I was at the Home Depot last night and saw they had raspberry plants out for sale. Taking a look, I found these little round things on the stems of most. I smushed one in hand and it seemed greasy, not watery so I thought it'd be an insect egg and not a moisture droplet. Please let me know what you think.
Hey! If that's not water drops it sure looks disgusting...
Trust me when I tell you I have spent around an hour looking into this disease or eggs or whatever that is... And I haven't found anything like this. It resembles raspberry beetle eggs but I am not entirely sure about it. My advice is to contact pest control or gardeners like https://www.fantasticservices.com/insects/ or something similar for your area and deal with this as soon as possible.
And please do let us know what it was... Good luck!
I don't know, but my first impression was some of those moisture holding beads.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1092/
I'm not sure it was moisture beads because these were perfectly round and it looks like those in the link you included are with more squared edges.
Ok, a theory has been flown in my regional group that they are sap balls.
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2009/6-3/grapepearls.html
I'd buy that.
Ah, glad you figured it out. When I saw your photo, the beads came to mind, but you were right about the shape.
Yeah thanks for the attempt! I love learning new things about plants :)
