*sigh* verticillium wilt on my raspberries

[NwMtGardener]

Agh, so bummed. The raspberries that we got at a local nursery about a year and a half ago have a disease. I've been watching this progress for a month or so, and have decided its verticillium wilt. The description fits perfectly. But the depressing thing is the extension service brochure i was reading said to dig and burn all affected and nearby canes, and not plant raspberries there again. I only have 3 canes! Is there any harm in letting them be and seeing if maybe they could recover? The only other plant 'nearby' that i really wouldnt want to loose is the blueberry bushes, about 8' away. Any chance this wilt could affect my blueberries? Is there any hope of the raspberries recovering? Any treatment i could try?

 

[vfem]

Well before you give up on them, can we see pictures of the leaves, canes and fruit? I would love to get my eyes on it, especially if you are going to have to burn them. I would rather make sure you don't jump the gun. You won't be able to plant more in the same spot if it really is that. Maybe we can try to give you better news?

 

[digitS']

If that is what it is, Heather, there are lots of other plants that are susceptible.

Blueberry may not be one of them but . . .

Plants Resistant or Susceptible to Verticillium Wilt, University of California (click)

Steve

 

[NwMtGardener]

Overview of how it looks now:

It started out at the base of the canes, this discoloration, and has spread upward.

The leaves start to turn yellowish before they die:

 

[lesa]

I'm no expert- but if they were mine, I wouldn't do anything with them. I have had parts of my raspberries die off- and the next year all is well, and I get a ton of berries. Good luck!

 

[thistlebloom]

Oh Bummer! Hopefully not VW. Cause once you've got it, you got it forever baby! But some plants mange to live okay in spite of it. I'd do as Lesa suggests - wait and see. The only positive way to know for sure if it's VW is by a lab test.

 

[ninnymary]

NwMtGardener, I agree with Lesa. Keep trying to keep them, you can always replant if they don't make it. My apple tree had leaves dying from the tip of the branches and I also thought it was VW. I decided to take it out since I regretted not getting a multi-graft one. Funny thing is apples are resistant or immune to it. Plums are not, yet my plum tree nearby is flourishing. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Labs are charging around $200 to test for vw. Too expensive for me. I already have a multi-graft apple I want to plant. The lab suggested to plant in a wine barrel to be safe. I haven't decided if I want to try again in the ground or plant in a barrel. I can always get another tree if it doesn't make it.

Mary

 

[catjac1975]

Here is an image I found online. It does not look like yours as far as I can see. If you had a bad drought like the rest of us it could just be stress. The branches that fruited have to be cut out anyway. Next years fruit will be on this years new growth. Cut out the worst looking branches and remove from your property just in case. Finish pruning in the winter.

http://www.berriesnw.com/BerryDisordersDetail.asp?id=28

Agh, so bummed. The raspberries that we got at a local nursery about a year and a half ago have a disease. I've been watching this progress for a month or so, and have decided its verticillium wilt. The description fits perfectly. But the depressing thing is the extension service brochure i was reading said to dig and burn all affected and nearby canes, and not plant raspberries there again. I only have 3 canes! Is there any harm in letting them be and seeing if maybe they could recover? The only other plant 'nearby' that i really wouldnt want to loose is the blueberry bushes, about 8' away. Any chance this wilt could affect my blueberries? Is there any hope of the raspberries recovering? Any treatment i could try?

 

[NwMtGardener]

Cat, it does look a lot different than those pictures. That's decided me... I'll just cut them back this fall and see what happens next year. Maybe the problem, whatever it is, will just disappear! Thanks all!