How to grow and care for remontant raspberries?

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

Repaired raspberries are not very different from other varieties, but they have a significant advantage - they are capable of producing several harvests per year. As a rule, her overall yield is higher. Repaired raspberries are more resistant to diseases and pests common for this culture, therefore, the quality of the fruits is higher. In addition, it is easy to care for.

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

Unsurprisingly, remontant raspberries are so popular with gardeners. Such varieties are profitable to grow both on personal plots for personal use and on plantations for commercial purposes. We will tell you about the rules of growing, planting and care in this article.

Optimal planting time

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

In more southern regions, planting can be done in late October or early November. In the fall, raspberries take root better, during the winter period they are not exposed to diseases, and in the spring the culture is already ready for intensive growth. However, it can be planted in early spring (before the buds have blossomed).

General advice for planting

Repaired raspberries take root well in light fertile soils. Groundwater should lie at a depth of at least 1 m from the surface of the site where the raspberry tree will be located. Repaired varieties require more light and moisture than regular 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 for the raspberry tree should be protected from strong winds (it is better to plant shrubs along the fence, wall of a house or other building).

Soil preparation

Before planting remontant raspberries in the open field, you should pay attention to the characteristics and type of soil. The most suitable type of soil is loam (soil containing clay and significant amounts 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 are poured into the ground 1.5 months before planting. It is not recommended to plant this crop in an area where tomatoes, potatoes or peppers were grown.They deplete the soil, pulling out all the nutrients and trace elements from it.

Step-by-step planting instructions

In the spring

"Prepare the sleigh in the summer, and the cart in the winter." When planting remontant raspberries in 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 of the plot, it is necessary to add about 2 buckets of humus, a glass of superphosphate and potassium sulphide (instead of them, you can take 200-300 g of complex mineral dressings), the soil is carefully dug up.

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

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

Next, the landing pits are prepared. Their depth should be about 40-50 cm. The distance between the holes in a row should be about 70 cm, and a distance of one and a half meters or more should be kept between the 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 introduced into the pit, so as not to burn the young sensitive raspberry roots.

After that, a seedling is installed, straightening the roots. The planting hole is filled with soil in such a way that the root collar is at the level of the surface of the site.

It should be noted that on sandy soils, the root collar can be at a depth of 4 cm. After the earth is tamped, watering is carried out. Pour about 5 liters of water under each bush. After being absorbed, the raspberries are mulched with sawdust, straw, bark or plant residues.

In autumn

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

Care

In the spring

Measures for the care of remontant raspberries begin immediately after wintering, from the first days of March, while the ground is still frozen. At this time, complex mineral fertilizers are introduced into the soil.

Sanitary pruning of shrubs is carried out in mid-April. Dried or damaged shoots are removed and healthy stems are pruned to the first healthy bud. If you suspect a fungal disease, the bushes are treated with a 1% solution of ferrous sulfate. If there are no signs of the disease, then prophylactic 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 is marked by preventive pest control. Any biological insecticide is suitable for these purposes.

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

Summer

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

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

In the summer, the fruits of the remontant raspberry 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.

In autumn

Repaired raspberries are known to bear fruit before the first frost. Autumn care consists in preparing the plant for the winter period. After harvesting, shoots that have borne fruit in the current season are pruned at ground level. In the first year after planting, stems with a height of 20-25 cm are left. Full pruning is carried out only by the second year.

Next, the raspberries are cleaned from plant residues and mulch. It is advisable to burn them, because they may contain pests or pathogens. After that, raspberries are watered for winter. In late autumn, the last loosening and digging of the soil is 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 raspberry tree 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

Repaired raspberries need regular watering. It is necessary to moisten the soil every week. During dry periods, raspberries are watered more often. The ground under the bushes should always be slightly damp.

Watering is especially important before flowering, during active foliage growth and during the ripening period 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.

The moisture level of the soil should be closely monitored. An excess of moisture affects remontant raspberries even more than a lack of it. Air does not flow to the roots through wet soil, the development of the plant slows down. Shrubs are not watered with cold water. First, it should be infused in the open air. If the raspberry tree is covered with mulch, then the amount of watering is significantly reduced.

Top dressing

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

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 organics. At the beginning of the growing season, mullein is introduced into the soil, mixed with water in a ratio of 1:10. Poultry droppings diluted 1:20 in water can be used instead. Organic fertilizers are applied 2-3 times per season. Per square meter of land, 3 to 5 liters of liquid mixture is required. Such dressings will saturate the soil with the necessary components for the development of raspberries.

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

The lack of potassium is replenished with potassium magnesium or potassium sulfate. It is important that there is no chlorine in potash fertilizers. You can fill the lack of phosphorus with 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 with one complete complex fertilizer (for example, Nitroammophos), which is applied in the spring (60-100 g per square meter).

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

Pruning

In the spring, they start sanitary pruning. The shrub is carefully examined. After hibernation, uncircumcised shoots may develop cracks or dry patches.

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

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

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

Only the tops of the stems are cut off. This allows you to stretch the fruiting period in the next season, because the berries will ripen not only on annual, but also on two-year shoots.

Reproduction

Root offspring

Reproduction of remontant raspberries using root suckers is not always possible, because many varieties practically do not form root shoots. The method consists in digging out the root processes and transplanting them to another place.

The largest 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 planted. They are shaded from the sun and watered regularly. After two weeks, the offspring take root, they no longer need protection from the sun. By the fall, they get good seedlings, which are planted in a permanent place.

Root cuttings

After the autumn harvest, they dig out the root of the plant, choose 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 watered, mulched and fed. And by autumn they will be ready for transplantation to a permanent place.

Green cuttings

Green cuttings are harvested in late spring. For these purposes, annual stems are suitable, which have separated from the mother bush with 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 (in 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 dip the cuttings into a growth promoter solution. This will increase the survival rate. After successful rooting, they are transplanted to a permanent place.

Which remontant raspberry variety should you choose?

Today there are a large number of varieties of remontant raspberries. Because of this, the choice is somewhat difficult.

Here's a quick reference to help the gardener:

• early varieties: Hercules, Eurasia, Diamond;
• late varieties: Heritage, Zyugana, Erica;
• large-fruited varieties: Cap of Monomakh, Golden Autumn, Bryansk Divo;
• varieties with the best taste of berries: Apricot, Orange Miracle, Firebird;
• high-yield varieties: Atlant, Eurasia, Indian Summer.

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

The ability of a plant to bear fruit continuously throughout the growing season is called remontability. Repaired raspberries are capable of producing a consistently good harvest of berries on biennial and annual shoots.

Repairing raspberries: growing and care, pruning, feeding

What raspberries to plant on the site - regular or remontant?

Remontant raspberries differ from ordinary varieties in their ability to give two harvests in one season: first on last year's shoots, and then on young ones that have grown during the summer. Some gardeners try to avoid these varieties, because the berries of the second harvest may not have time to ripen before the first frost.

Remontant raspberries differ from ordinary varieties in their ability to give two harvests in one season.

Comparative characteristics of raspberry varieties

Care	More difficult	Simpler
Winter hardiness	Some varieties are not resistant to frost	Does not freeze
Susceptibility to diseases and pests	Always gets damaged	Rarely sick and damaged by pests
Harvest quality	Excellent and good fruits	Good berries
The appearance of the first fruits	In the second year	In the year of disembarkation
Illumination requirements	Average	High
The need for food and moisture	Average	High

If the gardener does not have the necessary practice in the care and cultivation of remontant raspberries, it is better to get the first experience on varieties that are unpretentious to foliar feeding and pruning that do not have thorns on the trunks.

Important boarding information

The size of the future berry harvest depends to a large extent on the selected remontant variety. More than two hundred species of remontant varieties are known, among which eighty are successfully grown in Russian climatic conditions. Our gardeners most often choose remontant varieties with the telling names "Yellow Giant", "Apricot", "Atlant", "Bryansk Divo" and "Indian Summer".

Raspberry "Yellow giant"

Raspberry yellow Apricot

Bryansk miracle

Raspberry Indian Summer

When planting remontant raspberries, ordinary technologies cannot be used, because if special rules for caring are not followed, the bushes will develop much more slowly and will not justify the hopes placed on them. The planting process should be carried out according to special, but completely uncomplicated rules.

Planting remontant raspberries: basic rules

1. Depth. Raspberry bushes grow up to 2.5 meters in height, have thick stems and a root system that does not have a main root. In this case, the lateral roots take nutrients at the depth available to them, that is, each stem must be planted at 35-50 cm, in contrast to conventional varieties, which are sufficient in 20-25 cm depth. By increasing the volume of land for collecting the necessary substances, the resistance and yield of each bush of the remontant variety is significantly increased.

   Repaired raspberries are planted in a hole 35-50 cm deep

2. Timing. The time for planting seedlings in the soil begins a week before the onset of frost, since the movement of juices in these varieties is active even at rather low temperatures. Therefore, the fruits ripen even during the first frosty days, but planting new bushes in the soil is significantly difficult. Sometimes early April is chosen for planting or a week after the final freeze, then the results are better than with autumn plantings. A significant disadvantage is the fact that in four months the seedlings do not reach generative development and after planting they give a very small yield. They begin to bear fruit normally only in the second year.
3. Planting density should not exceed two bushes per meter of the bed so that the bushes form strong. We must not forget that the planting of the material is done once for a period of 7 to 15 years, for this you need to properly plan the free space so that the plants can be fully looked after.

   How to make a tapestry for a remontant raspberry

   The planting density of raspberries should not exceed two bushes per meter of the bed

Caring for remontant raspberries requires well-planned steps. Within a month after planting, you need to fertilize the soil twice as well in bushes, which require a large amount of potassium and nitrogen to ensure good growth of additional shoots.

Fertilizing the soil with nitrogen

Before planting a stalk with buds in the hole, you need to put compost and cover it with earth about ten centimeters high, since the grown roots should not be in direct contact with the fertilizer. If the weather is hot, the roots may burn.

Compost for fertilizing raspberries when planting

So that the root system does not start to rot and gains full strength in the first year, good drainage of the soil must be ensured before planting remontant varieties. At the bottom of a deep hole, you need to pour a 10-centimeter layer of coarse gravel, which are covered with fertile soil. In addition to fertilizers, stones and a layer of earth, an additional at least thirty centimeters must be left for the seedling of the future bush.

Crushed stone to ensure good soil drainage

They begin to feed the shoots with special fertilizers in the spring and continue until the end of summer, finishing fertilizing the soil three weeks before picking the first berries so that the crop is not saturated with chemicals.

The rest of the planting and care rules are exactly the same as for ordinary varieties of berries. For planting remontant bushes, sod or loamy soil is chosen, after filling it with organic fertilizers and compost.

Video - Planting remontant raspberries

Video - How to get a large harvest of remontant raspberries

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Autumn care measures

Pruning remontant raspberries

How to prune raspberries correctly

In order for the bushes to be able to winter without loss and in the spring to fully stock up on the necessary vitality, it is imperative to complete the following points:

1. Cut off dry and non-viable branches of black and dark brown color. The work starts from the top, so as not to accidentally delete the good branches with the bad ones. When cutting off 7-8 centimeters, you can see if there is juice and living tissue in the branch. Having removed the dried branches at the root, the rest are cut off by 25-30 cm so that they do not freeze in winter. In heavily overgrown bushes, you need to leave 60-70 cm of free space to move between them.

   Three methods of pruning raspberries

2. The foliage from the bushes is shaken off from the roots to the top of the bush, wearing a thick glove, and burned away from the plantings so that pests do not fall into the soil where the bushes stand.
3. The raspberry tree must be cleaned not only of leaves, but also of unnecessary grass and litter, in which small rodents want to organize their housing. Hibernating in a raspberry tree, animals strongly spoil healthy branches.
4. It is necessary to bend the stems to the ground in order to hide them under the snow and thereby protect the bushes from freezing at temperatures below 25 degrees. Shoots must be collected in one bunch and bent to the ground or wrapped in a special agrofiber cloth.

   Preparing raspberries for winter

5. Do not add nitrogen fertilizers since mid-August, since the bushes continue to actively develop with nitrogen components for two to three months. In frosts, plants can die if they do not come to a dormant stage, when the growth and movement of substances stops.

Double pruning raspberries

Careful implementation of all points will double the resistance of raspberry bushes to frost. Then in the spring the plants will develop much faster and will certainly bring a good harvest to the caring owner.

Preparing raspberries for winter in stages

Pest control of remontant raspberries

Raspberry bushes damage fungi, insects and viruses.

The most common diseases of remontant raspberry and their control measures

Powdery mildew, occurs with high humidity		Leaves, flowers and tops of young shoots are affected. A gray-white bloom is visible, leaves curl and fall	Watering at the root, pruning and burning shoots in spring and summer. Before and after flowering, spray with a 0.3% solution of calcium polysulfate, 1% suspension of colloidal sulfur
Apple moth caterpillar falling into raspberries from fallen apples		Damages raspberries	Spraying with 0.3% karbofos emulsion, 0.6% fosalon emulsion two weeks after flowering
Winter moth		Rough leaf skeleton	Spraying before flowering with 0.6% Fosalon emulsion
Mosaic		Spotted darkening and deformation of the sheet plate along the edge	Removing infected branches or the entire plant
Weevil		Most fruits are affected	Transplantation to other parts of the site and treatment with "Gardon", "Vofatox"

And yet, remontant species, in comparison with ordinary varieties, behave much more resistant to pests and diseases. Control and protection measures are:

• in a planting of bushes remote from other plantings to prevent infection with a raspberry beetle;
• in the use of tinctures of onion and garlic husks and sulfuric solution in the fight against spider mites;
• in the protection of leaves from caterpillars by feeding with preparations with a high content of phosphorus and potassium.

We must not forget that during flowering it is forbidden to process plantings with chemicals so that they do not get into the berries.

The main pest control is carried out with the help of beneficial insects such as hoverfly larva, ladybug, dragonfly, lacewing, apantels and other biological species that are best not destroyed.

Methods for growing remontant raspberries

Correctly chosen planting site of cuttings, competent pruning and good care allow you to shoot at least two excellent raspberry harvests in one season.

Spring raspberry pruning

After reading the reviews and seeing in the neighboring plots a bountiful harvest of large raspberries, completely covering the bushes from early summer to late autumn, every gardener has a desire to plant the site with remontant species. Then it will be possible to collect two harvests of delicious berries every year until late autumn.

Video - Raspberry remontant and ordinary

Video - Shelter raspberries for the winter

The sweet and aromatic raspberry berry is not only a delicacy, but also an excellent cure for colds. Therefore, gardeners are so fond of planting this culture in their summer cottages. The remontant raspberry is especially appreciated, capable of producing a crop twice in one season. Growing remontant raspberries and caring for plants has some peculiarities. If you take into account the recommendations of experts, you can enjoy the fragrant berry throughout the summer.

Choosing a site for raspberries

Compared to ordinary raspberries, remontant varieties are more demanding on the illumination of the site and soil fertility, therefore, when planting this crop, the choice of location is of great importance. The raspberry tree should be planted in an area full of sunlight throughout the day.

Important!

In a shaded area, flowering and ripening of fruits occurs much later, and in some cases it is possible to completely remain without a crop.

Raspberries do not like drafts, so most often plantings are placed along a fence or ancillary buildings, which are natural protection from the wind. For cultivation of this unpretentious culture, the southern side of the personal plot, protected from the north by buildings or a fence, is best suited.

It is not recommended to break raspberries in those places where vegetables were previously grown, namely tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cucumbers, potatoes. If for some reason it is necessary to use just such areas, it is necessary to feed the soil with phosphorus and potassium.

Light loamy soils with a slightly acidic balance are best suited for raspberries.

Soil preparation

Before planting remontant raspberries, you need to properly prepare the soil. This can be done one year before planting or just before planting the plants in the ground.

• Method 1

During the autumn digging of the soil, fertilizers are applied at the rate of 45 g of potassium, 65 g of superphosphate, 10-13 kg of humus per 1 square meter. m. In the spring, mustard, clover or legumes are planted on the site of the future raspberry-tree, which are ground in August and buried in the ground. In early October, remontant raspberries are planted on this site.

• Method 2

For planting raspberries, dig a trench 40-45 cm deep, the bottom of which is 10 cm filled with a nutrient mixture from compost or manure. Double superphosphate is evenly scattered over the manure, which is covered with a layer of fertile soil. In addition, wood ash is introduced into the soil at the rate of one liter can per one meter of the trench. Then the soil is tamped into the trench and the rooted plants are planted.

Planting raspberries

Repaired raspberries are planted in spring or autumn, although experts believe that planting is most effective from September 15 to October 10. At this time of the year, the summer heat subsides, the soil slowly loses moisture, which allows the cuttings to take root and prepare for wintering.

Planting remontant raspberries is carried out in such a way that the roots of the seedling are not very close to the surface of the earth, and the root collar of the plant is located at the same depth as before transplanting.

With the trench method of organizing the raspberry plant, at least 70 cm should be left between the seedlings, and 1.5 m between the rows. When planting in separate holes, at least 1-2 meters should be left between the seedlings. For reproduction of remontant raspberries, you can use both root cuttings and young shoots.

Caring for remontant varieties of raspberries

Like any cultivated plant, remontant raspberries require proper and timely care, which consists in regular watering and loosening the soil, pruning and feeding the plants.

• Pruning

Repaired raspberries are distinguished by the fact that they can produce crops on both one-year-old and two-year-old shoots. The first time the berries ripen at the beginning of July. The plant spends a lot of nutrients for the formation of fruits. Young spring shoots develop weaker, and the autumn harvest is much lower than the summer one, however, the berry obtained in October is doubly appreciated and will be a pleasant bonus for the gardener for his hard work.

If it is planned to harvest one crop, then in late autumn all shoots are cut out at the root, without leaving hemp. The cut material is taken out of the personal plot or completely burned. This will rid the raspberry tree from pests hibernating on the shoots.

In the case when it is decided to get two crops per season, pruning is carried out twice. For the first time after the summer harvest, two-year-old shoots are cut. They differ from annuals with a lignified trunk, wilted and gradually drying leaves.

The second pruning is done in late autumn, before covering the raspberry tree for the winter. This time, only the tops of the shoots from which the berries were collected are trimmed. In the spring, selective pruning is done, removing frozen and damaged shoots.

• Watering

Raspberries do not like waterlogging of the soil, but at the same time they do not tolerate drought. With a lack of moisture, the berries will begin to shrink, dry and crumble. Watering frequency depends on weather conditions. In dry summers, plants should be watered regularly and abundantly so that the soil is 40-50 cm wet.

It is very important to water the raspberries during flowering and fruiting. After picking the berries, it is also recommended to water the raspberry thoroughly.

• Loosening the soil

Loosening of the soil in the raspberry field should be carried out regularly, from 4 to 6 times a year. This will help provide oxygen to the roots and allow moisture to stay in the soil longer. The first time the planting is loosened in early spring, before the buds awaken.

Important!

When loosening between rows, you can deepen by 10-15 cm, in rows - no more than 8 cm.

The last loosening is carried out in late autumn. To get rid of some pests, at this time the earth between the rows can even be dug up with a turnover of the layer.

• Mulching

Experienced gardeners very often resort to mulching the soil between the plants. This event allows you to limit the appearance of weeds, helps to retain moisture in the ground, protects the roots of plants from hypothermia and overheating.

Any natural material is suitable for mulching: sawdust, hay, straw, peat, humus. Less commonly, synthetic mulch or special fibers are used in raspberries. After the mulching material has rotted, it is buried in the ground, providing the plants with organic fertilizer. The mulch layer is renewed every season.

• Top dressing

Growing remontant raspberries requires regular and timely feeding, since the plant requires a lot of nutrients during growth and fruiting. In early summer, organic fertilizers can be applied to the soil. For this, cow dung mixed with water in a ratio of 1:10, or chicken droppings - 1:20 are suitable. For 1 sq. m plantings will be enough 4-5 liters of solution. You need to feed remontant raspberries with organic fertilizer 2-3 times per season.

Important!

It is better to carry out top dressing in warm weather, combining fertilization with watering.

Raspberries will not do without additional fertilizing with mineral fertilizers. Potassium deficiency can be seen by the appearance of small leaves with brown edges, and the lack of phosphorus is indicated by the weakening and dying off of the shoots.

When applying potash fertilizers, chlorine should be avoided. You can enrich the soil with phosphorus using nitroammophoska, scattered in an amount of 50-100 g per 1 sq. m.

The nitrogen deficiency can be replenished only in the spring. If you feed the plants with nitrogen-containing fertilizers in the fall, the growing season can be delayed and interfere with the preparation for winter.

• How to normalize shoots

All summer it is necessary to control the number of emerging shoots, leaving 1 sq. m only 5-6 of the strongest. If you do not remove excess growth, the raspberry tree will overgrow. Plants will lack nutrients and sunlight, resulting in shallow berries and poor yields.

Cut green growth with sharp pruning shears as close to the ground as possible.

Advice

Young shoots can be used for reproduction. To do this, the sprout must be dug out together with a small underground part of the rhizome.

• Garter

Raspberry stems can be up to two meters in length. So that they do not bend under the weight of the berries and do not break, they must be tied up in a timely manner. When planting in trenches, double-sided trellises are used for this. It is very convenient to care for plants and harvest if you tie one-year shoots to one trellis, and two-year ones to the other. When planting in bushes, stakes are driven into the ground to maintain the trunks in an upright position.

Tips for growing raspberries

After planting the seedlings, it is very important to ensure that during watering the soil around the root collar is not washed away and the roots are not exposed - this can lead to the death of the plant.

The roots of remontant raspberries continue to grow even at low temperatures, therefore, during autumn planting, it is necessary to cover the ground with a thick layer of mulching material. This will protect the roots of the plant from freezing and provide additional time for their survival.

You should not grow raspberries in the same place for more than 5 years, since the soil is severely depleted and it becomes almost impossible to obtain a bountiful harvest.

In the middle lane, repeated fruiting occurs in October, when the air temperature drops significantly, and light frosts are possible at night. To extend the ripening period of the berries, the raspberry is covered with a film.

Caring for remontant raspberries does not present any particular difficulties. Even a novice gardener can cope with such work, and the reward for the work will be the summer and autumn harvest of large fragrant berries. The main thing is to adhere to the advice of specialists and purchase planting material in well-proven nurseries.

Raspberries of remontant varieties appear in our gardens more and more often. It is capable of bearing fruit 2 times a year, but for this you need to follow some rules of agricultural technology. We will talk about them in this article.

The technology of growing remontant raspberries is not much different from the cultivation of plants of ordinary varieties. But still, there are some features that are important to take into account in order to get an unprecedented harvest.

Planting remontant raspberries

For raspberry remontant varieties, sunny and well-sheltered areas with nutritious loamy soil are chosen. 2-3 weeks before planting the seedling while digging the soil, 2-3 buckets of humus or high-moor peat and 1 glass of superphosphate and potassium sulfate are added to the site.

Repaired raspberries can be planted in spring (before bud break) and fall. But the most preferable is the autumn planting (in late September - early October).

Raspberries have a fairly shallow root system, so you don't need to dig a hole too deep for the seedling, but good drainage is important. As a rule, the size of the hole is 50 × 50 × 50 cm.

The plant is planted so that its root collar is located at the level of the soil surface. In this case, it is important to spread the roots well so that they do not come to the surface. After that, the seedling is covered with soil and the soil is slightly compacted, trying not to deepen the plant. Then the raspberries are watered, spending about 5 liters of water per bush, and mulched with peat, sawdust or humus.

Most often, raspberries are planted in rows: a distance of 0.5-1 m is maintained between the bushes, and 1.5-2 m between the rows

Caring for remontant raspberries

The main care for remontant raspberries involves abundant watering (the soil should be soaked to a depth of 30-40 cm) and regular weeding. But the most important thing is to provide the plant roots with good oxygen access. To do this, it is necessary to regularly (4-6 times per season) loosen the ground near the bushes, but shallowly so as not to touch the roots.

Loosening of the soil to a depth of 15 cm is allowed between the rows of raspberries, and in rows - no more than 5-8 cm.

Mulching (with a layer of 8-10 cm) will help to keep moisture in the soil, slow down the growth of weeds, and also protect the roots of the plant from freezing in winter and from overheating in summer. It is carried out during planting and is repeated every year.

Peat, humus, hay, straw, sawdust, crushed bark, compost or synthetic agrofibre are used as mulch.

During the growth and fruiting of the bush, remontant raspberries absorb many nutrients, and at the end of the season the soil becomes impoverished. Therefore, the shrub must be fed annually. In the spring, a liquid mullein is introduced into the soil, diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10, or a solution of chicken manure (1:20). Such feeding is carried out 2-3 times during the growing season, while 3-5 liters of prepared organic fertilizer are consumed per 1 square meter.

In addition, remontant raspberries need minerals for good growth. If you find that the leaves on the bush have become small, their edges are covered with dark brown spots, then feed the plant with potassium fertilizer (potassium magnesium or potassium sulfate - 20-40 g per 1 square meter). And if the shoots have weakened and acquired a purple color, add phosphorus (50-100 g of nitroammophoska or 50-80 g of superphosphate).

Mineral fertilizers are usually applied in early spring and during flowering.

Raspberries are quite sensitive to nitrogen deficiency, but this element can only be added to the soil in spring. It is useful to scatter humus under raspberry bushes (5-6 kg per 1 square meter).

To prevent the bushes from breaking under the weight of the berries, the stems are tied to stakes or trellises. If they want to get two harvests, then one-year-old shoots are tied to one side of the trellis, and two-year-old shoots are tied to the other.

In late autumn, the raspberry tree is cleaned of the remnants of leaves, mulch and dry branches. This garbage is burned to kill pests.In regions with severe and snowless winters, trunks are mulched with humus or semi-rotted manure (10 cm layer).

Pruning and shaping the remontant raspberry bush

So that the bushes do not thicken and weaken due to lack of nutrients, young shoots are periodically removed during the growing season. In the spring, up to 10 strong shoots are usually left on the bush, while the branches that yield a crop should be no more than 5-7.

Pruning remontant raspberries has its own characteristics

Repaired raspberries are capable of producing a crop 2 times per season, but not all gardeners use this property, since with a single harvest, the berries ripen better and acquire a sweeter taste.

If you plan to collect only one harvest per season, then in late autumn the entire bush is cut off at the root, leaving no stumps, and the shoots are burned (this will help get rid of hibernating pests).

Raspberry bushes planted this year are not completely pruned. Such seedlings leave a stem 20 cm high.

And if they want to collect two harvests per season, in the fall, two-year-old shoots that have bearing fruit are cut out (they are brown) and weak shoots, and in annual shoots (they are green), the tops on which there were fruits are pruned.

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In early spring, sanitary pruning of remontant raspberries is carried out: all damaged, dry and frozen shoots are removed.

Follow these rules - and your remontant raspberry will be generous with the harvest of large and juicy berries. But do not forget that plants from the Rose family (blackberries, stone fruit trees, rose hips, roses), as well as potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and bulbous flowers, are not suitable for raspberries as predecessors and close neighbors. From these plants, raspberries can become infected with verticillary wilting.