Comments on: How to Prune Mysore Raspberries for Warm Climates

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:16:59 +0000

In reply to Marlon Manapsal. I am not sure. I do know that with only one plant you will get fruit set. However, I am not sure if the plants require pollination. I would assume so. Some plants are pollinated by wind but I don't think the Mysore raspberry is pollinated just from wind.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:03:20 +0000

In reply to Allison Carroll. Haha yes the climate here is very different from that of up north and I know that type of soil you are speaking about. Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsTV on YouTube has a lot of experience growing in that sand. For the Mysore raspberry I have found that they don't really spread through the roots. Right now my plant is spreading a little, so I think maybe once they have been growing for a few years they might do it. However, in general the plant tends to be propagated more from the tips of the branches. The process is called tip layering. I hope it goes well with your plant! :)

By: Marlon Manapsal

Marlon Manapsal — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 15:23:10 +0000

Is the flower self pollinating or do I need to pollinate them manually? We dont have pollinators in our area.

By: Allison Carroll

Allison Carroll — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:21:27 +0000

Thank you so much for this!! I am a temperate organic produce market gardener recently transplanted from New Jersey to Florida, and I have been frustrated beyond belief, trying to figure out how to grow anything in Florida, the more so as I am on the west central coast, which is 100% sugar sand - no topsoil! I had amazing heirloom (80-year-old) raspberries up north, which promptly died in Florida. So I bought a Mysore raspberry plant online and am anxiously watching it, to see if it acts at all like my old raspberries. I think that it just put up one cluster of flower buds, yay! So I was thrilled to find your very specific directions and good drawings showing how to prune them. Sure enough, this will be very different from how I handled my heirlooms.

Will a Mysore raspberry plant spread via root? My old ones would have taken over my whole field, if I had not mowed around them! If I can get the Mysore to grow (and if I like how they taste!), I would like to propagate them into a 24-foot row for market production.

Again, thank you so much - I look forward to finally getting things going!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 21 May 2021 23:17:52 +0000

In reply to Jim Gates. Getting trees to fruit can be quite tricky. Especially when it comes to lychee. It is possible that if you graft onto the lychee tree that it will fruit. However, since you bought the tree do you know if it was grafted or not? Many lychee trees sold are already grafted when small. The thing with lychee is that it doesn't fruit every year. One year it will flower and then the next year it takes a break. Sometimes it takes a break for multiple years. The lychee tree needs cold enough temperatures in order to fruit. You can try searching on google for "purdue lychee" and you should find a post that goes into depth about lychees. As for getting trees to fruit, I have heard that some people hammer nails into the main trunk of the tree to stress the tree out and make it fruit. I have also heard of people beating the main trunk of the tree with a bat. I haven't tried either of those so I can't say how effective they are.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 21 May 2021 22:28:17 +0000

In reply to Craig Hepworth. Thank you! I am glad you found it helpful. I think it is worth it to plant it in the ground and even propagate it to make a short row of them. That is what I would like to do one day.

By: Jim Gates

Jim Gates — Tue, 18 May 2021 17:17:32 +0000

I bought a Lychee tree when it was a small plant about 10 years or more the tree is about 15 tall and has not produced any fruits yet. I had mango tree that didn’t produce fruits so I graft a limb from the big tree and it produce fruits.maybe if I get a limb from a Lychee tree and graft it may it might produce fruits.or maybe you can tell me how to get it to produce fruits that is a valid email address

By: Craig Hepworth

Craig Hepworth — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 11:18:59 +0000

Great post, very informative, especially that diagram. I have a Mysore raspberry plant in a pot - this inspires me to get it in the ground, so I can manage it like this and get some good harvests. Page bookmarked!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:57:58 +0000

In reply to Bonnie. That is awesome that you are gardening! There were some major seed and plant shortages this year! I love berry plants too and there is such a variety of them. One of my favorites is the mulberry but it is actually a tree! You can keep it pruned to a smaller size though. When you go to prune the thorny plants use some very thick gloves. I have some leather gloves that we bought in Home Depot. I am glad you found my post helpful and thank you for reading :)

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 01:58:34 +0000

Thank you for posting this great information! Like many others, I became a beginner container gardener 2020 (after waiting about 10yrs to start growing *laughs* I obviously couldn’t have picked a worse time as I unintentionally ran into COVID-19 & I say worst, only because of increased pricing & seed rarity due to COVID issues.) Anyways, I have LOVED berry plants since I was a kid, and now I am trying to grow a bunch of different varieties (Tayberry, Gooseberry, Currants, Raspberries, Salal Berries, Salmon Berries, Etc - the more unusual the better!.) , I know I need to keep them all separate to avoid cross pollination causing hybrids, but, a part of growing berries I had failed to consider was the thorns, but now I am researching and the information posted here has certainly been educational & has helped me feel much more equipped to deal with those Berry Plants with thorns in the coming future. Thank You!!..