How to grow raspberries to get a good harvest

Many owners of summer cottages are wondering how to grow raspberries to get a rich harvest? Ved is a very healthy and tasty berry. Many people have been helped out more than once by raspberry preparations during cold days in winter. In addition to colds, raspberries help in the treatment of diseases such as anemia and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hypertension and kidney disease.

How to grow raspberries with a bountiful harvest

The best time to plant raspberry cuttings or seedlings is autumn or spring, while the buds have not yet awakened. Planting is most often done in furrows, but it is also possible in holes. A prerequisite is to place the furrows at least a meter from the boundaries of the neighboring plot and from the walls of buildings.

Caring for raspberries is to ensure that the soil is always loose. It is necessary to destroy unnecessary growth that weakens the plants and weeds. A significant increase in yield and increase in berry size is achieved with good watering. Watering is carried out before flowering, before the berries begin to ripen and during ripening once or twice.

Fertilizers must be applied carefully and are best done after obtaining an agrochemical soil analysis to identify deficiencies in nutrients.

You need to prepare raspberries for wintering like this: bushes of winter-hardy varieties are tied together in groups of 2, a stake is placed between them, to which these bushes are tied.Those plants that are less resistant to low temperatures are carefully bent to the ground, trying not to break them, and secured with special hooks. After snow falls, they need to be hilled up. In winter, it is advisable to regularly destroy the crust that forms on the snow to ensure oxygen access to the plants.