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I fear my raspberies have the lurgy - but which kind?
There are two varieties Fall's Gold and Heritage both of which fruit in the summer on last year's canes and again in late summer on the new growth. The FG fruits first, but this year I noticed that the fruit were very small and the canes were dying back almost ahead of the fruiting. I put this down to the very cold and wet spring after an exceptionally wet winter.
However the Heritage has not managed to fruit very much at all and it is quite clear that the new canes are starting to die off, too. There are two different symptoms - the leaves browning at the edges and then the brown spreading along the veins of the leaves. On the Heritage some of the canes have wilted, but not browned. The canes themselves then brown.
I'm assuming this is cane blight and that I should dig up/cut down/destroy the lot
Is there any hope? If I cut the lot down will I get healthy re-growth. Can I regrow on the same spot (I assume not)?
This is the Fall's Gold - new canes, some are healthy and some not.
Fall's Gold showing the brown spreading along the veins of the new canes.
This is the Heritage - new and old canes
The canes are all together in one row and up to now the FG has been much more vigorous than the heritage. I notice that the healthiest canes are on the outside of the rows.
Thanks much.
There are two varieties Fall's Gold and Heritage both of which fruit in the summer on last year's canes and again in late summer on the new growth. The FG fruits first, but this year I noticed that the fruit were very small and the canes were dying back almost ahead of the fruiting. I put this down to the very cold and wet spring after an exceptionally wet winter.
However the Heritage has not managed to fruit very much at all and it is quite clear that the new canes are starting to die off, too. There are two different symptoms - the leaves browning at the edges and then the brown spreading along the veins of the leaves. On the Heritage some of the canes have wilted, but not browned. The canes themselves then brown.
I'm assuming this is cane blight and that I should dig up/cut down/destroy the lot
Is there any hope? If I cut the lot down will I get healthy re-growth. Can I regrow on the same spot (I assume not)?
This is the Fall's Gold - new canes, some are healthy and some not.
Fall's Gold showing the brown spreading along the veins of the new canes.
This is the Heritage - new and old canes
The canes are all together in one row and up to now the FG has been much more vigorous than the heritage. I notice that the healthiest canes are on the outside of the rows.
Thanks much.
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