Growing raspberries - not a difficult process, but it requires regular work in summer and winter. Only well-groomed shrubs can bring delicious and aromatic crops. With the advent of autumn, the question of how to prepare for winter raspberries, becomes relevant.
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preparation
Preparing raspberry bushes for the cold is made up of a system of actions, which will ensure the timely implementation of a bountiful harvest in the next season. Work should start in August: make phosphate and potash fertilizers, not to forget the regular watering. Then in the fall need to make major work. Cooking raspberry for the winter - the next steps:
- Removal of branches and leaves.
- Mulching.
- Prigibanie shoots.
- Shelter shrubs.
Pruning shrubs should be done in September, in extreme cases - the beginning of October. During this period the sap flow in stems of plants slows down, they are not so brittle that will then lead them to the ground prigibanie. To properly prepare the plant for the winter, it is necessary to cut off:
- Old dried-bends. Even with careful care can not avoid aging and drying stems. They should be removed at the root.
- Young branches. Leave such shoots - a mistake. They do not have to go through the wood and frost they will not work. Young bends take power and nutrients in the bush, who better to direct to the roots for growth and development.
- Unnecessary stems in thick bushes. The number of taps affect the size and weight of berries. The thicker bushes, the smaller fruit. The optimal number of branches on the bush 5-7 age 3-4 years.
Taps that remain for the next year, also trimmed. In the usual varieties of raspberries cut off 15-20 cm, which is not resistant to cold, can freeze and rot.
After removing and shortening the branches need to add mulch to the soil, to protect the root system. At this stage, if necessary, loosen the soil and add the last feeding. As mulch is recommended to use the material with a neutral acid value: peat, mullein, compost. This is especially true in regions where the first frosts come in the autumn before snowfall.
Before mulching should be abundantly pour the raspberry bushes, the roots are sufficiently moistened in winter, then add a layer of mulch 5-10 cm. This cover protects the roots from the cold raspberry and zaprevaniya during the thaw. After the autumn leaf fall occurs the next stage of preparation - prigibanie crimson stalks to the ground. To do this in the land are driven into wooden or metal bars and wire stretched between them. This wire using nylon cords or filaments at a height of 20-25 cm from the ground shoots attached raspberry.
With this method prigibaniya bends before covered with snow and frozen. Externally attached bends must remind the arc.
The last stage - the construction of the shelter that protects from severe frost and heavy snow. For this purpose, non-woven materials that are breathable and allow the plant to breathe - lutrasil, spandbond etc... After the garter and prigibaniya top branches is necessary to cover this material in several layers and secure from all sides covered with soil, to fix the bricks. Also as cover sheets of polycarbonate can be used which are fixed on the crimson lashes.
In early April, should get rid of the bush shelter, tie the branches to equalize after prigibaniya.
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