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Gardeners are always interested in new varieties of berries and vegetables. In them, breeders try to fulfill all the expectations of farmers. A special place is given to raspberries. This is a favorite berry of adults and children, nutritious, tasty, beautiful. The promising raspberry variety Monomakh Hat, which appeared on the market quite recently, is gaining popularity very quickly.
What is remarkable about this variety and is it worth cultivating it?
Description and properties of the berry
The description of the variety can begin with the unusual appearance of raspberries. It lies in the fact that the plant looks like a small compact tree, and not a raspberry bush.
Its shoots grow up to 1.5 m in height, branch strongly and slightly droop, so the raspberry Monomakh's cap forms little shoots and propagates by cuttings.
The advantages of this variety of garden raspberries are:
- Great berries. Their size reaches the size of a plum and a weight of about 20 g. Of course, not every berry has such parameters, but with good care, gardeners get up to 6-7 kg of large raspberries from one tree bush.
- The firmness and density of the pulp of the berries, which gives the variety good indicators of transportability and storage.
- Comfortable care. There are almost no thorns on the plant, so the harvest is quick and without unpleasant pricks.
- Features of the variety. This type of raspberry belongs to remontant varieties that bear fruit twice a season. The first tasty fruits can be harvested in the middle of summer. They ripen on the shoots of last year, and from August the young shoots of this year begin to yield. Remontant raspberries are valued for the opportunity to get a late autumn harvest when pests are preparing for winter and are less annoying to crops. The remontant raspberry variety bears fruit until the end of October. If in the region of cultivation at this time there are already frosts that are detrimental to raspberries, then gardeners are trying to get the harvest a little earlier. For this, plants are insulated in the spring with a covering material, pulling it over arcs.
Repairability is the main distinguishing characteristic of the variety, for which gardeners choose it.
The disadvantages of Monomakh's raspberry hat include:
- Vulnerability of the variety to viral diseases. This prevents its wide distribution among berry growers. Raspberries are especially susceptible to bushy dwarfism, in which berries fall apart and fall off the bush.
- Dependence of the raspberry variety on climatic conditions. As soon as the plant regularly receives less light or moisture, then summer residents harvest watery and not sweet berries. For the same reason, in the regions of the middle zone, it is possible to collect no more than 60% of the possible harvest due to the onset of early frosts.
- The reaction of raspberries to changes in soil acidity. If a neutral environment is maintained on the site, then raspberries grow well and bear fruit. When the indicator changes towards acidification, the size, taste and appearance of the berries deteriorate.
But these nuances are not as scary as they might seem. With good care and compliance with the requirements of agricultural technology, the cultivation of this variety of raspberries will be grateful.
How to plant a remontant variety on the site
Repaired raspberry Monomakh's hat loves to grow in sunny places where the earth warms up well.
At the same time, it is necessary to provide plants with protection from drafts and groundwater. The closest distance of groundwater to the soil surface, which is permissible when choosing a place for planting raspberries, is 1.5 or 2 meters.It is good to allocate a place for raspberries on the south side of the site near buildings.
Planting raspberry seedlings Monomakh's cap is equally successful in both spring and autumn. If you decide to hold this event in the fall, then choose warm days to allow the raspberries to take root better.
During the planting period, the main attention is paid to the condition of the root system of raspberry seedlings. An open root system is only suitable for the spring period before the start of the growing season or fall. When the roots are closed, raspberries are planted at any time of the growing season. In this case, the plant will quickly develop the aboveground and underground parts, and the first harvest will give in 3 months after engraftment. Are there any features of planting remontant raspberries that need to be considered?
Generally, the general rules for remontant raspberry varieties are followed.
Planting pits for raspberries are prepared with the same width and depth - 30 cm. A distance of at least 1 meter is left between the future raspberry trees, and the row spacing ranges from 1.5 to 2 meters. It is recommended to stick to this planting pattern so that the raspberries get enough air and light.
When planting, fertilizers are added to the holes - superphosphate (2 tbsp. L.), A little ash (0.5 cups) and mixed with the soil.
A raspberry seedling is dipped into a hole and the roots are sprinkled with earth. Here it is important to ensure that the roots do not bend upwards, and there are no voids between them.
The root collar is left at ground level. If it turns out to be higher, then the root system will be exposed, if it is lower, the roots can rot.
Gently cover the roots with earth, water the bush with water (1 bucket is enough) and mulch. Humus or peat are good for raspberries, you can mix them. The mulch is laid with a thickness of 5 to 10 cm, leaving the trunk free from shelter.
This is a common breeding method for raspberries in the Monomakh Hat. The second option that gardeners use is cuttings. There are almost no bushes near the bushes, so the variety is propagated by green cuttings.
When young shoots appear at the raspberry bush in late spring, they are allowed to grow up to 5 cm and cut at a shallow depth. Dug out with an earthen clod and transplanted into a well-moistened substrate. Rooting takes place within a month.
In the fall, for this procedure, cuttings are chosen longer - up to 15 cm and 2 cm thick. They are placed in storage boxes. The room should be cool, and the cuttings should not be dried out during storage. In the spring, they are planted in a prepared mixture of sand and peat and placed in a greenhouse or under a film shelter. Cuttings that have reached a height of 30 cm are planted in open ridges.
By any method of breeding, you can grow full-fledged bushes of remontant raspberries with a Monomakh hat on your site.
The nuances of caring for a fruitful variety
Raspberry care Monomakh hat compared to others repairing varieties are not fundamentally different. To get a good harvest, you need to pay special attention to watering. Raspberry variety Cap of Monomakh reacts to changes in the amount of moisture. If it is not enough, then the fruits grow small. But if the watering is getting better, then the berries immediately become larger. Laying drip irrigation on raspberry ridges will help out a lot.
The plant has the same requirements for lighting. Lack of sunlight will lead to a similar result. Therefore, place the beds with raspberries in sunny places.
In order for the development of raspberry bushes to occur harmoniously and fully, plants need feeding and competent pruning.
Food
Feeding raspberries Monomakh's hat is made using organic and mineral components. From organics, the variety responds well to the introduction of chicken manure infusion. It is diluted in a ratio of 1:20 to water. If they take cow dung, then for it the proportion is kept 1:10. The frequency of dressing is 3 times during the growing season.
Nitrogen-containing ones are applied in June-July 2 times.1 tablespoon of the substance is diluted in a bucket of water. The interval is maintained for at least 2-3 weeks.
Potassium and phosphorus are introduced in July-August. For 1 sq. 50 meters of fertilizer are enough.
The first time they feed raspberries Monomakh's cap after the snow melts and melts. Nitrogen components are stopped in the middle of summer.
Pruning
A simple procedure that increases yields and heals the bush. The best time to do this is at the beginning of stable frosts after fruiting ends. All shoots are cut to the ground, leaving only the root system for wintering.
If it is more convenient for you to prune raspberries in the spring, then you need to do this before budding.
Testimonials
It is better to introduce the remontant variety of raspberries to the Monomakh Hat reviews of gardeners on whose plots this berry grows.
In the photo - raspberry fruits Monomakh's hat,
and on the video - a story about growing raspberries.
