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hello

Am worried about my rasberries. i put them in 2 years ago in a raised bed they were supposed to be the autumn fruiting sort. so i have pruned them accordingly but they are very short 1-2 ft and have small amounts of fruit forming already. Also the new foliage is very sappy and breaks off on its own
i think they may be summer fruiting or ill or would it be that they are taking a long time to establish
any advice gratefully recieved

My summer fruiting raspeberries are fruiting now but my autumn ones aren't showing any signs of fruit. I'd guess that you've got summer fruiting raspberries that are now exhaused.

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How did you prune them?

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If they are autumn fruiting they should be lush green growth, which will be sappy and liable to snap off. They should however be very bushy. I planted 5 last year and they were planted at the required distance and where they are I can hardly see any bare earth for growth. As RM said it may be that they are summer fruiting, do you know the name of them. Try pruning for summer fruiting this year and see if they improve.

Ian