NATURE ATTRACTION – Enjoy mouth-watering succulent, black, red and gold raspberries right from your garden. Each variety will produce its own unique luscious flavor and do so in succession from early summer through late fall!
KEY TIPS – These varieties are extremely hardy, long-lived and grow in any soil type! They provide abundant fruit starting with the 2nd season.
SHELF LIFE – Plant into the garden as soon as the ground has thawed enough to dig. 
PREPARATION - Each bag contains 2 bare root plants. Remove each bare root from the plastic bags. Cut away any yellow or brown leaves that may have occurred. Be careful of the prickly areas on the cane of the starts.  
DETERMINING THE BOTTOM OR TOP OF CLUMPS – These bare roots have roots radiating from the crown and cane above the crown. The roots should be put into the soil facing downward.
GARDEN LOCATION – They like full sun or partial. Dig holes twice the width of the root ball and deep enough to accommodate the roots.
POTTED PLANTS – These prefer to be placed directly in the garden not containers.
SOIL PREPARATION – They will grow in just about any type of soil including clay, sandy soil or otherwise.
PLANTING DEPTH and SPACING - Plant separately spacing about 3-6 feet plus Dig holes twice the width of the root ball and deep enough to accommodate the roots.
Place them in their holes. Pack soil firmly around crown. Full sun or partial sun is needed.
PLANT HEIGHT – Red and Gold will grow to 5-6 feet on thick erect cane. Black Logan grows to 6-8 feet plus.
SPROUTING TIME - Sprouts in spring. In the ground it takes a little longer if the temperatures are still cool.
WATER - Water thoroughly upon planting and a couple times per week thereafter all summer long.
FERTILIZER – This helps promote new growth and fruit production from year to year. For best results, use a well balanced plant food once in early spring before growth starts and once more when blooms appear. Roberta’s Flower Magic Plant Food (M7503) works exceptionally well.
LIGHTING – Full sun or partial sun is needed.
BLOOMING – These plants will bloom in late spring to summer.
FRUITING - Starting with the 2nd season each variety fruits for about 4 weeks. Black Logan begins producing early summer; Red Heritage late summer, and Fall Gold early autumn.
TEMPERATURE ZONE 5 to 8- These are hardy down to a minus 20 degrees below 0.
SEASONAL FALL THINNING – The best time to thin is after the first heavy frost. Prune away canes that have fruited already, leaving those that haven’t untouched.
GROOMING – You may at anytime cut away dead or damaged wood.
TRAINING – The Black requires more support and training than do the Red and Gold. You can train one year old cane that did not produce that year if desired. Otherwise they will arch toward the ground without support.