At first i thought it was the last Frost but that was weeks a go ??? any of you guys know whats up with it?.
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My guess would be weed killer damage. I can't think that any kind of deficiency would affect it so strongly, though you might try watering it with a dose of epsom salts just in case. Is it newly planted or well established?
It looks typical of hormone weedkiller damage. Rasps are also particularly susceptible to it.
Quote from: Unwashed on June 13, 2010, 19:29:15
My guess would be weed killer damage. I can't think that any kind of deficiency would affect it so strongly, though you might try watering it with a dose of epsom salts just in case. Is it newly planted or well established?
Been in about 4 years now,i did wonder about weedkiller but i don't use the stuff on me plot and the only way it could have got weedkiller on it is for it to be deliberately put on it....could it be spidermite ???
Could the weedkiller been applied to the road edges that I see in your photo? Wind could carry the spray onto your tayberry.
I doubt if it is spidermite.
I'm with realfood, it does look typical of hormone weedkiller. Has some numpty from the parks department been round the allotments spraying?
Wasn't there a lab you could send damaged plants to for free testing?
Quote from: Unwashed on June 16, 2010, 22:52:10
Wasn't there a lab you could send damaged plants to for free testing?
Does anybody know the address?
Sorry Froggy, I think I was mis-remembering. The best I could come up with was a reference on the manure matters (http://www.manurematters.co.uk/manure_sourcing.htm) web site to testing cantaminated manure, but that costs £200 at the Central Science Laboratory. Though maybe other members have a better suggestion.
If the tayberry right in the middle of your plot or is it by a path where where it could possibly have been sprayed by your grounds maintenance people? Have you mulched it with anything contaminated?
No the poor thing is at the end of me plot but behind a wood and metal fence and we don't have maintenance people so it looks like some bugger as nobbled it.