Every person knows and loves raspberries from childhood. The berries of this plant smell pleasantly, and their sweet and sour taste cannot be confused with any other. They make sweet aromatic jam, and raspberry tea is not only tasty, but also healthy.
This plant is indispensable in folk medicine. If you have your own land, you should plant at least a few raspberry bushes on it. To do this, you need to know how to choose the right place for a raspberry. In this article you will find a description of the plant, what kind of lighting raspberries prefer,
where it grows, where it bears fruit best.
Raspberry ordinary: description
The raspberry bush is a branching plant 0.6-2.2 m high. The stalk is straight, upright. Twisted root, has a large number of appendages, woody. Above ground branches are also observed.
The leaves of the plant are ovate oblong. The top of the leaves is green, below they are whitish, bristly. The flowers are light green, they "hide" in the axils of the leaves and flaunt on the tops of the stems. Raspberry berry is a complex drupe, it has a spherical shape. Small drupes are covered with villi. The color of the fruit depends on the variety.
Raspberry bushes bloom in May-June, the berries can be harvested in July-August, while ripe fruits are very easily removed from the receptacle.
Raspberry: where it grows, sensitivity to lighting
It is very important to know the requirements dictated by raspberry bushes. The main thing is to immediately determine what is needed for such a plant as raspberries, where it grows and bears fruit best.
When planting bushes, the following factors are of great importance:
- Lighting. A site that is well lit by the sun is the place where raspberries grow better. This plant is sensitive to heat and light. You can not plant it in the shade, it will not bear fruit without sunlight.
- Moisture. The soil under the raspberry should be well drained. Raspberries, where it grows well, do not tolerate dampness and excessive moisture, so it is in areas with a certain bias. Wetlands for such bushes are not suitable.
- Temperature. Cold and strong winds are harmful for raspberries. Such plants are afraid of frost, so in winter it is necessary to make sure that a lot of snow accumulates in the area with raspberry bushes. It is undesirable to have large plantings of trees nearby.
We plan the place where raspberries grow
If you decide to get your own raspberry bushes, first of all, you need to calculate how much you need them. About one bush gives 0.6-0.7 kg of berries per year. Productivity in many ways, of course, depends on the variety.
When calculating the required number of plants, think about the fact that they have the property to grow very much. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent raspberries from seizing the entire territory of the site in advance. To do this, you can simply surround the raspberry with sorrel, which blocks the growth of too active bushes. Or to build a fence around the berry.
It is known that raspberries can produce excellent yields of delicious, fragrant berries for ten years. Therefore, it is important to initially "settle" the bushes in the right place suitable for the given plant, so that later you do not have to work on replanting.