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Everyone knows raspberries and, probably, there is no person who would not like to feast on her tasty and healthy berries. There are raspberry bushes in almost any area, but not everyone can boast of a good harvest. Even good care will not save the situation if the variety is unproductive. In order for the gardener’s work to pay off with a rich harvest, it is necessary to plant proven large-fruited varieties. One of them is Tarusa raspberry.
Biological features
Raspberry is a perennial plant that belongs to the rose family. It is a deciduous subshrub with a two-year development cycle. The stems are erect, in the first year they are grassy green, the next year they become woody, and after fruiting they completely die off. The fruit is complex, consists of fused drupes, can have a different color: red of different shades, yellow, orange and even black.
Varietal diversity
The first cultivated raspberry plants appeared in the XNUMXth century and since then the varietal diversity has been constantly growing. According to the characteristics of fruiting, raspberry varieties are divided into remontant and non-remontant. Not so long ago, varieties with a special structure of shoots, the so-called standard or tree-like, were bred. Their shoots are very strong, have a large thickness and look more like a small tree. Sometimes they are called so: raspberry tree. Raspberry Tarusa is a worthy representative of raspberry trees.
Varietal features of raspberry Tarusa
The raspberry variety Tarusa was obtained, tested and introduced into culture by a domestic breeder, Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Viktor Valerianovich Kichina in 1993. From their parents, large-fruited Scottish hybrids, Tarusa raspberries took an impressive size of berries and a significant yield. Domestic varieties that participated in the selection process gave Tarusa raspberries winter hardiness, resistance to diseases and pests.
What is it – this raspberry tree of Tarusa?
The description of the Tarusa raspberry variety should begin with the size of the berries: they are much larger than the average size and can weigh up to 15 grams. The length of the berry is also impressive – up to five centimeters!
The color is bright, rich red. The aroma of Tarusa is pronounced, raspberry. A characteristic feature of the Tarusa raspberry variety is the frequent twinning of berries, which increases not only its weight, but also the yield as a whole. And he is already very weighty – reaches four kilograms or more from one bush per season. This is the highest figure among all standard raspberry varieties. The berries hold well on the bush and do not crumble for a long time. Their taste is pleasant, with a slight sourness.
The Tarusa raspberry bush is very decorative, compressed type with powerful shoots reaching a height of one and a half meters. The lower – standard part does not have side shoots, they grow in the middle and upper parts of the bush, forming a kind of crown, like a tree. The number of side shoots in Tarusa raspberries, which provide an excellent harvest, can reach ten with a length of up to 50 cm. A distinctive feature of this raspberry variety is the absence of thorns, which not only facilitates plant care, but also makes harvesting a pleasure. The ability to give replacement shoots in the Tarusa raspberry variety is low, there are enough shoots for propagation, but it will no longer spread over the site.
The frost resistance of the Tarusa raspberry tree is up to -30 degrees, in regions with a more severe climate, the relatively small height of the bush allows you to hide it under the snow, gently bending the shoots to the ground.
In terms of ripening, the Tarusa raspberry variety is medium-late, the fruiting time depends on the zone in which it grows and ranges from early July to late August. The description of the standard raspberry variety Tarusa will be incomplete, if not to say that the dense berry is well stored and transported after harvesting, since it does not produce juice for a long time.
Agrotechnics of the raspberry tree Tarusa
Raspberries are an undemanding plant, but standard varieties, which include Tarusa raspberries, have their own characteristics in care.
What does the standard raspberry Tarusa like and what does not like
The main condition that ensures good growth, the health of Tarusa raspberries and its rich harvest is compliance with the requirements of the variety for soil, water and light conditions, and top dressing.
What kind of soil do you need
Tarusa raspberry likes to eat. Therefore, the land must be fertile. Well suited soils are loose, loamy and sandy, saturated with organic matter. On sandy soil, Tarusa raspberries will be oppressed due to the lack of necessary moisture, the yield will decrease, and the berries will be small. Even frequent watering will not improve the situation. The only way out is to improve the soil by adding a sufficient amount of organic matter and a small amount of clay. Sand must be added to clay soil. An important indicator is the level of acidity. Raspberries do not tolerate soils with a pH less than 5,8 very well. The optimal values of the pH index are from 5,8 to 6,2. If the soil does not meet these requirements and is too acidic, it must be limed in accordance with the norms of the lime composition on the package.
Moisture Requirements
Raspberry Tarusa will not fit either a too dry or too wet area. In places where groundwater is high, this shrub will not grow, as the roots easily rot from an increased amount of moisture. The soil should be moist, but without stagnant water. In dry weather, watering is required every ten days, especially during the pouring of berries.
Mulching the soil around the plants will help reduce the amount of watering. Any organic matter is suitable for mulch, except for fresh sawdust. The layer of mulching material should not be less than ten centimeters, but preferably more.
The need for lighting
Raspberry Tarusa loves the sun, in extreme cases, partial shade is suitable. In the shade, raspberry shoots stretch out, the harvest drops sharply, the berries become sour. There is a rule – the more sun, the sweeter the berries. When choosing a site for planting, you need to remember that Tarusa raspberries do not tolerate drafts and gusts of wind.
Top dressing: when and with what
The more productive the crop, the more nutrients it needs to grow. Standard raspberry Tarusa is a variety with a high potential yield. Therefore, special attention must be paid to feeding. The need for raspberries of the Tarusa variety in different nutrients is not the same.
- Potassium requirements are met by adding 300-400 grams per square meter of wood ash. It is enough to scatter it under the bushes once a season in the spring and lightly close it into the soil. This shrub does not like deep loosening; superficially located roots are damaged. In addition to potassium, ash contains phosphorus and many trace elements and prevents soil acidification.
- Tarusa standard raspberries need a lot of nitrogen fertilizers. One-time top dressing is not enough here. The best composition – 10 grams of urea and a kilogram of manure are added to 10 liters of water. The mixture is well mixed and the plants are watered at the rate of 1 liter per bush.
First feeding coincides with bud break. Second and third feeding carried out at intervals of fourteen days. Each top dressing should be followed by subsequent watering with clean water. Do not water only if it rains heavily.
Herbs in a non-metallic container should be more than half, the rest is water. After a week of infusion, top dressing is carried out in a dilution of one to ten, one liter per bush. For the season it is enough to carry out 2-3 dressings.
At the stage of raspberry budding, foliar top dressing is carried out with complex fertilizer with microelements Ryazanochka or Kemira-Lux at the rate of 1,5 teaspoons per bucket of water. Top dressing is carried out on the growing moon in a fertile sign in cloudy, but not rainy weather. The fertilizer solution is sprayed from the sprayer, wetting the leaves well. Before the evening dew, he should soak into them.
Nitrogen contributes to the growth of leaf mass and prolongs the growing season. The plant will not have time to prepare for a state of rest and will go into the winter weakened. Potash and phosphate fertilizers of 30 and 20 grams per square meter, respectively, must be applied.
Planting a raspberry tree Tarusa
It is impossible to plant standard raspberry Tarusa after potatoes, tomatoes and other solanaceous, and even more so after raspberries, this contributes to the outbreak of diseases and the spread of common pests. The neighborhood of nightshade and strawberries for raspberries is undesirable for the same reason.
Fruiting from such a neighborhood improves in both crops, and there are fewer diseases. You need to plant raspberries on the south side of the apple tree and so that it does not shade it much.
Instructions for planting standard raspberry Tarusa
- The soil must be prepared in advance – for spring planting in the fall, and for autumn planting in the middle of summer.
- The distance between the rows is about two meters, and the bush from the bush should not be closer than one meter, this is required by the characteristics of the growth of the standard raspberry variety Tarusa.
- If you plan to plant several bushes, then use the pit method of planting, if you are going to lay a large plantation, then it is preferable to plant raspberries in trenches.
- In order for the plot under the Tarusa raspberry to be free of weeds in the future, when preparing it, it is necessary to carefully select all the roots by digging up the ground.
- When pitting, their diameter and depth are forty centimeters. The depth and width of the trenches are 40 and 60 centimeters, respectively.
- In trenches, as well as in pits, it is necessary to add humus – one bucket per pit and two buckets per linear meter of trench, ash, respectively, 0,5 and one glass, potash fertilizers 15 and 30 grams, respectively, phosphorus 20 and 40 grams.
- Raspberries should be watered very well when planting – up to 5 liters per bush. It is best to plant plants in the mud, then the survival rate will be better.
- Before planting, the root system of seedlings is kept for two hours in a solution of root formation stimulants: heteroauxin, rootin.
- When planting, the root neck is deepened by 2-3 centimeters.
- After planting, the Tarusa raspberry shoot is cut to a height of 40 centimeters.
- The soil around the planted plant is mulched to retain moisture.
Planting dates can be both autumn and spring. Spring planting is carried out before the buds swell, autumn – a month before the onset of the frosty period. Specific dates depend on the region in which Tarusa raspberries will grow.
Tarusa raspberry tree care
Raspberry care consists of loosening and weeding at least 6 times per season, watering as needed, top dressing, pest control: raspberry beetle, raspberry gall midge and raspberry stem fly.
The replacement shoots of the Tarusa raspberry must be normalized, leaving no more than four to six for this variety. A necessary step is the formation of a bush. To obtain a real raspberry Tarusa tree, double pruning should be used. How to do it right is shown in the video:
With proper care and formation of the bush, the Tarusa raspberry tree will delight you with a large harvest of beautiful and tasty berries.
