[mdjlucan]

Still no showi of raspberries

[Goosegirl]

They loook very healthy, so perhaps too much nitrogen may be the cause; even so, I thought you would have had a few flowers by now, but it could still be early.

[moose]

Mine have just started to flower, they have also grown much taller than usual this year. I have had them flower later and been harvesting in late October so there is time yet.

[mdjlucan]

What may be the cause of too much nitrogen I gave him a feed of chicken pellets

[beesrus]

Plenty of time. My Autumn raspberries haven't flowered yet either and I don't expect them to until the end of August.  Don't know what sort of crop we might get this year as it's been bone dry for nearly 2 months and other crops have had watering priority. We need a downpour, but yet again the heavy rain seems to be passing us by, this time up the Channel. I can see it lashing down out at sea from my plot.

[mdjlucan]

Still no show of fruits they must be 6 to 7ft hi what's making them grow so high like this ? Are they summer fruiting raspberries

[New shoot]

I've merged this last post with the earlier thread 

Autumn Bliss do grow very tall and there is plenty of time for them to fruit yet 

[moose]

Mine are 7ft tall and only recently flowered, plenty time yet.

[Aunt Sally]

Autumn Bliss are, as their name suggests, an autumn fruiting variety.

[mdjlucan]

I'm going to take new pictures of them because I think they are growing far to tall if too much nitrogen is causing this how do I stop it there is an area where there was grass once upon a time

[JayG]

Although autumn raspberries are generally thought of as being more compact than summer varieties, mine have always grown to around 2 metres, which I used to put down to them being a bit too close to a hedge which makes them reach for the light.

The RHS gives the height of Autumn Bliss as 1.5-2.5 metres, which some might feel is hedging ones bets a little! 

Nitrogen is a highly soluble nutrient, and is unlikely to be too high unless the soil has been dosed with high nitrogen fertilisers too often.

You can't expect your first year's crop to be either as early or as prolific as it should be in subsequent years.

[mdjlucan]

Thanks I'm going to send pictures to show you the ones with fruit on them are from the same batch that's what's making me think there are not autumn bliss raspberries