[mdjlucan]

Has anyone planted new Roseberry's

Canes last year my ones are just showing the tips coming out the ground this is the first year do I need to feed them

[mumofstig]

Did you add manure or Fish Blood & Bone when you planted them? if so they shouldn't need any more feeding.

If you didn't you can add a little to the soil surface now, and tickle it in.

[mdjlucan]

Just some well rotted menuare over the area before I planted them

[sunshineband]

Just some well rotted menuare over the area before I planted them

They will be fine for this year. A sprinkle of Blood, Fish & Bone next February or thereabouts will help them then.

I have Polka too... they are huge, juicy raspberries so are well worth growing

[mdjlucan]

They were bare rooted ones this is the first year I've seen them grow The new growth is very small would Thay be o

[sunshineband]

That sounds right. Mine have only got very small shoots on some of them and none on others. They will grow at least 1m tall though and flower late Summer, so don't worry

[mdjlucan]

I put these in last year I put 15 of them in the end of last month they was some small growth on seven of them but they seems if they stopped growing I'm up in Harlow it's been raining a lot and the temperature keeps changing last night it was zero is this why the growth is not growing properly I gave them some fertiliser last week hope you can help

[oldgrunge]

Be patient, I'm sure thy will pick up s the wether improves.

[mdjlucan]

Would this be anything to do with the weather why
Thay are doing this

[Casey76]

I put 6 different varieties in about 2 weeks ago, and 4 have good growth, one has sprouted a bit, and one has hardly any growth at all.

I'm hoping that they will all take off soon.  Unfortunately our weather has been awful for April, very cold and wet, compared to the warm weather we normally have in France at this time of year.

[Goneterseed]

I put 12 new canes in three months ago and thay all seem to be at various stages. Leaf growth on two, buds opening on others and buds just starting to emerge on others. They're just babies. Doubt if they'll make fruit this year. 

[Headgardener22]

My Polka are two years old. The first year I had 10 canes, last year it was about 100, this year my 20ft x 6ft bed is showing growth all over (lost count). I spread a little BFB on the bed and put some compost on before any growth showed. We had lots of raspberries last year, this year it we might have lots more!!

[mdjlucan]

This is one of the new shoots does it look okay cheers it looks a bit lifeless

[Yorkie]

Yes that looks fine