Raspberry | Lake Red | OG
$29.00
Available Stock: 72
This collection of NZ heritage berries has mostly come to us from many people around New Zealand, however a significant part of the collection came from Henry Harrington. A growing part of the collection is from a member and Koanga Seed Curator, Wendy Evans, who lives near Wellington and collects heritage berries. She has named her collections after the places she found them. All these berries are grown from root division and grown in Open Ground situation “og”.
1m
72 in stock
Description
Classic red raspberries that sucker strongly like the yellow one. Fragrant, tasty, fruits well all over NZ , fruits in both December and again February in Autumn. Crop lasting for many weeks through April and into May. Best in a largish Food Forest situation where they can form a raspberry patch.
From Louise Shaw 2006, originally from the central North Island lakes area. 1.5m, ripe December.
There is a choice between letting them grow wildish, and suckering anywhere, and managing them by using a weed eater to control or cut harvesting paths. This is potentially a good way to manage them in a largish forest garden. The other option is to de-sucker several times a year and keep them in a bed with hard paths each side to discourage suckering. They repeat crop, so you get the early crop and a smaller one in Autumn. With raspberries you also have the added bonus of the leaves. At Koanga we put raspberry leaves in our tea everyday, incredibly nourishing for us all.
