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Remontant raspberries have long enjoyed well-deserved popularity among gardeners. Breeders are constantly working on new varieties that are distinguished by excellent taste, continuous fruiting, resistance to diseases and pests.
Malina Pokhvalinka is a new promising variety, recently bred by Nizhny Novgorod breeders and recommended for widespread cultivation in Our Country. It was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Federation, approved for use in 2019, but is already gaining popularity due to its characteristics.
Description of the raspberry variety Pokhvalinka
According to the description, Pokhvalinka raspberry belongs to remontant mid-season varieties. The originators characterize it as a high-yielding, frost-resistant, universal purpose.
The raspberry bush of the Pokhvalinka variety is powerful, upright, of medium size (130 – 150 cm in height), gives a large number of new shoots per season.
The leaves of the plant are large, bright green, moderately wrinkled, twisted, slightly pubescent. Annual shoots are brown in color and have a slight wax coating. Short, purple-brown spikes on a green base are strongly developed at the bottom of annual shoots.
Pokhvalinka raspberry flowers are large, the berries have an average weight of about 6,5 g, the maximum is 10,6 g. Their shape is elongated-conical, the color is bright red. The pulp of the fruit is sweet and sour, with a pronounced aroma, juicy. Sugar content – 7%, acids – 1,3%. Tasting score of fresh berries – 4,2 points. Indicators of keeping quality and transportability of berries are high.
The variety is characterized by medium resistance to diseases and pests, heat and drought. The plant tolerates light autumn frosts, while the foliage, unlike berries, may suffer slightly. Raspberries are used both fresh and for preservation.
Pros and cons of remontant raspberry Pokhvalinka
The main advantages of the variety include:
- rapid growth of shoots;
- the possibility of obtaining a large number of seedlings the next year after planting;
- drought resistance of the variety due to a highly developed root system;
- immunity to pests and diseases;
- frost resistance;
- thorns do not cause any particular inconvenience when harvesting;
- high taste qualities of berries;
- keeping quality and transportability of raspberries;
- fruits are very large;
- the possibility of growing in open and closed ground conditions;
- high adaptation of plants to different growing conditions;
- resistance of bushes to strong winds;
- versatility of the use of berries.
Among the disadvantages of raspberry Pokhvalinka:
- strong development of root shoots during loosening, causing a weakening of the bush and a decrease in yield;
- the need to limit the spread of the root system so that raspberries do not capture neighboring areas;
- inability to fully harvest in regions with early frosts;
- high price of seedlings.
Planting and caring for raspberries Pokhvalinka
Experts recommend planting Pokhvalinka raspberries in autumn in the southern regions and in spring in the middle lane, the Urals and Siberia. If the seedlings have a closed root system, then this can be done throughout the season. With spring planting, it is possible to obtain a crop in the first season.
Raspberry variety Pokhvalinka does not require excessive attention. She needs timely watering, top dressing, pruning. Qualitative and quantitative indicators of productivity depend on the correctness and timeliness of care.
Selection and preparation of the landing site
For planting raspberries, you need a site that is well lit from all sides. When located in the shade, young shoots stretch out, drown out the plants of the second year, as a result of which the yield decreases.
Remontant raspberries Pokhvalinka are suitable for light fertile soils, chernozems or loams. Its location on hills, in lowlands or slopes, where there is a lack or excess of moisture, has a bad effect on the development of the plant. Land for landing should be flat, let’s say a slight slope. After growing in one place for about seven years, it should be changed. You can return to your original place no earlier than after 5 years. Legumes or cereals can act as predecessors of raspberries. Planting it after potatoes, tomatoes, peppers is not recommended. The optimum acidity of the soil is 5,8 – 6,3 pH.
Planting in autumn is carried out in late September – early October, spring – after the snow melts. Due to weather conditions, you can be late with the deadlines, in which case the survival rate of raspberries will significantly decrease.
Rules of landing
Planting raspberries of the Polkhvalinka variety is carried out in the fall, before the soil freezes, or in the spring, before the buds open.
Seedlings should be healthy in appearance, with a root neck thickness of about 1 cm, a root system length of about 15 cm.
You can plant Pokhvalinka raspberries by bush or tape methods. In the first case, holes are prepared, in the second, they dig a trench. The distance between rows is 1,3 m, between plants – 0,5 m. If the seedling has several shoots, all but one, the strongest, whose height does not exceed 0,3 m, should be cut off.
Before planting, the roots of the seedling are lowered into the “talker” to prevent them from drying out. If the root system has dried up during storage, it is lowered into water for 10 hours.
For raspberry seedlings of the Pokhvalinka variety, spacious pits 40x40x40 cm in size are dug. The top fertile soil layer must be mixed with 5 kg of compost, 40 g of superphosphate, 40 g of potash fertilizers and poured into the bottom of the pit. A seedling is placed on the mound, the pit is covered with soil, it is compacted a little and watered abundantly (about a bucket of water). To preserve moisture, it is worth mulching the soil with peat, humus or needles. In autumn planting, seedlings should be spudded 10 cm up so that the roots do not freeze out in winter.
Watering and top dressing
The fleshiness and juiciness of Pokhvalinka raspberries can only be achieved with regular soil moisture. The best method of watering is drip, in which moisture flows directly to the roots. Sprinkling in sunny weather leads to foliage burns, in cloudy weather – to the development of fungal diseases. It is convenient to water raspberries using pre-prepared grooves along the rows. They let water flow directly to the root system of seedlings.
Watering a remontant variety requires maintaining humidity throughout the season, since Pokhvalinka raspberries bear fruit for a long time, right up to frost.
A few years after planting raspberries, the soil under it is depleted. Top dressing helps to make up for losses.
Nitrogen should be applied under Pokhvalinka raspberries in early spring. It helps to ensure the growth of shoots.
During flowering, top dressing should be carried out with infusion of chicken manure, diluted in a ratio of 1 to 20.
Potassium and phosphorus affect the next year’s harvest.
Trimming
Repair raspberries Pokhvalinka can be cut in two ways.
The first is that two-year-old shoots are cut out after fruiting in the middle of summer. All the forces of the plant are directed to annuals, from which they later harvest. They are also the main source of berries next year.
According to the second method, the crop is harvested only from the shoots of the first year and at the end of the season they are cut off completely. In the south, this is done in the fall, in the northern regions – in the spring to promote snow retention on the site.
The second method is the most preferable, since after complete pruning, the likelihood of developing a number of diseases and pest damage to raspberries decreases. With this method, it is easier to prepare plants for winter, and its harvest is no less.
Preparation for winter
Remontant raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety are frost-resistant varieties that can withstand frosts down to -30 ⁰C. Despite this, the next year’s harvest depends on the quality of preparation for winter.
The method of preparation depends on the method of pruning the plants. If it is carried out completely, then mulching with a thick layer of peat, leaves, compost is used to protect raspberry bushes from frost. This is quite enough for the plants to successfully overwinter and give strong shoots in the spring.
If only two-year-old shoots are pruned, then in autumn the shrubs are watered abundantly and bent to the ground. In the conditions of Siberia and the Urals, experts recommend covering them with non-woven material. This is especially true for young seedlings.
Harvesting
Judging by the description, photos and reviews, Pokhvalinka raspberries are distinguished by large, fleshy juicy berries. Their weight can reach 20 g, length – 5 cm.
The yield of the variety is 1,5 t/ha in the first year, in the second – up to 10 t/ha, and from the third – up to 20 t/ha.
The fruiting period of raspberry variety Pokhvalinka is long. When picking berries only from annual shoots, it begins in August and ends with the arrival of frost. If the harvest is carried out from the shoots of the first and second years of life, then it is divided into two parts – summer and autumn.
Reproduction
Raspberry varieties Pokhvalinka gives a large number of shoots. Thanks to this feature, it is not difficult to propagate it. In order to get more planting material, you can deliberately damage the raspberry root system with a shovel, which will provoke the appearance of new shoots.
In the spring, the shoots are carefully separated from the mother plant and planted in a permanent place. Already in the current season, you can get a harvest of berries from them.
It is possible to propagate Pokhvalinka raspberries in a more laborious way – with the help of cuttings. They are cut during pruning of berry bushes and added dropwise for the winter. In the spring, the cuttings are periodically moistened. After the appearance of the first leaves, the seedlings are ready for transplanting to a permanent place.
Diseases and pests
Breeders claim that remontant raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety are resistant to pest attack and most diseases of berry bushes:
- anthracnose;
- Chlorozu;
- curls;
- rust.
Since the berry plant practically does not get sick, no chemicals are used in its cultivation, the product is environmentally friendly.
For the purpose of prevention, a distance should be observed in planting raspberry bushes of the Pokhvalinka variety so that they do not thicken. To avoid the spread of fungal infections, watering should be carried out only under the root.
Conclusion
Malina Pokhvalinka has recently appeared in the nurseries of the country. Judging by the description and reviews, the variety is characterized by large-fruited, high yield, resistance to diseases and pests. It is easy to propagate, quickly get a whole plantation of berry bushes. The demand and popularity of Pokhvalinka raspberry is growing, because due to its unpretentiousness and productivity, the variety can be grown both in household plots and on an industrial scale.
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