How to cut raspberry after harvest

How to cut raspberry after harvest

The crop of raspberries is obtained, the time of trimming bushes has come. So that young shoots are better to grow up, the usual raspberry varieties need to trim two-year stems, and the young shoots of stumbam varieties also cut to a height of 1.3-1.5 m for better branching.

1
Definition and circumcision of two-year stems of raspberry. To distinguish such shoots easily - they have a brown bark, solid, they have a lot of side shoots. Harvesting these shoots will no longer give, so do not be afraid to cut them. It should be done with a sharp secret, leaving a small pencil.

2
Determination and circumcision of patients broken and contaminated by pests of shoots. This manipulation is produced by a sharp secateur, making a neat slice and a small wound.

Attention! These shoots after pruning are necessarily burning to prevent further infection!

Crimping raspberry

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Cut up the tops of the remaining shoots. We leave the stems with a height of 0.9-1.2 m. It allows you to awaken sleeping side kidneys, the bush becomes more branched. Side shoots at the end of September are also recommended to be segged, it will help the plant better to overrevail.

Circumcision of the tops

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Trimming repairing varieties. Pruning is also produced as well as in conventional varieties, only transfer to late autumn when the fruiting is finished. There is a second way to circumcise the removable varieties. In the middle of September, in the middle of the ground, we cut the majority of the stems, leaving some of the strongest annual arrows. In this case, we will lose a small amount of harvest in the fall, but the spring bush will grow stronger, will give a greater number of large and juicy berries.

To obtain a good harvest, raspberry trimming bushes after harvesting - cut two-year, patients and damaged stems. Do not forget to burn the remnants!

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