It consists in watering, fertilizing, loosening the soil, pruning and weed control. The root system of raspberries is located superficially, therefore, it needs regular watering in dry weather. Please note that watering should not be plentiful, three-hour stagnation of water can lead to the death of small roots. Raspberries themselves do not die, but it will take time to restore damaged roots. Excessive watering also delays the development of raspberries and adversely affects the quality of the crop.
Try not to damage the root system when loosening the soil. Within a radius of one meter from the central part of the bush, the depth of loosening should not exceed seven centimeters. To keep moisture in the upper layers of the soil, resort to mulching with peat or humus. Simultaneously with mulching and loosening, mineral fertilizers must be applied from the second year after planting. In the first half of summer, give preference to nitrogen fertilizers, then apply complex dressings that contain nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and a set of trace elements.
Fermented top dressings are especially effective. organic fertilizers- bird droppings or mullein, diluted with water.
Raspberry pruning
Very important in the cultivation of raspberries is the correct removal of excess root offspring and shoots. The earlier the work is carried out, the less nutrients the plant will spend on them, which means that a rich harvest of berries will be obtained. On one square meter of remontant raspberries, it is enough to have from three to six shoots. Remove excess replacement shoots that grow from the base of the rhizome with a pruner at soil level. Green young offspring should be cut three to five centimeters below ground level.
Shoots can be further used for propagation and rooting.
Raspberry garter
Some varieties of raspberries are able to produce rich yields with good care. Therefore, sometimes the shoots do not withstand such a load and lie down. The berries should not touch the ground, so in the second half of summer it is necessary to properly tie the shoots to a trellis or any other support. If strong winds blow in your area, then the garter can be done earlier.
Raspberry care in autumn
With the completion of fruiting and the onset of severe cold weather, you need to cut off the entire above-ground part of the remontant raspberry, collect the fallen berries and leaves with a rake. Take it all off the site and burn it. Loosen the soil, carry out water-charging irrigation, mulching. Organize a cover made of non-woven fabric or polyethylene over the bed.
Many owners of household plots, growing raspberries, prefer remontant varieties of this shrub plant. Such gardeners can be understood, since remontant raspberries, unlike ordinary raspberries, can bear fruit twice a year.
Raspberries, like any other garden crop, will delight with their delicious fruits only with proper care. If we talk specifically about remontant varieties of this shrub, then caring for it comes down to timely mulching, loosening the soil and watering.
Mulching
Timely mulching is the key to a rich harvest; this simple procedure should be performed in the autumn months - preferably before the first frost.
What does this unusual word mean? In essence, mulching is nothing more than covering the soil around a plant, the purpose of which is to protect its root system during the freezing winter, maintain an even soil temperature during the hot summer months, retain the necessary moisture, and prevent the growth of weeds.
When mulching, the soil around the plant (mulch diameter can be 30-50 centimeters) is covered with a layer of humus, peat, sawdust, hay, compost, crushed plant stems and other natural materials.
Some synthetic materials can also be used for mulching, which can be purchased at gardening stores. This can be a black polyethylene film (it is black that is used so that sunlight does not penetrate through it) or special fabrics based on synthetic fibers: "lutrasil", "agril", "agrospa", "spunbond" and others.
Loosening and timely watering
In order to get a good harvest from a remontant raspberry bush twice a year, it is necessary to carefully loosen and weed the soil around the plant. The purpose of these simple procedures is to ensure free access of air to the root system of the raspberry bush, thereby creating favorable conditions for the development of all kinds of beneficial microorganisms in the soil.
The soil should be loosened in early spring - before the first buds bloom. The best tool for loosening is a small hoe, with which you can easily work the soil to a depth of 10-15 centimeters. Summer loosening and weeding of the soil is carried out in order to destroy shoots of weed plants near the bush: creeping wheatgrass, quinoa and others.
Repair raspberry loves moisture, so it needs to be watered frequently. Particularly thorough, daily watering should be done during the hot summer months. It is necessary to saturate raspberries with life-giving moisture both during the flowering period, and during the fruit ripening period, and after harvesting.
Gardeners on the plots grow a wide variety of crops. It is difficult to imagine a garden without raspberries. It is valued for its useful delicious berries with universal application. Biennial shoots of common raspberry varieties bear fruit once during the summer season. However, if desired, you can get a second, autumn, harvest. Increasingly, in addition to plants of the usual fruiting period, gardeners acquire and successfully grow remontant ones, which will pleasantly surprise you with beautiful large berries not only at the usual harvest time, but also in September-October. At this time, there are no berries in the garden, and fruit-bearing bushes will come in handy more than ever. Cultivation and care remontant raspberries- thank you work.
The main characteristics of the berry culture
Agrotechnics of common raspberry is associated with various problems. First of all, this is the freezing of shoots, the defeat of diseases and pests, the strong growth of bushes. The absence of many of these problems is characterized by remontant raspberries. Reproduction and care of plants is quite affordable. Even a novice gardener will cope with agrotechnical measures.
The main characteristic of remontant raspberry varieties is the fruiting features. Annual shoots bear fruit twice a season. Young plants planted in early spring grow up to one and a half meters. The first fruiting occurs in summer period. The second harvest is in autumn. The varieties are highly productive. Proper care of remontant raspberries allows you to get large-fruited fruits that will pleasantly please you with high quality, excellent taste and universal use. Remontant raspberries have good winter hardiness. Propagation and care is facilitated by good resistance to diseases and pests.
Berry bookmark
We start by choosing a site where remontant raspberries will be placed. Planting and caring for it depend on correct definition places in the garden. The site for the future plantation is chosen well-lit with a southern orientation. Seedlings should not be placed in the corners of the garden after growing nightshade and former raspberry plantings. Before placing the plants, the soil is dug up and organic and complex mineral fertilizers are applied. This culture is unpretentious, but fertile loams with a slightly acidic reaction are most suitable for successful cultivation plants.
Placement of seedlings
Compliance with certain rules requires remontant raspberries. Growing and caring for it will be successful with proper placement of the bushes. Landings should not be thickened. A dense planting can contribute to the appearance of fungal diseases, a decrease in the quality of berries when remontant raspberries begin to bear fruit. Planting and caring for plants require special attention.
Planting material is planted in rows. In them, seedlings are located at a distance of one to three meters. The trellis method by which remontant raspberries will be grown is quite convenient. Planting and care consist in fixing the shoots on supports. When the crop ripens under the weight of large berries, the stems will not lean to the ground, which will help maintain product quality. The rows are placed at a distance of thirty centimeters from each other. No more than fifteen plants should be placed on each meter of the trellis. In a row, you can alternate annual and biennial shoots. With an unthickened planting, remontant raspberries grow well and bear fruit. Leaving in the fall will consist in pruning the shoots, which, with this method of planting, will give a bountiful harvest next year.
Ensuring planting nutrition required by remontant raspberries
Planting and caring for plants include a few simple tricks. A good, plentiful harvest of high-quality large berries will provide mandatory regular feeding. Fertilization is carried out several times during the growing season. The first feedings are in March. If the area where the plants are located is fertile enough, a complex nitrogen-potassium-phosphorus fertilizer is applied. Growing remontant raspberries in areas with less fertile soil is enhanced by ammonium nitrate fertilization. For one square meter of plantation, the following solution is used:
- ten liters of water;
- twenty grams of fertilizer.
The next top dressing is necessary during the flowering period of plants. In this case, prepare the necessary composition:
- ten liters of water;
- three tablespoons of double superphosphate;
- a tablespoon of sulfate.
In the autumn period after the second fruiting, a solution is used:
- ten liters of water;
- two tablespoons of superphosphate;
- a tablespoon of sulfate.
Watering and loosening the soil
Caring for remontant raspberries is not limited to regular fertilization. In addition to adequate nutrition and good lighting, regular watering is necessary. Mulching retains moisture well. Plantings should not be waterlogged. However, do not allow the soil to dry out. The soil around the bushes should be loose enough. To do this, carry out constant weeding, as well as the removal of weeds.
Pest protection
Despite good resistance to diseases and pests, caring for remontant raspberries does not exclude preventive measures. In some years, plant leaves can be damaged by caterpillars or aphids, as well as spider mites. In this case, traditional means of protection are used. Plants are treated with special preparations designed to destroy pests. Quite often, drugs such as Karate or Fufanon are used for this purpose. It should be remembered that pest control is not carried out during flowering. One of the preventive measures that remontant raspberries undergo is leaving in the fall. Pruning all shoots perfectly protects plants from diseases and pests.
Bush formation
Planted in early spring, remontant raspberries will provide several harvests. Leaving in the fall is a crucial period that affects the quality of the shoots of the next season. After the end of fruiting, they begin to form them. 
This event consists in pruning the shoots formed during the season. In this period, they are considering how remontant raspberries will bear fruit. Leaving in the fall, pruning and shaping the stems suggest laying the next crop. After the first frost, this event is held. It is necessary to carefully cut out all biennial and annual stems, leaving stumps no more than five centimeters. The site is then well mulched with peat or humus. This agricultural technique prevents the plant from freezing. And also protect the berry from pests and diseases. Cut shoots are removed from the garden and burned. 
If two harvests are expected, pruning is done differently. Cut out only two-year-old stems. Leaving at the same time well-formed, strong shoots that formed during one season. They stay over the winter. They will bear fruit in two terms next year. By tying in bunches, the plants are bent to the ground. This way they can overwinter.
spring pruning
With the onset of heat, raspberry shoots are sanitized. In the period after the swelling of the kidneys, the plants are inspected. Damaged and frozen shoots are carefully cut off.
High-yielding varieties Kalashnik and Inaccessible
Before buying planting material, you should decide which plants are suitable for a particular climatic zone. There are many high quality remontant raspberry varieties. On which of them to choose? Early ripe varieties such as Kalashnik and Inaccessible are popular. This remontant raspberry grows well in the conditions of the Moscow region. Reviews of gardeners growing plants of these varieties confirm their excellent qualities.
Kalashnik is grown mainly for the autumn harvest. This variety has medium sized berries. Three-gram fruits are round in shape and dark red in color. During the season, up to three kilograms of fragrant berries are harvested from the bush. Spreading raspberry shoots up to two meters high. The Kalashnik variety has excellent winter-hardy characteristics. Plants are quite resistant to diseases and slightly damaged by pests.
Unattainable - highly productive plant. Ripening of berries occurs before the onset of frost. They are medium in size. The fruits are blunt in shape and dark red in color. Productivity with good care is up to three kilograms per bush.
Large-fruited varieties Hercules, Hat Monomakh
Raspberry Hercules - remontant. It is perfect for growing in the Central and Central Black Earth regions. The ripening of the crop ends before the onset of frost. Berries of large sizes reach from ten to fifteen grams. They are truncated conical. Beautiful ruby color. The variety is practically not affected by fungal diseases. Practically not affected by raspberry mites. 
Remontant raspberry Monomakh's Cap is a beautiful compact, branched plant. Shoots grow up to one and a half meters long. The berries are large-fruited, weighing up to nine grams. With good care, individual gardeners received berries weighing up to twenty grams. They are elongated-conical, dense, have a ruby color. In mid-August, the first berries begin to ripen. Up to five and a half kilograms are collected per season.
Remontant raspberry seedlings
Planting material is purchased in nurseries or specialized institutions engaged in the cultivation of planting material. It has high quality, but the price is quite high. They are distinguished with open and closed root systems. The root cutting has a root eight to twelve centimeters long, which, in turn, has lateral processes and buds.
Cuttings with an open root system are lignified offspring. Green shoots or offspring are seedlings with a closed root system.
How remontant raspberries propagate
High-quality planting material of a favorite variety can not only be purchased in specialized nurseries. You can get seedlings on your own without any problems and costs if varietal remontant raspberries have been growing in the garden for several years. Reproduction and care of planting material are available to any gardener. There are several ways to get seedlings. One or more of these methods can be mastered. For this purpose, root suckers are used. You can also get seedlings by dividing the bush. best time for planting material is the second decade of September or early spring.
One of the methods for obtaining planting material is the division of the main bush. Using this method, up to ten shoots are left on the bush. Shorten long shoots and remove old stumps. Seedlings are planted in the spring before the buds open on the plants. 
Root cuttings are harvested in the autumn. They have a well-developed root system, as well as buds or buds from which young shoots will develop. The aerial part of the seedling is shortened to thirty centimeters, the root system is cut.
Root cuttings are also one of the ways remontant raspberries propagate. Reproduction and care for it consists in cutting the roots of the formed plant into separate cuttings up to fifteen centimeters long. The prepared planting material is dug into the grooves, sprinkled with fertile soil. They are watered regularly. Planting material obtained by this method can be planted immediately or used for planting in the next season.
Proper planting of remontant raspberries in the fall is not an easy task. Therefore, each gardener must familiarize himself in advance with the agrotechnical features of the cultivation of this crop. If you stock up on knowledge and put it into practice, then the plants will form strong and bring a bountiful harvest. Today we will analyze all the advantages of this species and consider the main aspects of cultivation.
What is a repair raspberry?
Almost everyone knows about these amazing fragrant berries, with a subtle hint of sourness. The composition of bright red raspberries for the most part includes water - 85% of 100. The rest is occupied by monosaccharides and carbohydrates. The fruits contain large reserves of vitamin C. In addition, they are rich
- potassium;
- calcium;
- magnesium;
- phosphorus;
- chlorine.
Raspberries contain three different acids at the same time - malic, salicylic and citric. Thanks to all these qualities, raspberries are used as a remedy for the treatment of colds. If you put some berries in your tea, it will help reduce the heat.
However, this product differs not only in these properties. According to the observations of specialists, other effects of the product were also noted:
- The use helps to cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.
- It is considered in demand in the treatment of such problems as: sciatica, anemia and atherosclerosis.
- Due to the anthocyanins present in the berries, they have a strengthening effect on the capillaries.
Among other things, the fruits of ordinary and remontant raspberries are widely used in the culinary industry. Baking, drinks, preparations for the winter and desserts are prepared with it. Raspberry liqueurs are especially popular with chefs - this is just a masterpiece!
Most often, the fruits are red, however, you can meet plant species that bring yellow or even unusual black berries. As a rule, they are harvested one year after planting, since during the first year the formation of flower buds occurs.
But if it comes to remontant raspberries, then here is a reservation - fruiting begins in the first year after planting. The fruits ripen both in the summer months and in the fall. If gardeners know the intricacies of combinations of varieties, then you can enjoy juicy berries throughout the season.
If you crave a healthy and high-quality crop, you must follow the main rules of planting technology and keep the plants in a cozy environment.
Choosing the right variety
Remontant raspberries come in various varieties. Basically, the mass of fruits is about 5–8 g, although there are species that give a larger harvest. Weight large-fruited raspberries about 12–15 gr, the most popular of them are:
- Berdyansk miracle;
- Polka;
- Cap of Monomakh;
- Gold autumn.
If we talk about early-ripening varieties, then Indian summer and Penguin are in great demand. But the most delicious are considered to be raspberries of the varieties Firebird, Apricot and Orange Miracle.
A separate theme is raspberries called Eurasia. In addition to the fact that it gives a very abundant harvest of large fruits, such a culture is also early. The height of the bushes is 1 m 50 cm, more than 2 kg of product can be collected from one plant.
Ripe raspberries can stay on the bushes for about a week without spoiling. But its main advantage is its resistance to transportation. In addition, this culture is very easy to care for and has excellent disease resistance.
Transfer to an open area
Now I would like to talk about important points and nuances in planting raspberries of this type. Most of the farmers prefer to hold a planting event in the second decade of September.
This is justified by the fact that it is at this time on the street that the most appropriate ratios of temperature and humidity indicators are found.
In principle, when it is not possible to plant bushes in the fall, they do this in the spring. The vegetation is not too demanding, and therefore successfully adapts to any environmental conditions. For cultivation, it is best to choose an area with loamy soil enriched with nutrients.
Most often, raspberry bushes are placed in a well-lit area, protected from strong winds.
The principle of transplanting raspberries in the fall
- peppers;
- beds of onions or potatoes;
- tomatoes;
- planting onions;
- apple trees or roses.
After you choose the right time and place for the plants, you need to deal with the soil. The soil needs to be properly dug up and then fertilized. In the case when there is more mechanical composition in the ground, plowing is required, adding high peat to the ground - 20 liters or humus. It also does not hurt to add potassium sulfide and superphosphate - in the amount of 1 cup each.
The landing process is carried out according to the following scheme:
- Recesses are dug in the area so that the inter-hole distance is at least 70 cm. At the same time, they also observe a distance in rows of about 150–200 cm. It is highly undesirable to violate these standards, otherwise thickening will occur, which, in turn, will negatively affect for raspberries.
- The root system is located away from the topsoil, while straightening. Part of the root neck is dug in to the same place as before planting.
- When the shrubs are securely placed in the holes, they are covered with soil and lightly compacted.
- At the end of the procedure, garden residents are watered with water - 5 liters for each.
Requirements for the care of remontant raspberries
Now that we have considered the transplant procedure, it is time to familiarize ourselves with the agrotechnical requirements and cultivation techniques. After all, their future fruiting depends on ensuring the correct maintenance of pets.
Autumn care for remontant raspberries consists of regular irrigation, loosening the soil, top dressing, and pruning (bush formation). The plant must be watered, fed, loosened the soil in a timely manner, and do not forget to remove weeds and destroy pests in time.
How to care? For a good supply of oxygen to plants, loosening of the earth should be carried out periodically. The first time such an action is performed with the advent of spring, before the buds bloom. During the year, loosening is done approximately 4-6 times, depending on how quickly the soil crust appears and weeds grow.
Finally, such an event is held at the end of autumn. Loosen the soil to a depth of no more than 15 cm in the free area and about 8 cm near the plants themselves.
Timely watering plays a huge role. It is necessary to moisten the soil under the remontant raspberry bushes regularly and in large quantities. It is important that the soil is saturated with moisture at least 30 cm deep.
Determine how often procedures should be carried out by observing the weather conditions. But sometimes the vegetation needs to get as much liquid as possible. So you need to increase the dosage of water during the flowering of raspberries and the formation of berries. In addition, the soil is watered after harvesting.
It will be right to cover the ground with a layer of mulch. It will help retain moisture longer and prevent damage to the roots during cold snaps. And if you perform such actions constantly, loosening the soil will become optional. Commonly used as mulch:
- peat;
- hay;
- sawdust;
- compost or synthetic material.
Mulching is done as soon as the culture is transplanted to the site, and then the procedures are periodically repeated.
The best dressings
Before planting raspberry bushes, the soil must be fed. However, during the development and maturation of the crop, the vegetation absorbs all the elements, leaving no reserve. And therefore, without further feeding, they will weaken, and the quality of the fruit will greatly decrease.
The fertilizer technique is as follows:
- In the spring, when the plants are just entering the vegetative phase, you need to fertilize the soil with organic products. For this purpose, gardeners often use a solution with bird droppings or mullein. One square meter of the site accounts for approximately 5 liters of the drug. Repeating such procedures about 2-3 times throughout the year.
- When raspberry foliage is stained dark brown, accompanied by tissue death, you should know that the vegetation is experiencing a potassium deficiency. Therefore, it is necessary to make top dressing in the form of potassium magnesia or potassium sulfate.
- If the shoots wither, and the stems turn purple and slowly bend around, this indicates that the raspberry lacks such an element as phosphorus. I enrich the earth with this substance using nitroammophoska. Apply 50-100 grams of funds to one square of the territory. Such top dressing should be done only in the fall, otherwise the growing season will last longer and the raspberries will not be able to adapt to the onset of winter.
Rules for removing unwanted shoots
It was previously said that remontant raspberries are able to bear fruit not only in the second, but also in the first year after planting. However, it happens that the shoots of the same age, which bring the harvest in the autumn months, are slightly slowed down during development. In this regard, the quality of the fruit is significantly reduced. To cope with this problem is possible through circumcision.
In order for plants to bring a lot of berries in one year, certain conditions must be observed:
- To get a double crop, you must first get rid of absolutely all two-year-old shoots that previously bore fruit. This must be done before frost arrives. In addition, you must remove weak sprouts. On new branches, it is permissible to cut off only the upper part. And at the onset of spring, it is necessary to get rid of frozen and injured shoots.
- If you are happy with one fruiting, then at the end of the vegetative stage, before the onset of cold weather, remove each shoot.
- Do not leave cropped vegetation on the territory, as it will somehow contribute to the appearance of pests. She must be removed.
Remember - you can not create a high density of landings. Trim young shoots from time to time. After all, it is they who will continue to take away all the batteries and lead to the withering of the main shoots.
Remontant raspberries can be grown for one crop and for two. Beginning gardeners are most often advised to grow raspberries for one autumn harvest. And this method really has many advantages. First of all, the care of the plantation is greatly simplified.
Pruning remontant raspberries for one crop
The essence of the method is as follows. . In late autumn, all raspberry stalks are cut. It is important to cut them to the ground, leaving no stumps. And in this form, a completely empty garden bed goes into the winter. Naturally, all problems with wintering disappear. In the spring, when the shoots begin to grow, only 7-10 of the most powerful stems per 1p are left. meter, and cut off the rest.
During the summer they carry out the usual care. Raspberries are watered, fed, mulched. You can’t just cut off the tops of a remontant raspberry, as they do with an ordinary one. The crop begins to form precisely on the tops of the plants. If you cut them, then this will destroy part of the crop and delay the ripening of the berries.
Remontant raspberries begin to ripen in mid or late August. Even though you will get one crop instead of two, it is usually larger than the summer and fall crops. In addition, the development cycle of autumn raspberries does not coincide with the development cycle of pests and, as a result, autumn raspberries never have these pests.
And now we can summarize. The advantages of this method are as follows:
- very easy care
- no problems with wintering
- there are no pests on remontant raspberries in autumn
- one autumn harvest will be more than summer and autumn combined, when grown for two crops.
A method of pruning remontant raspberries, in which two crops are obtained
You can grow remontant raspberries for two crops. This method, in comparison with the previous one, has only one plus. But it's a big plus. Raspberries will bear fruit in your garden from the end of June until frost. Only in August there will be a break between the summer and autumn harvest. And even if this crop is smaller, this does not mean at all that it will be small. In any case, to feast on this wonderful berry all summer, to make jam from it for the winter, it will definitely be enough123.
The method of growing for two crops is not much different from caring for regular raspberries. Berries ripen on the tops of young shoots in the first year. After harvesting, the tops of these shoots are cut off. And the next year, berries will ripen again on the same shoots. After harvesting, all fruiting shoots must be removed immediately. By this time, the ovary will already appear on the replacement shoots. And in late August or early September, they will also yield a harvest.
Of course, with this method of growing, the thickening will be much greater. Therefore, you can not leave more than 10 - 12 shoots per 1p. meters . Of which half will be last year's, and half of replacement shoots. To further increase the illumination of the landings, it is advisable to use T-shaped trellises with two rows of wire. As it shown on the picture. Tie two-year-olds to one side, and young shoots to the other. And it is imperative to remove all root growth, unless of course you are going to do it. In good light, the crop can form almost along the entire stem, and in bad light only on the tops of the shoots.
Each of these two growing methods has its pros and cons. To choose the method that suits you best, you can cut part of the raspberry in one way, and part in another. And in a year everything will become clear to you.
Remontant raspberries are becoming increasingly popular when grown on summer cottages. She fell in love with gardeners for her unique fruiting ability, because the berries of remontant varieties ripen both on two-year-old branches and on annual ones, you can harvest twice a season. In addition, pruning such bushes is not difficult, and they winter excellently even without shelter. What should be the care of remontant raspberries? The gardener should properly organize the planting of young seedlings and pay special attention to the soil.
Choosing a remontant raspberry variety
Currently, breeders have bred a huge number of varieties, only for middle lane There are more than 75 names in Russia. However, if the gardener is a beginner, then it is worth giving preference to less whimsical varieties without thorns, this will greatly facilitate the care of shrubs. The most popular names are:
- "Atlant"- a low and compact bush, there are thorns, but they are quite rare and do not interfere with harvesting. From one bush you can collect 4 kg of berries.
- "Apricot"- a low bush (about 1.55 m), sweet berries, ideal for making jams, marmalades and jams. There are many sharp thorns on the bushes, however, this does not reduce the popularity of the plant.
- "Indian summer"- a miniature bush (up to 135 cm), the yield is not very good, only 3 kg of berries can be harvested from one bush. But the fruits are distinguished by a sweet, tart taste and delicate aroma. It has good immunity to a number of diseases.
Planting remontant raspberries
Remontant raspberries - care for her begins with proper fit. About the timing of landing, opinions experienced gardeners divided. Some recommend autumn, while others recommend spring. Considering that the root system develops well even at low temperatures, planting seedlings in autumn should be carried out 7–10 days before the onset of frost. If the gardener decided to plant raspberries in the spring, then planting work should be carried out in the first week of April or a little later. However, in the case of spring planting, you should not count on the harvest in the current season.
The landing pit is prepared in advance by digging up the soil and adding up to 3.5 kg of humus and drainage to it. Crushed stone or broken brick is suitable as a drainage material, a layer thickness of 8 cm is enough. After placing humus or compost in the hole, it is necessary to lay out a small layer of garden soil so that the roots of the plant do not have direct contact with organic matter. Raspberries grow best on soddy and loamy soils.
Caring for remontant raspberries will be much easier if you correctly calculate the planting pattern. So that the branches of neighboring bushes do not intertwine, it is necessary to maintain a distance of at least 60 cm. If the site allows, then more is possible. The raspberry root system is a large and powerful bunch, as such, there is no central root that goes into the depths of the soil. For this reason, it is not necessary to dig planting pits too deep, 40-50 cm is enough. So that the branches do not bend, you can install pegs around the perimeter immediately after planting, pulling a wire between them. Such a support will make the raspberry more attractive in appearance and facilitate further pruning.
Features of caring for repair raspberries
Experienced gardeners know that caring for raspberries is a difficult but enjoyable task, especially if the bushes thank you with a generous harvest. However, in order to collect a large number of berries, it is necessary to work hard both in spring and autumn, preparing plantings for winter.
Watering and fertilizing
One of the main conditions for caring for remontant raspberries is regular watering. Moisture is especially necessary for shrubs during fruiting. If the summer is hot and the rains are irregular, then you can moisten the soil up to two times a week.
Given that the raspberry root system grows superficially, it is not recommended to loosen the soil. It is better to cover the ground around the bushes with a layer of mulch: cut grass, sawdust or peat. In addition, this procedure will save you from unnecessary work to remove weeds.
In early spring, shrubs are fed with complex mineral fertilizers, for this you can purchase any balanced concentrate. A week before flowering and after fruiting, top dressing is carried out with superphosphate and potassium sulfate.
The application of fertilizers containing nitrogen should be abandoned in the first half of August. Nitrogen stimulates the growth of young shoots, which is highly undesirable in anticipation of winter.
Raspberry pruning
The pruning procedure, as part of the care of remontant raspberries, deserves special attention. Flowers and later berries appear even on young branches formed at the beginning of the season. Therefore, in the fall, you can safely cut off all annual shoots, leaving "hemp" up to 3.5 cm long. This procedure not only contributes to more abundant fruiting, but also saves bushes from pests, which often choose plant branches as winter shelter. autumn pruning held in the second half of October or early November.
Spring pruning is best done in April, when swollen buds have already appeared on the plants. This pruning is not so drastic, and is rather sanitary. The gardener carefully examines the raspberries and cuts out only dried or frozen branches, focusing on living wood.
Some gardeners, trying to delay the fruiting of remontant raspberries, pinch the tops in the 20th of May. This technique not only shifts the ripening time of the berries, but also makes fruiting longer.
Caring for remontant raspberries in the fall
Remontant raspberry - caring for it in the fall is no less important than during the spring-summer period. At this time, the gardener must carry out a thorough cleaning on the territory of the raspberry. After pruning the bushes, all debris must be raked into one pile. If there are still withered leaves on the branches, then you should put on a tight mitten and run your hand from the base of the stem to the top. This technique will remove the remaining non-fallen leaves. In no case should you make a movement from top to bottom, you can knock down all the young kidneys.
Together with branches and foliage, a layer of old mulch is raked. It is not left on the site, otherwise rodents and other pests can settle in it. Garbage is collected in one heap and taken away from the raspberries, after which they are burned.
Sometimes, as a preventive measure, gardeners use spraying shrubs with fungicides and broad-spectrum insecticides. Such care for remontant raspberries will prevent the appearance of many fungal diseases and insect pests.
The last thing left for the gardener to do in anticipation of winter is to cover the bushes. This procedure is optional and is carried out only in those regions where winters are quite severe and with little snow. The branches are gently bent and fixed at a level of 10 cm from the ground. From above they are covered with spruce branches, agrofiber or burlap. As soon as the first real snow falls, a snowdrift is thrown over the shelter, in which case you can no longer be afraid that the plantings will freeze. However, it should be remembered that as soon as the spring sun begins to bake, the shelter must be dismantled.
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