Raspberry is the plant that can be found in all parts of our strip. It often reproduces on its own easily and quickly, turning wild if left unattended. Its ability to give shoots and stepchildren makes many gardeners think that raspberries are quite unpretentious and do not require special care for themselves. However, this is a deep misconception. of course, it can survive long and severe frosts in winter, but without proper preparation it can either be badly damaged or lose the ability to bear fruit abundantly, which of course will not paint it. Who needs a berry plant on the site, which will rather play a decorative role.
Competent preparation of raspberries for winter - almost one hundred percent guarantees that next year you will receive not only good harvest, but also great looking green bushes that will delight you with their slenderness.
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Many people think that it is time to prepare raspberries for winter in the fall. However, in fact, preparation should begin in the summer. Or rather, at the end of summer. V the last days summer season you need to apply fertilizers to achieve ripening of wood in raspberries. The best helpers in this case - potash and phosphorus fertilizers, but in no case nitrogen. Fertilized soil full of different vitamins is good for any plant, and raspberries are no exception. It is the top dressing, applied in a timely manner, that will give an excellent margin of safety to the root system, which next year will allow you to count on a rich harvest. The last dressing is applied at the beginning of October, that is, before the beginning of the period when severe frosts are possible.
When all the berries are harvested, it is time to start directly pruning the bush. Cut off those branches that bore fruit this year. They have served their purpose, have become covered with bark, and the plant no longer needs to spend its energy on them next year. But young green shoots that have grown this summer should be left, removing only the weakest and thinnest.
We tie the branches, cover with mulch
In the fall, it's time to mulch the soil. It is necessary to protect the roots of the raspberry, ensuring the presence of moisture throughout the year. The most in a convenient way to achieve constant humidity at least at some level is to plant raspberries in trenches. But usually gardeners do not resort to this method, which means that raspberries need an additional covering layer that will help protect their roots. They can go autumn leaves, and just rotten last year, peat and much more. This is especially true for residents of those regions where severe frosts are possible in autumn before the snow cover falls.
In addition to peat and leaves, straw will serve well. You can also use sawdust, but in no case coniferous trees. The fact is that raspberries do not treat the alkaline and acidic reaction of the soil in the best way, which means you need to resort to organic materials with a neutral environment. Ordinary compost, which is a commonly used mulch material, contains a lot of nitrogen, and during a warm winter, it can cause undershoot of branches.
The thickness of the mulching layer should be between five and ten centimeters. If you make the layer smaller, it protective properties will not be enough. A thicker layer will simply make the plant rot in the spring, and in winter, during a thaw, it can even provoke the development of fungal and purulent diseases that will hit the immunity of the bush. Be sure to water the bush liberally before mulching. The plant should in no case remain in winter period with a dry root system.
After falling leaves, it's time to start bending the bushes to the ground. For this purpose, several columns of wood or metal are dug in, between which a wire is pulled at a height of no higher than 20 cm from the ground. This is done so that during winter the branches are buried in the snow as early as possible. In the final form, they should be arcs. Nylon thread and tape are the best bindings for raspberry bushes.
How to stop the snow
If your raspberry grows on open areas, which are quite heavily blown by the winds in winter, need to be taken care of. To do this, you need to use sheets of plywood or polycarbonate, which can be tied to existing trellises, having previously dug into the ground. These barriers are installed from the windward side where it blows the largest number winds. How to determine this? It is enough to look at the website of the meteorological regional service and look at the wind rose in your area. Polycarbonate, by the way, is more practical material unlike plywood, because it is not afraid of frost, does not rot and allows itself to be used for many seasons.
Residents of those regions where the winter is with little snow or is so windy that it leaves the bushes without snow even with protection, the use of additional covering material such as spunbond can be recommended. This material covers bushes that are bent to the ground, being collected in several layers. First, the branches are tightly tied to the wire, and then the covering material is spread on top and fixed in various ways. You can press it to the ground, you can dig it in from both ends, in general, as it is more convenient. Alternatively, you can use curved sheets of polycarbonate, which will serve as good protection for crimson lashes.
When to cover and open
This is very important and enough difficult moment... If you hurry with bending the bushes, then at high daily temperatures the plant can vanish, and if you are late, the trunks will become more fragile, and they will be easily damaged when bending. The best time to bend down is between leaf fall and the first snowfall. The same applies to covering with spunbond or polycarbonate sheets... It is worth being late, and you will bring considerable harm to the plant.
It is equally important to remove the shelter in time. And here it is also important not to rush, as when covering. Worth doing it ahead of time and the plant may burn the wood. In addition, in spring, temperature drops are quite common, often exceeding ten degrees. During the day, under the influence of the sun, the bushes can become very hot, and freeze at night. Besides, March is the month strong winds... All these factors lead to weathering of wood and burns, which does not in the best way affect the immunity of plants.
In the case of the covering material, we first remove it in order to prevent the lower part of the bushes with mulch from drying out. Then, after a while, the bushes are straightened and tied to the trellis. This entire procedure must be completed by mid-April.
Features of the preparation of remontant raspberries
A separate case is the preparation of remontant raspberries for winter. The specificity of this plant is that it bears fruit both on biennial shoots that have already yielded a harvest last season, and on new green shoots.
If you want to harvest the maximum yield from these varieties, then you should adhere to the same technology as when preparing regular raspberries. Only the preparation time will be shifted to a later time, since remontant raspberries give berries until the first frost. However, if you look at the matter with a harsher look, best harvest remontant varieties still give on new green shoots, and not on last year's, so it is better to cut off old branches, allowing the bush to distribute all its forces to new ones.
In order to protect the remontant raspberry, you need to cut off all the wood, leaving only small stems at the roots. This is done after severe frosts affect the foliage. Then sprinkle the roots with a mulch layer as reliably as possible. The main thing is not to overdo it with the thickness, the plant is warm winter should not get out. In addition to mulch, nothing else is required.
Stages of preparing raspberries for winter
So, the preparation of raspberries for winter time occurs in stages. To make this process more visual, it is better to write it out line by line.
The first stage: potassium-phosphorus fertilizers during the late summer and early autumn will promote the ripening of wood in raspberries.
Second stage: after harvesting, we trim the bushes, removing old shoots and leaving only the strongest ones. With remontant raspberries, the situation is different - we cut off all the trunks at the root, but at the same time at a later date, waiting for it to stop bearing fruit.
The third stage: we do not skimp on water when watering the plant, the roots should be well moistened before winter.
The fourth stage: we mulch the roots using foliage from trees and shrubs.
The fifth stage: we untie the bushes from the trellises and tie them to the wire close to the ground - this operation is performed in October.
The sixth stage: concerns regions with little snow and severe winters - you need to additionally cover the branches with a spunbond.
Seventh stage: install protection for the snow layer if the wind blows it out in winter.
Eighth stage: performed in spring - you need to untie the branches in a timely manner and tie them to the trellis.
Subject to all these rules, you will ensure reliable protection raspberry bushes and you can expect them to grow well next season.
Which is not afraid of frosts, but flowering buds, under the influence of very low temperatures, can freeze out, so it is necessary to cover raspberries for the winter. Consider how to properly prepare raspberries for winter, to preserve the plant for good fruiting.
When to start preparing?
Preparing for winter is a rather lengthy and laborious process that can be done without any problems if you follow the rules and recommendations. It is necessary to prepare raspberries for wintering from summer, and not from autumn, as many think.
Fertilization features
At the end of August, it is necessary to begin to strengthen in order to achieve the ripening of the woody part of the plant. In this situation, it is necessary to use and stop applying. These dressings will prepare the root system for winter. It is necessary to apply 60 g for each, it is necessary to alternate with the introduction according to the scheme: the first year - organic, the second year - mineral fertilizers.
Before the start of frost, around the end of September - beginning of October, you need to make the last dressing.
Pruning shoots and removing leaves
Berry pruning - important element preparation for winter, so it is necessary to approach this matter responsibly. First you need to cut dry and young, but thin shoots, leaving only thick and strong ones. Depending on the height, they need to be cut by 15-20 cm. It is necessary to track the distance between the bushes - it should be at least 60 cm. If the bush has grown too much, then remove the excess shoots.
After carrying out these manipulations, you need to remove the remaining foliage on the plant. It is important to carry out the procedure very carefully so that the buds of the plant are not damaged.
Important! Do not leave the leaves on the plant, otherwise they will burn the buds during rotting, which will affect the normal development of the plant and fruiting.
Soil mulching
It is very important that the soil surrounding the plant is covered at all times, because the berry cannot tolerate drying out of the topsoil. For this, it is recommended to mulch the soil. Material such as straw, peat, and ripe leaves are well suited. Do not cover raspberries with sawdust conifers and branches with needles, because the plant does not like to be in an acidic environment.
Need to be given Special attention autumn because such a manipulation can save root system raspberries from a sudden onset of frost, when the ground has not yet been covered with a layer of snow. Mulching should be carried out at 7-10 cm.It is important not to overdo it with a layer of mulch, because it can cause rotting, damping, or provoke fungal diseases plants.
It is important to water the soil well before mulching so that the root system receives a sufficient amount of moisture, leaving for the winter.
Bending down wattle
In order for the raspberry to endure the winter well, it is necessary to bend the plant's fence and fix them near the ground. 
Important! Bending down must be done in time so that the shoots do not dry out, otherwise they will break during this procedure.
It is recommended to carry out bending manipulations at the end of September, after trimming and removing the leaves. It is necessary to bend the plant to a height of 40 cm so that in winter the shoots are completely covered with snow. You can tie up with nylon threads or other strong material. The procedure is carried out in such a way that the shoots are bent over and tied up one after another, moving from one bush to another.
Features of preparing raspberries for winter
How to prepare raspberries for the winter depends on the characteristics different varieties plants. Consider the features of conventional and
Common varieties
When preparing ordinary ones, it is important to take into account that when cutting off the upper part of the shoots of the plant, the formation of new young shoots in spring will be stimulated. Such a procedure is quite justified, because raspberries bear fruit only once a season, and the rest of the time is preparing for the next year of young shoots.
Breaking off the leaves of the plant is considered an important element. But it should be borne in mind that you cannot break off by running your hand from the bottom up along the shoots, because such a manipulation will damage the buds growing in the leaf axils.
Repaired
When preparing remontant varieties, it must be remembered that annual shoots give a good harvest, but in autumn period, after full harvest, you need to cut off all shoots that are older than one year. Young shoots must be left by the spring, because the first wave of raspberry fruiting is formed on them. And by autumn, the shoots that have developed this year will give another wave of fruiting, that is, under normal weather conditions, it is possible to harvest twice.
If the cultivation of this plant occurs in mid-latitudes, which are characterized by a short summer, then it is recommended to carry out the complete removal of all shoots in the autumn, without leaving young ones. Such manipulation is necessary because short summer raspberries will not have time to give two harvests at once, and it is known that the first harvest is weaker. This procedure will allow raspberries to skip the first wave of fruiting, thereby contributing to the early formation of young and strong shoots, flowering will begin earlier and fruiting will be abundant.
Pruning remontant raspberries in preparation for winter should be carried out in November so that the leaves are completely frozen. 
Everything in the garden perennial plants it is necessary to prepare for the arrival of frost. Many novice gardeners do not know how to prepare raspberries for winter, so that in the future they will continue to delight ripe berries... Let's deal with this process in detail.
Many of them are sure that preparatory work to frost should begin in summer. In fact, at the end of summer, you need to take care of the enhanced feeding of the shrub wood. For this, potash and phosphorus fertilizers are used. The culture needs a healthy soil, rich in nutrients, minerals. Summer dressings not only can improve fertility, they prepare the root system, as well as one-year-old shoots for the effects of frost. The result of the work will be visible next season, when the plant bears berries. The last feeding of the plantings should begin from the beginning of October.
Many novice gardeners do not know how to prepare raspberries for winter, so that in the future they will continue to delight with ripe berries.
The quality of wintering of crops is influenced by their year-round condition. Bushes overfed with nitrogen are less winter-hardy, since by the onset winter months they have not finished their growth yet. More susceptible and areas of the garden with heavily dense plantings, as well as located in the shade. Wood that has not been spared by diseases of fruit and berry crops is susceptible to cold weather. Therefore, in the summer, it is important to process the branches, protecting them from possible damage by aphids, as well as other insects.
Main steps
After the end of the berry collection, the main work begins to prepare the bush planting for the winter period. Agronomists who know how to prevent damage to the plant recommend that you adhere to the basic sequence of actions when working with shrubs.
Step by step actions when preparing raspberries for winter:
- Fertilization with potassium-phosphorus additives in the summer-autumn period to improve the ripening of berries.
- Carrying out the removal of last year's shoots.
- Spilling the soil before wintering.
- Mulching.
- Removing raspberry branches from frame base, laying them closer to the ground.
- Shelter branches protective material.
- Installation of cordons for snow retention.
The process ends with the timely opening of the plantation in the spring, raising the branches and tying them to the frame.
Professionals who know how to prepare raspberries for wintering pay attention to each stage of the work. The main one is the timely pruning of berry plantations. It is the removal of newly appeared, as well as weakened branches, stems of the second year of growth. This includes shortening the tops of fruit-bearing bushes, as well as thinning plantings with the complete removal of young offspring in rows. This is done to reduce the density of the raspberry and increase the resistance of the berry culture to adverse conditions. After the pruning process, only strong one-year-old trunks should remain in the raspberry garden, which will be able to bring a good harvest next season.
After the pruning process, only strong one-year-old trunks should remain in the raspberry garden, which will be able to bring a good harvest next season.
Removing leaves
Experienced professionals, who know how preparations for bad weather should be carried out, recommend without fail to remove all leaves of branches that remain for the winter. The importance of this work lies in the preservation of the kidneys. The onset of cool and damp weather can cause decay of the remaining foliage, which is carried over to the buds, so they are burned or damaged. Removal of foliage is done with gloves. Having protected the palms, you need to squeeze your hand loosely and hold it along the entire trunk from the bottom up. It is this direction that will ensure the safety of the plant. If carried out from top to bottom, you can damage the buds located in the sinuses and significantly reduce the yield.
In the autumn, it is necessary to do soil mulching. Thus, the preparation of raspberry bushes for winter will be complete. This process involves covering the soil around the bush. various materials, which will regulate the circulation of air and moisture in the upper layers of the earth. The roots must be protected all year round.
The mulching process involves covering the soil around the bush with various materials that will regulate the circulation of air and moisture in the upper layers of the earth.
To carry out the work, you must choose organic material, which has a neutral acid level, since the berry culture does not favor either acidic or alkaline soil reactions. Therefore, if sawdust is used as an insulating layer, you should not use conifers. Ideal option there will be rotting foliage, peat or straw. You can use ordinary compost, but it contains large doses of nitrogen, and therefore can cause heating of the lower branches in case the winter turns out to be warm.
The mulch layer must also be adjusted. Its optimal thickness is 5 to 10 centimeters. Less than the specified minimum will not sufficiently protect the soil from frost, and a larger one can cause various diseases cultures from purulent to fungal, and will also reduce the general immunity of raspberries.
If regular straw is used as protection, its layer should be about 20 cm. It is best to mark it in compost heap so that in winter mice do not make their way to the raspberries, which can damage the roots and trunk. Before carrying out the procedure, it is necessary to thoroughly water the soil so that the crops do not go into hibernation with an overdried root system.
Competent preparation of raspberries for wintering involves one of the main stages - bending raspberry stems to the ground. To do this, the shrub is tied in bunches, and then tilted so that its height is no more than 40 cm. After that, the bushes must be fixed at the lower level of wire or rope, trellises or metal arcs. There is one trick: if the bushes are planted in rows, you can sequentially tie one to the next to the end of the row. The main condition is to create a tilted plant height at which the crop will be completely covered with snow in winter.
So that the preparation of raspberries for the winter and its protection in the winter period is not in vain, it is important to withstand the terms of shelter and disclosure of the bush.
If tackled too late, unexpected frost can damage the branches and make them brittle and less elastic. As a result, bending the branches to the ground can severely damage the plant. The ideal period is considered the time after the leaves fall and before the first snowfall. Covering bushes with non-woven material is also best done during the specified period.
Even if all procedures are performed with high quality, the protection of raspberries does not stop in the fall. It is important to ensure that the shoots are completely covered with snow during winter. If necessary, snow can be added. When an ice crust appears, it must be broken. To do this, loosen it with garden tools for air flow into the ground. Normal air circulation ensures ventilation of the roots and prevents them from rotting.
The opening of raspberry bushes in the spring is carried out in stages so that all the efforts made in the fall are effective. After the snow melts, first of all, the material used to shelter the plant from frost is removed. This is necessary in order to ventilate lower part bushes and mulching layer. Do not immediately tie the raspberries to the trellises, this can cause wood burns. Since spring happens sharp drops temperatures, the wood can overheat during the day and freeze at night. Therefore, in order to prevent burns, weathering and weakening of immunity, it is better to leave the bush in a lying state for some time.
It is important to ensure that the shoots are completely covered with snow during winter. If necessary, snow can be added.
Then the branches are examined for health preservation, and the overwintered sprouts rise to the trellises and are fixed. It is better to open the shoots before mid-April. This is the optimal time to safely introduce the plant into an open area.
Features of preparing remontant raspberries for winter
A feature of the remontant raspberry is unique ability yield crops on both biennial and young shoots. In order for this species to give more fruit, it must be grown and prepared for winter in the same way as common varieties... In this case, the timing of the shelter of the plant will be slightly shifted. After all, the plant bears fruit almost to the very frost. Common raspberry varieties require careful cutting of the fruit-bearing branches. Only the first-year branches that are capable of bearing fruit remain. Preparing remontant raspberries for winter is much easier and faster. When preparing for the cold weather, shrubs are pruned completely. Thus, future fruitful shoots can be protected from various diseases. In the spring, young shoots will appear, which will begin to bear fruit in July. A repaired variety, cut to the root, will delight with berries until the very cold.
Double pruning method to improve the wintering of raspberries
Experienced gardeners use different ways increasing the fruitfulness of the garden, including preparing the culture for frost. There is a method of double pruning the plant, which improves yields and prepares the plant for the harsh cold days. Its essence lies in shortening the tops of the shoots to 1 m in early spring and in the fall.
During autumn pruning, you should leave a few branched branches for overwintering. The strongest of them, which remain vital until spring, are pruned again after opening in the upper third, only now, not the main stem, but lateral regrown ones. Thus, excessive density and confusion are not allowed, correct shape bush and there is no need to make large distances between rows.
Strict adherence established rules preparation of plantings for the frosty months will ensure the reliable safety of the stems and high yield next season. The whole procedure does not require a lot of time and financial costs.
Some gardeners, when preparing raspberries for wintering, make a gross mistake: in the fall, before the onset of frost, they collect raspberry bushes in bunches and carefully tie them in a standing position. In this case, in a harsh winter, there is a great danger of freezing of flower buds in those raspberry shoots that are above the snow cover.
Weak and herbaceous raspberry shoots should be completely cut out in the fall.
Before bending down the raspberry bushes, shorten the ends of the shoots at a height that can be reached with a pruner (about 2.5 m).
In autumn, before the onset of freezing temperatures (no later than the end of September-beginning of October, when the shoots have not yet completely lignified) I bend the raspberry bushes to the ground as much as possible and in this position I fix the trellises to the lower wire, removing all the leaves from the shoots. In cultivated varieties of raspberry, the leaves can be easily removed if you put on a mitten, loosely clamp the shoot in it and hold it from the bottom up to the top of the shoot. In no case should you pluck the raspberry leaves by moving your hand from top to bottom (since the buds of raspberries in the axils of the leaves grow from bottom to top) - in this case, they will break off. If leaves are left on the raspberry shoots, they will soon cover the buds. In damp weather, raspberry leaves get wet and rot, resulting in kidney burns.
Straw mulch, which I use on raspberries (layer 20-25 cm thick), in order to avoid its settling in winter field mice I rake in the fall into a compost heap.
The raspberry stems should be bent so that in winter they are completely under the snow. Often, gardeners perform this work formally, leaving the stems at a height of 50-60 cm from the soil surface, and this is the most frosty zone! The height of the snow cover by the middle of winter with the most severe frosts usually does not exceed 40-50 cm, thus the raspberry stems are not under the snow, but above the snow. And in the snowy layer of air, the temperature is always the lowest. So it turns out that instead of protection, a little bent raspberry turns out to be in the most dangerous conditions wintering!
The condition of the plants also affects the quality of overwintering raspberries. Winter hardiness sharply decreases in raspberry bushes, overfed with nitrogen (and therefore did not finish their growth in autumn), as well as in patients growing thickened and in the shade.
Correctly bending raspberries in the fall is still not enough for successful overwintering of the bushes. Raspberries require care in winter. Depending on the weather, it is necessary to monitor whether the raspberry is covered with snow (add it when there is little snow in winter), ensure constant air access to the bushes (in case of an ice crust, pierce it).
If frosts of more than -25 degrees are expected, and there is not enough snow, then additional snow must be poured onto the raspberries, trying to completely cover the bushes.
Under a thick snow coat, raspberries overwinter successfully. In addition, raspberry shoots, bent to the ground and covered with snow, are not damaged by hares. In early spring, as soon as the raspberry tree is free of snow, I untie the bushes, but I do not immediately lift them onto the trellis - since it is not yet known which shoots have wintered well and which have been affected by frost. When raspberry shoots affected in winter are identified, they must be removed as soon as possible in order to avoid the development of diseases.
A good harvest depends not only on full care for raspberries during the growing season, but also after its end (fruiting). In order for berry plantings to winter well, they need to be well prepared for winter in the fall. This rule applies to all plants growing on the site, including raspberries.
Features of caring for raspberries in the fall and preparing them for winter
On how well the preparation of raspberries for winter was made, not only the volume of fragrant berries in the next year depends, but also the plant's immunity to diseases. Preparing raspberries for cold weather in the fall consists of pruning stems, removing leaves, fertilizing, mulching and sheltering for the winter.
Pruning raspberries in the fall
Shortly before the onset of persistent cold weather, in the fall, raspberries must be properly cut: weak annual shoots are removed from the bush, stems older than 2 years, which are easy to distinguish by their dark brown color. If the shrub has grown a lot, and there is not enough space between the rows for normal growth, the young are cut off light brown lateral offshoots. Thinning raspberries has not only an aesthetic function, but also increases its resistance to frost.
Majority experienced gardeners not only pruning of shoots and young offspring of raspberries is carried out in the fall, but the leaves are also removed after pruning. The thing is that after the onset of rainy cold weather, the leaf plates begin to rot and tightly cover the flower buds, as a result of which the latter are affected.
Note! It is necessary to remove the leaves after pruning raspberries in the fall from the bottom up, otherwise there is a risk of damaging the flower buds.
You can quickly and safely remove the leaves on the shrub with the help of tight gloves, which will serve as a barrier from sharp thorns. In order to clean the shoot qualitatively, it is moderately clasped and carried with the hand up. At the end of the manipulation, healthy one-year-old shoots without leaves should remain on the bush.
Why trim
Many gardeners, especially beginners, ask themselves in the fall: do you need to cut raspberries for the winter? This must be done because regular pruning raspberries in the fall are an integral part of care, aimed at getting a generous harvest of fragrant berries for the next year.
In addition, you need to prune raspberries in the fall in order to:
- Raspberry fit the size, specified in the description of the variety: raspberries have the ability to shrink in the absence of pruning in the fall.
- Bushes ok moved the winter season.
- The plants had high immunity.
- Give landings an aesthetic look and at the same time make room for manipulations near each bush.
- Prevent wintering pests and their distribution to nearby plants.
- Bushes well lit.
Video: how and why to cut raspberries in the fall
Timing of pruning raspberries
The optimal time for pruning raspberry bushes is August-September. Many gardeners are of the opinion that the manipulation is best done just before the onset of winter, but this statement is erroneous.
Such late pruning has a detrimental effect on plants: during the postponement of manipulation, pests and diseases actively multiply on the branches, which significantly worsen the condition of the bushes and reduce the likelihood of their wintering.
Note! It is best to prune raspberries for the winter immediately after picking the last berries.
How to prune bushes correctly: instructions and pruning methods
To unleash the full potential that it carries autumn pruning, first of all, it must be correctly implemented.
Correct pruning raspberries in the fall are carried out as follows:
- Dried, diseased and very damaged annual shoots are removed.
- Cut off the old 2-year-old shoots.
- A heavily thickened raspberry tree must be thinned: by 1 sq. m should remain 8-10 stems.
- To kill pests, the cut branches are piled up and burned.
- The land near the bushes is carefully dug in and fertilized;
- Shoots are treated with iron vitriol.
At the end of the raspberry pruning, healthy shoots should remain in the fall, the number of which approximately coincides with the number of cut branches.
Important! Pruning raspberries in the fall should be done with a sharp garden pruner: due to the use of blunt knives or scissors, the cut points take a very long time to heal.
If there is a need for reproduction, the shoots near the bushes are dug up and transplanted. In the case when the expansion of the raspberry tree is not planned, it is pulled out or cut off.
By the way! About, how to properly transplant (propagate) raspberries in the fall and in the spring you can read a new place.
Features of pruning remontant raspberries for the winter
Raspberry remontant varieties bear fruit on one-year and two-year shoots. The scheme for pruning raspberries of remontant varieties in the fall depends on how much harvest is planned for the next season.
For the purpose of one-time collection of berries, remontant raspberry bushes are cut for the winter in the same way as raspberries of ordinary varieties: the shoots are completely cut off, leaving only very short shoots near the soil itself.
If you want to get 2 crops (but less plentiful), then you should leave the annual shoots.
Video: how to prune remontant raspberries in the fall
Double cropping
Double pruning of raspberries according to Sobolev has a good effect on the yield, according to which ordinary raspberry bushes are cut according to a certain pattern in May-June for 2 years in a row:
Note! The first pruning should not be postponed for a long time, as young side shoots will not have time to grow up before winter and will freeze out. It is optimal to spend it around the beginning of summer, that is, it eats in June.
- 2nd crop: as soon as the first leaves appear on the bush, the top is once again shortened by 5-15 cm: even more new stems will form on the bush.
As a result of double pruning according to the Sobolev method, significantly more ovaries grow on raspberry bushes than after ordinary pruning.
Video: how to increase your raspberry yield with double pruning
Note! Even more detailed information is presented
How to feed raspberries in the fall after pruning
During the berry season, raspberries are fed several times with fertilizers rich in nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
Important! Usually, berry bush nevertheless, they feed it in the spring, so we advise you to read the material.
With the onset of autumn (but not after fruiting), experts recommend feeding raspberry bushes potash and phosphorus fertilizers as they increase the immunity and frost resistance of the bushes.
Preparing raspberries for winter
Whether raspberries overwinter well depends not only on weather conditions and climatic conditions your place of residence, but also on the quality of care in the fall and preparation for winter.
The necessary manipulations to prepare raspberries for winter are carried out in the following order:
Correctly and on time preparation of raspberries in the fall for winter will protect thin stems from freezing.
Mulching
Before covering the raspberries for the winter, the soil is loosened a little and the last top dressing is applied. Too dry soil is recommended to be watered sparingly.
By the way! Mulching is especially important in regions with severe and little snowy winters, since there is a high risk of freezing out the death of a raspberry tree in such conditions.
How to mulch raspberries for the winter?
Rotted sawdust (by no means fresh!), Foliage and plant residues (for example, tops from velvet and others), peat, rotted manure (ideal for remontant raspberries, however, are also suitable for ordinary ones) are used as a covering material. Optimum thickness mulching material 10 cm: thanks to this layer of cover, the plants will be well protected from frost, and will not undermine during warming.
Shelter for the winter
Before laying the mulching material, the root collar is sprinkled with earth a little, and so that the melt water does not have a place to collect, the soil near the bush is leveled. Cut and peeled leaves are strongly bent to the ground and secured with staples. To prevent raspberries from freezing, the height of the bent bushes should be no more than 40-50 cm.
Important! Even a slight peeking of the stems from under the snow should not be allowed, since the buds on them will not tolerate even moderate frosts: the temperature on the surface of the snow cover is the lowest.
The soil on the site and the bent branches are covered with dry straw or foliage. Instead of organic mulch, the stems can be wrapped in plastic, spunboard.
The importance of sheltering raspberries for the winter directly depends on the weather in the growing region. You can not strongly insulate the bush in southern regions, because since it can vanish.
Snow retention
Snow is a full-fledged insulation for all plants in the garden. To keep raspberries from severe frosts, it is covered with a layer of snow 50-100 cm. In order to keep snow near the raspberry, shields of wood or dry stalks of sunflower, corn are installed along one line in a checkerboard pattern.
Melt water very useful for raspberries, before the onset of warm spring days, the snow near the bushes is carefully tamped and sprinkled with sawdust.
Features of preparing remontant raspberries for winter
Repaired raspberries also need special preparation for the winter. To do this, you need to fertilize it well before winter, since the plant will need a lot of strength for normal development in the next season. As a rule, fertilizers with a high content of potassium and phosphorus are applied under the remontant bushes of viburnum.
Unlike ordinary raspberries, you need to cut remontant raspberries in the fall at the root (in the case of a planned one-time collection of berries in the next season, if you want to harvest 2 times (but less abundant, then you do not need to remove annual shoots).
After pruning in the fall, the remontant raspberry bushes practically do not need insulation, since the upper part of the bush is absent, and the roots are not afraid of moderate frosts. In regions with harsh weather conditions, mulch is laid on top of the bush.
Thus, the cultivation of remontant raspberries has the following advantages when autumn preparation for winter:
- Total pruning of raspberry bushes helps to completely get rid of all pests and diseases that have accumulated on the stems during the season.
- Short "hemp" (or rather, practically absent) is much easier to insulate (they only need to be mulched).
- Due to the lack of last year's stems, only autumn berries are tied. And since the plant did not expend energy on the formation spring harvest, then in the fall raspberries pleases not only with their quantity, but also with their quality ( it only concerns Middle lane(Moscow region) where full pruning is recommended, in the South, repair raspberries can easily re-fruit until late fall).
Video: pruning and caring for remontant raspberries in the fall
What are the subtleties of preparing raspberries for winter in Siberia and the Urals
Raspberries are not endowed with special frost resistance, therefore, they need more thorough preparation for winter in the northern regions - Siberia and the Urals. To prevent the stems from freezing, they must be bent and covered. As a result of bending, the branches will be covered with snow in winter, which will protect them from frost and cold winds.
If you want to get bountiful harvest next year, then raspberries require careful preparation for winter and care in the fall. Correctly and timely done preparatory work will save the berry from freezing, the development of diseases and the wintering of pests.
Video: care, pruning in the fall and preparing raspberries for winter
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