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colchie Vashon, WA(Zone 8a) Feb 01, 2009

help! last year I planted some raspberries sort of near the vegetable garden. The veggies grew ok but not great. When I turned over the veg. garden in the fall, the raspberry roots had spread all the way across - about 10 feet (with new shoots every 8 inches or so). Anyone got any advice? I'd like to be able to grow both raspberries and veg, and only have so much space to work with.

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krowten Greensburg, PA Feb 02, 2009

Raspberry roots remain relatively shallow. If the spreading is a problem, you can always put in a root barrier such as used by people growing bamboo. Put in heavy duty plastic (such as a piece of pool liner) underground down to about a foot. It's not that hard to do and plastic underground lasts a very long time. I wish I had your problem as mine don't spread nearly that fast.

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KathyJo Fayette, MO(Zone 6a) Feb 03, 2009

Definitely a problem I wish I had too..
Why not trade some starts for plants you don't have..?

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