raspberry canes...

[kentishgal]

..they've been in the ground nearly 4 weeks and still resemble sticks.
They're dead right??
(I dont know wether I should just write off this second lot of canes or if they will magically spring to life!!..kinda doubt it though..).

[taff]

they'll surprise you. If they looked like hairy twigs on the end when you planted them, there's every chance they're busy making roots now. I think mine took about a month after I bought them in March last year. This year, after cutting down last year, there are loads of the buggers.....

[greenishfing]

When I first put mine in a couple of years ago my husband was going to dig them up after a few weeks of no signs of life. I very carefully eased the soil away from the first one in the row and Lo! I could see a new shoot growing. He put the spade away and I now get pounds of raspberries every year

[Aberdeenplotter]

You need to have a bit of patience. Don't look for the bit of cane you get to grow. That should be pruned back to 6" -9" . The new shoots come from the roots and will not fruit until next year if they are summer fruiting varieties although autumn fruiters will give you a crop.

[kentishgal]

Thanks! I'll leave them to it then!!
I just didnt realiese raspberries were so slow to get started.

[FB.]

Newly-planted fruits can do all kinds of weird things; mostly due to how they were stored before shipping (some go into cold storage the same as supermarket fruit and that really confuses them as the temperature never changes for months while in storage), but also to do with changes in climate and soil.


My raspberries are not all growing yet.
Some of my Autumn Bliss have good strong shoots, while others of the same variety are still asleep.
Most of my Fallgold/Allgold are still asleep, but the odd one is growing strongly.

So it's a bit of a jumble.

After such a mild damp autumn, followed by a bitterly cold winter, followed by the recent summer-like weather, followed by the return of the chill in recent days, I think quite a lot of plants are very confused.