Description of the remontant raspberry variety Orange Miracle, planting and care

The remontant variety of yellow-fruited raspberry Orange Miracle has the unique ability to bear fruit on one-year and two-year-old shoots. The berry crop is valued by gardeners for its long period of intense fruiting, as well as the ability to harvest twice a season. Knowledge of the peculiarities of growing raspberries and the rules of comprehensive care for them will provide high-quality berries.

Description of raspberries

The Orange Miracle raspberry bush is of medium height, not exceeding 1.8 m in height, and forms 6-7 replacement shoots and basal shoots. There are thorns on the stems. The leaves are bright green and have jagged, slightly curved edges.

The variety is valued for its large berries, their weight is 5-6 g; under favorable conditions, the weight can be 10-12 g. The fruits are 4 cm in length and have an oblong shape, resembling a cone. The variety got its name due to the unusual color of the berries: orange or yellow with a golden tint. The pulp is characterized by density, elasticity and juiciness. Small drupes are closely adjacent to one another. And the sweet, unique taste will delight everyone.

Characteristics of the Orange Miracle variety

Raspberry Orange Miracle is a remontant variety with a medium ripening period. It has a one-year development cycle and can form shoots and yield twice during the growing season. The berries ripen in July and bear fruit until late autumn.

With proper care, it produces a harvest for about 15 years.

Positive and negative sides

The Orange Miracle raspberry variety is loved by gardeners for a number of advantages:

• high yield, 2.5-3 kg of fruits per bush;
• excellent taste characteristics;
• frost resistance, the ability to withstand temperatures down to -25 degrees;
• unpretentiousness to soil type and climate;
• transportability without damage to the berries and keeping quality of the crop;
• low maintenance requirements.

When describing the Orange Miracle raspberry variety, it is important to identify the disadvantages:

• the presence of thorns that make harvesting difficult;
• sensitivity to scorching heat and abnormal frosts.

How to grow crops correctly

Proper planting is a guarantee of a high-quality harvest. Before planting Orange Miracle raspberries, you need to pay attention to the issues of choosing a place, time, preparing the soil and material for planting.

Choice of time and place

The favorable period for planting raspberries of the Orange Miracle variety is spring, early summer, autumn. To grow a fruit crop, you need to choose a sunny area, protected from the northern winds. The plant prefers neutral or slightly acidic loams best, although it does not have any special requirements for the composition of the soil.

Preparation of seedlings

Externally, raspberry seedlings of the Orange Miracle variety should not be dried out, but well developed, healthy, without signs of damage by diseases and pests. Before planting, it is recommended to soak the plants in a root formation stimulator for 1-2 hours. This promotes intensive formation and growth of roots, and also helps them quickly adapt to new soil conditions.

Planting scheme and process

For successful cultivation, proper planting is required, which consists of the following steps:

1. Dig planting holes 70 cm deep and 50 cm wide.
2. Form a hill at the bottom of each hole from a soil mixture containing humus, ash and topsoil.
3. Place the seedlings on a hill, carefully straightening the roots, and sprinkle them so that the root collar is located slightly above ground level.
4. Around the planted plants at a distance of 30 cm, make ring grooves 10 cm deep and water abundantly.
5. When the water is completely absorbed, mulch using sawdust, dry peat, and humus.

The planting scheme depends on the chosen method of growing raspberries:

1. Private.Plant the plants in rows, maintaining a distance between them of 1.5-2 m, and between planting units of 70-90 cm.
2. Bush. Place the seedlings in a square with a distance of 1-1.5 m.
3. Tape. Form a strip of raspberry stems along the width of the ribbon up to 50 cm, the distance between the bushes is 30-50 cm, and the distance between the ribbons is 1.8-2 m.

For Orange Miracle raspberries, you can use any of the methods.

Subtleties of caring for raspberries

The productivity of the berry crop depends both on climate conditions and on proper care, so Orange Miracle raspberry bushes need to be surrounded with attention and care.

Watering and loosening

When cultivating the Orange Miracle raspberry variety, it is important to comply with soil moisture conditions. It should be taken into account that with a lack of water, the fruits noticeably decrease in size and weight, and with excess, resistance to fungal diseases decreases. Irrigate so that the water is absorbed to a depth of 30 cm.

Watering is carried out when the fruits set and the berries ripen.

After irrigation, loosen the soil near the bushes shallowly so that the surface of the soil is not covered with a dry crust that can block the access of oxygen to the roots.

Feeding and fertilizers

Despite its modesty in needs, raspberries of the Orange Miracle variety will thank you for feeding with a good harvest. The main thing is to apply fertilizers in a timely manner:

• in early spring, adding humus, 25 g of double superphosphate granules and 15 g of potassium nitrate to the soil;
• in early June, watering the bushes with an infusion prepared from manure, nettles, bird droppings and dandelion, diluted with water in a ratio (1:8), 2.5 liters per bush;
• a month later and at the beginning of autumn, feeding according to the instructions with liquid fertilizers specially designed for berry crops;
• after harvesting, enriching the soil with double superphosphate in the amount of 30 g and 20 g of potassium nitrate, diluted in a bucket of water, each bush should receive 5 liters of solution.

In the autumn, after fruiting, wood ash will help the plant to renew its strength. Young shoots will retain a substance such as potassium, and next season the fruits will become sweeter and richer in taste.

Weeding

This agrotechnical technique protects the bushes from the harmful effects of weeds, which rob plants of light, moisture, nutrients, and are also breeding grounds for insidious pests and dangerous diseases.

Garter and mulching

Since the shoots bend and break under their own weight and the weight of the fruit, the trunks need to be tied up. Thanks to a properly carried out garter, the plants will receive maximum sunlight, and harvesting will become much easier.

Mulching protects the roots of raspberry bushes from freezing in winter and from overheating in summer. Perform the procedure after planting and repeat every year. Use peat, sawdust, and humus as mulch.

Raspberry pruning

Spring and autumn are the periods when raspberry bushes should be pruned. The peculiarity of the remontant variety is that it forms part of the harvest on two-year-old shoots, which, after releasing the berries, begin to dry out, so they must be cut off. And the annual shoots of the Orange Miracle raspberry need to be pruned for the winter in late autumn to the very root, leaving 3 cm. This allows the raspberries to better survive the cold and stimulates the spring growth of new strong trunks.

If pruning is planned in the spring, then carry out the procedure before the buds open. At this point, shoots damaged by frost must be removed.

Shelter for the winter

Preparation for the winter period consists of mulching raspberries using peat and foliage. Also, before the first frost occurs, you need to bend the annual shoots to the ground and tie them to pegs so that they are covered with snow in winter. To preserve them, cover them with spruce branches.

Treating plants against diseases and pests

The Orange Miracle raspberry variety does not attract the attention of pests and demonstrates resistance to diseases. But certain problems may arise during care.

Diseases:

1. Dwarf bushiness. It is expressed by yellowing of the areas between the leaf veins and a pale yellow mosaic pattern. Control measures: dig up and burn all affected bushes.
2. Chlorosis. Yellow spots form on the foliage, and the crop is stunted in growth. All bushes with signs of chlorosis must be uprooted and burned. For preventive purposes, regulate soil moisture and carefully check the planting material.

Dangerous pests - aphids, raspberry beetles. Insidious parasites can be concentrated on all parts of the plant. The main harm from insects is that they are carriers of viral crop diseases. Control such pests by treating the bushes with insecticidal preparations.

Raspberry propagation

You can propagate Orange Miracle raspberries in one of two simple ways, using root suckers or cuttings. You can also use propagation by green cuttings, but this is a complex method that requires knowledge and skills from gardeners.

Harvesting and storage rules

Harvest when ripe. In clear weather, eat fruits every 1-2 days, in extreme heat - every day. Before picking, the berries must be dry from dew.When it is damp outside, it is not recommended to pick raspberries, since the harvest will only be suitable for processing.

The collected berries are stored at room conditions for about 12 hours and do not lose their freshness, and if sent to the refrigerator - up to 3-4 days and do not leak juice.

By choosing the Orange Miracle raspberry variety for planting a raspberry garden, you can acquire a high-yielding berry crop with excellent taste characteristics that does not require special conditions for growing. A healthy harvest of berries of original color until the end of winter will protect you from viral attacks and give you memories of summer days during the cold season.