Treating raspberries in spring and autumn for pest control

We can say that we all love and are happy to grow raspberries in our garden. We love to feast on its fragrant and delicate berries. We look after, as far as there is understanding, time and opportunities. But there are obstacles such as diseases and parasites, harmful companions of civilization. Yes, no matter how trite it sounds, but it is better to get around your pets by applying the recommendations of experts in their field. Processing and caring for raspberries will be easy and fun, our advice will help you with this.

Processing raspberries in spring

If we want to get a decent harvest of our raspberries, we begin to act in early spring and then the harvest will pamper us in the summer. We will treat the bushes from possible diseases and parasites, the raspberry will thank you with exuberant flowering. We recommend not to postpone and take risks.

Indeed, with the onset of heat, nature awakens and pests also awaken, and carriers of diseases, all sorts of unicellular.

Here, prevention and gentle care will help us to avoid unreasonable risks.

We start work with the onset of the first warmth, how the snow melts and it will be possible to see how the winter passed, what consequences it brought. It is not worth tightening, the earth can quickly warm up and the juice will run up the stems. Then you can be late with pruning, and as a result, growth will slow down, and the risk of infection will increase.

Each locality has its own terms and conditions. But, as a rule, the weather sets in by the end of March, beginning of April. For this time, we will tune in. We start cleaning, we put things in order.

What are we going to do, where do we start:

• cut the top of the stems to live, strong buds. As a rule, the height from the ground on all overwintered bushes will be the same. A look from the side will delight you with a picture of the future harvest;
• those stems that have dried up, damaged by rodents, remove at the root;
• if there is an obvious thickening, we thin out, giving preference to the strongest, the most promising;
• it is better to remove last year's leaves in a compost pit.

Of course, there are different opinions about the remaining organics, stems, foliage. If traces of diseases are visible or implied, which is usually the case. Carriers of infections can also lurk here, it is better, nevertheless, to burn plant waste. Only to do it so as not to contradict environmental legislation. We show imagination, thereby reducing the risks from diseases and harmful insects.

The row spacing should be fertilized with nitrogen-containing preparations. Active growth and build-up of green mass will begin soon. Our raspberries will respond well to these actions, they will lay strong inflorescences. We will definitely tie up our bushes. Then they will not be afraid of the wind and the risk of breakage of branches bent from the harvest.

Raspberry pruning

What is important to pay attention to when pruning, so as not to harm, what should be our actions?

The cutting tool, which is a garden knife and pruner, should be prepared accordingly. Sharpen sharpen, clean, wash from last year's activity and disinfect. This must be done without fail:

• a sharp tool leaves behind a smooth, even cut. This is a kind of guarantee that the infection will be deprived of a place of settlement, bearing in mind that the risk of settlement of various infections is much greater on irregularities, creases;
• we treat the blades of the tool with a disinfectant solution, alcohol, vodka, if not a pity. Soap solution is also suitable, you can dissolve laundry soap;
• it is better to do this by going to each new bush

The care is simple, but so necessary. Here, each component is important and all together. Together, our actions will become a good guarantee, a stimulus for the future fragrant harvest.

But that's not all, for a successful fight against diseases and parasites, it may be necessary to additionally spray.

Treatment of raspberries from diseases

Treatment from pathogens, harmful microflora, in addition to pruning and harvesting, is good to do at the same time, in early spring. It is important to know how to do this, in what proportions. I want to note that we are processing raspberry bushes and a trunk circle. After all, there fungi, their spores, as well as carriers of viruses, with a high degree of probability wintered. We use a solution of Bordeaux liquid, 3%, as well as nitrafen.

The first processing of raspberries should be before the budding date. It happens that the weather surprises us. For example, prolonged rains. Then it is better to repeat the processing. Again, out of necessity. And to use already more gentle means, better biological, natural, so as not to harm your health. When the raspberries are in bloom and the bees are working hard on each flower, chemistry is doubly inapplicable. But in the early stages of the disease, if this still manifests itself, it is important to make the correct diagnosis. Raspberry bushes with their appearance will show and tell what they need, if everything is in order.

For example, a TOPAZ solution will have to be treated in the event of a disease such as powdery mildew. In a later period, it is better to still use folk remedies. They are time-tested, sometimes very reliable and effective. Their use will not harm our health. The harvest will be saved.

There is such a disease, gray rot. If not noticed at the time, it can take away a significant part of the fruit. Needles will help here. Yes, needles, if you take care of it after the winter holidays and collect it from the New Year's beauty. Such a life hack! Scatter it under the bushes. Herbal infusions will help, both for treatment and for prevention. As an example, dandelion and yarrow, husks and onions themselves. Garlic infusion can help fight fungal infections.

Thus, early spring cultivation, its repetition in summer, will help to grow a decent harvest. In addition, it will serve as a good basis for the development of a strong foundation for the next year. Let's remember that insects also love to feast on. These are caterpillars and all sorts of beetles.

Pests and the fight against them

Raspberry is a berry, and it is attacked not only by harmful diseases, but also by pests and there are many of them. Prevention and protection measures are also needed here. We proceed to protection, spraying at the same time, without delay. It's early spring. We preliminarily carry out sanitary cleaning, as already described above. By the way, the same Bordeaux liquid can have a double effect.

In addition to protecting against viruses and fungal infections, it will protect against crawling and flying lovers of profit. Spider mite, one of the brightest parasites. It appears closer to flowering, and spraying with colloidal sulfur can help here, as well as possible.

I draw your attention to the fact that the treatment of raspberries for prevention is always better than emergency methods of struggle. You may not be in time. To preserve the harvest, you should be careful and immediately engage in the fight against parasites. After all, the harvest is what this whole idea is for. A lot of effort has been expended and it is simply a shame to be left with nothing. Year after year is not necessary. It is difficult to predict in advance what surprise awaits this year.

There are cases, such pests, for which even chemistry did not "work", and then you have to remove the plant at the root in order to prevent the massive spread of the parasite. And remove it from the site, followed by incineration, and at that, immediately. If a raspberry beetle is wound up, the case of collecting it by hand is not excluded. Tansy infused can help here.

But the raspberry fly brings a lot of trouble, and we will fight with it by loosening the earth surrounding the bushes.Weevils are raspberry-strawberry, their brothers, crimson beetles, lovers of feasting on ovary, flower buds cause great harm. If you do not notice their appearance in time, you can be left without a harvest at all. Garlic infusion with the addition of laundry soap will help here. These actions will protect and not harm our health. If it is correct and meaningful to carry out agricultural technology, in advance and as necessary, we will be with the harvest and the planting will delight the eye.

Processing raspberries in spring

In the fall, we lay the harvest of the next year. The season is over, the harvest is harvested, the final steps. This has a certain deep meaning:
• this way the bushes will winter better;
• possible traces of pests will be removed, and they themselves, if they managed to survive or arrived later;
• there will be fewer worries in the spring. After all, in the spring, only have time to turn.

What do we do? We spray, add the necessary dressing, cut off the stems that have borne fruit this year at the root. Moreover, it is recommended to do this immediately upon completion of fruiting. This will give a good result in the future. This has a profound meaning. They have already borne fruit and played their role, they will wither and completely dry out. But this is later, but for now, they will draw on useful juices and nutrition. They can become a haven for all the same parasites, fungi and pathogens, fungi, finally.

There may also be broken, weak stems. We remove them and remove them from the site, the same way. We cut off the leaves that remained on the bushes. We do this with caution so as not to harm the buds laid down for the next year. With a pruner or a sharp knife, this can be done with more delicacy. We remember that, like in the spring, in the fall, we also disinfect our tools. We remove all plant residues, take out and, ideally, burn, as it dries. Compost is also an option, but you need to deal with it in an intelligent way, so that everything laid down is processed without a trace. This is the material of another article.

Fertilizers in autumn

Introduce all the necessary fertilizers, both inorganic and organic, will be the end of the season in planting our raspberries. Here it will already depend on the preferences, which of the types of land use we adhere to, scientific-supersphat, etc. or grandfather's, manure, humus. Digging up, or better just loosen the soil will be beneficial.

If we live in the northern regions, we free them from the garter and prepare for the winter cold. You don't need to do this in the south. You can spray in the fall with folk remedies to maintain the bushes, it will be beneficial. Diseases and pests also fall asleep at this time, so we will not use chemistry once again. If you apply preventive care rules throughout the season and be creative, success is guaranteed. We will be with our favorite berry ourselves, our loved ones and everyone whom we are ready to treat.