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Raspberry failure?

morrison2306-T56NxC5morrison2306-T56NxC5 Posts: 1
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Hi everyone,     Two years ago I planted bare root canes of Joan j. and Polka.  Last year I had a juicy and prolific crop of fruit.  I cut down the canes after fruiting as advised and this year there is no sign of any of the canes re-appearing.  I'm so disappointed and I'm wondering where I have gone wrong?  The ground is well drained and was mulched with manure in early spring.

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,082
    Did you just cut down the canes that had fruit on them last year,  they make new ones, those you leave. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,988
    Polka is Autumn fruiting so it was correct to cut down all canes after fruiting … I do it in Feb but that makes no difference. 

    Have they had plenty of water? Raspberries can be very very thirsty and we had Avery dry doting. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,082
    Ah, yes autumn fruiting starts new growth in the Spring,   Should have started by now if still alive.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,988
    Dovefromabove said:
    … we had Avery dry doting. 
    Sorry … SHOULD READ … we had a very dry spring 

    Flamin’ auto correct 😡 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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