crikey..

you know you stressed the heck out of it ... and yet you are mystified it is stressed to kingdom come..

and your only thought is severe surgery ...

crikey .. oooo the doubel crikey.. lol .. water it properly.. and leave it alone otherwise..

and for future reference.. keep in mind.. many rasps have biennial canes ... so even it it fails.. new shoots ought to come.. and if it happens to be a very quality rasp... you might get a fall harvest ...

free plants are great.. but you know what happens when timing isnt great.. so be it.. its was still free ... eh??

ken

Do as floral says and just keep watering it....

Doubly difficult because raspberries do not like to have wet roots long-term. Cut back on water at the first sign of leaf recovery. Goal is to have plant survive to future years and new canes. Fruit this year is unlikely.

Luckily we had some overnight rain followed by a cloudy day. So now the leaves on the shorter two canes are looking O.K., but some bundles of leaves on the the tall cane- mostly on the top half - are definitely dying off... overall not too bad so far. Our expectation from the start was to save the root system for new shoots, at the same time give it our best to preserve as much of the plant as we can. At another location we have had raspberry bushes for many years and always transplanted babies when very small, or larger ones when dormant, but had zero experience in transplanting any big plants under these poor condition. Hence the question here.

I‘m surprised people are recommending not to trim the newly transplanted bush. I was always taught to trim transplants, as then the plant can focus on growing new roots, without having as much top growth to support, especially since some roots are invariably lost during removal. I’m interested to hear why you recommend not trimming it!

Leaves photosynthesize. Without photosynthesis a plant struggles.

Once the raspberry has settled in and is growing away happily, it will be fine to remove any weak or scruffy stems. Here’s why:

https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/transplant-pruning.pdf 

You will also need to ascertain if this is a type of raspberry where you remove only the fruited canes every year or one where you cut the whole lot down in winter.

eta my link was to the same paper as gardengal’s. Seems to be flaky.

"I’m interested to hear why you recommend not trimming it!"

Pruning back top growth or the crown/canopy of a woody plant when transplanting has proven to be detrimental to it's reestablishment. As floral noted, leaves fuel photosynthesis; without photosynthesis, the roots will not regenerate successfully. (her link does not work for me)

The Myth of Top-Pruning Transplanted Material

That is so interesting! I have never heard this before! Sadly, I planted several shrubs this year and did top prune them, already. It seems gardening practise is a lot like parenting. Experts stress one way, and then later the exact opposite is put forth.

Thank you for commenting about this! I’ve been checking back, eager to hear a response.

Sorry my link proved flaky. It was to the same paper as gardengal gave.

Thank you Grace for asking a question I wanted to ask but did't and thank gardengal for offering , "The Myth of Top Pruning" in reference to crown pruning of trees and shrubs. It was was not only very interesting, but also quite helpful to read as it challenged what I had been taught before (crown pruning ), while also giving the reasons as to why this new practice ( no crown pruning) is now being recommended. It is much easier to accept a new way of doing something if one is given the background reasons.

The above link lead me to the complimentary link about The Myth of fragile roots https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/fragile-roots.pdf

and a link to Horticultural Myths by Linda Chalker -Scott, Washington State University, way too much to read and absorb now but a great read that will probably keep me busy all of next winter

https://puyallup.wsu.edu/lcs/

I would try misting the leaves when you water, but not after noon. You can bottom water twice a day if needed. the shade was the exact right thing to do.