2 years ago I planted 6 heritage raspberry plants. The first year they seem to die, but came back in the spring, had a lot of foliage, and produced a medium sized fall crop. I cut them back to the ground during the winter and mulched with straw from the feed store. This spring I saw the straw I had on them for mulch started growing... we noticed it was full of seed pods and took it all off and weeded well. We replaced it with white wood shavings. Now the plants are 20 inches tall and look like they are dying. The lower leaves are wilting and turning brown. Any ideas what could be causing this ... We have had a wet warm spring so I don't think they became dry at any time. Any help is appreciated.
2 years ago I planted 6 heritage raspberry plants. The first year they seem to die, but came back in the spring, had a lot of foliage, and produced a medium sized fall crop. I cut them back to the ground during the winter and mulched with straw from the feed store. This spring I saw the straw I had on them for mulch started growing... we noticed it was full of seed pods and took it all off and weeded well. We replaced it with white wood shavings. Now the plants are 20 inches tall and look like they are dying. The lower leaves are wilting and turning brown. Any ideas what could be causing this ... We have had a wet warm spring so I don't think they became dry at any time. Any help is appreciated.