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Raspberries when do they start getting leaves
Sib15
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in Fruit & veg
At the end of last year I was given some raspberries canes with roots that a friend had finished with in her garden. I planted them in good soil but they are not showing any signs of life. Now I think they are August fruiting canes. Should there be buds by now or should I assume they are dead and buy more?
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I'd wait a while - if you only planted them this winter they'll be getting their roots established first - then they'll begin to throw up some new shoots.
You should have cut any old canes down to ground level in February - if that hasn't been done I'd do it now, and give them some fish, blood and bone and an organic mulch.
If the soil is dry (it's been a dry spring) a couple of buckets full of water won't go amiss.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have one cane that was there before the winter ones and that is shooting. I have 12 others and they are looking dead. I cut them back before I planted them.
So the one that's been there longer is shooting first? That's as I would expect. Mine have been in four or five years and are only just shooting now.
I'd leave it a bit longer before giving up hope.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Last year my newly planted bare root canes took ages to appear. This year they are now sprouting vigorously. As Dove says, wait. Not all of mine survived, I had a 60% survival rate from two different suppliers.