All about remontant raspberries.

Briefly about raspberries.

Raspberries are the tastiest and most common crop in our gardens. Nowadays, gardeners and gardeners have begun to plant more and more remontant varieties. Repaired raspberries in the garden are not a drop inferior in their characteristics and properties to ordinary garden raspberries.

The main difference between remontant raspberries in the garden and ordinary ones is yield. If an ordinary garden raspberry bears fruit once a year, then a remontant one will delight you with a harvest twice a season.

The first harvest of remontant raspberries is done in June, the second harvest of remontant raspberries usually occurs in August or early September. Repaired raspberries are very frost resistant. But do not forget that remontant varieties require more careful and painstaking care.

Landing rules.

Planting of remontant raspberries is usually done in the fall, at this time of the year raspberries take root best. And you will receive the first harvest already on the next year. You plant mono raspberries in spring, but only very early, when the snow melted and the soil warmed up a little.

In Russia, remontant raspberries are most often planted in April. In spring, it is not recommended to delay planting raspberries, there is a risk that it will not take root. For planting, it is best to choose podzolic soil, in which raspberries grow best.

Competent hike.

Planting remontant raspberries can be planted both in hotel pits and in trenches. When planting, it is very important not to deeply deepen the root system of the shrub; after planting the soil, the roots should be in the upper layers of the soil. When planting, if possible, you need to add a floor of humus or black soil to the hole.

You should also add a couple of tablespoons of phosphate. You need to dilute this whole cocktail with 400-500 grams of wood ash. It is very important to remember that remontant raspberries should not be thickened, they love space, with close planting you risk getting a very small harvest.

A tight planting can provoke fungal diseases in the bushes. The most optimal thing is to plant remontant raspberries in rows (the distance between the rows is 1.5 meters) at a distance of 70 cm from each other.

Repairing raspberries in the garden and watering

Care after planting remontant raspberries consists in good regular watering, loosening the soil, timely weeding, pruning and feeding the bushes. Repaired raspberries are very fond of moisture, their root system is located very close to the surface, therefore raspberries cannot endure a prolonged drought.

Watering should be residual, but not excessive, waterlogging of the soil can provoke the appearance of fungal diseases. You need to loosen raspberries no deeper than 7 cm deep, otherwise you can damage the root system of the plant. Loosening is best accompanied with fertilizer.

Pruning and protection from pests and diseases.

Raspberry pruning is best done. In late October or early November, all fruitful shoots should be cut off at the soil level. Autumn pruning helps to protect raspberry bushes in winter from overwintering pests and diseases.

Repaired raspberries most often suffer from fungal diseases. Invasion of pests raspberries are destroyed only during the flowering period, therefore, it is necessary to process raspberries with chemicals, for a long time about the beginning of the ovary. In April, when the air temperature is not yet very high, raspberries can be sprayed with a 3% solution of Bordeaux liquid or loved by another pesticide.

In the fall, raspberries should be examined for the presence of a raspberry gnat, or rather, for the presence of its larvae. If you notice swollen stems, then there is a high probability that there are larvae there, swollen stems need to be cut and burned.

Repairing raspberries in the garden and top dressing.

They start feeding remontant raspberries since March. However, it all depends on the temperature regime of the region in which you live. In some areas there is still snow in March. Usually, mineral fertilizers are used in spring feeding.

The next top dressing should be done about the beginning of flowering. To do this, you need to dissolve a couple of tablespoons of supersulfate in 10 liters. water. This faith is enough for you for one square meter of shrubbery. The third feeding is done in the fall after the raspberries have finished bearing fruit. You can feed raspberries with absolutely any mineral fertilizer.