Belpech Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Does anyone have any experience of growing raspberries in the Rouergue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I'm not exactly sure where you are (the Auvergne? High-ish altitude?). I grow raspberries very successfully in my part of the SW, but the SW is a very diverse region in climate and terrain. On the basis that Scotland is famous as a raspberry productor then I don't think you will have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Are raspberries, I wonder, one of those fruits which require a certain period of low temperature in order to have a successful fruiting the following summer ?Cetainly strawberries (or at least the decent, old varieties with some taste) are not happy following a very mild winter.Speaking of which, I've long held the view that - just like there is one huge factory in southern China which makes EVERY electric fan sold anywhere in the world - Elsanta strawberries are actually made of balsa wood, sprayed with red cochineal dye in a large factory in southern Spain. Can anyone confirm this ?I defy anyone in a blindfold tasting to be able to identify them as strawberries !paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoneye Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 i believe you are correct that raspberries certainly prefer a cold period for a good crop. i had never grown them before coming to france, and technicall speaking havent grown them here so much as 'found' a patch of the, which i mostly inadvertently cut down while slashing at 6 foot high nettles. Having realised that some of them weren't nettles i left a gap around them to see what they turned out to be. can't say i have the biggest crop in world (15 raspberries a day on average! - enough to slip in with the ice cream) but they certainly seem to be quite hardy. i am in limousin area and as everyone knows its been pretty hot, followed by very heavy rain/storms. I can't see any reason why you wouldnt successfully grow them to be honest, but i am a bit of a novice at gardening so not sure my opinion should be counted on too much! either way a friend purchased a new raspberry bush for me as a small gift (before i realised what others were) and it was very cheap so i guess you dont have much to lose to buy one on a trial basis ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 [quote user="Gyn_Paul"]Speaking of which, I've long held the view that - just like there is one huge factory in southern China which makes EVERY electric fan sold anywhere in the world - Elsanta strawberries are actually made of balsa wood, sprayed with red cochineal dye in a large factory in southern Spain. Can anyone confirm this ?I defy anyone in a blindfold tasting to be able to identify them as strawberries !paul[/quote]Balsa? I thought they were a new, small, red type of turnip![:@]Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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