Should these be showing signs of life yet? My summer fruiting ones are
growing nicely but no real sign of any life in eh autumn fruiting ones. They
just look like dead sticks - are they maybe dead sticks? TIA,

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Hayley
(gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:08:52 GMT, "H Ryder"
wrote:

Should these be showing signs of life yet? My summer fruiting ones are
growing nicely but no real sign of any life in eh autumn fruiting ones. They
just look like dead sticks - are they maybe dead sticks? TIA,

Checked mine today. They were cut down a month ago and now have new
leaves just coming through the soil.

Pam in Bristol

Checked mine today. They were cut down a month ago and now have new
leaves just coming through the soil.

mine are about a foot high and were so when I got them - should I cut these
bits off?

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Hayley
(gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)

Autumn fruiting raspberries fruit on new growth, summer ones on old. So
the Autumn ones should be cut down and new growth will come from the
base. I would leave the old canes there as markers until the new canes
are growing, then cut them down.

Mike

In article ,
(H Ryder) wrote:

but no real sign of any life in eh autumn fruiting ones

Mine have visible for about 3 weeks.

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