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From: Ronald Cole City: Eagar, AZ
my red rasberry patch is three years old, and it has some canes with yellow leaves, and some canes with green leaves. What could cause this?
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
Hello Ronald: After a raspberry cane bears fruit (one or two times, depending on variety) that cane will die. At any one time, the plant will have fruiting canes and vegetative canes. You can expect the vegetative canes to bear fruit next season and then it is their turn to die while the plant produces additional vegetative canes for the coming year. It is very likely that the yellowing canes are the ones that had fruit this season. This may be the first time you have seen this as your plants are now just 3 years old. Sincerely, Richard
From: Jeff Wunderlich City: Minooka, IL
I want to grow raspberry's and blueberries in a container box in my garden. What is the best mix of sand, black dirt, and compost for the best result? Thanks,
	Extension Message From: James Schmidt Extension Specialist, Home Horticulture/4-H Department of Crop Sciences schmidt1@illinois.edu
a mix of just soil and compost will give you good results. You could use equal amounts of both. I do not advise adding sand, as the proportions need to be right or else you wind up with a worse situation.
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