[Bohobumble]

Am I the only one?


My white currents I bought at the same time have had leaves on them for ages, is it time for me to write a letter to Wyv@le?!  My fellow allotment holders' raspberry are in leaf but they are established. And the earlier type.


Should I be be expecting the Green Lady to pay them a visit or give up and hope that I can get some more in time to plant?


Thanks for any advice! I was struggling to find specific answers on the search function.

[mjg000]

Hi, Have a look at the thread, raspberry canes - dead, which is on page 2 of this section.  Several people have been experiencing the same problem, but most are now showing at least a little bit of life.

[Flowertot]

Apart from 4 of mine which sprouted about a month ago, the rest of my 18 canes are still twigs  . I am planning to give them another week or two then email the supplier and ask what I might have done wrong/why this might have happened. The same supplier sent me rhubarb crowns which I had almost given up on when suddenly they sprouted last week.

[JayG]

Although there were a few signs of life from my Autumn Bliss a couple of weeks ago, it's only in the past week they've really got going, and they've been there for about 10 years! 

[barley]

we spoke on the other thread about our dead twigs - in the last week another 4 more of my dead twigs is starting to show signs of life now

I would leave it till the end of may - I'm sure some welcome warmth ( if we ever get any ) will work it's magic 

[ptarmigan]

Wait for some warmth, 3 out of 9 of my new ones are just starting in leaf, so I've not quite given up on the others...

[RJR_38]

In the first year mine were like that and I had about 3 berries from 6 canes. Last year I had a fair few and this year they already look like they are romping away (autumn fruiting) so give them time....

[pigguns]

I'd leave them a little- we've got a lot of rain tonight and then it's on/off rain with warm weather all week- if that doesn't get em going nothing will.  and the weeds....

[Bohobumble]

Perhaps it is worth putting a cloche over them...?

[teamspotty]

My newly planted raspberry canes are also behind - other bareroot stock have sprung forth, though loganberries are also behind (which weren't). My pink goosegogs (again bareroot) are also behind.

[oldgrunge]

My autumn raspberries "Autumn Bliss", newly planted last January, first showed signs of life 10 days ago when 2 canes out of 5 sprouted, another one showed signs of life today. So there is hope yet. Many others seem to be worrying about the same thing.