September Everbearing Raspberry Plant

Facts about September Everbearing Raspberry plant. September Everbearing Raspberry plant. "Scientific name for September Everbearing Raspberry plant is called Rubus idaeus". September Everbearing Raspberry plant, is one of the more popular raspberry varieties. It is considered mosaic resistant, and also resistant to some degree to all major pests. It has very good disease and insect resistant.

The September Everbearing Raspberry plant produces tart fruit with a sweet scent in the late spring, usually around June. This is a small crop compared to the large crop produced in September, hence the name. If you live in a warmer region like the Southern United States, the large fruit may show up in August.
The September Everbearing Raspberry plant is self-pollinating and are are considered self-fertile.

Rubus idaeus 'September' grows in zones three through seven. The September Everbearing Raspberry plant need full sun exposure. This variety has medium growth and a two to four foot (.60 to 1.22 meters) spread. It grows up to four feet tall. It grows in a wide variety of soils, but it grows best in fertile soil that receives at least one inch (2.5 cm) of water each week during the growing season, but this can be taken care of by watering. Mulch it and water less through the winter. The September Everbearing Raspberry plant is cold tolerant and even produces fruit after a cool summer.

The September Everbearing Raspberry plant produces medium sized berries that are rose-red.
The berries from this plant can be eaten fresh, frozen or used in pies. The September Everbearing Raspberry plant is grown by home gardeners as well as commercial growers.

If you are planting this raspberry variety, plant it in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Spacing for this variety is thirty inches (76 cm). It grows best in well drained soil.

September Everbearing Raspberry plants are unusual in that they produce fruit on the two year old wood, whereas most ever-bearing varieties bear fruit on one year old wood. You should prune the September Everbearing Raspberry plant so that it has about five canes per crown in the winter.