Produces an abundance of large, bright, juicy raspberries, with a truly delicious flavour. What’s more, if you find you can’t eat the fruit as quickly as you harvest it, Joan J comes out of the freezer tasting as sweet and delicious as the day it was picked.
As a primocane raspberry, it fruits on newly produced canes, harvest the first raspberries from late July-early August and keep picking right through to the first frosts in October-November!
Height: 150cm (59″). Spread: 50cm (20″).
Growing Information
Grow autumn fruiting raspberry plants in a sunny position in any well drained soil. Prior to planting, incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the planting hole. Plant raspberry canes in rows allowing a distance of 60cm (24″) between plants. Firm in and water well. Canes should be pruned to 30cm (12″) immediately following planting to encourage more shoots to be produced. Autumn fruiting varieties do not require supports for their stems. They can also be grown in large containers of soil based compost such as John Innes no.3.
