"Diamond" raspberry: description of the variety

Repaired raspberries are very fond of our gardeners for fragrant large berries and the ability to harvest in two stages - from the end of June until the very frosts. Among the most popular varieties, a special place is occupied by the raspberry remontant Diamond.

Are there any difficulties in cultivation?

Until now, there are skeptics who are wary of the idea of cultivating repairing raspberries in their own area. In their opinion, the berries are so large, so sour. And if with raspberries of traditional sorts of work, as they say, "above the roof", then with repair and not at all.

We hasten to dissuade the skeptics. The berries of the best selection varieties will give people a real sweet and sour aesthetic of taste. And the yields will surpass all expectations, if not exploit the bushes, copying the technology of cultivation of ordinary raspberries. Let's talk about this in more detail on the example of such a variety as Raspberry Raspberry. The photos will help to visually demonstrate to readers its unusual shape and dimensions.

Good, stable crop

From one bush of the presented raspberry variety it is possible to collect up to 3 kg of berries per season. Large, literally iridescent brilliant shine berries do not crumble, regardless of the current weather conditions. Neither prolonged rains nor drought can affect the development of berries. In addition, even if the gardener tightens with harvesting for a week, he will not lose in the quantity and quality of berries.

Features of the variety

Brilliant raspberry has spreading medium-sized bushes, reaching one and a half meters in height. It refers to an unprincipled sight that many fans of garden crops appreciated literally on their hands. It is a question of absence of numerous scratches which usually leave on hands of truck farmers traditional prickly grades at a binding. The variety is completely frost-resistant, and even with the onset of the first frosts continues to bear fruit. The taste of berries is extremely rich, pleasant, sweet. The appearance of the bush is able to please the eye with its decorative qualities.

Raspberry Diamond: description, cultivation technology

A distinctive feature of the cultivation of any sort of patch raspberry is the complete removal of the above-ground part of the bush after fruiting. In other words, it is customary to cultivate such raspberries as an annual culture. Just here, and make a mistake, many gardeners, naively believing that if you do not remove the bush for the winter, then next season you can wait for a bigger harvest. Fructification of repair varieties is possible only on fresh water. This directly relates to a culture such as Raspberry Raspberry. The description of the variety clearly indicates the impossibility of fruiting on last year's shoots. Of course, it is not forbidden to grow seedlings by the technology of common shrubs, but yields with traditional cultivation technology drop sharply.

Given that fruiting lasts until the very frosts, not all gardeners have time to remove the above-ground part of the bush during the winter. This is not critical, since it is also possible to produce this kind of work in the spring.

Raspberry, sort of Diamond: what you need to know before buying?

This variety is well tolerated by hot weather, for which it is especially recommended for planting in the southern and middle black soil regions of our country. Sprawling shoots require a mandatory garter due to the fact that under the weight of berries the bush is able to bend down to the ground. Tie the shoots usually to the trellis. The bush reproduces rapidly, as it strenuously discards the root processes. Cuttings can be used as another method of reproduction.

How many shoots per season does the Brilliantum raspberries form on one bush? The responses of the fans of the variety testify to the average rate of formation of young growth. The number of new shoots may increase during the rainy summer season.

Rapid reproduction of young trees can negatively affect the quality of fruiting, delay it, and create a favorable atmosphere for pests. In view of this, experts recommend that the bushes be thinned, removing excess sprouts. On average for the entire season, one shrub Brilliant raspberry can throw back 6 replacing shoots and 2 root shoots.

How to land?

Agrotechnics does not recommend planting this variety in the same way as ordinary raspberry bushes, namely - a broad solid stripe. The fact is that replacement shoots and shoots are able to interfere with each other, which will immediately affect the quality and quantity of the crop. Therefore, it is necessary to plant shrubs at a distance of 70 cm from each other - this will lead to the collection of the maximum harvest.

Brilliant raspberries do not reduce their best qualities year after year, if you leave no more than 4 young replacing shoots from the bush when pruning for the winter. All extra offspring should be removed in a timely manner. By the way, if young animals are not thrown away, but buried in a pot with nutritive soil, then it is quite possible to grow ready-made strong bushes for further cultivation of the variety.

What crop yields the largest berries?

Do not be surprised if in the first June harvest you will not find on the bushes the declared 10-gram berries, which must give raspberry Diamond. The description of the variety clearly indicates abundant fruiting in the fall. Therefore, experienced gardeners recommend not wasting energy on caring for the first harvest in June, but concentrate on the autumn harvest. In this case, during the season, shoots seem to pass a two-year cycle with a peak at a late period of maturation.

Choice of place and care

Since the presented variety is quite thermophilic, then the place for planting should be chosen solar. Avoid territories near high fences and deaf plantations. But to the soil, the repair raspberry is not so demanding. Although, if the soil is regularly enriched with humus and make potash fertilizers and superphosphate - it will not be worse from this.

Top dressing is done twice, usually in the spring, and also with the beginning of the first flowering. We also do not tolerate weeds, weeding out in time. Watering, especially in arid summer conditions, should be abundant. It is also good to loosen the soil to enrich the roots with oxygen. However, loosening is done with caution, shallow, for fear of damaging the root system of the bush. After loosening, the mulching procedure is usually carried out. If you lay a poured, weeded and loosened soil surface, for example, with mown grass, this will permanently save the growth of new weeds, as well as prevent evaporation of moisture from the soil.

Secrets of Strong Cuttings

For gardeners, it is customary to remove the first, the strongest and the sprouts provided with all necessary nutrients from the main bush, for rooting for later cultivation. This also applies to the repair raspberry Brilliantova.

If you want to continue not to have problems with rooting, then green cuttings choose small ones that have just formed a rosette of leaves. High shoots worse take root, but overgrown young growth is better to throw out immediately. Before planting cuttings can not be kept in water, as the root system must be covered with soil. The cut can be sprinkled with charcoal.

Advantages of the variety

Of course, the annual pruning of the above-ground part of the shoots not only increases the yield, but also virtually eliminates the bush from the pests. Parasites and various diseases inherent in perennial crops are absent on shoots of the sort such as Raspberry Raspberry. Comments of gardeners indicate that when cultivating shrubs it is quite possible to do without the use of any kind of chemicals. Feel free to plant remontant raspberries and do not even think about foliage pests such as aphids or spider mites. And as for the larvae of the raspberry beetle and the reflex examination of the berries before they are eaten, you will for sure forget forever.

If the first breeding varieties of patched raspberry differed in increased fruiting only under hot climate conditions, and for the northern regions they were not categorically suitable due to lack of time for ripening, then such a variety as the Diamond Raspberry is already fully adapted to the conditions of a temperate climate.