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Growing Red Raspberries, Planting Raspberries, How to Grow Raspberries
When growing red raspberries, it is important to handle the bare-root plants with care.
Some plants go into such a deep sleep when they become dormant that they can be pulled from the soil, washed clean, and sold with their roots bare.
Raspberries and other brambles are often purchased with bare roots in late winter and early spring, as are many fruit trees and flowering vines.
If you cannot plant your red raspberry plants right away, lay them on the ground and pile about 4 inches of damp soil or compost over the roots so they will not freeze.
Avid gardeners call this procedure, "heeling out".
To get the plants off to a trouble free start, give them a drink of compost tea.
When you lift out the plants a week or so later, do not be surprised if you see threadlike new roots.
This is a welcoming sign that the plants are emerging from their winter slumber at last!