Raspberry 'Glen Ample' not growing

[Chocolate8me]

Hi,

Just a quick question...

I got 2 raspberry canes (an offer that was in GYO mag a few months ago). I planted them & left them in the summer house out of the elements for the winter.

They are now in my greenhouse and the 'Polka' has started growing leaves but there are no buds on the 'Glen Ample'. Do these grow at different times or is there something wrong?

[sugar]

While the majority of my raspberries have leafed out canes, Glen Magna is just creating buds . So I would wait a little longer ...

[Chocolate8me]

Thank you Sugar.

I was worrying in case the other didn't grow as I'm after the nice bees to pollinate them both.
I will wait a little longer then.

[FB.]

Newly-acquired plants can do all kinds of weird things in their first year due to changes in climate from where they were grown to where they end up, but also can be affected by the way they were stored or transported before being sold.
Many are kept in cold storage, which really confuses them and can delay budbreak by many weeks.

Give them several weeks after the time when they should have started to grow, before you start worrying.
Scratching-off a small piece of bark can often reveal living (greenish) material underneath. Dead plants will usually be dry and brittle. Note that the tops of raspberry canes can die-back, so scratch nearer the bottom if you're worried.

[SarzWix]

They don't need to be kept in your greenhouse though - they'll be perfectly happy outside

[salome2001]

might have something to do with the variety too. I planted 10 cames of summer raspberries and 12 autumn ones last autumn (including ones from the offer you got!). Most of the autumn ones are showing signs of life (leaf buds/ new suckers) but none of the summer fruiting ones are doing anything yet

[FB.]

might have something to do with the variety too.

Absolutely.

Each different variety (of any fruit) is genetically different and therefore may flower or fruit at a slightly different time.
At East Malling, in Kent, the National Fruit collection's >"Irish Peach"< apple tree has been at peak of flowering, on average, on 5th May over the last few decades. On the other hand, the apple variety ">Crawley Beauty"< is almost a month behind, averaging 29th May.

[Chocolate8me]

Thanks FB, I never thought about that process of a 'new plant', etc.
I thought I needed them both to flower at the same time for pollination but according to good old Google, both varieties are self fertile.

Sarzwix I am far too scared to leave them both outside because of the dreaded slugs & snails we have. Maybe after many leaves have formed will I dare to acustom them to the great outdoors.

Salome good luck with yours, you obviously love raspberries!

[Aberdeenplotter]

They don't need to be kept in your greenhouse though - they'll be perfectly happy outside

They may well be very unhappy inside. It can become extremely hot inside a greenhouse at this time of year and you should really put them outside. Slugs and snails will not do any fatal damage.

[Gemmalaveen]

Great info in this thread, thanks. I planted 15 raspberry canes in February but they all look quite dead to me, I will try the scratch test at base of canes later today.

The canes were given to me by a friend off her allotment, she has no idea what the variety is or whether
they are summer/autumn fruiting... I just can't seem to say no to a freebie!

[salome2001]

Salome good luck with yours, you obviously love raspberries!

ooooh yess!!!!!

[Samson]

I planted six Glen Ample plants into the open ground last autumn (I bought them from an on-line nursery), but they look completely dead. They just look like brown sticks in the ground with no signs of life. Do you think they are dead or is there still time for them to start to grow

[rustylady]

Glen Ample is apparently a summer fruiting variety. Therefore it will fruit on canes produced the previous year. Samson, you don't say whereabouts you are but if you are in a cold area it's maybe a bit early for your raspberries to be doing anything yet.

[Samson]

I live in North West London. It was very warm in March, but has now become a bit cooler. By the way, I scratched the bottom of one of the canes and it was green underneath - but I would have expected something to be growing on them by now, but there are no signs of life whatsoever in terms of budding

[rustylady]

If it's green it's still alive. Plenty of time for it to start producing new shoots. Could you add your location to your profile please, then it will show up on your posts (top right hand side, you will see that I'm in Lowestoft).