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Raspberry problems
So this year's crop of raspberries has been a big disappointment so far. Many of the berries -- I'd say up to half of them -- are mushy and turn to pulp when I try to pick them, even if they are barely ripe (i.e., they are not old rotten berries). I've never seen anything like this before. Is it because of the cool weather we've been having? The only other remarkable thing is that the new canes (which aren't bearing fruit yet) are growing like mad, as I've mentioned before. There's a lot more of them than last year (and the most in several years), and they are a lot taller, by a couple of feet. So the old canes with the fruit on them are buried in this new growth.
It's all very strange.
It's all very strange.