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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: claybasket on May 12, 2014, 19:59:17

Title: yellowing on raspberry bushes
Post by: claybasket on May 12, 2014, 19:59:17
I was having a walk around our Lottie site and notice lots of raspberry bush turning yellow ,mine are fine just now ,is this a virus or something else ?
Title: Re: yellowing on raspberry bushes
Post by: Palladium on June 03, 2014, 16:11:58
I have had some yellowing in past years and had some success by using Sequestered Iron (Sequestrene) which causes the new leaves to grow green.  Apperently rasps can suffer from trace element deficiencies which includes Iron, Manganese and Magnesium which all cause leaf yellowing.  If it is viruses causing the problem then the plants will probably go downhill steadily.  Useful data here:

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problems/fruit-and-nuts/raspberry-nutrient-deficiency/440.html