Next year should be the beginning of cropping for the Caroline, based on my experience it will be small relative to subsequent years. Caroline will spread far beyond the boundry of your planter in no time at all and fill it up. I appreciate wanting to have more than one variety but due to space constraints, either Caroline or Anne will soon dominate. There is no reason to be pruning anything off the Caroline this growing season other than at planting, let the plant do all it can.

As to the Meeker, won't fit and You'd be disturbing the roots of the other two trying to plant it, not a good idea.

Do yo think the meeker would be ok in lik a 5-7 gallon container? The bottom of this container is covered with fabric. Can the raspberries still escape that? lol

The meeker should be okay in a 5 gal. container this year. But either this fall or early next spring you should try to find a permanent location for it.

I don't think the raspberries will spread beyond the container because of the retaining blocks. Raspberry roots tend to spread laterally by runners. However, in a year or two the caroline and anne will be growing into each other.

Rodney

Thank you for all of th einfo. I am trying to find a good spot for the meeker but not having mch luck. WOuld it be a problem to pt raspberry against a wall? or would that make harvest too difficlt?

It would be better if you had access to both sides for harvesting but sometimes you gotta make do with what you got. If the spot against the wall is in a good location with plenty of sun, I'd go ahead and plant it. Just be sure that you don't let the plant get too wide because you need to be able to reach the back of the plant to pick the berries.

Rodney