raspberry rascal

A few years ago I planted 3 different raspberry  plants. One died right away, one died a few months later I believe both because of a gopher.  For some reason one survived. 2024 we got quite a few wonderful berries. Last year not so much, I don't remember what kind it is, so I don't know how to prune it. It's still alive, and has sent babies in my raised bed.  This bed is a hugel beet. The bottom is 1/2" hardware cloth.  I would love to remove them from the bed and plant them in a better spot.  The bed itself isn't very deep. what do you think, will it survive?

They are similar to strawberries in that there should be one piece of the plant that sent up the shoot, that is connected back to the main plant. Unlike strawberries, it happens underground and when the shoot is 6"-8" high, it should be a successful transplant.

Dig the shoots root system up and cut off from the main plant. I leave 4" of the main root but that is just what I do. Maybe it should be more or less, I don't know.

The mesh in the bottom of the bed may make this difficult unless you are willing to cut out some of the mesh.

You could wait and, more than likely, have more coming up not in the bed which would be easier to dig up. I let all of our blackberry and raspberry shoots, that I don't want to make bushes, get about 16" high and cut them off and feed to the meat rabbits. They love them.

I removed the raspberries from my bed.  I managed to get a few with some nice roots, so I planted them in a pot. They may or may not grow, but I don't loose anything by trying.
When I pulled one of the little raspberry plants it had a long root with lots of shoots.  So I'm worried I may end up with this bed being taken over by raspberry . This is not what I intended, but we love raspberries, so what ever will be will be. Time will tell.

I guess you could say raspberries can be an invasive plant.  But a tasty one.

Five years ago I planted a couple dozen plants in a 6 inch raised bed, 2 foot wide and 16 feet long.  They have now spread over 12 feet from that.  New shoots come up in my 24 inch deep raised 4 x 4 foot beds a few feet away.  

I just clip them off as I am not going to try to dig up that much raised bed to get at the roots.  And I think it would be a temporary fix.

I also took a couple dozen of the "extra" plants a transplanted them to a different garden.  Most have lived but not thrived like the first location, but this past year they seemed to gotten used to the new location and I saw a few new shoots.

Raspberrries seem to move to where they are happy - I guess your bed must suit them better than the general soil...

It's a hugel beet that I add good stuff to, and keep weeded, so that makes sense.