Gardeners who have been reminiscent of berry varieties loved gardeners for their ability to produce crops more than once a year. Raspberry remontant is not an exception. She will be able to please you with berries in August and even September, when the "sweet season" is already behind. However, its main advantage is not this. Repair raspberries are resistant to any frost, and berries can continue to appear even after short-term frosts. It is not affected by caterpillars and other insects, and the crop can be obtained as early as the year of planting, regardless of how favorable the season turned out to be for this. Berries differ in larger size in comparison with "ordinary" varieties, and yield is slightly higher.
Such raspberries are suitable for growing on any soil, the difference lies in the height of the bush and the number of berries. Repairing varieties were obtained relatively recently, the most common of them are the Golden Domes, Hercules and the August Miracle. They do not give as many shoots as traditional varieties, which means that it is not so easy to propagate independently and difficult to find on sale. Often gardeners are disappointed to meet a fake, so it is better to make a purchase in specialized farms.
How and where to plant?
Repair raspberries grow best from green seedlings, which are grown in the greenhouse and hardened. You can plant it in the fall. In the middle lane it is better to choose the sunniest place. In the cold summer, fruiting can begin later, so you can and should apply the methods of heat preservation used for vegetable crops, that is, cover the plant with special material. In areas with low temperatures it is advisable to cover the soil in the spring, and planting in a higher bed.
If you want to propagate an already growing raspberry on your own, cut the middle of the bush in the second or third year of planting; preserved roots will give good seedlings for subsequent planting.
Do I need to fertilize?
Yes, because raspberry remontant gives a high yield, quickly depleting the soil. When planting, you need to make peat in the amount of 1-2 buckets, then use mineral fertilizers, humus, slurry, wood ash in the usual time for fruit shrubs .
Care
Other care for repair raspberries is simple. It consists mainly in trimming the ground before winter and eliminating unnecessary ovaries. With the onset of steady colds, when the soil begins to freeze, you need to cut off the entire visible part of the shoots on which fruiting has ended. Cropped stems are burned. Such an operation allows repairing raspberries to winter better, and also does not allow pests to develop. In addition, yields on two-year-old shoots are inevitably lower.
It is necessary to ensure that no more than five substitution shoots are formed on one stalk, so you can get good-sized berries. Other simple activities include loosening and weed control as needed, and in dry times, watering.
Repair raspberries, as a rule, do not require spraying, which means that you will spend less effort on care and avoid the use of additional chemicals. Such "clean" berries are much less likely to cause allergies. Sometimes a spider mite or aphid can be found on the leaves, then it is permissible to spray the plants, however this is an optional measure. In addition, it can not be carried out during flowering.
As you can see, the cultivation of remont raspberries is fundamentally different from traditional varieties, with less time spent on plant care. Nevertheless, its properties are still being studied, and new secrets of leaving appear. Therefore, it is always useful to study the experience of others and specialized publications. And the reward for your work - clean, large berries - will certainly be of the highest standard.