Yellow raspberryis becoming more and more popular in amateur cultivation.varieties of yellow raspberrytoraspberry 'Poranna Rosa'andraspberry 'Golden Queen'Both are raspberries repeating fruiting, bearing fruit on annual shoots. Their advantages include an interesting yellow color of the fruit, delicious taste, the possibility of fruiting in summer and then again in autumn, as well as low susceptibility to raspberry diseases. See whatgrowing yellow raspberries looks likeon the plot and how to carry out individual care treatments.
Yellow raspberry - 'Morning Dew' variety
Yellow raspberry - varieties
There are twovarieties of yellow raspberry on sale- better knownMorning Rosa raspberryand a bit less common, but equally appreciated, Golden Queen raspberry .
Bothvarieties of yellow raspberriesare raspberries that repeat fruiting, otherwise also known as autumn raspberries. They can bear fruit in July on last year's shoots, and then in autumn (from September to October) on this year's shoots. They yield moderately abundantly, but the fruits are quite large, firm and tasty, and not susceptible to rotting. The fruits of these raspberries are great to eat raw, but also suitable for preserves.
Apart from attractive fruit and repeated fruiting, these raspberries are not very susceptible to shoot dieback, a common raspberry disease. However, they can be attacked by gray mold. Fortunately, both of these raspberry diseases can be combated without the use of chemical pesticides, using the biological preparation Polyversum WP, which I sincerely recommend under the conditions of amateur cultivation on the plot.
All the abovementioned advantages, concerning bothPoranna Rosa raspberriesandGolden Queen raspberries , make the interest in these varieties constantly among gardeners and home garden owners. grows. In practice, due to the fact that the features of these varieties are almost identical, it doesn't really matter which one we choose.
Good to know!Slightly rolled yellow raspberry leaves are not a disease symptom, but a characteristic feature of this plant.
Yellow raspberry - cultivation
The cultivation of bothyellow raspberry varietiesis identical. The sweetest raspberries are obtained in sunny places, but the plants can also cope in partial shade. The best for their cultivation are flat areas or light slopes. We should only avoid the valleys where the so-called the so-called frost basins. The soil should be fertile and moist, but airy enough so that raspberry roots are not exposed to flooding, preferably slightly acidic (the ideal soil pH for raspberries is 6.5).
Planting yellow raspberries , like all other raspberries, should be preceded by digging the soil with compost or composted manure. To improve soil fertility, you can also use Rosahumus or Humus Active for allotment crops. Remember that underraspberry cultivationdo not allocate places where raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes or potatoes have already grown, due to the possibility of transferring soil diseases.Raspberry planting dateis both early spring and fall. There should be spaces of approximately 0.5 m between plants and 2 m between rows. Plants are planted 2 cm deeper than they grew in the nursery, and in the case of autumn planting, it is worth protecting their roots from freezing by mounding the base of the shoots.
The basic care procedures include removing weeds under raspberries, watering, especially in periods of drought, fertilizing and pruning. Remember that raspberries like moist soil, but the roots should not be exposed to flooding for a long time.It is best to use multi-component fertilizers for fruit bushes and strawberries, eg Florovit for strawberries and fruit bushes. The first dose of fertilizer is given in early spring and the second in June.
Yellow raspberry - cut
Cutting yellow raspberryis a particularly important procedure, so it is worth discussing it in more detail. When choosing the method of pruning, first of all, you should take into account the fact that this raspberry bears fruit in July on last year's shoots and in autumn on one-year old shoots. Depending on the method of pruning, we can have raspberries that bear fruit in two dates, or that bear fruit only in autumn, but give a greater yield.
The first cut of the raspberryis done right after planting. If we plant raspberries in the fall, they should be pruned next spring. Those planted in spring, also cut in spring, right after planting. Trim all shoots approximately 3 cm above the ground. As our yellow raspberries bear fruit on this year's shoots, we will see the first fruits from the newly sprouting shoots in the coming autumn.Further cuts depend on whether we want to grow them as repeating or only autumn raspberries.
Yellow raspberry cut into two fruit crops
If we want to collectyellow raspberry fruitsboth in July and autumn - from September to October, the main pruning period should be after the first harvest in July. Then the shoots that bear fruit in July are cut out. These are last year's shoots that will no longer bear fruit. The second fruiting, in autumn, will take place on this year's shoots, which grew in spring. On these shoots, the plant will bear fruit again in July of the following year, so we do not cut them. With this methodof yellow raspberry cutwe have two harvest dates, but they are much less abundant.
Pruning yellow raspberry for autumn harvest only
The more popular way tocut yellow raspberryis to cut all the shoots every year. Then the plants will bear fruit only in autumn, on annual shoots.Such pruning is done in late autumn, after harvest, or in early spring, before vegetation begins. We cut the shoots low, about 3 cm above the ground. In older plants, sometimes shoots up to 10 cm high are left. With this method of pruning, we will have only one autumn harvest date, but it is very abundant. We also almost completely eliminate the risk of shoot dieback (the disease has no chance of spreading from old shoots left for the next year). Therefore, this method of cutting is generally preferable, especially if we want to avoid the use of protective measures. Late flowering on annual shoots also reduces the risk of raspberry pests, such as raspberry leaf and raspberry flower.
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