How to prepare the raspberries in the garden for the winter? ✔ Cropping, care and shelter

You want to build a large and delicious raspberries in the next year? Take care of the plantings in the garden in the autumn: from care in this period depends directly on the health of plants, and therefore the future harvest. It is important that the plant is not froze in winter (problem is particularly acute in regions with harsh climates).

I distinguish 4 major fad autumn raspberries care:

• pruning;
• tillage and fertilization;
• Soil mulching;
• shelter of bushes for the winter.

My way of working in the raspberry patch in the autumn may differ from yours. Share your personal experiences with other readers in the comments below the article. How do you prepare shrubs for the winter?

pruning

The beginning of autumn - the best time for pruning raspberry. First, the movement of sap in the plant tissue is suspended, it means that we will not find ourselves in the bush negative impact. Second, we get rid of useless ballast before hibernation, which is in central Russia and to the north, in the Urals, Siberia and the Far East can be dangerous for the raspberries, especially for thermophilic varieties.

Rules of the autumn crop of raspberries:

• Cut out all the dried, damaged and diseased branches. They plant to anything. We need to replace them in the spring appeared healthy shoots.
• Also remove "curves branch"Growing sideways or into the bush - they create thickness and shade.
• I'm deleting two-year branches (Their hallmark - dark skin tone). They do not bring large berries.

• tall stalks crop so that their height was about 80-100 cm. But the tip of the shoot should be green and not stiff, otherwise deteriorate the process of photosynthesis and the plant does not get enough nutrition. The branches of this length is very easy to cover for the winter, and in the spring will begin to actively grow.
• Try to cut shoots at the root.
• Remove all the branches remaining leaves. Is a risk that the petiole zagniot, and then the next year, then begins to grow a kidney. I just put on my mittens and spend the branches by hand, a little closed fist.

All leaves and cut branches burn, so as not to spread over the site of disease and pests of raspberries.

We are preparing the soil and is being fed

Before the shelter ground raspberry need proryhlit. If you have not had rain and the soil is thoroughly dry out - Pour the raspberry bushes.

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Now we have to make the last feeding. It is important not to use nitrogen, which stimulates the growth of the green part. Better use of potassium and phosphorus compounds - they make planting frost-resistant. Of good organic wood ash, compost and humus - they are distributed on the surface of the ground and slightly buried in the soil without damaging roots.

Mulch

Mulch is necessary in cold regions: it protects the roots from frost. Can be used:

• rotted manure, which will become more and additional fertilizer;
• peat;
• crop residues - such as straw - without seeds, or zavedutsya mouse.

The optimum thickness of mulch layer raspberry - 10 cm.

shelter

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Shelter helps protect from frost raspberry. close berry bush is not necessary in the southern regions. The easiest way - to link branch (remember that they should not remain leaf!) In bunches and bend down to the ground. For fixing, you can use brackets, arch or trellis, which is tied raspberries.

The height of the bush bend should be about 50 cm. For extra protection, you can hide the raspberry bushes agrovoloknom, the passage of air. In winter, snow further sketch on plants (0.5-1 m), to protect against severe frost.

Taking care of raspberries in the fall, we are creating the foundation of a rich harvest next year. It is important to focus on the needs of the plant and weather conditions of the region. I wish you a rich crop of berries! Read more: Caring gardener: What to do with trees and shrubs in the fall?