Raspberries are shrubs with a round stem, planted with straight thorns and giving a lot of shoots. In the first year, the branches of the plant are green, and then they gradually become woody. In their place, new shoots grow from the same root. The flowers of the plant are small, collected in panicles. Raspberry is usually red. Her flesh is with small bones. Flowering of this representative of the flora begins in June. To get and maintain a good harvest, you need to do a garter plant. How to tie raspberries correctly, we will go further. This plant is very popular among gardeners and gardeners.
Types, varieties and ripening raspberries
Raspberries are divided into the following varieties: traditional, large-fruited and remontant. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages.
Traditional varieties are highly reliable. They easily adapt to different types of soil. The only negative is the low productivity of raspberries of this species. Large-fruited varieties are distinguished by good berries. They are large, fragrant and sweet. In repairing raspberry varieties, the crop is harvested twice per season. Moreover, the second may be larger than the first. Fruits this variety to the very frosts.
All of these varieties have common qualities. The berry has three ripening periods: early ripe, mid-ripe and late ripe. The characteristics are actually very many. Fruits can be sour and sweet, red and black, yellow and orange. The plant itself can be winter-hardy or afraid of frost, resistant to diseases or susceptible to various ailments, etc. Early ripening species include such varieties as “runaway”, “scarlet sails”, “Bryansk”, “vega”, “cascade”, Cumberland and others. Mid-ripening varieties: “Arbat”, “Balsam”, “Golden Hussar”, “Spark” and others. Late-ripening varieties: “Mirage”, “Ruby”, “Wayfarer”, “Capital”, “Taganka” and others.
Raspberry care, planting, pruning
Raspberry prefers sunny places. With a lack of light, the shoots are very elongated, and yield decreases. Raspberry grows well on moist soils, but does not tolerate waterlogging. In areas it is planted in rows in small trenches. They dig out them about half a meter wide and about 30 cm deep. Manure and other fertilizers are put on the bottom, and then they mix everything with the ground. Planting pattern: 1.5 mx 0.5 m. Raspberries need to be watered, mulched with straw or sawdust and cut overgrown shoots. After harvesting, all stems that are more than two years old, as well as dried, are cut.
How to tie raspberries
Gardeners apply various garter techniques. Usually columns are placed on the edges of the raspberry (height is up to 2.25 m). They are dug to a depth of about half a meter, the distance between the posts is 3.5 m. A wire is pulled at different heights from ground level. This design takes up little space, which is convenient for small areas. Before tying raspberries, it is better to mark where the columns will stand and the wire will be stretched, taking into account the height of the plants. You can also use another method. Columns about 3 m high are dug into the ground to a depth of about half a meter. The distance between them should be about 4 m. Then, two transverse plates are fixed on each column. After this, the wire is pulled parallel to the supports at the required distance from each other and at a suitable height. Before tying raspberries, you need to plan where the columns will stand. This method makes it possible to obtain a larger amount of yield.