Features of caring for remontant raspberries in the fall

Remaining raspberries have many benefits. It produces a crop twice a year, and the fruits are quite large. However, in order to enjoy a rich harvest, it is necessary to properly care for the shrub. It is necessary to make top dressing on time, provide the proper amount of water, and treat pests.

Watering for the remontant raspberry plays an important role in the entire grooming process. During the summer period, the shrub consumes a huge amount of nutrients from the soil. After picking the last berries, watering becomes especially important for the shrub.

In the southern regions of the country, moisture quickly evaporates from the soil, so autumn and pre-winter watering is carried out until the first frost occurs. The middle lane is characterized by rainy autumn, so the last watering is carried out there in September. The depth of soil moistening is important, on average it is 40-45 cm.

However, although watering in the fall helps the shrub, it stimulates the growth of new shoots, as a result, the soil is depleted even more, and young shoots do not have time to prepare for winter and die with the arrival of cold weather.

Many gardeners use fertilizers to speed up the ripening of remontant raspberries. If fertilized in the fall, then the shrub will be able to accumulate the necessary amount of nutrients for the winter. It was during this period that the stock for the next year's harvest was laid. You can feed the raspberry plant in September or October.

From August to September, it is advised to use top dressing containing phosphorus and potassium, but not nitrogen, since it gives a start to new growth, and in autumn it is undesirable... It must be understood that during this period the plant needs nutrients not for vegetative growth, but for future fruiting. It's a good idea to use humus.

Nitrogen is best applied in the spring so that the raspberry tree grows quickly, but it is stopped at the fruiting stage.

Potassium salt and superphosphate would be an excellent option in the fall.... For one bush, a teaspoon of fertilizer is enough. The amount of humus is a bucket per bush.

Before winter, you will need to properly prepare the raspberry tree. It is necessary to do the formation of bushes, prune shoots. Removing unnecessary branches is necessary in order to:

• in the new season, the bush has formed beautiful;
• to carry out the prevention of overgrowth, which contributes to a decrease in yield;
• strengthen the immunity of plants, and reduce the likelihood of damage by pathogenic microorganisms;
• improve ventilation inside the bushes.

If the gardener is thinking of cutting off all the shoots before winter, then it is better to carry out the procedure at least two weeks before the onset of the first frost. If the young shoots remain intact, then the old shoots are removed in September, in this case there will be enough time for the young bushes to get stronger and survive the winter normally.

It is worth following certain rules.

• When it is assumed that next year the raspberry tree will give only one harvest, then in the fall they harvest everything. If they are guided by two harvests, then only the shoots that have already borne fruit are cut off.
• In young shoots, you can not touch the tops, since the side branches of the remontant raspberry are not formed.
• If shoots are removed, then only at the root, otherwise pests will hibernate there.
• Branches must not be broken or pulled out - use a disinfected secateurs.
• The shoots that are left for the winter are cleared of foliage, so as not to rot and frostbite.

Each gardener decides for himself whether he will use chemicals or folk. In any case, raspberries need to be processed in the fall, when the sap flow in the stems has already ended.

Spraying is carried out in compliance with a number of rules.

• There must be no wind or heat, so it is better to carry out the procedure early in the morning.
• It is better to look at the weather a few days ahead, if it rains the next day, the precipitation will wash everything away, and there will be no benefit from such spraying.
• Be sure to use protective equipment: respirator, gloves.
• It is important to follow the instructions for the drug and the dosage.

During this period, the shrubs and the soil around them are abundantly watered with the following means:

• Actellik;
• "Hom";
• Karbofos.

In Siberia and the Urals, they are sprayed 10 days before the onset of cold weather. Before carrying out the procedure, you will need to remove mulch, branches, leaves, inspect the bushes for damaged shoots. During this period, sanitary pruning of raspberries is carried out. Usually copper sulfate, urea or Topaz are used.

From folk remedies - boiling water. They should water the remontant raspberry bushes after the sap flow in the shoots has ended. The soil around is also processed. This is one of the cheapest methods for getting rid of pest larvae at the very beginning. However, this method is considered labor-intensive, therefore it is not used by all gardeners.

For processing I use a regular watering can. It is very important that the boiling water hits the top of the bushes and the soil around the root.

In addition, experts recommend using preparations containing copper for processing. And also fit:

• Fitoverm;
• "Baktofit";
• Alirin-B.

From folk remedies, decoctions of tansy, wormwood and marigolds have proven themselves well.

The space around the central shoot should be treated with a solution of tobacco dust and ash. It helps prevent chlorosis, and also protects against glass and other insects that live in the ground and winter there.

After the entire autumn harvest has been harvested, the raspberry can be treated with more aggressive means, for example, "Fufanon". It copes well with ticks, nematodes and other insects. Spraying is worth from September to October.

Preparing remontant raspberries for winter is another of the stages of berry care. In the Moscow region, in the Urals, in Siberia, it is necessary to shelter raspberries at different times, since climatically all regions differ from each other. It is very important to keep young shoots from freezing.

As a rule, capital shelter is required in regions with cold winters. In the middle lane, an excessive amount of covering material can lead to the fact that raspberries simply rot and rot, but it is also wrong to leave them completely unprotected.

Before preparing the raspberry tree for wintering, it is worth cleaning the soil around it. Leaves, twigs, old mulch - all this is removed, because insects live there.

If all the shoots were removed during pruning, then such remontant raspberries winters in a pile of hay or straw. If shoots remain, then they cover the bush, up to the root.

Caring for remontant raspberries in autumn makes it possible to get a high-quality harvest next year. When creating a shelter, if the shoots of the old year are left, it is necessary to remove the raspberries from the supports, otherwise it will not work to bend them to the ground.

In the autumn period, you must not skip the work on pruning and processing shrubs. If you take care of such raspberries, then regularly, otherwise it will grow and stop producing berries in the desired amount.

You should always remember that a large bush does not mean a large harvest.... There are a lot of overgrown, first of all, permanent diseases, an accumulation of insects.