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Raspberries: How To Plant And Care

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Processing raspberries for your own jellies, and jams is an excellent reason to grow raspberry bushes. Not only do raspberries taste great, but they are also high in Vitamin A and C which is beneficial to your health.

How to Plant Raspberries

Red Raspberries ripen shortly after strawberries. They grow best in a well-drained sandy loam enriched with organic matter. Loose soil with good drainage in the vicinity and a pH of about 5. Raspberries grow on bushes and need full sunshine, at least six to eight hours a day. When to Plant Raspberries Plant them in early spring.

One thing to also bear in mind where planting is concerned – do not make any of your plantings within 300 feet (91 m.) of wild blackberry bushes. A soil that has tomatoes or potatoes in the last year. This is because wild blackberries, tomatoes and potatoes are vulnerable to the identical fungus that raspberry bushes succumb to hence prophylactic spraying keeps your raspberries from developing this stuff.

Care of Raspberry Plants

Free the ground of your raspberries from weeds. Ensure that you give the bushes water as well, frequently. Cover your garden with a straw mulch to help reduce the weeds

If you care for raspberry bushes properly, they will add loads of juicy fruit to your garden. Fertilizing Raspberry BushesMaureen GibbonsFor the first year that you plant raspberries plants keep their soil moist but not water saturated or soggy and fertilize them twice per year in spring (May) and fall (September). You can then fertilize your everbearing raspberry bushes each year. 2-3 pounds (approximately 1kg) 1 pound per 100 foot (30 m.) of row) You can reduce that if you are only planting a few plants.

Raspberries care also requires you to prune raspberries For summer raspberries, twice the annual taste. In spring, and immediately after you harvest your fresh raspberries, this is the time to work on pruning a raspberry bush. Everbearing Red Raspberries require two prunings a year because these plants give you two crops per season. The care of raspberry plants might seem like a pain, but it is relatively easy. Many hybrid berry bushes are trained for growth along fences or to climb a trellis.

Harvesting Raspberries

When the berries are brightly colored, they will be ripe enough to pick. Begin tasting them as early as the following day and each subsequent fruit that falls daily until you reach your desired sweetness. Don’t be a slow poke or the birds will reach for them, before you do!

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