A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Food Garden Forum Fruit Forum Raspberry leaf problems

Ok, so I bought a raspberry plant from Lowes back in May and since then, it's been doing great until a month ago. It had a bunch of fruit/flowers/buds on it and the leaves looked healthy. Well, a month ago, me and my family left for Los Angeles to visit family for a week and a half. When I came back, I found that the ends of some leaves were shriveling and drying up, so I water it. I've been watering it and keeping the soil moist ever since then, but the problems with the leaves have just gotten worse. The browning and shriveling advanced onto the entire leaves and in some cases, onto the stems. Some of the fruit also dried up. This morning, I just clipped off all of the destroyed leaves and fruit and trimmed the dying parts off of some in hopes to end the problem. I'll see what happens later. Can anyone help me though? I have no clue what it was or what caused it.

Can you see any mold?

No. It was only brown, dried leaves and some fruit. The canes are not wilting though. Another thing I forgot to mention is that the leaves on the suckers coming up from the plant base are perfectly healthy.

It might have gotten stressed from heat while you were gone, just cut off any browning....it'll bounce back.

Hmmm. I think that might be the case. It did get pretty hot around my area while I was gone. Thanks.