2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Raspberries are just a storehouse of all kinds of vitamins, and also an excellent medicine. How pleasant it is to drink warming aromatic tea with raspberry jam in winter! It immediately becomes warm and cozy, even if it is gray and cloudy outside the window. But in order to drink tea with raspberry jam, you first need to cook this jam. And how to do this if raspberries “do not want” to give a good harvest? I will share with you a few simple secrets that help you get a high yield of raspberries
First and probably the most important secret - raspberries love the sun. More precisely, he loves very much. Therefore, avoid even the slightest shading of the area where raspberries grow. If there are absolutely no places without shade on your site, then for planting raspberries, give preference to a place where shade occurs in the morning, and the entire area is illuminated by the sun for the rest of the day.
SecondLast but not least, never forget to water. Yes, raspberries are very fond of the sun, but this does not mean that they also love drought. Watering regularly as needed will help you get a high yield. It is necessary to water when the soil begins to dry out, that is, it is impossible to allow the complete drying of the land in the area with raspberries. When doing this, be careful not to turn the raspberry patch into a large puddle, the bush does not like this.
By the way, to keep the soil moist for as long as possible, you can immediately mulch with straw, sawdust or peat after watering. Gradually, the mulch will rot and become a natural fertilizer, but for now it will retain moisture and protect the roots from overheating.
Secret number three - be sure to feed the raspberries. Those who do not like chemical fertilizers should not worry, raspberries love humus, compost, peat, ash, and rotted manure (chicken droppings are also suitable). But for good nutrition, it is still desirable at least once a year, in spring and early summer, to feed the shrub with nitrogen and complex fertilizers. Don't overdo it! And in the fertilization of the site, you also need to know when to stop, otherwise there is a risk of being left without a crop.
Fourth the secret is also, in general, widely known, but some are too lazy to implement it - it is regularly thinning raspberries by removing the shoots. Important! Do not under any circumstances dig or pull out the growth, this way you can damage the root system of the bush. Just trim it neatly to the root with a pruner or garden shears. In general, many experienced gardeners do not even recommend loosening in order to avoid damage to the root system.
Contrary to popular belief, cutting new shoots should be done not only in spring and autumn. Regularly inspect the area with raspberries and remove any excess during the entire flowering and fruiting period. Why? Because new shoots will pull off most of the nutrients. Accordingly, raspberries will give a lower yield, since the berries will receive nutrition on a leftover basis.
Secret number five - timely garter and regular pruning of raspberries. The best option is to tie up raspberries in the very first year after planting, this will provide the stems with maximum light, ease of pruning (including autumn-spring sanitary), remove excess shoots and harvest. In addition, a timely garter will prevent the stems from falling to the ground, provide light access to the lower part of the stem, which means there will be berries.
Well, the last secret - closely monitor the raspberries and promptly carry out the treatment against pests and various diseases. In order not to stuff our raspberries with additional chemistry, you can process them using folk recipes. For example, an infusion of ash (300 grams per 10 liters of water, insist for a day), to which laundry soap is added (add 40 grams of soap per 10 liters of infusion), perfectly helps against fungal diseases. From pests, including aphids - a solution of mustard powder (100 grams. Powder per 10 liters of water).
Well, after harvesting, do not forget to cut off the fertile, old and diseased branches, give the raspberry bushes an opportunity to renew.
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