Planting and caring for remontant raspberries

What is the difference between remontant raspberries? It bears fruit on the shoots this summer and usually produces two crops a year. True, the second crop does not always have time to ripen in the middle lane, so it is better to choose early varieties. Planting and caring for remontant raspberries is much easier than in the case of regular raspberries. Planting is carried out in late autumn or early spring, in trenches about half a meter deep, in soil mixed with organic fertilizers. It is better to choose the southern side of the fence or house. Also. like ordinary raspberries, they are planted in rows or by a bush method, choosing the appropriate places.

Caring for remontant raspberries consists of loosening, weeding, watering, feeding and pruning. Loosening should be done carefully, since the root system of raspberries is superficial. The remontant raspberry needs watering only in hot weather. During the growing season, plants are constantly fed with liquid organic fertilizers (infusion of mullein or bird droppings). In the spring, manure or humus is applied under the bushes once.

For the winter, the entire aerial part of this raspberry is cut off, since the berries ripen on the branches that will grow next summer. You can't even leave stumps, raspberry moths can settle in them. Thus, there is no reason to take care that the plant does not freeze. In the spring, you need to remove weak and diseased shoots, leaving 10-15 strong and healthy branches on the bush. A nice feature of the remontant raspberry is that it does not sprout throughout the garden. similar to common raspberries. That's all the subtleties, the knowledge of which requires planting and caring for remontant raspberries.