Should my Raspberries be showing signs of growth by now?

dannyhughes000

I planetesimals these in November, as you can see there is no signs of life yet. Are they dead? Is there anything I can do to help them? 

paul_in_surrey

Hi Danny. I don't know where you are but I'm in the south of UK and also planted summer fruiting raspberries last November. Mine also looked like dead twigs until last Saturday when some buds appeared on about half of them. So, fingers crossed it's just the cold wet ground that's been holding them back and they'll soon spring into life and you'll be trying to stop them breaking out of their bed.

dannyhughes000

Thanks, I’m up north so hopefully they won’t be too far behind yours. 

Tooks

Hi, no they are not dead, you should see new growth/buds within the next 2 weeks, I’m in East Yorkshire & have seen early signs of growth in the last few days

dannyhughes000

That’s great, thank you. Fingers crossed!

Lily Pilly

No sign on mine either, but the autumn ones are popping up!

Logan4

I planted some in November and they're just starting to grow, some of them have sent up shoots away from the stem and not on the stem.

dannyhughes000

One of my ten canes had a very small bid on when I looked yesterday so I’m quite hopeful they are alive 😀

Allotment Boy

I agree it's probably the cold wet soil that has held everything back. If you are really keen you could try a little scrape with a thumb nail on the bark if it is green underneath then they are alive! Give them another week or two if we get this promised warm sun the buds will break.