seed for next year.

[i_beckygardens]

The problem with buying things like berries at chain stores is they will sell out of zones. For example, I can grow a few raspberries and rabbit-eye blueberries in my hot and humid zone nine, but they sell berries that only go to zone 7. My personal opinion is a nursery, even though it might cost more, is a better place to start out. Usually they can answer questions and sell plants suited for your zone. good luck

[jahzcat]

Most raspberry/blackberry canes will not produce berries until they've had a fully established 1st year in the ground from my experience. Like the others have said, you'll get berries from the canes/branches that grew from the first year, then after the second year, you'll have to cut back the oldest canes to get a good production the following years.
Not sure about the blueberries, never tried those. I know you'll get a "couple" of berries the first established year, but nothing to write home about until the 2nd or 3rd. that and they need more acidic soil than regular plants, it's why they do so well in the NJ pine barrens, best soil evar for blueberries.

Wish I could be of some help with your onions, never did those before. I'd like to one day tho.

[sammason]

I agree about raspberries. Here (England) we have a choice of summer-fruiting varieties, which are as you describe, and autumn-fruiting varieties whose canes fruit in their first year of growth. The summer-fruiting varieties are more widely grown and more prolific.

[jahzcat]

I've never seen fall bearing black or raspberries around here ever! That would be nice tho, since I never seem to get my hands on any of the berries that come out in June, the birds or hikers always beat me to it!