Raspberry planting is divided into seasons, raspberry sowing in the spring and fall, in fact, if the temperature is suitable when planting can be. However, it is important to note that the optimal time for sowing may be off, and the exact time must be judged according to the climate of the place of cultivation.
Raspberry varieties can be categorized into red raspberry, black raspberry, purple raspberry, yellow raspberry and blackberry, and there is not much difference in planting time between different raspberries.
Raspberry Harvest Season
Summer ripening fruit consists of many small drupes, nearly spherical or ovoid, 1-1.2 cm in diameter, red in color, densely and softly crinkled with hairy kernels.
Berry yields can reach 1500-3000 pounds per acre. Plant planting row spacing of 2.5m x 0.8m, each hole can be planted 2-3 trees, about 570-890 plants per acre, the fruit is 5-10g, the maximum 21g or so.
Raspberry planting steps and methods
1, soaking treatment
Planting raspberries, the first in the fruit ripening season to harvest the seeds, wash the selected seeds, remove the top of the pulp part of the seeds into the temperature of 30 ~ 40 ℃ of warm water to soak for a few hours, stirring constantly, after absorbing the water and fish up in a cool environment to dry.
2, substrate requirements
Raspberries are suitable for growth in loose soil, humus-rich sandy soil. Before cultivation, it should be combined with fertilization and weeding deep turning treatment to increase soil fertility. Add an appropriate amount of calcium superphosphate and rotting compost solution to the potting soil, add an appropriate amount of water and mix well to ensure the germination rate of the seeds.
3, into the cultivation management
Cultivation management is an important condition of the raspberry cultivation methods, the choice of seeds buried in the soil, temperature control at about 25 ℃, spacing to maintain about 25 cm, in the top of the compound cover of wet grass, to play the role of heat preservation and moisturizing, watering once a day, thin water, germination about 30 days.
4, planting management
Seedling height of 8 cm when transplanting planting treatment, this time combined with pruning and centering, seedling planting after the establishment of a simple stent, to promote the growth of branches and leaves, every day to give full light treatment, strengthen the management of water and fertilizer, to promote the formation of flower buds.