Raspberries are very tasty and healthy berries.However, it, like most garden plants, requires a certain care. How to care for raspberries and where to start growing any berry bushes - is of interest to many. And the answer to this question can be the following. To raspberry grows well and fruited for a long time, it is necessary to plant it according to certain rules:
- The site for planting should be with fertile soil;
- the distance between the bushes is not less than 50 cm;
- Compost or complex fertilizer should be added to the planting hole;
- a mandatory watering for every bush.
When to plant young shrubs - opinionsare separated. Some prefer in the fall, others in the spring. You can choose any of the options, according to your desire. After planting, the bushes should be watered until they fully survive. If you planted raspberries in the fall and the weather is rainy, then watering is necessary minimum. When dry weather will have to perform it every day.
At the initial stage of development, care will beconsists in weeding, gartering and pruning unnecessary shoots. At the same time care for raspberries in spring is necessary minimum. After all, it fructifies on the shoots of the second year of development, only the repair varieties are capable of yielding crops on the shoots of this year. Therefore, in the spring, you will need to loosen the soil around the bushes and carry out treatment with any permitted product from pests. And further care will consist in weeding, removing excess shoots and watering if the summer is arid.
How to care for raspberries in the summer, depends on hervariety. The usual varieties in the summer period should only be weeded and fed if necessary. From treatments with chemical products it is better to refuse, that your berries were ecologically pure. In the repair varieties, it is necessary to regulate the number of shoots, starting with their growing, since you will get the harvest in the autumn. Excess branches will only worsen the illumination of the entire plantation. It is recommended to set no more than 4-5 shoots per bush.
Caring for raspberries in autumn is expressed in the distancebreeding shoots. They are cut after harvest, close to the surface of the earth. Young shoots are recommended to pinch, in this case they give more lateral shoots, which allows to increase the yield.
Experienced gardeners who know how to care forraspberry, it is advisable to tie up varieties that are not able to withstand the weight of their own crop. The most common support is in the form of a trellis. It is installed along the entire row. Usually, on the edges and in the center of one row, the bars are clogged, between which wire is stretched. To her later, and fasten the bushes. For the winter, it is better to lay the branches on the ground so that they do not freeze in severe frosts.
Good results when growing raspberries givesmulching the ground around the bushes. This technique allows you to get rid of the need for permanent propolok, serves as a heater in winter and protects the earth from drying out in the summer. However, every horticulturist decides for himself how to take care of raspberries. Some prefer mulching, others weed and dig up the soil under bushes in spring and autumn. But the main thing is to do everything in a timely manner, and then the harvest will be wonderful.
