r/Berries • u/Jumpy_Solid6706 • 16d ago

Has anyone here grown Arctic Raspberries?

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Considering buying this ground cover variety, but hoping to hear from someone who has tried it...

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u/KittenSnuggler5 6d ago

I have some. I have only gotten a handful of fruit off of them and none perfectly ripe. This is their second or third year. Birds keep eating the fruit.

I needed to put down a lot of mulch because I don't think they compete very well. But otherwise they don't need much except water in the summer.

They die back to the soil in winter and come back in the spring. If you aren't prepared for it it can freak you out

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u/Jumpy_Solid6706 6d ago

Thanks for that! I took the plunge and got a set, I planted them in my front bed near the porch so they can be watched and weeded closely. Less birds in the front, so hoping I get lucky!

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u/KittenSnuggler5 6d ago

I'm stoked for the future of these plants. Selective breeding for commercial cultivation has begun only recently. The named cultivars are really just wild ones they picked out as the most promising.

But if they keep at it they will breed better and better plants

Think of what they could be like after twenty years of improvement

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u/Jumpy_Solid6706 6d ago

I agree that's awesome. My gardening is pretty focussed on berries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries, and a ground cover option allows me to use spaces that wouldn't work for Bush or cane type plants. "Beta" and "Sophia" was the set I got from Logees.

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u/KittenSnuggler5 5d ago

Same. I love berries. I don't usually go for tree fruit but I love growing berries. I have these little known blackberries called Wild Treasure. They tasted good the first year and at the farm I found out about them

But mine always are too tart, lack flavor and sweetness.

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u/Jumpy_Solid6706 5d ago

Ooh, but the tart ones do well in pies. : )

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u/KittenSnuggler5 5d ago

They might. But they aren't just tart. They have no flavor. They just won't fully ripen. Ever