To get a generous harvest of raspberries, you should cut them regularly. This is especially important for remontant varieties that can bear fruit several times a year. If the basic rules of care are neglected, this property may be lost and the bush will produce berries only once a season.
With insufficient and irregular care, the second harvest can be much worse – the berries will be small, watery and sour in taste. Why and when to cut raspberries, read the material GLOBAL HAPPENINGS.
The right time to cut
If the raspberries are cut early, all the nutrients will not have time to flow from the stems to the roots. This can significantly worsen the harvest in the next season.
Raspberries are usually pruned in autumn. For ordinary varieties, September and October are optimal, that is, relatively warm periods without significant frosts. Remontant varieties are recommended to be cut later – in November or even in early December.
How to trim a raspberry
Experts do not recommend thinning out raspberries annually. The best option is 1 time in 2-3 years. Extra shoots should be transplanted from time to time to another place.
Densely planted bushes will produce a poor harvest and may start to hurt.
Dry branches will no longer bear fruit, so they should be pruned without a doubt. In total, it is advised to leave 5 healthy stems on each bush. To prevent the reproduction of pests, the stem can be cut to the very root.
If there are a lot of green leaves on the shoots, it is recommended to leave half the length. Biennial stems differ in appearance from green young branches – they should also be cut.
Features of remontant raspberries
Remontant raspberries can be cut at the root, removing the entire ground part and clearing the soil of pests. Gardeners note that it is not necessary to additionally cultivate a bush or land with chemical means.
In addition to low pruning, high pruning is also used. The stems need to be shortened only by half. That is, leave about 1 m. Such pruning will help to harvest a generous harvest in the fall.
Earlier, GLOBAL HAPPENINGS told how to feed raspberry bushes in spring so that the harvest is gigantic.
Source: Obozrevatel
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