Raspberries!?!?

please tell me everything you know about raspberries please close to the climate, harvested, irragation, area required, where on earth to get them from, marketing, pests and diseases and fertilizer needs??
thnx xo.

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Here's the whole story...

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You're mentioning production and marketing lead me to believe you're looking for info on small scale farming...

Here's some links next to valuable information -

US Ag Marketing and Resource Center
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/commodity/fru...

Brambles - Production Management and Marketing from OSU Ag ext Services
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b782/index.html

Ag Alternatives from Penn State Co-op Ext
http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/Pubpg...

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Answers:    lol. So you want someone to type up a integral BOOK?

How about an overview instead?

They grow best where in attendance is some winter. (they don't like the tropics).

Plant them in a sunny spot, and once established, really don't obligation much water (unless you're trying to grow them in an arid enviornment - within which case I recommend cacti and yucca and such instead)

You can buy them online from all carriage of nurseries. You can also find them locally (if you live in a temperate climate explicitly condusive to growing them). Check with your local garden center or nursery in the spring.

Because my soil is dull to alkaline, and they appreciate acid, I give them Holly-Tone once or twice a year.

They can find rust, but in general are pretty disease and pest free. They spread steadily, and are a marvelous berry source for a minimum of fuss.

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