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RpR said:My cousin, his mom and I have lost most of the raspberry bushes in the past five years down south.
They bushes were from forty to twenty years old.
Do not know what it is but the berries produced were mostly pathetic little thing.
I ripped almost all of mine out, actually is was supposed to be all but when you want them dead they refuse so I have small patch of red and black ones that are really spreading.

I did put Amdro on the soil after I dug them out and used Seranade on them but that was only after I ripped them out.
Sadly the professional sellers seem to know less about the problems than anyone. They just want you to buy stuff to put on them.

I don't want mine dead! I hope some of them will pull through somehow..Mine are in their third year, youngsters. They produced so many berries last year -- I had high hopes for this summer..

Should I cut the remaining canes to the ground in the fall (like I did before) and give them another chance, or should I just rip everything out treat the soil, and plant new bushes next spring?..