Tips for properly growing raspberries
I recently read an article that when planting raspberries, you need to place rotting wood or old sawdust in the ground, since wild raspberries in the forest like to grow in such conditions, so garden raspberries should also benefit. Has anyone used this method and what were the results?
I wouldn't recommend sawdust. They, of course, will create the necessary looseness and breathability, but they will also absorb and retain all fertilizers. I stock it with grass clippings all summer.
It turns out that raspberries still need mulch? But I don’t do anything like that. Why stand on ceremony with her? She grows like a weed. I deal with it mercilessly, otherwise the whole garden will be swallowed up.
Let's just say that mulch won't make it worse, but it's not a fact that it will make it better. I don’t really stand on ceremony with raspberries either. It grows like a weed, and if you don’t actively prune it in the fall, it can actually take up half the plot.
I mulched from wood shavings; it not only protects the soil from drying out, but after a short time it itself becomes a good fertilizer. True, during the process of rotting, the chips will take nitrogen from the soil.
Key words "therefore, the garden should also benefit." I am not sure about this.When planting, I add good humus from rabbit manure and hay to my raspberries, and I don’t complain about the yields. I don’t use sawdust in the garden at all.
In order for raspberries to grow well and produce a high yield, you need to not only fertilize them, but also thin them out in time and prevent them from becoming thick. In addition, it is necessary to remove fruit-bearing shoots.
Do I remember correctly that in the fall these fruit-bearing shoots need to be cut off? But what to do if they haven’t done this for who knows how many years, and now there are whole thickets there? Which shoots should I cut? Should I just plant new raspberries?
Old and new raspberry shoots can be distinguished. As for the thickets, they still need to be thinned out, and if you haven’t done this for several years, then at some point you need to put the raspberries in order.
Usually all thin and immature shoots are completely cut off. Only well-developed ones are left; there should always be a distance between them. That is, you shouldn’t leave a dozen of these shoots nearby in one bush, 1-2 is enough.
But this question is often asked: Should I process the raspberries or can I not process them?
Raspberries grow quickly and the more shoots there are, the fewer berries there will be. Therefore, of course, it needs to be periodically charged.I do this every year in the fall, after all the berries have been collected.
Who can suggest a good store with seedlings? I dream of a gorgeous raspberry garden.
Raspberries are not a shrub that is planted as seedlings; all you need is the root, with a small shoot. The raspberries on the plot grow very quickly and any gardener will be happy to dig up several of these roots for planting.
My sister at the dacha also raises it. She has already tried many varieties, but she always goes to the same store to buy raspberry seedlings by mail. He says that it is very convenient, not expensive, and they have a very large selection. Last time I ordered Maravilla, which is considered the best variety for obtaining two harvests. The berries of this variety are bright red in color and have excellent keeping quality and transportability.
If remontant raspberries are picked carefully so as not to damage the berries, then any of them will be stored, but we don’t need this, because immediately after picking we eat part of it, and most of it goes to making jam.