[Yorkshire Lass]

I am growing summer fruiting raspberries for the first time this year and I noticed there was a new shoot near one of the canes, I have 8 and non e of the other have any shoots.  Or is it just a weed    It does look like a tiny raspberry leaf??  But I am thinking it's too early.

Any thoughts welcomed   

[3759allen]

i put a summer variety in 2 years ago and i still can't make sense of them. some come early and late (2 crops) and some come in summer. they have a mind of their own. on the up side for me i get a long cropping time.

this year i've cut some canes right down to the ground and left some as canes. i'll post results in the autumn.

all i would say is go with the flow and let them get on with it for a couple of years and see how they go.

[Kristen]

I am growing summer fruiting raspberries for the first time this year and I noticed there was a new shoot near one of the canes, I have 8 and non e of the other have any shoots.

Its early, but Raspberry plants grow as suckers from the roots, so new ones will appear in "Spring".

i put a summer variety in 2 years ago and i still can't make sense of them. some come early and late (2 crops) and some come in summer. they have a mind of their own.

Were they a cheap-deal?  I read quite a lot on the forums of people buying the cheap-deals around now, and not getting what the label said the plants should be!

Sounds like your extended season mixed variety is perfect though

[Yorkshire Lass]

They were from a well established independent garden centre, I guess I could go back and ask them  there thoughts.  I guess I spend an average amount of time there 

[3759allen]

I am growing summer fruiting raspberries for the first time this year and I noticed there was a new shoot near one of the canes, I have 8 and non e of the other have any shoots.

Its early, but Raspberry plants grow as suckers from the roots, so new ones will appear in "Spring".

i put a summer variety in 2 years ago and i still can't make sense of them. some come early and late (2 crops) and some come in summer. they have a mind of their own.

Were they a cheap-deal?  I read quite a lot on the forums of people buying the cheap-deals around now, and not getting what the label said the plants should be!

Sounds like your extended season mixed variety is perfect though

they were from a local bloke who grew them in his garden. so could possibly be a mix and match or maybe not even a true variety. his looked good and healthy and as they should have been so i had no reason to doubt him.

in a way i'm glad they've gone weird as it's saved me buying early, mid and late varieties. i've now given up trying to understand them and just enjoying them.

[Yorkshire Lass]

Mystery solved, it was not my raspberries sprouting early it was a stray parsnip that had started producing leaves again.  Fell a little foolish  but hey you live and learn.

[Goosegirl]

I don't think anyone on here would have thought of that either so don't feel foolish!