It is worth growing raspberries without a doubt. We can snack them straight from the bush, but also prepare home -made preserves, i.e. jam, juices or tinctures. What to do to make them spend a lot of fruit? Learn the most important rules for the care of these plants, and above all the basics of pruning. Even in autumn you have to take care of them properly. Otherwise, threads will come out of the crops.
Raspberries can be planted both in spring and autumn. Due to autumn planting, they will root well and start growing in the next season. We place them in the ground at a depth of 20 cm, retaining a 40 cm distance between seedlings and 150 cm between rows.
Their position must be warm, sunny and sheltered from the wind. Only in such a place plants will be normal, and therefore they will produce good quality fruit. Let’s provide them with a light, permeable, humus substrate with a slightly acidic or close to indifferent.
Before planting, we recommend digging soil with compost or manure, thanks to which we will enrich it with nutrients and improve its structure. In the case of heavy or clay soil, add sand or peat.
Raspberries require regular watering. We do it early in the morning or in the evening to avoid evaporation of water from the ground. It is worth mulching the ground with bark, straw or agrotextile to stop moisture and prevent weed growth.
Fertilization is also important. In spring, we supply the bushes with multi -component fertilizer, and in the season we water them with biohumus or. We also cannot forget about pruning these plants …
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Raspberries need to be cut both in spring and autumn. Cutting on these two dates has other benefits.
Spring pruning is needed to remove sick, frozen and damaged shoots. It also serves to x -ray the bushes so that they have better breathable and access to light. Thanks to this procedure, they make large and tasty fruit.
In turn, the autumn cut, falling at the end of October or November, allows plants to retire. In summer varieties (fruiting on two -year shoots), we only cut those that have already fruned. However, in these autumn (fruiting on annual shoots) we carry out a radical cut, cutting shoots right next to the ground.
The most popular are summer raspberries, i.e. Laszka and Sokolica. Fruits appear on two -year shoots, so after harvesting they should be cut regularly to make room for young shoots that will result in the next year.
Autumn raspberries, i.e. a Polish woman and a clearing, are gaining more and more popularity. In their case, we cut out whole bushes in the fall, because in the spring new shoots will grow.
To sum up, each variety of these plants must be pruned. Without this procedure, there is no question of healthy growth and abundant fruiting.
