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Gardeners call the Kirzhach raspberry the pride of their collection. In the garden, the plant is noticeable among other raspberry bushes: the branches are abundantly strewn with berries. Red, inviting, filled with delicious juice. Although raspberries of the Kirzhach variety spread a little aroma, from a distance it is simply lost among other garden smells, but up close you can feel the luxurious bouquet of forest raspberries. There are many berries on the bush: some are already ripe, others are only tinted with the faint pink light of the morning dawn, and behind them you can see still small ones - greenish, but with a hint of future splendor.
Red raspberries of the Kirzhach variety are attractive due to their abundant harvest and long fruiting period. The plant is quite unpretentious, without special care requirements, and therefore Kirzhach raspberries are popular. And the bushes of this plant bring irresistible charm to the garden not only with their lush green-red summer lace, but also with their farewell purple autumn cape. This is exactly the color of the stems of the Kirzhach raspberry variety. Decorative and wrinkled leaves: large, with a beautiful large edge serrated pattern. The tip of the leaf curves smoothly along the central vein towards the stem.
Features of the variety
The old raspberry variety Kirzhach has existed for more than twenty years. Famous breeder V.V.Kichina, a professor at the All-Russian Selection and Technological Institute of Horticulture and Nursery Growing, took the then famous Carnival and Moling Promise as a basis. Raspberries of the Kirzhach variety were bred for the Central, North-Western and Volga-Vyatka regions, and were included in the State Register in 1994. The plant is also grown further south; this raspberry can withstand sudden winter thaws, but does not tolerate Siberian frosts.
Raspberry Kirzhach is characterized by high yield, unpretentious to the composition of the soil. Ripens in the middle period, the berries are sour-sweet, with a typical raspberry taste, wide at the base, conical, small 2-3 grams. They scored 4.3 on the tasting scale. Their valuable quality is dense pulp. Raspberry berries of the Kirzhach variety can withstand long-distance transportation and are used for all kinds of preparations.
This is a strong plant, the Kirzhach raspberry bush can grow up to two and a half meters, there are few thorns, they are small, semi-rigid. Young green shoots are not pubescent, grow straight, two-year-old shoots are woody. Last year's raspberry stems of the Kirzhach variety are bearing fruit.
And almost all of them “wait” for their owners, as they are resistant to spontaneous falling: picking a full basket of berries from the Kirzhach raspberry bushes is guaranteed for every summer resident.
All berries have time to ripen during the summer. Unlike fashionable remontant, large-fruited and early-ripening varieties, the raspberry plant of this variety is not so demanding. Therefore, raspberries of the Kirzhach variety, which will provide a sufficient harvest in any weather conditions of the intended climatic zone, are a problem-free choice for non-professionals.
Disease resistance
When choosing raspberry plants for planting, gardeners are interested in such important characteristics as resistance to damage and disease. Raspberries of the Kirzhach variety are characterized by resistance to anthracnose and endurance against spider mites. The raspberry variety Kirzhach is susceptible to bacterial curl and root canker. Bushes found with this disease are destroyed by burning. In an infected area, raspberries are planted only in the fifth or sixth year.
The raspberry beetle is a dangerous plant pest that must be combated with timely applied insecticides: Confidor, Kinmiks, Fitoverm. Usually the bushes are sprayed when the buds appear.
So, this is a fairly hardy raspberry variety. Many summer residents confirm that there is no better raspberry for them than Kirzhach.
Proper planting and care - high-yielding raspberries
When planning to plant raspberries from bushes of the Kirzhach variety, you need to take into account agrotechnical requirements. Planting and caring for raspberries is not particularly difficult; it is easy to grow them, observing the conditions.
- It is necessary to avoid places near water bodies and with stagnant groundwater. Constant high humidity threatens frequent plant diseases;
- Raspberries love a sufficient amount of sun and are afraid of areas blown by wind or draft. Strong air currents can damage the stems of the tall raspberry variety Kirzhach;
- It should be taken into account that the Kirzhach raspberry bushes are tall: if placed in the south relative to the garden, they will shade it;
- Since Kirzhach raspberries produce a lot of shoots, rows of bushes must be planted at least half a meter from each other, the step between plants is up to 40 cm;
- The best predecessors for raspberries are grains or legumes;
- In the south and in the middle zone of the country, it is advisable to plant raspberries in the fall, most often in October. In the northern regions, planting is carried out only in the spring;
- The best option for caring for newly planted raspberry plants after watering is to mulch the area with humus, sawdust or straw.
A few days before planting the raspberry bush, holes are dug. If the roots of the plant are large, they are deepened so that the buds are under a layer of soil of at least three centimeters. The top of the neatly straightened raspberry root bunch is sprinkled with humus, to which sand is also added.
Regular watering
Without watering, raspberries will lose their varietal characteristics, and excessive growth of shoots and leaves on the bushes is possible. They grow because the plant tries to find moisture in the air and expands its area. At the end of spring and beginning of summer, the main work in the raspberry garden is abundant watering. The roots of the plant spread not only in width, but penetrate up to 30 centimeters down. A volume of 20 liters of water per linear meter will saturate the soil with moisture up to 35 cm in depth. The root system of a raspberry bush will be able to obtain all the necessary substances from the soil.
Timely feeding and processing
The excellent taste and varietal aroma of Kirzhach raspberries are guaranteed if the soil contains all the microelements necessary for the normal development of raspberries.Although the Kirzhach raspberry variety bears fruit well in almost all soils, with fertilizing, as gardeners report, the yield per bush reaches more than 4 kg. It is important to adhere to frequency.
- In the spring, when loosening the soil (no deeper than 10 cm!, especially near the bush), it is enriched with mullein - 8 kg per 1 sq.m;
- To accelerate the growth of stems and strengthen them, use 20 g of urea per bucket of water;
- During flowering, plants are treated with boric acid: 20 g per bucket of water;
- Watering with nitrophoska (from 20 to 30 g per 10 liters of water) is useful in the formation of fruits;
- During autumn loosening, as usual, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are applied: 25 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium chloride per bucket of water.
Growing raspberries, even such a low-demanding variety as Kirzhach, requires treatments against insects and pathogens. After 2-3 leaves appear on the stems, the bushes are sprayed with insecticide and fungicide: 2 g of Fufanon and 25 g of Ridomil per bucket of water. The first drug will protect raspberries from mites, raspberry flower beetle, gall midge, and the second - from purple spot, curl and other fungal diseases.
Trimming and garter
Sick and weak shoots are trimmed and thickened bushes are thinned out. The stem is shortened by twenty centimeters. In spring, dead plants are removed and damaged ones are pruned.
Plant staking protects against diseases: the stems do not bend or break. And it's much more convenient to assemble.
Proper care of bushes is the key to a stable harvest.
