07-06-2013, 09:13 AM
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They were going to be my suggestions too .. overwatering is as bad as underwatering. If it's grafted rootstock though, it should cope without ericaceous soil. Hope you find a solution.I'm off to the garden centre today - I've promised myself to be blinkered
- only buy what I need! What's the betting I buy more plants
07-06-2013, 07:24 PM
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I blame Gwyn and Meg for this, today I bought a (just one
) raspberry cane. I think it is called Fallgold, it is a yellow one. Supposed to be sweet - looking forward to seeing the fruit 
Need to do a bit of jiggling around in the fruit/veg border but it will all have to wait 'til next year now
(dare I say this, we need some rain - my three water butts are almost empty
)
07-06-2013, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Janela
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I blame Gwyn and Meg for this, today I bought a (just one ) raspberry cane. I think it is called Fallgold, it is a yellow one. Supposed to be sweet - looking forward to seeing the fruit Need to do a bit of jiggling around in the fruit/veg border but it will all have to wait 'til next year now
(dare I say this, we need some rain - my three water butts are almost empty
)
My raspberries are doing very well now though of course I am not expecting a crop until year 2 though there are a few fruit buds on there already.
08-06-2013, 06:51 PM
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I'm a novice with raspberries Meg, this is my first one.I'll follow your lead as and when you post about it. (Or I'll shout for help!)
Instead of jiggling, hubby is extending the border further along and taking out a couple of old shrubs (if he can
)The border is about 40 feet long but the end is a bit shaded.
Good luck with the rhododendron and pumpkins Twizard.
09-06-2013, 06:36 PM
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My raspberries are looking good this year with the fruit setting easily. Last year the early fruit just rotted on the canes with the continual wet weather but the later autumn canes made an excellent crop. As you will have guessed I grow two types, the summer fruiting variety that fruit on last years new wood, and the autumn variety, which I prefer, which fruit on canes made this year. I find the autumn varieties much more reliable and the fruit is both bigger and sweeter. Both types grow on runners which spread underground and can be quite invasive, so I always hoe any I find that are not in the raspberry bed to prevent them from spreading too far out of control......
16-06-2013, 09:50 AM
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16th June...The runner beans are taking ages to get going, I think it has been just too cold.
..The grafted outdoor tomato plant (Elegance) has a couple of little tomatoes on there but I think the crop will be disappointingly small.
..The strawberry plants in their tubs are doing well with fruit setting.
..I will have a few gooseberries and blackcurrants but because I pruned both back severely the crop will be small this year.
.. The newly panted raspberry canes are looking good with a few fruit though they are not meant to fruit the first year.
I have been a bit concerned by the lack of bees but I notice this morning the flowering Ceanothus is covered in bumble bees
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