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If a person has a garden plot, then he will always find a place for a raspberry. This should not be surprising, because raspberries are not only a delicious treat, but also a valuable product. They contain large amounts of vitamins and minerals. Berries are used to make jams and compotes. With the help of raspberries, you can normalize blood pressure, protect yourself from atherosclerosis.
You can get a rich harvest of berries only with proper care of the plants. Young gardeners are interested in how to tie up raspberries, how to do this work correctly, what methods exist. And yet, is it necessary to engage in garter shoots. Let’s try to give detailed answers.
Why raspberries are tied up
Raspberry tying is one of the stages of plant care. Why is she needed? It turns out that untied raspberries develop worse, the berries become smaller, lose their unique taste.
What are the advantages of the agrotechnical method of caring for raspberry plantings:
- Provide reliable protection of raspberries from diseases and pests.
- The shoots on which flower stalks are formed are in the middle of the bush, they develop better.
- Sprigs and side shoots of raspberries break less often even with strong winds and showers, do not hang down from the abundance of berries.
- Each branch receives enough heat and light, so ripening occurs evenly.
- It is more convenient to harvest raspberries, the thorns do not interfere.
But not all the reasons why raspberries need a garter. It’s all about getting a bountiful harvest of berries of different colors and sizes. On tied shoots, raspberry bushes are better illuminated, well ventilated.
Look at the photo, is it not a miracle raspberry!
The raspberry garter procedure is carried out in the spring after the shoots have been cut. At this time, there should not yet be blossoming buds on the stems.
Variety of ways
The question of how to properly tie raspberries is of interest not only to beginners, but also to experienced gardeners. They hope to learn something new and try out ways to garter in their raspberries.
The most common are considered to be:
- wheeled method;
- fan method;
- tapestry method.
Wheel method
This method is also called beam. Several stems of raspberries are tied together (in a bunch) on a two-meter stake driven in the center. The tops are taken to the sides. This garter is the easiest to perform, but its effectiveness is not enough. Experienced gardeners do not tie up their plantings with a stake method due to shortcomings:
- Raspberry shoots are illuminated unevenly, especially in the center of the beam.
- The ovaries develop more slowly inside the garter.
- Shoots often break off, as they are tied only at the top.
- Poor ventilation leads to diseases, pests are more difficult to notice.
Trellis way
Tying raspberry lashes to trellises is not only the most common way. It’s really efficient.
What is a wallpaper? This is a type of construction, for the construction of which poles and wire are required. The trellis is installed along the entire length of the landings. Consider the features of the raspberry garter device, how to use it correctly.
There are different types of garters:
- on a single trellis;
- on a double trellis;
- Scandinavian method.
Single wallpaper
This method of tying is convenient on small raspberries. High stakes are driven in along the edges of the beds and in between, wire is fixed to them at different heights: 1,65, 1,05, 0,75 m. Raspberry shoots are tied in three places separately. They are illuminated from all sides by the sun, the breeze roams freely between the leaves and berries.
double trellis
For the manufacture of a double trellis, high, up to two meters, pillars are dug in. The step between them is up to 4 meters. Two beams are fixed across the pillars. Each is half a meter long and no more than 5 cm wide. Two wires are also pulled in parallel, at a distance of 70 and 150 cm from the surface of the ridge. Shoots on a double trellis are tied up in two places. Then the opposite sides of the long wire are tied together every 60 cm. The bush is well lit and ventilated. The peculiarity of the method is clearly visible in the photo.
In fact, this is also a double trellis, but for its arrangement you will need two rows of wire. The wire is pulled at a height of one and two meters.
How does the raspberry garter go in this case? According to the Scandinavian system, shoots are not tied to a support, but wrapped around a wire in the form of a Latin letter V.
What are the advantages of the Scandinavian method:
- picking raspberries is a pleasure: they are all in sight;
- replacement shoots remain intact until the end of the growing season, since they are located in the middle of the trellis;
- air circulation is sufficient.
Although this method of tying has a minus – fungal diseases sometimes affect raspberries.
Video, simple trellis:
fan method
Many gardeners use the fan method of tying raspberries. How to work with raspberries?
The work is complicated by the fact that you have to work with each pair of bushes. Between them you need to drive a stake at least two meters high. The shoots in the bush are divided into two parts and tied in turn to each peg. The result of the process is clearly visible in the picture above.
Tied shoots become like a fan, hence the name. What are the advantages of such a garter:
- Firstly, fruiting raspberry twigs do not interfere with the growth of replacement shoots.
- Secondly, the raspberry bush receives enough light and heat from all sides.
- Thirdly, the fan arrangement of the shoots provides reliable air circulation.
- And fourthly, there are no problems when picking berries.
As you can see, the labor costs are fully justified, because, the main thing for which the garter is carried out is to obtain a large number of delicious fragrant berries.
single support
If there are few raspberry bushes, you can equip a single support. This is also an efficient way.
A column or peg is dug in a little over two meters high. To this support you need to tie those shoots that are located nearby. This method is good for bush growing raspberries.
What to take as ties
There are different options for garter materials. Most often they use twine, nylon or polypropylene tape. Twine loses somewhat in terms of the fact that under the influence of the sun and moisture it quickly becomes unusable. Although, as a rule, it is enough for a season.
Is it possible to grow raspberries without tying
Sometimes you can see that gardeners did not tie up the bushes in the spring. What is the matter, maybe because of negligence or ignorance? It turns out it’s neither. There are simply a number of raspberry varieties that do not need this type of care. What’s the matter?
Most often, yellow and red raspberries are released into the “free swimming”, which have quite powerful and strong erect shoots. They do not grow above 180 cm, do not bend, even with high yields.
You can do without a garter if you grow raspberry varieties such as:
- Ruby;
- Spirin white;
- Bulgarian;
- Coral.
But working with such a group of varieties has its own problems: it is necessary to properly form a bush. Otherwise, you may fail.
Formation features:
- Replacement shoots are not pruned in the first year. By the end of the vegetative period, a wide strip of green stems is formed.
- In the spring, those shoots that are outside the territory of the ridge must be cut out.
- Plants in the garden are thinned out. There should be at least 20 cm between the remaining shoots. As a rule, 20 shoots will remain on the square.
When growing some varieties, this technique is effective, the productivity of raspberries is high. But for beginner gardeners, until they get their hands on it, it is better to engage in garter shoots. The fact is that the slightest thickening of plants can cause diseases of those shoots that are inside the garden.
Conclusion
We have considered all methods of tying raspberries, the pros and cons are indicated. Many of the options can be performed by novice gardeners. We advise you not to spare the time spent on tying the plants if you want to grow such a berry as in the photo.
Through trial and error, you can choose the method that will be most effective in your area. Good luck!