Raspberry is one of the most common garden crops. It’s hard to imagine a garden without it. It is grown literally in every region where agriculture is at least slightly developed. The extraordinary popularity of this berry shrub can be explained not only by the taste of its fruits and their healing properties, but also by its unpretentiousness, combined with abundant productivity. Proper processing of raspberries, in the fall or in any other season, becomes the key to generous fertility in the second year after planting. But some summer residents complain that there are a lot of bushes in the garden, and there is enough berries only for food. This most likely means that all the necessary processing of raspberries in the fall has not been done. It is at this time of year that the most crucial moment comes in the process of planting care, since the fruiting is completed and the crop is harvested.
Pruning
Processing raspberries in the fall primarily involves pruning. It is necessary that the garden culture next year gives a good harvest. To do this, all the stems on which the berries were trimmed at their very base. Weakened, very young shoots are also removed. On the repairing varieties, the processing of raspberries after harvesting is reduced to total pruning. Thus, the berry is cleared of various pests: gall midges, spider mites or purple Friday. TO
In addition, in November, with the onset of frost, when nutrients cease to flow to the roots of the plant, they are cut to the ground so that in spring they will have more powerful shoots on which there will be even more crop. If the autumn processing of raspberries, especially the repair ones, is not very thorough, then next year its bushes become stunted and lose their ability to bear fruit several times a season.
Pinching and fertilizing
In early September, the growth of annual shoots ceases, and they begin to gradually mature. To speed up this process, they pinch. Processing raspberries in the fall is also fertilizing. First you need to dig the soil in the aisles, and then make humus. Fertilizers can be alternated over the years, introducing alternately organic and mineral. It must be remembered that the root system of this plant is not deep, therefore it is necessary to carry out water-charging irrigation in dry weather. Otherwise, the berry can drop the leaves ahead of time, and this will necessarily negatively affect the future harvest.
Preparing for the winter
Somewhere in mid-October, another stage of care for this garden crop begins. With the first frosts, the shoots bend to the ground so that the snow that has fallen covers them completely. Twigs of neighboring bushes are carefully brought closer to each other and connected. The distance to the ground should not exceed twenty centimeters. All leaves that still remain on the stems must be removed. This is done carefully enough so as not to harm the kidneys growing in the sinuses. If the leaves are not removed, then in wet weather they rot, causing a burn on the plant.
Such processing of raspberries in the fall for winter-hardy varieties is not necessary, just attach the shoots to the support so that they do not break under the weight of the snow.
Features
It is not necessary to remove the leaves that have fallen under the bushes, since in spring it will already become humus, and in order for the berry to not freeze, you need to sprinkle the base with sawdust.