4 answers to the most important questions about growing yellow raspberries
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One unusual horticultural crop is the yellow raspberry. Raspberry is prized for its original yellow color. The yellow raspberry fruit is quite soft to the touch, tastes good and does not contain acid.
Yellow raspberries: description and planting features
You need to plant yellow raspberry bushes in rows, because neighboring bushes can shade each other. The soil under the bush should be dug up and depressions should be made about 40 centimeters deep, peat or its substitute should be added to the hole. Urea or in another way it is called nitrogen fertilizer is introduced into the soil in the spring, when the buds are already emerging on the trees. Fertilizer is poured near raspberry stalks.
In the middle of summer, approximately in July, you need to stop adding all fertilizers, as this can lead to the death of the shrub, it just can just freeze in winter.
In the summer, in the first year, you need to take care of the seedlings of yellow raspberries, loosen the soil and remove weeds. Do not let the soil dry out in this area. Around the middle of autumn, the branches of yellow raspberries need to be bent down so that they remain hidden under the snow for the winter.
In the second year of the seedlings' life, you also need to work on combating various weeds, watering and loosening the earth. In the third year of life, the seedlings become full-fledged plants, which in the future will give you a harvest for about ten years.
How is the bush formed depending on the age of the yellow raspberry?
In the first year, one or two shoots are formed, then the formation of bushes begins.
In the second year, it is necessary to cut off the shoots of yellow raspberries, on which all ripe fruits have already been collected. This is done when the entire crop is fully harvested or in the fall (September). The remaining shoots must be carefully bent to the ground for the winter.
In the third year, the bushes of yellow raspberries are fully formed and contain more than ten shoots.
Yellow raspberries: care for bushes
The best fertilizer for yellow raspberries is nitrogen, it is applied to 1/3 of the fertilizer. The rest is added in the spring. By the beginning of autumn, some of the fertilizer is washed out and in the spring the formation of new growth is already stimulated.
When planting yellow raspberries, you need to take into account that it does not need to be planted too thickly, because then the bushes can overgrow and raspberry flies will appear in them. If the area in which the yellow raspberry grows is very well ventilated, then these pests are not afraid of you.
How to propagate raspberries by seed?
Yellow raspberry seeds grow rather poorly. To achieve a good result, it is necessary to comply with all storage conditions for seeds, as well as the rules when preparing them for planting.
Yellow raspberry seeds should be thoroughly washed, dried and stored in paper bags.
In the fall (around the end of September), the seeds must be soaked for a day, then transferred to a nylon cloth and placed wrapped in a pot with moss at the bottom. Another layer of moss is laid on top of the seeds. Refrigerate this pot before planting.
Initially, it is advisable to sow the seeds of this crop in greenhouses along with vegetable crops.
If the seeds of yellow raspberries have sprouted very thickly, then they must be thinned out. When the seedlings are fully formed, they will need to be transplanted into the beds outside the greenhouse.
If you follow all the basic recommendations, then everyone can grow yellow raspberry seedlings in their garden!