Help - Why no raspberries?

[el...@siemens.uucp]

I planted five raspberry bushes last year and got a few raspberries out
of them, and I was expecting a pretty good harvest this year.
In the early spring, there were quite a few flowers, but almost all
of them dried up, and there were maybe 15 beriies total.
At the end of the summer, no flowers or berries at all.
Three of the bushes are golden raspberries which are supposed to be
heavy late summer producers.
Any ideas on what might have gone wrong?
I planted tomatoes, basil and sorrel in the next row -- could
that have been a problem?

[Jeff David]

Raspberries like a VERY acid soil. My guess is that your PH isn't low enough.
Try fertilizing with Miracid this fall and next spring and mid season.

Jeff David

[Alan Silverstein]

Another wild guess... I've noticed that the quality (and to a lesser
extent the quantity) of red Heritage raspberry yield depends on them
getting enough water. Shoots hidden in the back and drying out don't
produce well. Come a good rainstorm, and all the shoots have good
berries on them for a time afterwards (during the producing season,
which here in Colorado is about 9/10 - 10/1, or whenever the first hard
freeze happens).

Might also be that your plants are just immature. It takes a good year
for healthy strong roots to develop that can support a lot of big,
well-bearing shoots.

Good luck. There's nothing quite like a two-quart bowl of fresh-picked
ripe raspberries...

Alan Silverstein