What it is possible to make with ordinary garden raspberry to celebrate big harvest of good large berries? There are simple secrets helping to support raspberry brake in fine state. If raspberry could speak, then she would tell of the desires. So, what is loved by this berry?
It is a lot of sun
Raspberry can transfer shadow unless only to early morning hours. She prefers to spend the whole other day in the sun.
Good watering
Abundant waterings increase productivity of raspberry literally many times. Of course, the raspberry brake should not be turned into the swamp too, in everything the measure is necessary, but the drought under bushes of this berry should not be.
Fertilizing
Raspberry - culture in principle unpretentious, but for fertilizing will render thanks a hundredfold. If before landing the soil has been fertilized, then it will last for several years, and opposite case bushes in the spring and it is necessary to feed up in the summer: in the fall - manure or chicken dung, in the spring - ashes and nitrogen fertilizers, in the summer - complex fertilizers and during any period - peat.
Recipes of fertilizers
Complex mineral: on bucket of water of 30 grams of ammonium nitrate, 40 grams of potash salt and 60 grams of superphosphate.
Complex ""malinny"": on three kilograms of manure about 6 grams of nitrogen and potassium + 4 grams of phosphorus undertake. On 1 sq.m to bring one and a half kilograms of fertilizer.
The surplus of fertilizers will lead not only to decrease in harvest, but also can ruin bushes.
Disposal of young growth
During the vegetative period there is young growth which takes away big half of nutrients from raspberry. Excess escapes should be cut off accurately under the root, but not to dig out and not to extend of the soil at all.
Mulching
Preservation of moisture in the soil requires mulching. Many gardeners do not recommend to loosen the soil under raspberry bushes. Throughout all summer it is just necessary to add mulch. In its role there can be manure, straw, peat, sawdust and also the weedings which have remained later weeds. Both moisture will remain, and roots will not be wounded.
Garter
In the first year of landing, raspberry needs to be tied up to lane. It will allow to receive to the lower branches of bush sunlight without which they will stop fructifying, and will facilitate harvesting.
Cutting
That raspberry fructified and did not degenerate, it should be cut off.
Protection against wreckers
Raspberry seldom is ill and is not subject to attack of wreckers, but if it happens, then chemical means do not need to be applied to fight against misfortunes. There are sparing ways.
From defeat part with fungus in bucket of water 300 g of ashes, insist 4 hours, then filter and add 40 g of laundry soap. To spray with solution bush in windless weather.
From plant louse and other insects in bucket of water part 100 grams of dry mustard or 200 grams of peel from onions fill in in bucket with warm water, drawing four days.
Processing after harvesting
After the crop is reaped, old otplodonosivshy branches are cut off, left only young escapes in order that they gained strength before wintering.