Wonder if anyone grow Anne raspberry in 9B, humid-hot weather and succeed? I tried to grow one, fruited one year, tasted amazing. It died on me in second year, because of blight. I tried to prune it when the blight started, it grew back after dormant but still didn’t survive. It was planted partly shade to avoid the extreme heat, and fertilize at least one with berry tone. I did tried Herritage, died before Anne, blight also, didn’t like the taste as much so. Now I’m thinking about trying again. But I’m afraid it might not be worth it. So I wonder if anyone succeed with similar climate like mine? Thank you in advance.
Not sure if this helps, but I have bought it twice in 9a here. The first planting died after fruiting once, and the replacement I am 99% sure died this year also. For whatever reason it seems maybe too hot maybe too humid but I won’t try for a third plant. Good luck, I agree though the few berries I got before they died were indeed fantastic.
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Was your part shade location a morning sun only location ?
If not you might try that.
Morning sun location is cooler… evening sun is brutal.
The back of my home faces due east… gets morning sun only… and mid day on… indirect light only.
Loganberry loved it there. I am sure raspberries would too.
Here in my zone 7b only red raspberries seem to be tuf enough to live long term. They produce root shoots much more vigorously than golds or blacks. They also seem to be able to take the heat better.
Mine do well most years in full sun here… but like last summer we had near 2 months of no rain and more heat than usual… I had about 100 reds blacks and some purples… now only about half of those reds remain.
And many of those reds that remain part of the cane died.
They are sending up rootshoots vigorously now so this fall I should get a good fall crop.
We are getting a small spring crop now off the reds that remain.
In your case… you may have to limit direct sun with shade cloth or other structures to only a few hours 3 or 4 of morning sun only.
Good Luck !
TNHunter
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It’s probably helpful to compare climate and geography.
TNhunter in 7b at several hundred or maybe a thousand get of elevation, lost all blacks and purples, and many of his reds, after a particularly hard summer.
GKight, in 8b/9a at like five feet above sea level on an island with a lot of moderating coastal influence, lost Anne both times he tried it.
If you’re inland along the sweltering Gulf coast in 9b, I’d be shocked if Anne survived. You’ll probably have better luck with subtropical raspberries.
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The title should be changed the “Southeast” or something. Alot of 9b South America is cloud forest, where I imagine raspberries would thrive (its where all the subtropical ones come from).
People grow raspberries as annuals here. They have a step decline in the summer due to the heat and humidity, even in part shade. It becomes a breeding ground for disease.
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The taste was amazing right? So fruity and kinda tropical. It was the best raspberry I’ve ever tasted. I wanted to grow it so bad but surely this humid will be no good to the raspberry. I have better luck with blackberry since it’s less picky.
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Thank you for your informations, TBHunter. It did get morning sun and afternoon shade. I thought about growing it under shade cloth since I plant lettuces but feel like it might be unnecessary since it got pretty good shade on the afternoon. The humidity here is unbearable and even my roses are suffering. I didn’t know raspberry could be so picky haha. Anyway it was a fun experience.
I thought about growing Dorman raspberry but people said it’s not worth it to grow since the taste is not great.
I guess I’ll stick to blueberry since it’s less picky and does very well where I am.
And good luck to your red raspberry too, the weather has been unpredictable these recent years. We had an extremely rare snow storm last year where I am. We haven’t had snow like that in 100 years, it was so incredible.
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Yes we do grow Dorman raspberry here but it doesn’t taste very great. I thought I might have a chance to grow Anne but seem like they are too susceptible to diseases. It became too much of a risk to near by plants so i guess i won’t grow it again. I probably gonna stick with growing mulberry and blueberry.
Thank you a_Vivaldi. I wanted to grow it so bad but I guess it’s better to stick with easier berries.
I think it was the afternoon sun that killed mine. I think if I put it as trev said only morning sun it could possibly survive. But I don’t want a berry plant that merely survives I want them that thrive. Every raspberry which I’ve tried just merely survives, none have thrived. Other than the black ones of course which I’m content with, maybe I’ll move some runners to the shade to see how they do. Pretty sure he said he’s in South America, not southern America (though technically it is haha). Maybe Mysore? I tried seeds of them but none germinated, I hate surface sow seeds of any plant. Never get good germination and keeping them moist is impossible for me.
What about the bushel and berry raspberry shortcake that is supposedly bred for hot decks and zoned to 9? Might be a chill hours problem, but has anyone tested it in the heat and humidity? I have 4 that were HD box plants going on my deck this year and while they aren’t as vigorous as my standard reds, they seem to be growing on the scorching full sun deck. At least, for now.
The title original was South America, but they updated their profile to Louisiana, so they changed the title. Mysores would still probably be a good option, depending on how frosty they get. I got my seeds to germinate, I don’t think I surface sowed (can’t remember) but I kept them bottom watered and they sprouted in about a month or so.
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I tried for like 5 months in winter inside with bottom heat and surface spray. No mold, no germination