Just ran into an issue with my everbearing raspberries. I have seen a few posts on reddit here and in other subs about came borers and the typical sign of powder showing up near their canes. But ide like to show another telltale sign that seems to be plaguing my own brambles as I never see the powder on the outside of mine. About half of my canes (fruiting unfortunately) have dried up. I suspected lack of water because they are in pots and I have done a poor job watering (on top of long dry spell and hot weather) but I finally got around to soaking them down and decided to get rid of the stems that had dried up. All of them had these split or dried and/or swollen wounds. In some of these as I cut them open I managed to find what I assume to be cane borers at different stages of growth including I believe pupae (very underdeveloped ones seen in last picture, but equally disturbing given the quantity)
As always do not compost, I tossed these directly into my yard waste bin (filled with other undesirable weeds)
Does anyone know if cane borers can travel into the root systems of raspberries? They dont seem to be touching my black raspberries, trailing blackberries, or thimbleberries (though the latter I do want to take a closer look at this weekend just to be safe since they grow next to eachother)
by Phyank0rd
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