Any of you grow raspberries?
My dad dug some up from up north at his cabin and brought them home. His are doing fine but mine aren't. I've had them for about 4 years and have moved them around a few times. They've been in the same spot for 2 years now but I haven't gotten any fruit. This year they really looked good and got flowers. There were a lot of bees so they had to have gotten pollinated. The berries were small and deformed and eventually vanished. None of them resembled a raspberry. The leaves started turning yellow and falling off. Just last week, there are new leaves growing that are green and healthy looking. Does anyone know what is going on with them???

they aren't happy about moving. takes a couple years to get going again. do you remove the old canes? they fruit on last year's new growth, remove the brown canes that had fruit this year after they are done. are you good about watering? mine hate being dry. compost and mulch is a good idea. are they in a sunny place?

I think Oh2fly is right.. but I have had trouble geting raspberries off of my wild vines in my front yard because of DROUGHT! It seems that water dries up here in Early June... When Raspberries produce here.. So maybe your problem is more about water,,

It could be water. I haven't watered them all that often. I thought since they were "wild" I wouldn't really have to do much to them! They are in a sunny spot and I mulched them with straw. I'm going to try and get some manure to add soon. I have cut the dead canes away too. Perhaps next year I'll try a soaker hose and see if that helps. Thanks guys!

That's it. When I had mine in plastic bushel baskets, the watering wasn't good enough. We almost lost them. I made a raised bed for them and they went crazy. Wild doesn't matter with them, they need regular water. It might get better when they are older. Our wild blackberries get no water,yet they produce a lot

It happened again this year. This time I took pictures though. I tried using a soaker hose so I'm not sure if the water is an issue or not. I'm almost ready to get rid of these and actually buy some so I know thery're good!

Most raspberries canes grow in a two year cycle. The first year the canes will grow from the ground with a healthy and heavy green foliage and will not produce any fruits.

The second year the canes will grow taller and will bear fruit. The folliage will look less healthy and the leaves smaller. They will eventually dry out and die, leaving place for the new canes to grow.

Now because you have moved them two years back, you may have shocked the cycle a bit. I would wait and see if next years canes will bear fruits. The fact that they are planted next to the wall/footing doesn't help as it's probably too dry.

Good luck!

I've also planted raspberries recently. I planted them three years ago in a sunny spot (9 - 10 hours direct sun per day). For mine, the first year a handful of berries were produced on the transplanted canes.

The second year the harvest was more, but the plants were still getting established. This year the picking was really good.

Since raspberries contract disease easily, have you considered what was planted previously into the areas where you have been moving them? They should not be planted into any area that has grown a plant from the nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant) in the last 2-3 years. Also avoid areas that have grown other raspberries or strawberries. It helps to start with certified disease free stock with many plants you start. I know it's too late for that this time, but I thought I would mention it for next time.

As for vanishing fruit, the birds really like raspberries and they will eat them before they are ripe enough for picking. Netting may be required. You could mark a berry cluster with string and then wait and watch for a few days to see if they are gone.

We have wild rasberries on the back of our property and we just ignore them and they bear fruit. They must be very hardy.
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I agree with Andre, you probably disturbed the berry cycle by moving them and also that they may not do well being next to the foundation where you have them.

I have always had mine out where they could get good air movement around them and had room to spread out their roots.

My raspberries look just like ericahs. Not sure what happened this year. My blackerries are doing ok, not great. Last year I cut back the blackberries after I had a few beers and cut back some of the new canes. But the rasberries seem to be fine in the spring then the buds just dried up and no fruit. I did notice that my in- laws had the same problem and we had more rain so I'm not sure what happened. The wild ones in the backyard along the brush never did better.