Features of planting remontant raspberries. Raspberry remontant - how to get big yields throughout the year. Distance between bushes and rows

Thanks to the tasty and valuable fruit, raspberries are grown in household plots. This shrub with long, thin stems grows up to 2 meters. The stems are saturated with green leaves with a whitish stem. Raspberry fruits are concentrated on tassels, which are located separately from the leaves, on the stalk. Raspberries are red, but there are also yellow or dark purple fruits. The article will consider remontant raspberries, planting and caring for which are not difficult for gardeners.

Repair raspberry "Bryansk Divo"

Raspberry properties, benefits for the body

Raspberries are a fragrant shrub valued for their health benefits. The fruits contain organic acids (ascorbic, citric, malic and salicylic), pectin, anthocyanins, mucous compounds and healthy fibers. The berry contains vitamins - C, E, K, PP and group B, a large number of minerals - potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron.

Raspberries are also valuable for their leaves containing tannins, flavonoids, organic acids and mineral salts, which have antibacterial, astringent and anti-inflammatory effects. Leaves and berries are antipyretic.

Raspberry berries due to the content of ellagic acid have:

• antibacterial action;
• analgesic effect;
• soothe;
• lower blood pressure;
• help in the treatment of colds;
• useful in inflammation of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.

Raspberries are included in the diet for weight loss - it is involved in the processes of digestion and cleansing the body of toxins. They have antioxidant properties - it helps to remove free radicals from the body.

Growing raspberries is a simple process, so every gardener should keep them in his garden.

Delicious raspberries are harvested from the bush. Eat raw, make jams, jellies, juices, syrups or tinctures. Berries are added to ice cream, cakes, mousses, and meat (beef, pork or poultry). Raspberry juice warms the body, invaluable during autumn and winter evenings.

Raspberries serve as a component for cosmetics used for skin care, as it moisturizes, softens and tones. Raspberry regulates the production of sebum and acts as an antiseptic, cleanses the skin by removing dead cells, relaxes and improves its tone.

Growing Raspberries: Infographic

You can see the principles of growing raspberries in the schematic diagram below.

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Soil and climate suitable for cultivation

Raspberries grow best in sunny areas. It likes fertile soil, rich in nutrients, but well-drained and slightly acidic, pH 5.5 - 6.5. The semi-shrub does not tolerate alkaline soils, it likes moisture in the ground, but not too wet areas, with a high level of groundwater.

Raspberry grows well on loose, sandy soils, as it has a superficial root system. Therefore, nutrients are absorbed along with moisture from the soil. The plant easily tolerates winter cold and temperature fluctuations.

Reproduction, planting rules in spring and autumn

Raspberries are grown in the same place for several years, so proper soil preparation for cultivation is important. The area under the seedlings is thoroughly cleaned of weeds, such as creeping couch grass and bindweed. The soil is enriched organic matter. It is recommended to measure the pH level of the soil using an acidometer, in case of negative results, correct the acidity level by acidifying or de-acidifying the soil.

Raspberries are planted in spring or autumn. Planting depth is not large, it is enough to dig a hole with a shovel 15-20 cm deep. After planting, you need to press (tread down) the soil around the plant, and water it abundantly. After that, cut the stems with secateurs, leaving a length of 30 cm. If the plants are planted in rows, the distance between them should be two meters. Plants between seedlings depend on the variety, ranging from 50 to 100 cm. See also the article: → "".

Planting raspberries in open ground in spring

Raspberries are grown in a single row, for this they are spudded, covering with soil 15-30 cm high. This method of growing reduces the risk of root diseases. Raspberries are planted in autumn to create natural breeding conditions.

Inflorescences repeating on shoots annual plants, bears fruit twice a year, first in June or July and then in September or October. Both types differ in the way they are cut and cultivated. Varieties related to the type of one fruiting per year:

• caress;
• benefit;
• beskid;
• falcon;
• canby;
• thylamine;
• coral;
• vyatyan;
• gleb.

More common varieties grown by gardeners and farms include high-producing varieties:

• clearing;
• woodland;
• temptation;
• brother-in-law.

Individual farms grow varieties of an interesting variation - morning dew, with yellow fruit berries.

Caring for raspberry bushes in the garden

Are you planning to plant raspberries in your garden or on your balcony? Or are you already growing? Here you will learn how to fertilize and care for raspberries.

Weeding and pruning raspberry bushes

If mulching was not used during cultivation, weeds and other unnecessary plants in the ridges are removed to obtain a crop. Weeds pull in nutrients. In addition to weeds, unripe raspberry sprouts are also removed, which only draw juice from young plants. In addition to weeds, raspberry-colored root suckers are removed. Sucker shoots compete with full-fledged plants and lead to diseases of raspberry tubers.

These growing shoots inside the bushes can be removed by hand or cut with a sickle. They appear at a greater distance from the bush, they can be removed with a sickle or shovel. Spring pruning of plants and removal of young undeveloped shoots is useful for raspberries, bushes bear fruit more extensively, and young shoots are less susceptible to diseases and pests.

Tip #1When mulching raspberries, agrotextiles are used, which reduce the growth of weeds, sucker grasses, and retain moisture in the soil. Raspberry roots are distributed as expected in the upper layers of the soil.

Pruning in the first year after planting

After planting, each variety is worthy of respect and requires care. This applies to the first year of life. As a result, proper rooting of plants is maintained. Sections are made with a pruner, preferably on a sunny day, a special tool can be applied to the wound after cutting.

If we are dealing with raspberries of one fruiting, the fruits appear on the canes of the previous year, they are cut flush to the base of the stems. The stems of weak and overly thickened shrubs are cut off. A maximum of 10-12 of the strongest shoots on the bush is left.

The fruits appear twice during the season, without forming sprouts on the same shoots. In June or July, they appear at the base of the shoots, and in September or October at the ends of the shoots of annual plants. The tip after fruiting is cut off with secateurs. AT next year, after the appearance of fruits in summer, they appear at the base, and then after the end of fruiting, the shoots are exterminated flush with the ground.

Raspberry is a plant with high demands to water, especially during flowering and early fruit ripening. Lack of water and nutrients during this time causes a number of disadvantages:

• fruits are smaller and lower yield;
• berries contain few vitamins and nutrients;
• the benefits of minerals are reduced;
• poor product quality.

Tip #2 If the soil is dry, provide regular watering of shrubs. When watering remontant raspberries do not wet the leaves and stems, as this increases the risk of developing fungal diseases.

Landing methods and their features

For fruiting remontant raspberries in summer period a special place is organized for her so that bushes can be tied up. When growing annual varieties can be dispensed with without special supports. Cultivation of remontant raspberries is carried out different ways. The following options are possible:

• one line method;
• two-line;
• duplex dutch.

For the first method, supports are installed at the beginning and end of the row, which are connected with wire at a height of 120 cm and 180 cm. If necessary, an additional row of fastenings is made at a height of 60-80 cm. Raspberry shoots are attached to the wire for one meter 12 strong stems. With such a number of shoots, the height is reduced to 160-170 cm.

When growing raspberries in a two-row way, the distance between the rows is 50-60 cm. When growing in parallel, the plants are left 120 cm high on both sides of the row.

Dutch method. On both sides of the row, remontant raspberries are left 80 cm high at a distance of 80 cm from each other. On one side of the beds are seedlings that bear fruit this year. On the other side, this year's shoots are developing. They will bear fruit next year. In subsequent years, the fruits are harvested alternately.

Feeding raspberry remontant

Raspberry for proper growth and development needs a lot of nitrogen. To replenish it, organic and mineral fertilizers are used. The applied fertilizers are thoroughly mixed with the topsoil using a fork or shovel. The list of fertilizers that feed remontant raspberries is presented in the table:

organic fertilizers	Green manure	Mineral fertilizers
manure	lupine	one-component
dried manure	field pea	polysyllabic
manure granulated	legumes
compost	sunflower
	corn

Before applying monosyllabic mineral fertilizers, the soil is tested for the exact content of micro- and macronutrients in the soil. When using polysyllabic fertilizers, those that do not contain chlorine are chosen, since raspberries are sensitive to chlorides. AT garden centers There are specially formulated fertilizers for berry bushes in which nutrients are balanced.

Diseases and pests of raspberries

Raspberries are exposed to diseases, fungal and viral, attacked by various pests. Many pest and disease problems are due to poor growing conditions. Proper cultivation and care is a guarantee of healthy raspberry bushes, and, consequently, the number of fruits. To control diseases or pests, use all kinds of means, natural or chemical, always following the instructions on the labels.

The most common diseases and pests of raspberries are shown in the table:

Harvesting and storage of berries

Raspberries are harvested at maturity, preferably immediately after reaching maturity. The berries are fully ripe when easily detached from the peduncle. In summer, remontant raspberries are harvested two or three times a week, in autumn, when the fruits ripen slowly, once or twice a week.

Berries are harvested in dry weather, wet fruits quickly rot. Raspberries are very unstable and not suitable for long-term storage. Berries are stored for no more than two days; for longer storage, the fruits are frozen.

Answers to topical questions of gardeners and gardeners about growing raspberries

Question number 1. Do raspberries need to be weeded?

To receive good harvest raspberries must be completely free of weeds.

Question number 2. How often do you water raspberries?

The soil around the raspberry bush should receive 5 cm of water per week.

Question number 3. When growing remontant raspberries, is litter used?

Bedding is used to reduce weed problems, to maintain a high level of soil moisture. Chopped wood, bark and needles are mixed with soil to a depth of 7.5 - 10 cm.

Question number 4. How to naturally protect plants?

Starting from the second year, sow oats between rows of raspberries, immediately after harvest. Oats help to strengthen raspberries during the winter, through the consumption of excessive amounts of water and nutrients from the soil, reduces the growth of weeds. Oats dry out at low winter temperatures, covering the soil, reduces its erosion in the spring.

Grass is sown between rows of plants at a distance of 30 cm from a raspberry bush. Otherwise, the grass will absorb moisture and nutrients. Mowed grass prevents soil erosion and the emergence of weeds.

Question number 5. When is fertilizer applied for remontant raspberries?

Raspberries are fertilized every year, in early spring, in the middle of April. It is best to split the recommended amount of compost in half, spreading the first half in mid-April and the second six weeks later.

With timely top dressing, raspberries grow more berries that ripen earlier.

Mistakes gardeners make when growing raspberries

Mistake #1. Wrong watering.

Gardeners water raspberries a little daily. This is a refreshing watering, wetted only upper layer soil without penetrating into the root zone. It is better to spend rare, but abundant watering until the root layer gets wet.

Mistake #2. Incorrect spacing between rows.

Raspberries grow well in wild nature, but this does not mean that it can be planted as you like. Observe the distance between rows 60-80 cm, between the beds 100-180 cm.

Mistake #3. Double cut.

Beginning gardeners use double pruning when growing remontant raspberries, which leads to a decrease in yield. This pruning method is applicable to raspberry varieties that bear fruit once a year.

• In amateur conditions, raspberries are propagated by shoots. With a shovel, young sprouts are separated from mother plant. Young seedlings are taken only from healthy bushes.
• When growing remontant raspberries on an industrial scale, it is propagated by roots or cuttings. The roots are cut into pieces 10-15 cm long and laid in the ground to a depth of 5 cm. In the spring, young shoots will grow from sleeping buds.
• For propagation by woody cuttings, raspberry stems are cut into pieces of 10-15 cm, they must have at least one well-formed bud (bud). Cuttings are planted in the ground to a depth of 5 cm, it is important that the kidney remains above the soil surface.

More and more gardeners prefer remontant raspberry varieties. Depending on the variety, the yield of such raspberries ranges from 1.5 to 5 kg. berries from one bush. By planting such a plant in your garden, you can enjoy this tasty and very useful berry from the end of June until the very frosts. In addition to the fact that these berries have an excellent delicate taste, they are also very transportable. This is important for people who grow raspberries for sale.

Repair raspberries are very demanding on sunshine. When planted in a shady place, it will certainly grow, but then do not expect a good harvest. Also, it should not be planted on waterlogged soils and in areas where raspberries, or some kind of nightshade crops, have already grown before.

Most the best way if landing is carried out in the fall. Before frost, it will have time to take root well and in the spring it will quickly grow. Can be planted in early spring before bud break, but spring plantings will lag behind plants planted in autumn. If you managed to buy seedlings grown in containers, then they can be planted throughout the summer. Just do not forget to shade them at first and water them more often.

Raspberries are planted either in the bush way or in rows. When planting in a bush way, 3-4 plants are planted in one place, with a distance of 70-80 cm between them. Such bushes are well lit by the sun, they are easy to care for and harvest.

But more often, remontant raspberries are planted in rows. The distance between rows should be at least 1.5 m, and between bushes in a row 70-80 cm. Plants must be planted at the same depth at which they grew before, the root neck must be at ground level. Otherwise, the seedlings will not take root well.

When planting remontant raspberries, organic matter must be added to the soil. To do this, they dig a trench 40 cm deep and 50-60 cm wide. For 1 running meter trenches bring in 2 buckets of rotted manure, 1 cup of superphosphate and 1-2 cups of ash. Then earth is added there and everything is thoroughly mixed.

With such soil preparation, the bushes will have enough nutrients for several years. Of course, not everyone has the opportunity to carry out such pre-planting soil preparation. In this case, you will have to limit yourself to annual liquid top dressing.

Caring for remontant raspberries

Raspberry care includes the following activities:

• top dressing
• mulching
• watering
• pruning and thinning

Top dressing remontant raspberries

Raspberries react very actively to the application of any organic fertilizers. Such fertilizers contain the entire set of nutrients necessary for the development of plants. Especially useful are liquid top dressings with fermented mullein. To do this, 1 bucket of fresh manure is poured with 2 buckets of water. All this ferments for about 10 days, then 1 liter of fermented liquid is added to a bucket of water and brought under raspberries at the rate of 3-5 liters. per 1 meter row.

Such dressings must be done at least two. Spring and first half of summer. Already in August liquid nitrogen fertilizers cannot be entered. If it is not possible to buy manure, you should feed raspberries mineral fertilizers.

In the spring, it is good to add nitroammofoska to the beds at the rate of 50-100g. per 1 sq.m. And you can also use complex mineral fertilizers. All top dressing is carried out only after abundant watering.

Mulching

Agrotechnics of remontant raspberries provides for regular loosening of the soil. But root system the plants are located superficially and when loosening it is easy to damage the roots. If the plantings are well mulched, then loosening can be completely abandoned.

You can mulch with humus, hay, peat, etc. The mulch layer should be about 10 cm. Such a layer will prevent weeds from germinating, retain moisture in the soil and gradually rotting will also serve as fertilizer.

Watering

Raspberries need regular watering. Watering should be plentiful so that the earth gets wet to a depth of at least 30 cm. It is very important to water the plantings before flowering and the ripening period of berries, as well as in the fall before wintering.

Trimming and thinning

When caring for raspberries, thinning is a must. It is necessary to deal with the removal of excess shoots and root offspring as early as possible so that they do not obscure the plantings and do not consume nutrients. On 1p. meter should grow no more than 10 - 12 shoots. Of which 5 - 6 overwintered and the same number of replacement shoots.

The most common gardening mistake is over-planting. In dense thickets, berries will be only on the tops of plants.

Highly important event is an . Via different ways prunings get either two harvests, or one, but very plentiful. But that's a topic for another article.

Remontant raspberries bear fruit twice a year - in summer and late autumn. Moreover, autumn fruiting is usually more abundant than spring, and gardeners are very fond of such raspberries because they supply us with fresh berries longer than ordinary raspberries. Let's try to figure out what features the autumn planting of remontant raspberries has.

The choice of seedlings for planting remontant raspberries in the fall

It is optimal for such a planting to choose seedlings in containers. If during spring planting it is recommended to cut the seedling to provoke tillering, then when autumn planting seedlings should never be pruned. On the contrary, it is desirable that the seedling have intact leaves, and that it receives enough energy from the sun to form a root system. If you are propagating raspberries by root cuttings or separation from the bush, it is advisable to remove the cuttings and part of the bush along with the ground to keep the roots intact. In the case when it is impossible to keep the earth on the roots, or seedlings in containers are not available, it is better to postpone planting, since in this case it is almost impossible to purchase raspberry seedlings with foliage on the shoots, and without it, the survival rate will be lower in autumn.

Good layering raspberries without a container:

Choosing a place for planting and planting scheme for remontant raspberries in the fall

For remontant raspberries, it is optimal to choose areas with light sandy and sandy loamy soils, on the southern slopes of hills with a slight slope. If you have to plant raspberries on the northern part of the slope, take care of sufficient protection from the winds by planting trees on the north side.

It is desirable that the area is well lit.- this is the key to a good autumn fruiting of remontant raspberries. Do not plant raspberries as a compacting horticultural crop between rows of trees or near buildings that block light from two or more sides - in this case, you will be disappointed with low yields. Raspberries love good lighting.

Raspberries also do not like the high location of groundwater in the soil., so planting it in wetlands makes no sense. For such areas, other crops can be recommended, for example, blackcurrant, which grows well even when groundwater occurs at a depth of half a meter.

Planting remontant raspberries in both autumn and spring is carried out in a square-nested way. On the site for raspberries, cells are broken, seedlings are planted every half a meter in width and length. For the convenience of courtship and harvesting, the plot is divided into ridges one meter wide and arbitrary in length. They make paths about 40 cm wide between them so that you can move along them. At high level groundwater, it can be recommended before planting raspberries to pour ridges of a mixture of sand and fine gravel about half a meter high, on top of them a layer of earth 20-30 cm, and only plant raspberries in it. Passages between the ridges should also be left about 40 cm wide.

In the future, the raspberries begin to actively bush, the old shoots die off, new ones grow in their place, and then one continuous array of raspberry shoots is formed, fruiting, growing or old, which must be cut.

Technology for planting remontant raspberries in the fall

The technology for planting remontant raspberries in the fall is the same as for planting blackberries, currants and other shrubs. horticultural crops. Before planting, determine where the seedling will grow. Then, a hole is dug in this place about 30-40 cm deep, depending on the size of the root system of the seedling. Down the hole put rotted manure or humus.

The seedling is released from the pot if it is in a plastic or paper pot. If the seedling is in an eco-pot, in a humus pot, or in another container that collapses in the ground, it does not need to be removed. Before excavation, it is advisable to water the seedling a little so that the earth around the roots becomes denser and does not crumble during planting.

A seedling is placed in the hole and held with one hand. The earth is filled into the voids between the root system and the edges of the hole and crushed. At the end of planting, the earth is compacted by hand and watered, after watering, the earth is topped up and the soil is mulched.

Landing photo:

Raspberries respond very readily to soil mulching both after planting and during cultivation. You can mulch grassy raspberry shoots with peat, sawdust, and even dry grass. After the autumn planting of remontant raspberries, it is mulched with a layer of about 10 cm. If you mulch with grass or peat, this will also be an organic fertilizer for the area where raspberries grow.

The need for constant watering of seedlings planted in autumn, as a rule, it does not occur, since there is quite enough rain. However, if the autumn is dry, you need to water the seedlings after planting at least once a week. When watering, it is desirable to dissolve potash fertilizers in water, they help the growth and survival of the root system.

Autumn transplant of remontant raspberries

Raspberries are a culture that reacts very painfully to a transplant. Be prepared in advance for the fact that you will wait two years for the harvest after transplantation, and do not rush to cut down the seedlings - for example, after transplanting, raspberries gave a harvest only in the third year. Now it bears fruit very abundantly, even better than in the old place.

When transplanting, take out such parts of the bushes so that they are as large as possible. The root system should be removed from the soil along with the ground. When transplanting, it is convenient to use a bayonet shovel for excavation and a pruner for trimming the roots. The roots are cut so that their parts are at least 30 cm long. The tops of the shoots do not need to be cut off during transplantation. Plant as the bush grew in the old place, with shoots and leaves.

Raspberries are transplanted in a square-nested way, leaving a distance of half a meter between seedlings. A hole is dug in the ground 10 cm deeper than the height of the root system of the seedling. Well-rotted manure or humus is poured into it. Then a seedling is placed, sprinkled with earth, the earth is compacted and watered. It is better to water from a watering can, several times, to ensure the gradual penetration of water into the soil.

Preparing remontant raspberries planted in autumn for winter

As a rule, no additional measures are required to prepare raspberries for winter after planting. If the winter is snowy enough, then even with severe frosts, the young raspberry shoots will be completely covered with snow and will not freeze.

However, if you have repotted bushes and they are tall enough, you can take care to cover them for the winter. To do this, the bush is bent to the ground with twine and small wire pins that are fixed in the ground. In this case, it will be completely covered with snow.

To provide reliable shelter with snow, they come to the site after the first snowfalls and tear off the snow on those places where raspberries grow, providing an artificially created snowdrift. This will provide additional thermal insulation, and will allow you to "recycle" the snow after clearing. garden paths without taking it outside the site.

It is highly undesirable to cut repair raspberries for the winter, my bad experience. Those bushes that were cut for winter did not bear fruit the next year and even a year later. The same bushes that overwintered "as is" felt great and gave a normal harvest.

Features of fruiting remontant raspberries

After planting, remontant raspberries come into fruition a little later than ordinary raspberries. This bush culture has an alternation of shoot fruiting - the same shoot gives a crop in a year. In remontant raspberries, two- and even three-year-old shoots usually give a crop. Therefore, do not be too zealous in thinning raspberries and cutting out too old seedlings, they are able to give a good harvest.

Sometimes, quite rarely, it happens that all planted raspberries begin to bear fruit periodically, after a year. It's offset bountiful harvest, but still, most of us would like to receive fresh berries regularly. This usually occurs due to overfeeding with nitrogen and organic fertilizers, or due to the characteristics of the variety. It can also occur due to frost when raspberry flowers die.

Usually this problem can be solved by top dressing with superphosphates or other fertilizers containing it. Also have special formulations for spraying, which provoke flowering and fruiting. If there is a possibility of frost during flowering, take action. As a rule, the first crop of remontant raspberries is smaller precisely because some of the color dies from frost. Cover the bushes at night with a special geofabric, or fumigate remontant raspberries at night during frosts.

Raspberry is a common garden shrub. Ordinary varieties begin to bear fruit only in the second year after planting, and produce a crop only once per season.

Remontant raspberries are not very different from other varieties, but it has a significant advantage - it is able to produce several crops per year. As a rule, the overall yield is higher. Remontant raspberries are more resistant to diseases and pests common for this crop, and therefore the quality of the fruits is higher. In addition, she is unpretentious in care.

Another one important feature- almost all remontant varieties are large-fruited.

No wonder remontant raspberries are so popular among gardeners. Such varieties are profitable to grow both in personal plots for personal use and on plantations for commercial purposes. We will talk about the rules of cultivation, planting and care in this article.

Optimal landing time

Planting remontant raspberries in open ground carried out both in spring and autumn. by the most the right time autumn is considered, the period of time from the end of September to the beginning of October. This is for temperate latitudes.

In more southern regions landing can be carried out at the end of October or at the beginning of November. In autumn, raspberries take root better, during the winter period they are not exposed to diseases, and in spring the culture is already ready for intensive growth. However, you can plant it in early spring (before the buds have blossomed).

Repair raspberries take root well in the lungs fertile soils. ground water should lie at a depth of at least 1 m from the surface of the site on which the raspberry will be located. Remontant varieties require more light and moisture than ordinary raspberries.

The plant also needs a lot of heat. If the raspberries are located in the shade, then the ripening time will be postponed, and the harvest will not be plentiful. The area under the raspberry must be protected from strong winds(shrubs are best planted along a fence, wall of a house or other building).

Soil preparation

Before planting remontant raspberries in open ground, attention should be paid to the characteristics and type of soil. Most suitable type The soil is loam (soil containing clay and a significant amount of sand). The acidity index should be in the range of 5.8-6.7 pH.

If the soil is too acidic, then it is neutralized with dolomite, ground limestone or marl. Raspberries develop well if mustard or rye is smelled 1.5 months before planting in the ground. It is not recommended to plant this crop in the area where tomatoes, potatoes or peppers grew. They deplete the soil, pulling out all the nutrients and trace elements from it.

Landing step by step instructions

spring

"Prepare the sleigh in summer and the cart in winter." When planting remontant raspberries in the spring, the soil must be prepared in the fall. The site is cleared of weeds, the earth is dug up. At the same time, the soil should be fertilized. For each square meter plot, you need to add about 2 buckets of humus, a glass of superphosphate and potassium sulfide (instead of them, you can take 200-300 g of complex mineral dressings), the soil is carefully dug up.

An important stage is the choice of a seedling. The plant must have a well-developed root system. The thickness of the stem at the base must be at least 5 mm, and optimal height escape - no more than 20-25 cm. It is easy to check the viability of a seedling.

Before buying, lightly pry off the bark of a young shoot. The stem should be greenish. Seedling buds should not be dry. If the root system is dryish, then before planting, the seedling should be lowered for a day into water with a growth stimulator. This measure is guaranteed to increase the survival rate of remontant raspberries in open ground.

Next, prepare the landing pits. Their depth should be about 40-50 cm. The distance between the pits in a row should be about 70 cm, and a distance of one and a half meters or more should be observed between rows. Immediately before planting, the roots can be dipped in a solution of clay, black soil and mullein. In no case should mineral fertilizers be applied to the pit, so as not to burn the young, sensitive raspberry roots.

After that, a seedling is established, straightening the roots. landing pit fill with soil so that the root collar is at the level of the surface of the site.

It should be noted that on sandy soils, the root neck can be at a depth of up to 4 cm. After compacting the earth, watering is carried out. Under each bush you need to pour about 5 liters of water. After soaking, raspberries are mulched sawdust, straw, bark or plant debris.

autumn

As already said, best time autumn is for planting remontant raspberries. During autumn planting, the soil is prepared in the spring - it is dug up, while fertilizing. In autumn, raspberries are planted according to the same algorithm as in spring.

Care

spring

For care activities remontant raspberries they start immediately after wintering, from the first days of March, while the ground is still frozen. At this time, complex mineral fertilizers are applied to the soil.

In mid-April, sanitary pruning of shrubs is carried out. Dried or damaged shoots are removed, and healthy stems are cut back to the first healthy bud. If you suspect fungal disease bushes are treated with a 1% solution iron sulphate. If there are no signs of the disease, then preventive treatment is carried out in early May.

In the spring, remontant raspberries are fertilized with complex mineral fertilizers, adding growth stimulants to them. The end of May marks preventive treatment from pests. For these purposes, any biological insecticide is suitable.

It is necessary to loosen the soil around the shrubs, remove weeds and water every week. Remontant raspberries do not tolerate soil compaction. Loosening should begin in early spring. During the season, this procedure is carried out up to 4-6 times. The aisle is loosened to a depth of 10-15 cm, and the ground around the bushes - by 5-8 cm.

Summer

Summer care involves regular watering and loosening the soil. Water the bush weekly. Tall varieties remontant raspberries during this period must be tied up. For these purposes, you can use the trellis method, or you can use the peg method.

In the first case, poles are installed along the landing (approximately every 3 m) and a wire is pulled between them to various levels in two or three rows (at a height of 70, 120 and 180 cm), to which raspberry shoots are tied. If the landings are single, then separate pegs are used for the garter, which are driven into the ground near each bush.

In the summer period, the fruits of remontant raspberries ripen. Treatment with pesticides from pests and diseases is prohibited - the berries will absorb toxic substances. Intense solar radiation is also harmful for berries. Therefore, during the period of active sun, it is advisable to cover the bushes with a special net.

autumn

Remontant raspberry is known for the fact that it bears fruit until the first frost. autumn care is to prepare the plant for the winter period. After harvesting, the shoots that bear fruit in the current season are cut to ground level. In the first year after planting, stems 20-25 cm high are left. Full pruning is carried out only by the second year.

Next, the raspberries are cleaned of plant residues and mulch. It is advisable to burn them, because they may contain pests or pathogens. After that, winter watering of raspberries is carried out. late autumn the last loosening and digging of the soil are carried out, after which the soil is mulched with rotted manure or humus (layer thickness - 10 cm).

As a rule, remontant varieties are frost-resistant, and they do not need shelter for the winter. But if severe frosts are coming, then the raspberries should be covered with a layer of hay or straw. Uncut bushes must be tied up, bent to the ground and covered with dry foliage.

Care procedures

Watering

Remontant raspberries need regular watering. Moisten the soil every week. During the drought period, raspberries are watered more often. The ground under the shrub should always be slightly damp.

Watering is especially important before flowering, during active growth foliage and during the ripening of berries. The soil should be moistened to a depth of 25-35 cm. Before the winter period, the soil is saturated with moisture, making abundant watering.

You should carefully monitor the level of soil moisture. An excess of moisture affects remontant raspberries even more than its lack. Air does not enter the roots through wet soil, the development of the plant slows down. Shrubs are not watered with cold water. First, it must be infused in the open air. If the raspberries are covered with mulch, then the amount of watering is significantly reduced.

top dressing

Growing remontant raspberries is not complete without top dressing. Due to the abundant fruiting, remontant varieties use a large amount of nutrients that are spent on shrub growth and crop formation.

High-quality top dressing of the soil before planting should be enough for three years. From the third year it is already necessary to apply fertilizers.

Raspberries respond well to organic matter. At the beginning of the growing season, mullein mixed with water in a ratio of 1:10 is introduced into the soil. Instead, you can use bird droppings, diluted in water in a ratio of 1:20. Organic fertilizers are applied 2-3 times per season. From 3 to 5 liters of liquid mixture is required per square meter of the site. Such top dressing will saturate the soil necessary components for raspberry development.

The plant also needs mineral supplements. In particular, remontant raspberries need potash fertilizers. Without potassium, the leaves become smaller, the edges become brown, the tissues around the veins die off. The plant also needs phosphorus. Without this element, the stems turn purple, become sluggish and may even die.

The lack of potassium is replenished with potassium magnesia or potassium sulfate. It is important that potash fertilizers do not contain chlorine. You can make up for the lack of phosphorus with the help of superphosphate. For each square meter of soil, it is recommended to add 50-70 g of superphosphate, 20-40 g of potassium sulfate and about 30 g of urea. These substances can be replaced by one full complex fertilizer(for example, Nitroammophos), which is applied in the spring (60-100 g per square meter).

Remontant raspberries are sensitive to nitrogen deficiency. Nitrogen-containing substances are introduced into the soil in early spring, because in autumn they can extend the growing season of the plant, preventing preparation for wintering. In the absence of mulch, every two years it is advisable to scatter humus under the bushes (5-6 kg per square meter).

pruning

In the spring, they begin sanitary pruning. The bush is carefully examined. After wintering, cracks or dry patches may form on unpruned shoots.

Such stems are cut to the first healthy bud. The tops of viable shoots are not touched - their pruning can delay the ripening of fruits and harm the future crop. These procedures are carried out exclusively during the swelling of the kidneys. During this period, it is easy to recognize healthy and affected kidneys.

If a remontant variety on your site gives a lot of root shoots, then remove it without hesitation. Only 10-15 shoots per square meter are left, of which one half are replacement shoots, and the other half are two-year-old fruiting stems.

At the end of the fruiting period, all shoots of remontant raspberries are cut to ground level (leave only 3 cm above the surface). These varieties are vigorous. Next year, the raspberries will grow back, yielding at the same level. This procedure will protect the plant from diseases and pests in the winter. There is another approach.

Trim only the tops of the stems. This allows you to stretch the fruiting period in the next season, because the berries will ripen not only on annual, but also on biennial shoots.

reproduction

Root offspring

Propagation of remontant raspberries with the help of root offspring is not always possible, because many varieties practically do not form root shoots. The method consists in digging up the root processes and transplanting them to another place.

The greatest amount of material for propagation is given by bushes at the age of 4-5 years. When the processes have reached a height of 7-10 cm, they are dug up and seated. They are shaded from the sun, watered regularly. Two weeks later, the offspring take root, they no longer need sun protection. Already by autumn receive good seedlings which are planted on permanent place.

Root cuttings

After the autumn harvest, they dig up the root of the plant, select a root with a diameter of at least 2 cm and divide it into pieces 10-12 cm long. They are planted on a separate bed, the depth of the holes should be from 6 to 8 cm. In the spring they will sprout, which regularly water, mulch and fertilize. And by the autumn they will be ready for transplanting to a permanent place.

Green cuttings

Green cuttings are harvested in late spring. For these purposes, annual stems are suitable, which are separated from the mother bush by a small root. They are dug up, then cut off at a height of 4-5 cm (the shoot should have a leaf rosette) and planted in a greenhouse (into a mixture of river sand and peat).

The stalk is intensively watered, fed and protected from diseases, after successful rooting, the greenhouse is regularly ventilated. You can also lower the cuttings into a solution with a growth stimulator. This will increase survival. After successful rooting, they are transplanted to a permanent place.

Which remontant raspberry variety to choose?

To date, there are a large number of varieties of remontant raspberries. This makes the choice somewhat more difficult.

Here is a little help to the gardener:

• early varieties: Hercules, Eurasia, Brilliant;
• late varieties: Heritage, Zyugana, Erika;
• large-fruited varieties: Monomakh's Hat, Gold autumn, Bryansk Divo;
• varieties with the best palatability berries: Apricot, Orange Miracle, Firebird;
• varieties with high yield: Atlant, Eurasia, Indian Summer.

And this is just a small list of varieties of remontant raspberries. Everyone can choose a variety depending on individual preferences. When choosing raspberries, also pay attention to the fruiting period and the preferred growing region. Good harvest!