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Raspberry and Carrot problems

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  Posted by Pupuce (U14839309) on Sunday, 1st May 2011

  Trying to kill two birds with one stone with this post :
  
  I have a bunch of raspberry canes, mostly given by my allotment neighbour when he was digging them up 3 weeks ago, but two bought canes.
  
  All are growing well, but one of the bought ones has leaves whose edges have turned brown and dry on just one branch (it has three branches). I thought it might have been lack of water as here in Dijon we have been having a very dry spring and I was away for a week, but it seems wierd that it would affect just one branch. Any ideas for what it could be, and how to treat?
  
  Question two : I have an appalling record for getting carrot seed to germinate. Usually, I sow in rows, sprinkle over a little fine soil, then water lightlyt every other day, not covering with fleece or anything. This clearly does not work very well. Does anyone have any useful suggestions for increasing the germination rate of carrots? The ones that do germinate seem to grow pretty well so it doesn't seem to be a soil issue.
  
  Thanks a lot!

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  Posted by vegiegrrl (U14857132) on Sunday, 1st May 2011

  this is completely NOT what you are supposed to do with carrots but I sow them in seed cells (1 to a module) in a window sill propogator and plant out the seedlings once they are about an inch high taking care to keep the compost intact around the roots. (Unorthodox, but if I just plant seeds my cat thinks the container is a litter tray and digs them all up as a toilet (!!!!!). If I plant seedlings she tends to leave them alone)
  But in any case, it seems to work, so maybe you might try it and at least you can only plant out the ones that germinate!

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Sunday, 1st May 2011

  Did you soak the roots of your raspberries prior to planting?
  
  Another thing is you may have damaged the particular branch when planting it out and didn't t notice you had and this damage is now taking effect.
  
  Meanwhile keep drenching the base of the plant/ s to ensure they never dry out before they become established.
  
  Re-your Carrots try this;
  
  When you form the drill to sow the seeds in run water along it and soak it prior to sowing the seeds!
  
  Sow the seeds in the wet drill then cover as you did before and water again!
  
  There is a slide show here that will show you what I mean ( click on the highlighted word ' seed '
  
  

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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Monday, 2nd May 2011

  Pupuce, for your carrots, try creating the shallowest furrow first. I use the butt end of a fork handle. Just a "V" in the ground, not much more than a 1/4" deep. Sow the seed, push the soil back over the seeds with your finger and water lightly. Keep moist till germination.

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  Posted by Pupuce (U14839309) on Monday, 2nd May 2011

  Did you soak the roots of your raspberries prior to planting?
  
  Another thing is you may have damaged the particular branch when planting it out and didn't t notice you had and this damage is now taking effect.
  
  Meanwhile keep drenching the base of the plant/ s to ensure they never dry out before they become established.
  
  Re-your Carrots try this;
  
  When you form the drill to sow the seeds in run water along it and soak it prior to sowing the seeds!
  
  Sow the seeds in the wet drill then cover as you did before and water again!
  
  There is a slide show here that will show you what I mean ( click on the highlighted word ' seed '
  
  Ìý I soaked the roots of the bare rooted ones I got from my neighbour but not the ones we bought as they were in pots. I'm fairly sure I didn't damage the roots of the potted ones as most of the foliage that has been affected has appeared since the raspberry was planted. It certainly seemed well-established enough to survive a week without watering
  
  Thanks for the carrot suggestions. I'm going to have do a few experiments to see what works.

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  Posted by Pupuce (U14839309) on Thursday, 12th May 2011

  Well, I pruned off the branch that had the leaves turning brown and now (2 weeks later) all the rest of the plant has leaved turning brown from the edges. I'm super annoyed as this is one of only two raspberry plants that we actually paid for (the other's were given by the neighbour).
  
  For what it's worth, it's definately not lack of water and I would be VERY surprised if it is too much water. All the other rasps included look fine.
  
  I can't find any descriptions of raspberry diseases online that match this.
  
  Should I pull the whole plant out in case it infects the rest? Help!

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  Posted by horththit (U13862695) on Saturday, 14th May 2011

  Hi P
  Carrots are notoriously difficult. This year we built a high wooden bed (looks like a coffin) on legs. I don't have to bend to it at all, so the carrot fly won't get them!! We filled it with compost mixed with sand. I found some carrot seeds on a tape in Lidl and they have all germinated and are looking really healthy. They are early Nantes, but I also got some maincrop ones on a tape too. They are spaced out really well. so no need to thin out. Can't wait to pick them, nothing like home grown carrots.

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