Content
- 1 History of selection
- 2 Description of Tayberry variety
- 3 Characteristics of Tayberry raspberry
- 4 Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
- 5 Planting Tayberry raspberries
- 6 Tyberry raspberry care
- 7 Reproduction of Tayberry raspberry
- 8 Why does the Tayberry raspberry not bear fruit?
- 9 Conclusion
- 10 Reviews of the raspberry-blackberry hybrid Tayberry
Tayberry Ezhemalina (Tayberry) is an unusual variety of shrub that has become increasingly common in home gardens in recent years. Summer residents who have acquired a plant are mostly satisfied with the purchase. The crop is not particularly demanding, bears fruit well, and looks beautiful and decorative on the site.
Among all varieties of culture, Tayberry is the most popular
History of selection
The plant was bred in 1981 in California by the Scottish breeder Jennings. It took the scientist 19 years to obtain a seedling of the hybrid raspberry and blackberry Tayberry. During his experiments, he crossed cultivated raspberries of the Malling Jewel variety and wild blackberries Aurora.As a result of research, the variety took the best qualities from its “parents”: raspberry sweetness and softness, blackberry strength, flexibility of branches and caramel aftertaste.
Description of Tayberry variety
The Tyberry hybrid, video and photos of which are presented below, is high-yielding, early ripening, unpretentious, with powerful bushes and large berries.
The plant can be used as a hedge
The fruits of the plant are very tasty fresh and are also suitable for making compotes, jams, and baked goods. The berry lasts a long time and does not lose quality after freezing.
Appearance of the bush
Ezhemalina Tayberry has powerful creeping stems, the length of which can reach 4 m. They are thick and elastic, but quite elastic, easy to lay down and remove from the trellis. There are small spines along their entire length. Annual shoots are green, biennial shoots and older ones are light burgundy. The foliage is dark green with jagged edges. The buds are large, pale pink in color. The side branches grow up to 300 cm in length, so Tayberry raspberry needs pruning in the fall.
Description and taste of berries
The fruits of the crop have an elongated shape, large - up to 6 cm in length, weighing about 10 g. Their color ranges from bright red to dark cherry with a shine inherited from blackberries. The leaves do not hide the Tayberry raspberry berries, this is clearly visible in the photo of the bush, it is convenient to remove them from the branches.
Ezhmalina tastes sweet and sour, with a candy aftertaste. The pulp contains small seeds, like raspberries. The crop is harvested with a stalk, which cannot be felt in the mouth while eating. The berries can be transported over long distances; they do not lose their shape or taste during transportation.
In a cool place, the crop can be stored for a week
Characteristics of Tayberry raspberry
The hybrid is an early ripening crop. The harvest period depends on the growing region, but always occurs in the summer. Ezhemalina Tayberry grows in all areas; with good shelter, it easily tolerates frost. If you provide the plant with proper care, it will not get sick and be attacked by pests.
Flowering period, ripening period and yield
Ezhemalina Tayberry begins to bloom in May-June, budding lasts for a month. At this moment the bush is especially beautiful. Closer to July, and in some regions in August, the time comes to harvest the first harvest. The fruits ripen gradually, the duration of fruiting is about a month. On average, Tayberry raspberry produces 4-6 kg of berries per season from one bush; under favorable growing conditions, up to 10 kg of harvest can be obtained from an adult plant.
The heyday of the Tayberry raspberry begins at the age of five.
Frost resistance
The variety's resistance to cold is average. It is noteworthy that it can be grown in almost all climatic conditions. The plant adapts perfectly to any terrain. However, the main rule of care: for the winter, Tayberry raspberry must be carefully covered.
Resistance to diseases and pests
Judging by the description, the crop is practically not susceptible to diseases and pest attacks and does not require preventive treatments. Among the diseases that can be infected with Tayberry raspberries, it is worth noting only rust, powdery mildew and verticillium wilt. As for insects, damage to the crop can be caused by weevils, bronze beetles, gall midges, and raspberry beetles.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Gardeners who grow Tayberry raspberry note a lot of its advantages, which are much more numerous than the disadvantages.
The berries of the crop are very useful both fresh and processed.
Pros:
- early ripening;
- high quality taste;
- self-fertility;
- ease of cultivation and care;
- good commercial quality;
- resistance to diseases and pests;
- ability to adapt to any conditions.
Minuses:
- need for winter shelter;
- high cost of planting material;
- thorns on shoots.
Planting Tayberry raspberries
In order for the plant to grow and develop well, it must be planted correctly. Ezhemalina Tayberry is best taken in the fall. Recommended month: September. It’s best to start the procedure by choosing a seedling. It is advisable to purchase it in a specialized store or nursery so that the material is certified. The plant must have elastic, moist, well-developed roots, from which at least two living stems with several buds emerge.
Ezhemalina Tayberry loves partial shade. If the bush is planted in the sun, the berries will “bake”; in the shade, they will not gain sweetness. It is advisable that the soil for the plant be loam. If the soil is acidic, then ash should be added to it periodically. The site is dug up 14 days before planting. Afterwards, holes are made 50 by 50 by 50 cm, a drainage layer is laid on the bottom, sand is poured, a mound is formed from a mixture of soil, potassium and superphosphate, and the roots of the plant are distributed on top. The remaining depression is filled with soil, compacted, and watered. The shoots are trimmed, leaving a length of 30 cm. Next, the area is mulched with straw or peat.Since Tayberry raspberry grows well, the interval between seedlings is left at least a meter, and when planted in rows - 2 m.
Tyberry raspberry care
If the planting of Tayberry raspberries was carried out in the fall, then a mandatory rule at the initial stage of agrotechnical measures is shelter. With the arrival of spring, further care consists of the following manipulations:
- watering;
- weeding;
- mulching;
- fertilizer;
- pruning;
- topping;
- formation of bushes on trellises.
Shrub garter greatly simplifies crop care
Watering
Ezhemalina Tayberry requires moisture as the soil dries out. The procedure is carried out with warm water in the evening, usually 4-5 times per season. After each watering, a layer of mulch up to 15 cm thick is laid on top of the beds.
Pruning Tayberry raspberries
Autumn pruning of Tayberry raspberry is in most cases carried out in the second half of October. All old stems should be cut off. In addition to pruning, the plant needs to pinch out shoots. This is done when their length reaches two meters or more.
Top dressing
Ezhemalina Tayberry needs to be fertilized with minerals. They are applied throughout the growing season. The composition is used in granular form under bushes or diluted for spraying. The plant requires organic fertilizing only two years after planting. If applied earlier, the bush may lose winter hardiness.
Preparing for the winter of Tayberry raspberries
In the fall, caring for Tyberry raspberries mainly involves shelter. In order for the plant to overwinter well, a sheet of plywood is placed next to it, shoots wrapped in non-woven material are placed on it and sprinkled with soil.
Tyberry raspberry trellis garter
Gartering of raspberries is carried out so that the bushes receive good lighting and suffer less pain. Most often, for this, summer residents take a single-strip trellis with 3-5 rows of wire, where the first row is stretched to a height of 100 cm, the second - to 150-200 cm. Fruiting shoots are tied to the upper part, and young shoots are tied to the lower part.
Improved raspberry bushes produce more yield
Reproduction of Tayberry raspberry
Tayberry raspberry propagates quite easily. Usually it is propagated by cuttings or layering, less often by division:
- Cuttings of the plant are carried out in June. To do this, a cutting with buds is cut from a young stem, planted in a container with fertile soil, moistened, and covered with film. A month after the roots have formed, the young plant is planted in a garden bed.
- When propagating by layering, foliage is removed from a healthy Tayberry shoot at an angle of 450 cut the knot and place it in a pre-dug hole with sand near the bush. In this case, the free shoot is tied to a support. After a year and a half, the plant is separated from the mother bush and planted in the ground.
- Tyberry rarely reproduces by dividing the rhizome. This method requires removing the old bush from the soil, separating its roots and then replanting them.
Why does the Tayberry raspberry not bear fruit?
Despite the unpretentiousness of the plant, sometimes gardeners complain that Tayberry garden raspberry does not bear fruit. It happens that there are a lot of flowers, but the berries are not set. This can happen due to freezing of the buds in spring or winter, the bush is either not covered, or this procedure is poorly performed.In addition, a partial decrease in yield may occur due to damage to the pistils by the bronze weevil or the eating of the buds by the strawberry weevil. In this case, it is better to cover the bushes with gauze during the growing season.
Before the arrival of frost, it is best to insulate the bush with non-woven material.
Conclusion
Ezhemalina Tayberry is a blackberry hybrid that is very popular among summer residents. The plant has excellent characteristics and can be grown in almost all regions of Russia. Even a novice gardener can handle caring for it. Ezhemalina is very healthy, contains many vitamins and nutrients.
