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I planted everbearing red raspberries five years ago. The bushes are healthy and about 4 ft tall in the summer. They have full sun and constantly produce new plants but never bloom or berry. Any suggestions as to what the problem is?

are you pruning them??? because that is important.

I hope this site will help you---

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/raspberry.html

good luck

well Bill apparently I am not as fast at finding things as you.

it is good to see that at least i had the right idea----

Thank you Carol!

Your welcome, Bill---
I can see that I am learning as time goes on--and for that I am thankful---
I bless the day that my computer brought me here---

I've been growing raspberries for years now. I don't really have any problems with my "everbearers". I've actually converted them into "oncebearers". I noticed that the fall crop was much larger and of much better quality than the summer crop, so I now prune all the canes to the ground in the winter so as to put all the energy into the fall crop. I now have no summer crop at all as the summer crop produces on the previous years growth.

I was having problems with my "oncebearers". They were starting to have pretty extreme dieback. I decided they were suffering from raspberry cane borers, so last spring I watered heavily with Dipel in spring. Unfortunately, I still had considerable dieback, but mainly of a different sort. We had hard freezes on 5 consecutive nights back in April. The dieback from the borers however, seemed to be substantially reduced.

I had alot of dieback on mine this past year, I have the yellow variety.

Also, I fertilize with Holly-Tone in spring and fall as raspberries like an acidic soil.

I need to keep an eye on this thread also.. I am very seriously considering some raspberry bushes.. to keep my blackberry bushes company.