Thanks Pat for your advice which I think may be relevant to my problem.
Within six feet of my raspberry row I have a vigorous Golden Delicious, and
equally vigoroue Bramley and this year a heavily laden peach tree. If their
close proximity is causing the problem and I have no wish to dispose of the
fruit trees, what kind of feeding (for next year) would compensate?
Alistair in Kent


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
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Alistair Macdonald said:


My Autumn Bliss raspberrry bushes, about thirty, have produced excellent
crops for the last 6/7 years. This year about half of the bushes are short
in growth and have light green leaves. They are not producing, although
the
remainder are producing an excellent crop. The bushes are pruned back to
ground level every February.
Are they lacking the proper fertiliser, or just getting beyond it? Any
advice would be welcome.

As my oldest raspberry planting is over 15 years old and still producing,
I doubt that yours is "just getting beyond it." It's some problem with
disease or fertility or (not knowing your layout at all) possibly a
growing
competition with trees for resources after seven years. (And I can tell
you
from experience that trees can send out roots a surprisingly long way to
tap
into richer, better watered territory.)

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Pat in Plymouth MI

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