Raspberries
How to protect raspberries from pests and diseases
Raspberries are one of the most delicious and healthy berries of all garden crops, however, unfortunately, numerous pests and pathogens that provoke the development of a variety of diseases are not averse to “feasting” on them. Answering the question - how to protect raspberries from pests and diseases, we emphasize that it is extremely important to follow all the rules of protective and preventive measures at the appropriate time Read more…
How to treat raspberries
Any gardener would be upset to see the leaves of a once thriving raspberry (we're talking about cultivated raspberries) becoming diseased. Many factors - such as lack of nutrients, lack of water or disease - lead to leaf damage. Once you determine the cause of the problem, you can return your raspberries to peak yield with a few simple fixes. Although this is not always possible. But in any case, you need to know Read more…
Characteristics of large raspberry varieties
If the berries of wild raspberries do not exceed 0.5 grams in weight, then in traditional garden raspberries they are already up to 4 grams in size. In the nineteenth century, there were practically no large-fruited raspberry varieties; they appeared not so long ago. The first representatives of this family produced berries of about 10 grams, and today no one can be surprised by berries weighing 25 grams. All large-fruited varieties are characterized by relatively low growth and thick shoots. Read more…
How to care for raspberry bushes
Growing raspberries — a great way to enjoy your own delicious berries without pesticides and other chemicals year after year. However, to get the most out of your raspberry plantings, it is important to provide intensive care for your raspberries. You need to know how to care for raspberry bushes of pure and highly productive varieties, otherwise you may be left without a harvest at all. Intensive care includes proper watering of raspberry bushes. Read more…
How to achieve a good raspberry harvest
Raspberries are water-hungry plants, especially when the berries are forming. The decisive period for raspberries bearing fruit in summer is mid-spring - early summer, for raspberries bearing fruit in autumn - this is the time from late spring to late summer. However, for the health of raspberry plants, maintaining constant soil moisture is necessary at any time of the year, including during periods when there are no berries. Although from mid-autumn to mid-spring natural precipitation is sufficient on its own. Read more…
How to pick raspberries
Raspberry — incredibly tasty, aromatic and very healthy berry. Its healing qualities are known not only to gardeners. It contains a lot of vitamins and important microelements that help enrich the human body with essential nutrients. The fruits also contain salicylic acid, which is why raspberries are often used as an antipyretic for colds. Read more…
Black raspberries: cultivation and care
Raspberry is a unique crop of its kind, with amazing taste, aroma, as well as healing and even cosmetic properties. This plant is now grown in almost every garden plot, and recently gardeners have become increasingly interested in non-traditional raspberry varieties. And black raspberries are of particular interest to summer residents. The growing demand is quite justified - black raspberries have many characteristics Read more…
Raspberry variety Tarusa: planting and care
Tarusa is a standard raspberry variety. Due to the plump and tough branches of the bush, this raspberry variety is similar in appearance to a small tree reaching up to 2 meters in height. On the Internet or in reference books you can come across such a thing as a raspberry tree. It only means the method of planting shrubs. As for the varieties of raspberry trees, there are actually many of them. These include the Tarusa raspberry variety, beloved by many summer residents Read more…
How to prune raspberry bushes
Raspberries are an amazing shrub that produces delicious, healthy fruits with unique healing properties. After planting a raspberry tree, the plant requires careful care: it is necessary to loosen the soil, ensure timely watering, treat the bushes against diseases and pests (to prevent raspberries from getting sick, it is best to buy seedlings in nurseries or specialized farms), and fertilize the crop. Read more…
Types and varieties of raspberries: description
What types and varieties of raspberries are there? Description and characteristics of the main types are in this material. Raspberries are a perennial fruit plant with a highly developed, sinuous root system with many adventitious roots. The shoots of the bush are distinguished by their erect shape and can reach a height of up to two and a half meters. In appearance, in the first growing season they are green in color with a bluish bloom, have a grassy structure with small thin thorns. Read more…
How to save raspberries from pests
Raspberries are a very healthy berry with an amazing taste and aroma, so every gardener strives to grow this amazing crop on their plot. However, in order for the raspberry tree to be healthy and produce a large, high-quality harvest, pest control is needed. This crop only in appearance seems unpretentious and does not require special care, but if you make mistakes during cultivation, then there is a risk of losing the harvest for years to come. Read more…