Fruits and Nuts: What is wrong with my raspberries???, 1 by TexasLou

TexasLou wrote:
I don't know how similar they are to blackberries but we've had a very heavy crop of thornless blackberries this year. The bed has a high percentage of compost and the plants were about 2-3ft. high in the spring of 2005. We have only 6 plants and drove 3 fruit tree spikes around the base of each about 8-10 inches away from the canes. I'll post a few of the berries we picked this weekend. I put the penny, quarter and dime there for a comparison of size. New plants are coming up all around the old ones that are bearing now. Some of the new ones are 12ft. tall - really too tall.
Louise