I am new to raspberry cultivation. We moved into our home in vancouver BC Canada in the winter and have been taking care of a patch of raspberry (variety unknown). In the fall I pruned all of the stocks down to the ground and fertilized twice.

In the past three weeks the leaves have come under attack. I first noticed that the leaves were getting holes in them. And recently noticed that some of the leaves are curling.

When examining the back of the leaves I noticed a few small yellowish green crawling larvea (looks like sawfly based on a web search). I squished the three I have found and not seen any since.

I have also noticed white spittle on the back of the some of the leaves and on some of thestalks. Inside the spittle I have seen small yellow/green bugs inside (looks like spittl bugs). I have squished all of the ones I have found.

Yesterday I sprayed a hard jet of water on the leaves. This morning I can't find any of the bugs.

I'm trying to garden organically but would consider a chemical insecticide if the alternative was loosing the crop.

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

This post was edited by dadelogin on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 17:02