Raspberries - a true favorite of both children and adults in our family, such as raspberry simply adore. Once the raspberry crop is harvested, it is time to take care of the plants themselves, namely, spend their pruning. This process can not be ignored as it helps prepare for the upcoming winter planting.
In this article I will discuss the basic nuances that need to pay attention to in the process of cutting its raspberry that this "operation" was successful and the most "painless" for plants.
Typically, choosing the time for pruning, growers are guided by the weather, the ideal period is considered the last days of October.
First thing must be completely cut off two-year branchesHowever, there is also a practice of selective abandonment, since these "penechki" can serve as a barrier for snow retention. Such a method should be used only in open raspberry a bed where the wind will simply demolish snow layer. But, just want to warn that left runners can be a haven for a variety of pests, so remove them, it seems to me, would be more appropriate solution.
Then be sure to cut off all the sick, damaged and weakened shoots, though it's not just a two-year, but the annual branches - leave them only a small amount.
Also, do not forget to proryhlit soil, removing while all the weeds and to fertilize. For example, one can prepare a mixture of 40 g of potassium sulphate and 20 g of superphosphate and repaired it into the ground directly in the process of loosening. Such an amount of fertilizer calculated per 1 square meter of raspberry plantations. Another option could be feeding wood ash or other special fertilizer for crops.
To raspberries well underwent climate change, beds must be zamulchirovat. Better "helpers" in this case are considered fallen leaves, peat or humus.
Thanks to such training and raspberry perfectly perezimuet necessarily reward you next year tasty and rich harvest.