Pruning raspberries in spring and the rest of the year

It is a sad sight - abandoned estates, where once fruit trees and shrubs grew and bore fruit, vegetables were grown, caring human hands touched the mother earth. And if the trees will keep the memory of those people to whom they generously gave their fruits for a long time, the raspberry will quickly run wild and degenerate if you do not take care of it. Impenetrable thickets of raspberries quickly turn into huge shrubs, left without timely pruning, will not begin to tie berries.

Content:

• Let's go for raspberries into the garden
• My sweet, raspberry-berry
• Berry-raspberry beckoned to you and me
• Pruning in the fall
• Spring pruning

Let's go for raspberries into the garden

Garden raspberry is a human-cultivated plant that differs from the wild-growing raspberry and is subdivided into types: traditional, large-fruited and remontant. The most adapted to unfavorable conditions and least of all the traditional raspberries in need of care, but they are not so rich in harvest.

Bushy branches large-fruited raspberry give more berries with better taste and aroma. The extended ripening of the crop is characterized by remontant raspberry, fruiting until frost.

My sweet, raspberry-berry

Fresh raspberries are very useful, a glass of which fully provides the body's daily needs for vitamins. Heat treatment does not reduce its qualities in compotes, jams and everyone's favorite raspberry jam. Mashed with sugar, dried and frozen raspberries are a delicious and very healthy berry.

Tea made from raspberry leaves has a beneficial effect on increasing appetite, strengthens the muscles of the uterus and is very useful during the period of gestation.

In stressful situations, raspberries will soothe and alleviate depression, have a tonic effect on the skin of the face, stop bleeding and help remove toxic substances. Recommended for hypertension, renal failure, atherosclerosis. Raspberry berry is indispensable in case of colds, sciatica and joint pain. Helps with fever and neuralgia.

Berry-raspberry beckoned to you and me

In order for raspberries to please, pamper and heal, they also need to be served properly. look afterby giving it enough attention. If raspberries are not yet growing on the site, they need to be bought and properly planted. It is better to buy in the fall, but it is more convenient to plant in the spring, and in order for the bush to winter safely, it must be dug in on the site, placing it at an angle of 45 degrees with its roots in the north direction.

The top of the main shoot is cut off during planting, and the side shoots are also removed. To ensure maximum strengthening of the roots, the twig is tied up, otherwise a gust of wind can damage the seedling, because the raspberry has a superficial root system.

As soon as raspberries begin to ripen in the garden, everyone wants to enjoy their sweet fruits. A wide variety of early, mid-early and late-ripening varieties allows you to enjoy this berry from mid-summer to the very frost. In addition, it can be frozen and used in winter as a filling and decoration for pies. But in order for raspberries to give a person a rich harvest of fruits, you need to take care of it, like a capricious lady. One of the mandatory items in this case is trimming.

Pruning in the fall

Most often, this shrub is cut in the fall, after it finally stops bearing fruit.But this can be done in early spring, if for some reason you were not able to finish the work before the onset of the winter cold.

Prune old branches to the very root with pruning shears, and pinch the tops for young ones. You should have no more than 10-15 branches per square meter - this is the optimal amount for the successful growth and development of the shrub. It's not worth saving last year's branches. They rarely bear fruit and only take nutrients from young growth.

Spring pruning

Raspberry pruning in spring is carried out after the snow has melted, but the ground has not yet warmed up. It can be at the end of March or at the beginning of April, depending on the weather conditions, which can change every year.

Also in the spring you can remove frozen branches or those that are damaged by diseases and pests. Diseased shoots are cut off completely and burned. Besides pruning, raspberries also need feeding, watering (if there is no rain for a long time), weeding and other agrotechnical care measures. Then it will give twice, three times, and sometimes ten times more yield than an abandoned bush.

It should be remembered that young sprouts, actively breaking through from the roots, deplete the mother bush, reducing the raspberry yield. No matter how sorry it is to destroy the growth, its amount has to be controlled. Those gardeners who strengthen the sides of the trench with raspberry plantings with boards or pieces of slate do the right thing. Dusting sawdust or dry leaves on top will help retain moisture and protect against weeds.

Raspberries will survive the winter more safely if the branches are bent to the ground, secured and covered with snow, and in the summer they will thank you for your attention and care with tasty, fragrant and very healthy berries.