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[Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>]

Thanks, Eric.  It sounds like it's normal for the largest canes to 
sprout latest.  Other than being late, there is no sign of trouble, so I 
plan to leave well enough alone.  All canes have started to sprout by 
now.

Since I'm growing berries to eat fresh, and not to process or sell, I 
will stick with two crops, and get raspberries on more days of the year, 
rather than more in total.  Nothing beats coming home to a few plump 
rasberries after a frustrating day at the office.  (Or even after a good 
day!)

Ginda

On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 10:10 PM, heathheath@webtv.net wrote:

> Ginda,
> Maybe fallbearing raspberries like  FallRed raspberries, after bearing
> heavily in fall like they usually do,   in Fall, come spring are low in
> food reserves and so get a slumer start out of the gate in spring?  I
> always mow the canes sometime after the fall crop, so have no
> "floricaqne" frommy fall bearer to deal with in spring.
> ,Funny though, that I find the answer to the equivalent case of  the
> 2nd year canes, of regular summerbearering red raspberries,
> doesn'treadily come to mind.  It's as though I just haven't noticed,
> although I can picture myself repressing and not noticing potential but
> not definite signs of problems--morale may be better served by focusing
> on any positive signs!..
> I do believe that the farthest-out buds toward the tips, especially of
> bigger canes, can be pretty late in responding in spring. even when
> apparently not winter-damaged.out last, and often slowly. And smaller
> shorter canes can be the fastest to react.
> I've discovered that the unusual winter , almost ironically seems to
> have raised questions of winter damage,in my patch.. My purple ones,
> especially the less vigorouis ones (less well weeded) and ones
> transplanted last fall, took a pretty fair "hit" --I think maybe from
> that abrupt severe cold snap   in December (which you must have had,
> like I dsid--I'm also in Massachusetts, probably being somewhat inland
> from you).
> If your fall-bearers' delay begins to look more seriius, you do know the
> general rule with them?
> That at least in northern climates,  going with just  the fall primocane
> crop,--actually usually brings   a bigger  higher-quality total harvest,
> than permitting two crops?
> You could prune out the current canes of the fallreds,  if they continue
> looking dubious much longer,or even if they don't..
> Eric I (heathheath)  Z.5 central MA
>
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