[LotuSeed]

The red raspberry canes I ordered bare root  a few years ago (this is my third season) were one year old, the gold were two years old. The one year old canes definitely took longer to show signs of life than the 2 year old ones. IIRC, it wasn't until last year that the red ones started to look like proper canes and bore some fruit. Are all of yours one year old canes?

[barley]

 

I emailed Pomona Fruits about mine today as still only 4 canes have sent up shoots. I got a very helpful reply saying they often see new canes taking until June to grow new shoots so I should not give up until mid-June. They have said if I have no luck by then, they will provide me with replacements in the autumn. So I now have renewed hope  and all my fingers and toes are crossed.

3 more of my  canes now coming to life 

I would take their advice and leave them longer until June as I'm sure they are slowly waking up - after all we haven't really had a heat wave yet have we 

[ptarmigan]

Out of 9, 6 are now showing signs of life, so I'm keeping fingers crossed that the other 3 (different variety) will perk up when it gets warm.

[oldgrunge]

5 out of 6 of my Autumn Bliss have now produced shoots, it would seem they just need time.

[maddave]

Last night I dug a few of my canes up and I am pretty sure they are stone dead! The two that have sprung to life are full of leaves, but the other 10 are distictly twigs!

Looking at the roots, they have grown new roots compared to what was there when they were planted, but nothing esle since. I think I'll rip up half of them and use the space to grow squash instead!!

[Goosegirl]

I don't like the look of the splits on the cane so keep pestering them for a refund or possible replacements if they have any left..

[maddave]

If anyone is looking to get some raspberries and cant find any for sale, I noticed whilst in Sainsbury's they have a load of Gooseberries, blackcurrants, blackberries and raspberries plants available. All £4 each. Only seem to have one variety of each.

I ended up getting two yellow raspberries which are full of lots of healthy growth, so they will replace a couple of the dead ones I have already.  It doesn't say on them what variety they are exactly which is a shame, but they look to be summer fruiting. Hopefully I'll get a small crop this year and will add to them next autumn.

[barley]

its amazing what a bit of warmth does 

my dead canes are not so dead - looked at them today and wow we have life

[Yorkshire Lass]

Last night I dug a few of my canes up and I am pretty sure they are stone dead! The two that have sprung to life are full of leaves, but the other 10 are distictly twigs!

Looking at the roots, they have grown new roots compared to what was there when they were planted, but nothing esle since. I think I'll rip up half of them and use the space to grow squash instead!!

That's what mine looked like when I dug them up.  I have to say this gardening lark can be difficult because 2 of my new ones have been damaged by the sun 

[andimac]

I checked mine a week ago (I'm away again at the moment) and they are all now showing new growth. 15/15.
The older plants which went into the same piece of ground at the same time are way ahead of the bare root plants. I suspect that this year will be mostly about the new plants becoming established.
By next year, I will probably be complaining about the rasps spreading like weeds!

[Bohobumble]

How's everyone else's doing at this time of year, I'm afraid mine are an expensive disaster.

3 of 5 plants have done nothing, one has two shoots a few inches high, another had one shoot a couple of inches high... This isn't normal right?!

[Flowertot]

Mine are a disaster too  . Only 4 have shoots and I pulled up the other 14 a couple of weeks ago - dead as Dodos.  I am going to take the supplier up on its offer to replace them in the autumn and pray that the next batch do better. I'm still not sure what went wrong though - I don't really think it's the supplier's fault, I suspect I must have done something wrong. But what? Even though I told them that I think it's probably my fault, they have said that they'll replace them. Very nice of them  .

[mjg000]

July 19th
I was complaining back in the day that my newly planted canes looked dead but I am now picking raspberries from them and they are big and solid berries.  Very happy, much better than the small, but plentiful, berries I've gathered from my established ( maybe too old) bushes at the front of my plot.  Still they'll all go into the same jam making marathon at the end of the season!

[oldgrunge]

All my newly planted autumn raspberries eventually came up, they are now about 450m.m tall, and looking very healthy.

[Yorkshire Lass]

Still looking at dead sticks here, a bit of a disaster really and I am told raspberries are easy!!!