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What has happened to my Tayberries?
Vonny
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My Tayberry is about 5 years old but has never had any fruit even though there have been a few flowers but this year several of the leaves have turned brown and crispy and appear to be dying. Could anyone tell me what has gone wrong? The plant was cut down last autumn and I have been watering it regularly this year so it should not be dry. I also have a blackberry in a different part of my garden with the same problem but this has lots of fruit appearing
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It could be to do with where have you planted it - how much sun does it get? Is it protected from strong winds and could low temperatures be affecting it? How long are the stems? Have you been overwatering it?
Presumably you mean you have cut back the old wood that flowered/fruited last autumn as a tayberry flowers and fruits on last years growth.
Also where do you live?
I've got a tayberry and it has had fruit every year since it was planted. I just cut down the dead stems and tie in the new growth. It gets the sun for alot of the day and I just leave it to its own devices. I grow a blackcurrant, blueberry and gooseberry alongside it and they provide a bit of protection from strong wind.
It could just be the extra hot weather affecting it.
Many thanks for your advice everybody.
To answer your questions raised, I live just north of Ipswich and my tayberry is planted against a south facing garage wall but is shaded by other buildings from about 2pm onwards and is also sheltered from the wind by them.
The longest stem is about 10 feet long and the others vary from 3 feet to about 6 feet but have had very few flowers and no fruit. I don't think I have overwatered it as my soil is quite sandy and dries out quickly and there are raspberries nearby which are full of fruit. I cut out the old wood last year and left the new growth, I don't think I just don't understand why I have no fruit and the leaves seem to be dying.
Had tayberry for 3 years and it never came to anything, pretty much same as yours. It's in a good place (the loganberry planted close by is HUGE and heavy with fruit, or was, before the birds discovered it), but the tayberry, nothing.
I think there maybe some hopeless duds sold under the name.
It sounds healthy then and in a suitable spot. Have you fed it with anything - thinking liquid tomato food here to promote flowers?
Perhaps as Katherine W says, it might just be a dud, so perhaps it might be time to cut your losses and pull it out and try something else if you get nothing happening for the rest of this season.
We have Tayberries grown on sandy soil ,this year the fruit is in abundiance other years not so good . What about giving it a good mulch in early spring ?
Not sure about this , others would know, maybe we'll rotted manure?
I did mulch the area with home made compost in spring but have not tried tomato feed, will try that but expect it is a bit late for any results this year, hopefully next year. If not I will assume it is a dud and try a new one in a different position the following year.
Many thanks for all you suggestions.