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[Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>]

Pete, thanks for your recent response to my inquiry about why my 
raspberries tend to die out after several years at 7000 feet in NM.

You mentioned that they don't like wet feet. My soil is pretty heavy 
clay without a lot of organic matter. I'm thinking of adding lots of 
compost etc but also wondering if it would help to work in some sand for 
drainage and aeration.

What do you think? And how deep should I amend the soil for raspberry roots?

Would it help to put a 3 or 4 inch layer of gravel UNDER the root zone 
and then put the soil mix (with sand) above the gravel?

Thanks.

Regards,

Jay

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On 10/9/2014 11:20 AM, Pete Tallman wrote:
> Pleased to announce that my Niwot primocane-fruiting black raspberry is now 
> available for ordering from Nourse Farms online catalog for spring 2015 
> planting. See http://noursefarms.com/raspberry-plants/niwot/
>
> Pete Tallman
> Longmont, CO                                    
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