{"id":17215,"date":"2015-11-28T02:22:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T09:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17215"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:17:17","slug":"raspberry-nutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/raspberry-nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Nutrition Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So if you want your raspberries to feed you then we recommend you first look after your canes nutrition needs.<\/p>\n<h3>General Condition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Raspberries are hungry plants!<\/li>\n<li>Yellowing leaves can be a sign of nutrient deficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy soil, waterlogging, drought alkaline or chalky soil can also cause yellowing.<\/li>\n<li>Older plants are often worse &#8211; replace after 10 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Specific Deficiency<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nitrogen deficiency causes yellow leaves and debilitates plants.<\/li>\n<li>Phosphorous\u00c2\u00a0 deficiency causes slow growth and dull leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Potassium deficiency causes browning leaf edges and poor fruiting.<\/li>\n<li>Magnesium deficiency is common on light sandy soil or where high potassium feed has been over used. Foliar feed with Epsom salts 2 or 3 times .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Treatments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Best treated with foliar feed sprayed on to leaves.<\/li>\n<li>If yellowing is persistent it may be iron deficiency so apply sequestrene.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain good hygiene and help water retention with an autumn mulch.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t over feed or underfeed or plants will blow a raspberry at you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So if you want your raspberries to feed you then we recommend you first look after your canes nutrition needs. General Condition Raspberries are hungry plants! Yellowing leaves can be a sign of nutrient deficiency. Heavy soil, waterlogging, drought alkaline or chalky soil can also cause yellowing. Older plants are often worse &#8211; replace after 10 years. Specific Deficiency Nitrogen deficiency causes yellow leaves and debilitates plants. Phosphorous\u00c2\u00a0 deficiency causes slow growth and dull leaves. Potassium deficiency causes browning leaf&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/raspberry-nutrition\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20239,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215\/revisions\/20239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}