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["J. Rosano II" <GIANNI-2@prodigy.net>]

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Kevin: meant no discourse to da bunny!!! hee, hee
Unfortunately had to learn the hard way that they are quite prolific
in my area... Had a small horde of them tell their buddy's this guy
has some great raspberries that are little and mouth height.
"Let's wipe him out" which they did. I ran out of milk crates. 

Have decided to split my crop in half and join you in your experiment
and head for the woods with the other half. Those results you state seem
very interesting and worthy of a trial. I am now excited again for my
rubus....

Really appreciate the details Kevin, thanks so much!

Best wishes,
John


> My reply:
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> I have been hesitating on mentioning this, but...
> 
> This year I tested the merits of growing Raspberries in the shade verses
> in full sun...by shade I have planted my raspberries underneath some
> fully grown locust trees(some 50 feet tall), the only time sun actually
> hits the plants is for 45 minutes to a hour a day, the rest of the time
> they are shaded...I tested 3 each of Heritage and Taylor in the shade
> verses my standard 25 foot rows in full sun...
> 
> And the results, well...to my taste buds the plants grown in the shade
> actually seemed a bit sweeter, something I was not expecting...the canes
> seemed even darker green, and though the sample was small, none if the
> canes experienced wilt, which I could not say for those planted in full
> sun...however, I did not control the mulch factor, which is to say those
> in the sun have a minimum  of 6 inches of mulch on them, and those in the
> shade did not...
> 
> This is a bit contrary to the standard advice given, and the testing
> procedure is very loose, but I would encourage other berry growers to
> experiment in kind.
> 
> John, in answer to your question my FallGold is located in the shade of
> the Locust tree.
> And I won't even dignify the "rabbit onslaught" comment with a reply  : )
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Very truly yours in growing all sorts of delicious things,
> 
>                                                                     the
> fluffy bunny
>

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