raspberry canes

[andrewo]

Raspberries won't show up for a while yet, however, you can scrape off the top soil and you will see the new runners but in this cold, would you come up?

[fruit&vegvirgin]

fair point Andrew!!

[nick the grief]

They're supposed to be roughty tufty plant bred in Scotland Andrew! I guess they will be a bit before they show. Mine hasn't yet, mind you it's been in a pot for 2 years it is a v.big pot though

[NEWTO THE PLOT]

Yes Me And I Ordered A Red Gooseberry To

[Shortie]

Going back to the point everyone's making about their raspberries not yet appearing above ground... I can't remember when mine appeared last year, but I know it certainly wasn't yby this time in the year.

I remember being disappointed and thinking they had not taken but they came up.... I think they also got a tad confused as they fruited early summer and again in autumn, which struck me as odd for autumn fruiting canes...

Sit tight and stay patient, I'm sure they'll come through...

[fruit&vegvirgin]

if I look VERY closely at mine it is almost possible to imagine that the buds on the stem might JUST be swelling a little bit... could be wishful thinking of course!

[Lesley Jay]

Welcome New To The Plot. If your fruit canes and gooseberry bush still havenot arrived send Neil Martin an e mail.His address is neil.martin@aceville.co.uk He will sort it out for you.

[SueA]

Of my 3 free raspberry canes 2 are still just bare twigs but 1 has started sprouting shoots and leaves from around the base. There's nothing resembling buds at all on any of the stems though. I just put them in a large tub of compost with a bit of chicken manure when they arrived & am hoping for the best!

[fruit&vegvirgin]

think I was being very optimistic imagining buds swelling. they still look very sticky to me. which prompts my favourite joke - what's brown and sticky?
a stick!

[Nicos]

I've got buds starting on a few of my canes (just!)

[pigletwillie]

My Autumn bliss are just showing new shoots, but in the fruit cage things are really breaking out. especially the Blackcurrants.

[SueA]

Just checked my raspberry canes again & there are a couple of buds on the bottom of the 2 canes that loooked dead & more shoots coming up around the other so it looks promising.

[Shortie]

Hi SueA

Mine too, so 've obviuosly not totally killed them in their move!

I'm tasting the fruit already. Yum

[fiona b]

raspberry canes

I just managed to get to my allotment yesterday to cut down last years autumn fruiting rasps( I am a working mum of 3 if that's an excuse). I know that this job should have been done about 4 weeks ago and this was ver apparent as the canes were starting to bud - I cut them down anyway. Have I completely decimated any chance of a crop this year?

[andrewo]

All my raspberries are budding now and I've put them on a new frame but when cutting the wire I accidently cut one in half - blast!