Everyone knows the sweet and healthy raspberries. In our country, it is ubiquitous. Legends make up its healing and taste qualities. In nature, a huge variety of varieties of this culture. But what is Tarusa raspberry , how to plant and grow it, read the article.
Grade description
Raspberry tree is a raspberry variety of Tarus obtained by crossing the capital and the Stambov species of this culture. The result was a thick trunk, like a tree, although Tarusa is not. This is a bush of standard raspberries, like other plants of this species. Today, Tarusa is the most beloved and popular raspberries.
The beginning of 1993 was marked by the sale of this variety. The raspberry tree of Tarus quickly gained popularity. Reviews gardeners who began to grow a new variety are pleasantly surprising. Without exception, everyone admires the high yields. Just one bush of raspberries can produce four kilograms of delicious and healthy berries!
The raspberry tree of Tarusa feels comfortable in regions with a dry climate. Description Varieties include many characteristics: ripening time, size and weight of berries, requirements for growing, care, reproduction and much more. The reader will find information about this in the article.
Tarusa's raspberry raspberries do not need additional supports. The tree has the ability to independently set the branches in the right direction and create a crown. This is achieved by uniformly emerging shoots. The bush at the bottom of the trunk does not have many branches, they are all at the top, creating a lush crown, like a tree.
Shoots grow powerful, strong, reaching a height of two meters. Under the weight of a large number of fruits, they fall down, the berries touch the ground and begin to deteriorate. There is danger and a strong wind for the crop. Although the branches themselves will not break, as they have a decent thickness of shoots. This is what distinguishes the standard variety from the usual one. Shoots are characterized by the presence of a wax coating on a light green surface.
In bulky leaves of a heart-shaped form, the edges are uneven, bearded. The plates are covered with terry plaque, brightly traced veins are visible on the corrugated surface. At the top of the tree, the leaves are down. They have a dark green color and attract powerful development. The flowers are small, but very beautiful. They are intensively pollinated by insects, after which the formation of numerous ovaries occurs.
The raspberry tree of Tarus stably bears fruit all summer. Reviews are always good, especially regarding yield. The landowners checked: from one hectare you can collect twenty tons of berries.
The raspberry tree, a photo of which is presented for viewing, survives in a cold climate, as it has high frost resistance. Therefore, any regions are suitable for its cultivation.
Fruit Description
Berries begin to ripen in early July. They differ in large size and quite large weight, up to fifteen grams of each berry. The consistency is liquid-like, it has a few small seeds.
The raspberry tree you see in the photo has bright red berries. They grow to a length of seven centimeters. If during the ripening period there were many sunny days, the fruits become ruby. Ripe berries have a pleasant taste and aroma. The pulp is very juicy, melts in the mouth. For these qualities, gardeners are valued raspberry varieties Tarusa.
Grade Features
Raspberry Tarusa has a number of features:
- The fruits have a characteristic elongated shape.
- The berries do not fall off due to the presence of wide stalks, which are held tight. But this does not complicate the harvest. One tree branch gives about twenty berries.
- This variety has no spikes on the stems, which is very convenient when harvesting.
- Branches have the ability to adhere to each other, which reduces the number of shoots.
Raspberry seedlings
A tree-like tarusa (raspberry tree) should be formed to obtain a beautiful crown and remove shoots that interfere with the growth of the bush. The first pruning is done in the year of planting, in the month of May. The shoots are pinched, due to which the stems are shortened by five to ten centimeters. This is necessary to awaken the kidneys in the leaf sinuses. In the fall, the shoot will release lateral branches.
Next spring, the raspberry tree of Tarus should be freed from the lateral processes. Pruning begins as soon as freezing occurs. Each host pinches twigs at its discretion, forming the desired shape of the crown.
Site selection
This is a crucial moment. The future harvest depends on how correctly the site for planting a raspberry tree is selected. The following points should be considered:
- Choose a bright area. Shadow from tall trees and nearby buildings should not fall on it. If raspberries will grow in regions with a warm climate, where the sun bakes all day, it is better to choose a shaded area.
- The raspberry tree of Tarusa, reviews of which are only positive, is best planted on separate arrays or around the perimeter of the garden. If there is not enough planting material, you can plant raspberries along a small fence or hedge.
- Strawberries, potatoes or tomatoes should not grow in the neighborhood. Berries and vegetables are susceptible to diseases that can be transmitted to raspberries.
- After about ten years, the tree needs to be identified in another place, otherwise the soil will become poorer and the yield will decline. Other raspberry trees can be planted in the same place, but not earlier than five years later.
The soil
It is prepared in advance, regardless of what time of the year the raspberry tree of Tarus will be planted. In spring, this must be done earlier in about one week. In autumn, the soil is prepared a month before planting raspberries.
The land is enriched with fertilizers of different origin: humus, wood ash and nitroammophos in appropriate quantities - two buckets, 250 and 150 grams per plot of one square meter.
If the soil is clay, peat or humus should be added to it. She will become more loose. Lime helps neutralize acidic soils. Just a little less than one kilogram per square meter of area is enough.
After all fertilizers have been applied, the bed needs to be dug up about twenty centimeters in depth and loosened. You can use the cultivator. If not, garden rake.
When to plant in the ground?
This question is of interest to many gardeners, since the timing of planting largely determines further growth. Two periods are suitable for planting: spring and autumn. It is necessary to carry it out at such a time that the raspberry tree is better taken root. Planting and care are two interrelated procedures. The more correct the first, the easier it is to deal with the second.
Tarusa raspberries are not recommended to be planted in early autumn, as there may be a warming and active growth of seedlings will begin again. Autumn will take its toll: the cold will come and the seedlings will perish. This can be done from mid-October. And it is best to plant Tarusa in the spring, as experienced gardeners do. Before winter, it will get stronger and will endure frosts.
Determining the landing time, you need to focus on the weather. The following periods are considered optimal: in autumn - from mid-September to the end of this time of the year, and in spring - from early March to the end of April. In regions with a warm climate, raspberries can be planted even in winter, if weather forecasters do not promise frost.
Landing
Raspberry tree, the propagation of which is carried out by seedlings, it is better to plant on a bed. Rows at a distance of 170 centimeters from each other are determined in advance. Wells up to thirty centimeters deep break out. A little nitroammophoska is added to each hole, which mixes well with the ground.
The seedling is lowered to the bottom of the hole and sprinkled with soil. The root neck is deepened by about two to three centimeters. The shoots are usually long, they need to be cut, leaving twenty-five to thirty centimeters above the ground. After planting, the soil is mulched with humus, a small layer. Each plant is watered with five liters of water.
Raspberry tree, planting and care of which is carried out in the autumn and spring, is planted using a shovel. Saplings need to be dug out on the eve of planting. The stems are immediately trimmed, leaves are removed from them.
Care
Tarusa's raspberry raspberry has been living for over ten years. In order for her to bear fruit well all the time, she needs to be provided with proper care. In the spring, before the flowering period begins, a mullein infusion is introduced into the soil. Fertilizers containing nitrogen cannot be used at this time, otherwise weak shoots will form or there will be none at all.
In the autumn, around the trunk of each tree, manure or a mixture of peat with urea is evenly laid. Tarusa needs constant watering: when seedlings are planted, flowering begins, berries ripen, during a drought. Lack of moisture negatively affects fruiting. There will be no good harvest.
Tarusa is a frost-resistant crop. But if winter promises to be harsh, the branches need to be bent to the ground as soon as the fruiting period ends. At this time, the branches are still bending. And when the snow falls, they are covered with prepared plants.
Diseases and Pests
The raspberry tree of Tarus, reviews of which we will consider below, is affected by such a pest as the raspberry beetle. He and his larvae live under the bushes. Favorite treats are leaves and berries of Tarusa. To combat the pest, you need to loosen the soil in places of its accumulation, and during the flowering period, spray branches with insecticides.
Another pest is raspberry moth. She appears at a time when the kidneys swell. Bushes are treated with a solution: one liter of water, two and ten grams of anabazine and lime, respectively.
Benefits
Raspberry Tarusa has many advantages, so it is often bred on their sites by summer residents. Reviews note the following benefits:
- Large sizes of fruits.
- High yields that do not decline even with the disease of the whole tree.
- There are no spikes on the trunks, this facilitates harvesting.
- The tree has high immunity, which protects it from diseases.
- Saves time on pruning shoots.
- Garter to the supports is not required, since the bush is strong, the trunk independently holds. The branches bend, but do not break.
- Berries during transportation do not spoil.
disadvantages
Raspberry Tarusa has many advantages, but it also has disadvantages, some of them give out reviews:
- It requires careful care according to all the rules of agricultural technology.
- In the lower part of the trunk there are many overgrown, up to twenty shoots.
- Not every year the berries are large. If there is no special gene, then this leads to instability.
- Small berries do not taste so sweet.