Raspberries fall in the category of brambles. They are almost weed-like. This is my first experience working with raspberries, so I have not fully grasped everything related to these plants. My understanding is that the cane is the plant prior to the leaves being grown. Most of mine already had some foliage growing. So, I guess you could say I planted a combination of plants and canes. The PVC pipe holds the mesh. Right now the mesh is large just to keep the deer away. My friend's mom told me to get coarse mesh from JoAnn's to keep the birds out in the summer. It isn't a fool-proof system, but it is better than nothing. We only had enough PVC pipe for one row. My friend's parents gave us what they had. We need to buy more PVC to make another row. Their rows were shorter than ours.

I hope that helps clear some things up.

Blessings,
Jennie

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Posted by gokings13

I get it now!
I planted my canes next to the deck, so that I could throw my net over the deck!
This PVC contraption is a great idea!!

Thanks for the tips!
Laura

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Posted by stitchnchick

The PVC is a great idea! I'm not sure how it would work for us... We just planted an acre of berries, if you can believe that! (That would be a lot of PVC!) If all goes well, next year, we'll be up to our elbows in berries. :-)

Amy

Edited by stitchnchick on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 08:25

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Posted by cradtke

Thanks for visiting my blog. I have a few raspberry plants and I think your pvc pipe idea would work for me. Thanks for sharing.
Carol

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