Work in the garden in September is not only the collection of ripe fruit and vegetables, planting and exaggerating plants or. Some fruit bushes now require pruning.
This applies to, among others Blackberry, currants and raspberries. We will focus on the latter today, Reminding how to take care of them after harvesting so that they have even more crops in the next season. A small effort will bring you a large reward in the future.
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Pruning raspberries in autumn is an important care treatment that affects the health of the bushes and the abundance of the crops they give in the next season. Getting rid of old, woody shoots serves them because they no longer waste energy.
Instead, they focus on developing new, stronger, which will be able to spend healthy and tasty fruit in the future. Regular pruning of raspberries also improves air circulation in the shrub, Which minimizes the risk of developing fungal diseases and pests attack often wintering on plants.
September may be the best term for pruning raspberries in autumn for summer varieties (Laszka, Sokolica), which bear fruit on two -year shoots and completed yield. After completing the harvest, remove their older shoots that resulted in in a given year. Leave only young, annuals, because these will still “give birth” next season.
The autumn raspberries fruiting on annual shoots (glad, Polish), but only cut after the completion of the harvest. Take your time, because it often lasts until October.
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Pruning raspberries should always be done with a sharp pruning shears, which will cut it precisely. The cutting technique should be adapted to the type of variety, otherwise these summer and typically autumn are treated otherwise.
- Summer raspberries – (fruiting on two -year shoots) After harvesting, remove all woody shoots from last year, which fruned, leaving only a few of the strongest, young (4-5 per meter), on which fruit will grow next season.
- Autumn raspberries – (fruiting on annual shoots) After the fruits, cut all the shoots that grew this year next to the earth’s surface. The following year, new ones will appear there, which will abundantly result in. This technique reduces the risk of infection and diseases.
After cutting raspberries in autumn, proper care of shrubs is important. Do not forget to mulch with a layer of bark around the bushes so that they can keep moisture and do not hurt their winter frost.
Water them regularly on dry days. In addition, raspberries will also be grateful for the fertilizer with phosphoruswhich will additionally stimulate them to release and develop new shoots and help them prepare for the next season.
