Hi everyone, I bought a raspberry online from a nursery about a 1 month ago. The plant came as a stick and I potted it *indoors*. Initially green shoots were growing like crazy out of it, and flower buds came within 2 weeks. However, right after this crazy growth spurt, the newest shoots (with the flower buds) began to die. I'm not sure if I overwatered the plant, since I did soak the soil about twice a week. My pot is plastic with holes on the bottom, and it seems to drain quite well. I have since stopped watering the plant except once a week, but the remaining leaves are starting to curl as though they are too dry. Finally, I noticed specks of soft looking, pale orange dots around the edges of the holes where water drains. It looks like fungus, but all of the other potted plants have some of this orange-dot stuff on the surface of the soil (which is actually compost) as well and they are doing fine. Some other information in case it's useful... I used compost made of shrimp shells for this raspberry plant, and added a few earthworms within 1.5 weeks of potting the raspberry. Today I just watered it with a dilute vinegar solution in case it was soil pH that was the problem. But I really don't know what's going on. Since I did plant it indoors, I doubt it's insects or virus causing the problem. Any tips would be helpful! Thanks, Kyrie
I can't imagine a rasberry succeeding with the lower humidity that 99.9% of homes have. I would expect brown curling leaves. Also, overwatering & fungus are compounded by the reduced sun indoors. Rasberries like more sun than you likely can give it indoors.
