Proper care of raspberries in July and August, after harvest

Raspberries are a berry that contains many vitamins. It is planted in summer cottages and collected in the summer and autumn seasons. There are several varieties of raspberries, which are classified according to different characteristics. In order to enjoy tasty and juicy berries every year, proper care of raspberry bushes after harvest is required.

When to pick raspberries

Unfortunately, it is impossible to determine exactly when it is necessary to pick raspberries. The collection period may change each year. It depends on several factors:

• weather conditions (with sunny and early spring, you can start harvesting in July);
• plant varieties;
• region of growth;
• care

Raspberries are harvested twice a year. The first harvest is in the summer, and the second begins in September and continues until the first cold weather. Berries love the sun's rays. They are ready to sing while the sun warms them.

Raspberry leaves are also collected, which have medicinal properties. You can go into the forest for them. Often gardeners collect leaves after harvest. At this time they do not have healing properties. The collection should be carried out precisely during the flowering of the berries. The plant needs to be washed and dried in direct sunlight.

Harvest dates

It is necessary to know and remember exactly the timing of harvesting. Harvesting too early will result in the berries not having a lot of nutrients. And overripe raspberries will begin to rot and lose some of their vitamins.

Collection begins in July and continues until the first autumn frosts. It is during the summer months that the largest number of berries are produced. In order to know the exact time of raspberry ripening, you need to determine its variety.

Depending on the region of growth

Weather conditions are an important factor influencing the ripening of the crop. Lack of sun, constant rain and low temperatures will cause the berries to ripen much more slowly.

In the southern regions, raspberries begin to be picked from the end of June until November-December.In northern latitudes, harvesting occurs only from mid-July to September (a short harvest period).

The amount of raspberries depends on weather changes. One year there may be a hot summer, which will give a good harvest. And the next year, due to winds, rains and cool temperatures, the number of berries collected will be reduced by 2-3 times.

Depending on the culture

Gardeners grow different types of raspberries in their summer cottages. They are classified by color. Any type of berry is useful. Summer residents choose a variety based on taste preferences.

Black

The berry ripens much more slowly than the red one. The peculiarity lies in the collection itself. It quickly turns black, but remains sour and does not absorb vitamins.

The harvest will have to take place later than with regular raspberries. At the end of July (under favorable conditions), the bush will begin to bear its first fruits. By mid-August, raspberries will stop bearing fruit. In the southern regions, the berries ripen a little longer (until September).

Yellow

Loved by many children for its sweet taste. The berry does not contain acid, which causes a sore throat. This variety can be eaten endlessly. Harvesting should be done in the summer. You can determine the exact date by looking at the berry. The ripe fruit becomes orange and slightly pinkish in color.

The yellow variety disappears much faster, so you need to have time to enjoy its taste in a short period of ripening.

Reds

The most popular garden variety that grows not only in summer cottages, but also in the forest. It is noteworthy that the forest variety of the berry also has healing properties. Harvest time is in the summer months. It begins to ripen at the end of June, beginning of July and continues to ripen until September-October.

Red raspberries can take a long time to collect. Most of the harvest occurs in mid-summer.By the end of the season, 3-4 times fewer berries are collected from the bush. As a rule, in autumn raspberries are used only for food.

Depending on the ripening period

Raspberries are classified according to ripening time. In summer cottages, gardeners grow several varieties at once. As soon as one variety stops ripening, another will ripen.

Early

The variety produces a harvest from the first summer month. This species should not be the only one on the site. The early variety has low fruitfulness and will stop yielding after 2-3 weeks. The advantages of the species include frost resistance and a bright, pronounced aroma of berries.

Medium ripening

The best variety for growing in summer cottages are medium-ripening berries. They have high yields and can be eaten for a long time. The variety is protected from many diseases and is not difficult to care for.

Raspberries will ripen from about the second mid-July until the first cold weather. With abundant watering, one bush produces up to 12 kilograms of harvest.

Late ripening

The bush bears fruit from mid-August until severe frosts. The type of berry is frost-resistant and produces a small harvest at the first cold weather. Late-ripening berries love the sun's rays and ripen well in such weather. The berries do not fall off, are easy to pick and have a pleasant dessert taste.

Repairers

A variety that was bred by breeders. It is loved by summer residents for its large size and excellent taste. The berry is quite large and sweet. It is possible to harvest a harvest from one bush already in the first year of planting.

The harvest appears from mid-August and lasts until the end of October and beginning of November. The repair berry can remain on the branch for a long time without falling off or losing its taste.It is frost-resistant, which allows you to preserve the fruits until extreme cold.

Care and feeding of raspberries during fruiting period

To obtain a rich harvest, it is necessary to properly care for raspberry bushes after picking the berries. Raspberries love constant cultivation. Even during the fruiting period, it is worth not only watering the bushes, but also loosening the soil. Dried soil will negatively affect the harvest.

If you want to increase the yield, you should give 1-2 additional feedings. Both folk remedies and purchased chemical products can be used. In summer, pay close attention to old dried shoots. You should get rid of them as quickly as possible, then the berries will produce a larger amount of harvest.

What to do with raspberries after harvesting

After harvesting, you can think about where and how to use raspberries:

• to freeze;
• make jam;
• make wine, liqueur;
• crush with sugar.

If the harvest is rich, then they resort to several methods of harvesting raspberries for the winter. The most popular is fresh raspberries with sugar. For this recipe you will need to crush the berries, pour everything into a glass jar and pour sugar on top. Place the lid on the resulting dessert and place it in the refrigerator. In this form, the berry will last for a whole year. During illnesses, it is useful to consume raspberries as a remedy for high fever and heat. It is especially often recommended to give it to children.

Raspberries require post-harvest processing. Take a pruner and carefully inspect the raspberries. Remove any branches that were bearing fruit. They are distinguished by their slightly dried appearance. Next summer, only young shoots bear fruit.

The best way to feed raspberries

There are several recipes for feeding a bush plant.For greater efficiency, you should alternate methods.

Store products

Gardeners prefer store-bought products. They contain the right amount of useful microelements.

1. A popular remedy is a complex of mineral fertilizers consisting of nitrate, phosphate and potassium salt.
2. Superphosphate - a mass of useful elements can improve the composition of the soil and, as a result, increase the yield from each bush.
3. Urea.
4. Ash.
5. Ammonium nitrate.
6. Potassium salt.
7. Manganese.

To achieve greater efficiency, you can mix two types of fertilizers in small quantities. Fertilizers can be either watered or sprayed on the leaves. Only spraying is carried out after harvesting, so as not to harm the berries.

Folk recipes

As folk remedies, summer residents use:

• mullein;
• chicken droppings;
• banana peel;
• onion peel;
• eggshells;
• nettle infusion.

For decoctions, infuse the proposed product (peel or husk) in 10 liters of water. The resulting infusion is fed to raspberries 2 times a day.

How to fertilize correctly

It is recommended to treat shrubs with fertilizers 3 times a year. The berries are fertilized for the first time in the spring, before flowering begins. The second time the fertilizer is used during fruiting. Breeders advise feeding at this time only if the berries are sick or the harvest is poor (small).

The last feeding is applied in the fall, before the winter season, so that the bush can better withstand the cold.

We improve the soil around the bushes

The amount of harvest is affected by the soil in which the shrub grows. All leaves that fall to the ground should be collected. Cleaning is done in order not to provoke the development of various infections and diseases.The soil is dug up in the autumn and spring seasons, carefully so as not to damage the roots of the plants.

Raspberry is a shrub that does not require too much care. There are a number of rules that should be followed to increase the amount of harvest. It is important to monitor the condition of the soil and water frequently.

There are negative conditions that lead to a poor harvest, which cannot be influenced by humans. This is the absence of heat and sunlight. At this time, enhanced feeding is carried out.