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Newly planted raspberry leaves are curling... Inwards?

vilkoivuvilkoivu Posts: 13
edited May 2023 in Fruit & veg
Hi! 

I planted 22 raspberries yesterday and noticed that the leaves of one plant are curling inwards/down. Not like in virus diseases where they turn up (you see the bottom of the leaf as white), mine are curling so that you see green only.

Is this a watering issue, or some sort of shock from planting? Good nursery, raised bed, airy and mixed soil where water doesnt stand for too long. Tulameen is the variety which has this problem.

Any ideas?

Picture attached.

Thanks!

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    It looks like bugs, have you looked inside the curled leaves? 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    22! You're going to have a thicket of canes in a few years.
    I planted 5 a few years ago and they were spreading all over my veg plot. Often several feet from where I planted them.
    I had to dig them up and put them in a raised bed that I'd lined with a root barrier to keep them contained.

    I agree that bugs are the most likely cause, but if there are none, I'd be tempted to get shot of that plant just in case it does have a virus which will soon spread.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • vilkoivuvilkoivu Posts: 13
    Slow-worm said:
    It looks like bugs, have you looked inside the curled leaves? 
    No pests. Might be transplanting shock if i had to guess...
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    On the left side, it looks like the leaves have been burrowed through. Have you got a magnifying glass or microscope?
    I don't think it's shock, it would just wilt more than anything. 
  • vilkoivuvilkoivu Posts: 13
    Hmm. Well I don't have magnifying glass or microscope, but I don't see any pests tho. I sprayed them with pyrethrine just in case, works well for currants etc. and it is super strong/poisonus. My guess is that they will limp and look like crap this year, roots will develop and next year I have canes and berries more than my freezee can handle :D

    Yep, 22 pcs, I have a blueberry patch and decided to make two 7m long raised bed in the same plot. It has 2m tall chicken wire fence and when there is berries, also a roof-net.

    Let's hope that those won't die totally. 

    Thanks 
  • vilkoivuvilkoivu Posts: 13
    Oh yea and as a side note, they were looking good in the pots they came. If they had virus or other problems, wouldn't they have gone bad already in the pots?

    Thank god it is cloydy weather and not super hot, only around 15°C
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I doubt they'll die, unless they don't get enough water.
    When I first planted 10 canes a LONG time ago I saw little or no growth for 16 months!
    The year after there was raspberries everywhere! They were concentrating on growing a strong root system.
    I also made the rookie error of planting autumn fruiting varieties amongst the summer fruiting varieties - so I no idea which canes to cut back after fruiting and which canes to leave until the following year..
    So I dug the lot up and started again - an expensive mistake!

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • vilkoivuvilkoivu Posts: 13
    Pete.8 said:
    I doubt they'll die, unless they don't get enough water.
    When I first planted 10 canes a LONG time ago I saw little or no growth for 16 months!
    The year after there was raspberries everywhere! They were concentrating on growing a strong root system.
    I also made the rookie error of planting autumn fruiting varieties amongst the summer fruiting varieties - so I no idea which canes to cut back after fruiting and which canes to leave until the following year..
    So I dug the lot up and started again - an expensive mistake!
    Good to hear. I put summer and autumn bearing on different rows. Ah, I wish all plants were as easy as seabuckthorn. Just plant and forget, pH can be from 4 to 8 and it still thrives :D
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