North Carolina Berry Grower Finds Method for Growing Raspberries Successfully

North Carolina berry grower Cal Lewis has succeeded in growing raspberries on the Carolina coast with the long cane method, reports North Carolina State University. Although the climate is ordinarily too warm to produce raspberries on a commercial scale, Lewis and NC State researchers tried production with primocanes grown in containers in a cooler climate. “We put them out in our enclosed protective tunnels in January,” says Lewis, who sources his plants from Quebec, Canada. “We harvest fruit in April and May, and we discard the plants after that.
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