The density of the Earth's population grows, there is a need for new products, types of fruit and vegetable crops. I want natural, but more and more delicious. Breeders recognize hybrids promising strategy for agriculture. On one representative of talk today. Loganberri - raspberries and blackberries crossing.
- From blackberry hybrid inherited high yield berries, modest demands to the ground on which to grow.
- From raspberry - moderate prickliness and good winter hardiness.
Outwardly, the hybrid is similar to the ancestors of stems and leaves, red berries large oblong-shaped, about the size of 1.5-2 phalanx. But this is not the limit.
Description Loganberri and development conditions
Loganberri growing bush, consisting of flexible arched stems. They reach a height of 1.5-2 meters. For the stems need to do backups in the trellis!
Blooming in mid-latitudes Russian hybrid starts at the 3rd week of June and lasts six weeks. Loganberri bloom is incredibly beautiful: pale pink small flowers, gathered in the brush, literally showered stems. hybrid leaves bright green, carved and fragrant.
In late July, the berries begin to tie, and almost a month they are gaining juices, brewing. Active harvest of the first fruits can begin in mid-August. But the bush continues to give goodies until the first frost. It is believed that the very first berries are larger and sweeter. One hive can give yield 4-5 kg. A separate hybrid varieties hit gardeners gifts of up to 10 kg!
Watering is needed during dry periods shown watering early in the morning. We should not pour the water sprinkler to the afternoon sun did not cause leaf burn, and did not rot berries.
Winter the plant is necessary to arrange as well as raspberry: carry out pruning, mulching, bend down to the ground, cover and spruce branches on top of a special material to heat.
reproduction hybrid
No different from Malino-blackberry features. But there are several factors that are important to take into account the grower, who decided to grow Logan berries.
Loganberri not give children roots! There are three variants of the hybrid breeding: seeds, rooting of cuttings and green, the same age.
- Seeds before planting discarded by throwing in a jar with water. Suitable only those seeds that have drowned.
- Fit the seeds pass stratification procedure!
- In late March and April begins planting seedlings. The landing and the conditions for the young are the same as in the case of raspberries or strawberries.
- In late May, teens reach 10-15 cm in height, and can be planted in a greenhouse in the fresh air. 10 days worth of withstanding a closed greenhouse to youngsters adapted. Then, during the summer the greenhouse can be opened first with one hand and then with both at the time of the day. At night, the best cover.
- Wells for planting in open ground do in September. The depth of 35-40 cm, diameter - 50 cm. The holes should definitely add the mixture to the land with manure, wood ash, sand, peat and dolomite flour. The mixture was thoroughly mixed, poured a bucket of water. The pit is left to hibernate in itself.
- Seedlings in a greenhouse sheltered for the winter spruce branches and a special film.
In the spring, in the early to mid-May, seedlings ready to move into the pit. The distance between the clumps of 1-2 meters, and aisles - 1.5 meters. And do not forget about the trellis! It is needed from the second year of life.
- Immediately after planting seedlings in the permanent wells, they should be well watered and zamulchirovat soil around each bush.
Already in the first season loganberri starts to gain color, and the first major harvest will give 3-4 year growth. If you have useful observations about this hybrid, share them without fail. Let's experiment and learn together!
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