I've got floricane raspberries, and the canes for next year seem very small and underdeveloped compared to the ones I just harvested this years berries off of. Is it normal that they be so small at this point? Or should I have fertilized them better weeks ago, and is it too late now? This was my first harvesting year, so I'm not sure what's normal at this point.
This picture seems to suggest that the primocanes (this year's canes) are going to be smaller than the floricanes (canes that sprouted last year)
This would make sense since the primocanes have only been around for 6 months, while the floricanes for 18 months
You should be comparing the size of the new canes to the size of the canes last year, idk if you're doing that
Oh, ya I guess that makes sense! They've got the rest of this year to grow still, so I've got plenty of time for fertilizer and it to be used
so do you remember last year's canes being small as well? Or you just don't remember? If last year's canes were small too, then the theory is correct. If not, something else weird is going on