Raspberry Hedge

Hi Can, I wouldn't think thistle, particularly creeping ones would be a good companion for raspberries which also creep. We have had record amounts of sunshine this spring and early summer. If you have had the same it's likely all the sunshine would help as long as they got enough water as well. I've only got autumn raspberries but take a small crop off them in the spring which was about 2kg this year and the quality was excellent.