Top tips for planting raspberries

Everyone knows such a berry as raspberry, it is a perennial that can grow and bear fruit in one place for up to 15 years. She is loved by everyone. Raspberries are often used for colds. They make jam, freeze. When fresh, it is a sweet and very healthy berry. Therefore, planting raspberries is a popular activity among gardeners.

There are a lot of varieties of raspberries for planting in open ground, they differ in terms of ripening, shape and size of berries. There are traditional varieties - which are adapted to almost any conditions, tolerate any temperature, but their berries are small and there are not too many of them.

There are large-fruited - they have a large harvest. These are Izobilnaya, Patricia and Ruby Giant varieties. Repairing - you will have berries until the frost, you can take two or three harvests per season. Varieties such as "Atlant"," Apricot "and"Bryansk marvel».

So that the raspberries after planting in the open field do not grow in different directions, you can plant sorrel along its contour, then young shoots will not climb behind it.

The land for your raspberry tree must be prepared in advance, and fertilized there a month before planting. You can plant it in the spring at the beginning of April before the buds begin to bloom. Or in the fall at the end of September, beginning of October. it must take root before the first frost in order to be good to catch. To plant raspberries, you need to use annual ripe shoots. And do not plant potatoes, tomatoes or strawberries next to her.

There are three ways of planting raspberries in the open ground on your site, these are: Ribbon - when it sits in a trench in one row at a distance of 30 - 40 cm. And the distance between rows is at least 1.5 meters. Shrub - plants are planted in separate holes with a distance of at least 50 cm, and standard.

Trenches or holes (depending on the method) must be well shed with water, and the seedlings should be planted at least 20 cm deep. Cover the seedling with loose earth and tamp it slightly. The raspberries need to be watered the hardest in the spring when they bloom, and in the summer when the berries develop and ripen. After each watering, the soil must be loosened so that oxygen would flow to the roots. You need to water abundantly as the roots sit at a depth of up to half a meter. Weeds must be weeded. Top dressing should be applied to the ground two or three times per season. Also, raspberries need to be tied up or supported, because powerful bushes can break under their own weight. Any raspberry variety can have both diseases and pests. For example: Raspberry Beetle, Stem Fly, or Spider Mite. There are also diseases such as brown spot and anthractosis. Against them, in the spring, raspberry bushes are sprayed with a Bordeaux mixture.

 

Planting raspberries means cutting off the bushes, the main thing is to do it right, otherwise you will not see a big harvest. In the spring, you need to trim raspberries as early as possible to remove broken and frozen shoots. In the summer, the branches that have borne fruit are removed. And in the fall, weak and broken shoots and branches are removed. You cannot leave leaves on the branches for the winter; they must be completely removed. And the rest of the shoots need to be tied up and bent over to the ground.

If suddenly the raspberry after planting has grown more than necessary, then the extra shoots must be removed. So that it does not grow into the ground to a depth of half a meter, you can dig in boards or pieces or slate. Repaired raspberries need to be cut completely all the way down to the ground, then only young shoots will grow in the spring.

Raspberries should be planted where there is a lot of sun and it is closed from the wind. Best of all along the fence, or along the house. So that in winter the snow lingers there, saving the bushes from freezing in winter.Observing these simple rules, planting raspberries and subsequent care for them will bring a rich harvest.