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Remontant raspberries have long enjoyed well-deserved popularity among gardeners. Breeders are constantly working on new varieties that are distinguished by excellent taste, continuous fruiting, and resistance to diseases and pests.
Raspberry Pokhvalinka is a new promising variety, recently bred by Nizhny Novgorod breeders and recommended for widespread cultivation in Russia. It was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation, approved for use in 2019, but is already gaining popularity due to its characteristics.
Description of the raspberry variety Pokhvalinka
According to the description, Pokhvalinka raspberries belong to the remontant mid-season varieties. The originators characterize it as high-yielding, frost-resistant, and universally used.
The raspberry bush of the Pokhvalinka variety is powerful, upright, of medium size (130 - 150 cm in height), produces a large number of new shoots per season.
The leaves of the plant are large, bright green, moderately wrinkled, twisted, and slightly pubescent.Annual shoots are brown in color and have a slight waxy coating. Short, violet-brown spines on a green base are strongly developed at the bottom of annual shoots.
Pokhvalinka raspberry flowers are large, the berries have an average weight of about 6.5 g, a maximum of 10.6 g. Their shape is elongated-conical, the color is bright red. The pulp of the fruit is sweet and sour, with a pronounced aroma, juicy. Sugar content – 7%, acid – 1.3%. Tasting assessment of fresh berries – 4.2 points. The shelf life and transportability of the berries are high.
The variety is characterized by average resistance to diseases and pests, heat and drought. The plant tolerates light autumn frosts, while the foliage, unlike the berries, may be slightly damaged. Raspberries are used both fresh and for preservation.
Pros and cons of remontant raspberries Pokhvalinka
The main advantages of the variety include:
- rapid growth of shoots;
- the possibility of obtaining a large number of seedlings the next year after planting;
- drought resistance of the variety due to its highly developed root system;
- immunity to pests and diseases;
- frost resistance;
- thorns do not cause any particular inconvenience during harvesting;
- high taste of berries;
- keeping quality and transportability of raspberries;
- the fruits are very large;
- possibility of growing in open and closed ground conditions;
- high adaptation of plants to different growing conditions;
- resistance of bushes to strong winds;
- versatility of using berries.
Among the disadvantages of Pokhvalinka raspberries:
- strong development of root shoots during loosening, causing weakening of the bush and a decrease in yield;
- the need to limit the spread of the root system so that raspberries do not invade neighboring areas;
- inability to completely harvest crops in regions with early frosts;
- high price of seedlings.
Planting and caring for raspberries Pokhvalinka
Experts recommend planting Pokhvalinka raspberries in the fall in the southern regions and in the spring in the middle zone, the Urals and Siberia. If the seedlings have a closed root system, then this can be done throughout the season. When planting in spring, it is possible to obtain a harvest in the first season.
Raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety do not require excessive attention. It needs timely watering, fertilizing, and pruning. Qualitative and quantitative indicators of productivity depend on the correctness and timeliness of care.
Selection and preparation of a landing site
To plant raspberries, you need an area that is well lit from all sides. When placed in the shade, young shoots stretch out and choke out second-year plants, resulting in a reduced yield.
Remontant Pokhvalinka raspberries are suitable for light fertile soils, chernozems or loams. Its location on hills, in lowlands or slopes, where there is a lack or excess of moisture, has a bad effect on the development of the plant. The planting area must be level, with a slight slope allowed. After growing in one place for about seven years, it is worth changing. You can return to your previous place no earlier than after 5 years. Legumes or grains can act as raspberry precursors.It is not recommended to plant it after potatoes, tomatoes, peppers. The optimal soil acidity is 5.8 - 6.3 pH.
Autumn planting is carried out at the end of September - early October, spring planting - after the snow melts. Due to weather conditions, you may be late with the deadlines, in which case the survival rate of raspberries will be significantly reduced.
Landing rules
Polkhvalinka raspberries are planted in the fall, before the soil freezes, or in the spring, before the buds open.
The seedlings should be healthy in appearance, with a root collar thickness of about 1 cm, and a root system length of about 15 cm.
Pokhvalinka raspberries can be planted using bush or strip methods. In the first case, holes are prepared, in the second, a trench is dug. The distance between rows is 1.3 m, between plants - 0.5 m. If a seedling has several shoots, you should cut off all but one, the strongest one, the height of which does not exceed 0.3 m.
Before planting, the roots of the seedling are dipped into a “chatterbox” to prevent them from drying out. If the root system has dried out during storage, it is immersed in water for 10 hours.
For Pokhvalinka raspberry seedlings, spacious holes measuring 40x40x40 cm are dug. The top fertile layer of soil must be mixed with 5 kg of compost, 40 g of superphosphate, 40 g of potassium fertilizers and poured into the bottom of the hole. A seedling is placed on a mound, the hole is filled with soil, it is compacted a little and watered abundantly (about a bucket of water). To preserve moisture, it is worth mulching the soil with peat, humus or pine needles. During autumn planting, seedlings should be hilled 10 cm upward so that the roots do not freeze in winter.
Watering and fertilizing
The fleshiness and juiciness of Pokhvalinka raspberries can only be achieved by regularly moistening the soil.The optimal method of watering is drip irrigation, in which moisture goes directly to the roots. Sprinkling in sunny weather leads to leaf burns, and in cloudy weather it leads to the development of fungal diseases. It is convenient to water raspberries using pre-prepared grooves along the rows. They let in water that goes directly to the root system of the seedlings.
Watering a remontant variety requires maintaining moisture throughout the season, since Pokhvalinka raspberries bear fruit for a long time, right up to frost.
A few years after planting raspberries, the soil underneath is depleted. Feeding helps make up for losses.
Nitrogen should be applied to Pokhvalinka raspberries in early spring. It helps ensure shoot growth.
During flowering, fertilize with an infusion of chicken manure diluted in a ratio of 1 to 20.
Potassium and phosphorus affect next year's harvest.
Trimming
Repairing Pokhvalinka raspberries can be pruned in two ways.
The first is that two-year-old shoots after fruiting are cut out in mid-summer. All the plant’s forces are directed to annuals, from which they later harvest. They are also the main source of berries next year.
According to the second method, the harvest is harvested only from the shoots of the first year and at the end of the season they are cut off completely. In the south, this is done in the fall, in the northern regions - in the spring, to promote snow retention on the site.
The second method is the most preferable, since after complete pruning, the likelihood of developing a number of diseases and pest damage to raspberries decreases. With this method it is easier to prepare plants for winter, and the yield is no less.
Preparing for winter
Remontant raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety are frost-resistant varieties that can withstand frosts down to -30 ⁰C. Despite this, next year’s harvest depends on the quality of preparation for winter.
The preparation method depends on how the plants are pruned. If it is carried out completely, then mulching with a thick layer of peat, leaves, and compost is used to protect raspberry bushes from frost. This turns out to be quite enough for the plants to successfully overwinter and produce strong shoots in the spring.
If only two-year-old shoots are pruned, then in the fall the bushes are watered abundantly and bent to the ground. In the conditions of Siberia and the Urals, experts recommend covering them with non-woven material. This is especially true for young seedlings.
Harvesting
Judging by the description, photos and reviews, Pokhvalinka raspberries are distinguished by large, fleshy, juicy berries. Their weight can reach 20 g, length - 5 cm.
The yield of the variety is 1.5 t/ha in the first year, in the second – up to 10 t/ha, and from the third – up to 20 t/ha.
The fruiting period of raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety is long. When picking berries only from annual shoots, it begins in August and ends with the arrival of frost. If the harvest is carried out from shoots of the first and second years of life, then it is divided into two parts - summer and autumn.
Reproduction
Raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety produce a large number of shoots.Thanks to this feature, propagating it is not difficult. In order to get more planting material, you can deliberately damage the raspberry root system with a shovel, which will provoke the appearance of new growth.
In spring, the shoots are carefully separated from the mother plant and planted in a permanent place. Already this season you can get a harvest of berries from them.
It is possible to propagate Pokhvalinka raspberries in a more labor-intensive way - using cuttings. They are cut during pruning of berry bushes and dug in for the winter. In spring, the cuttings are periodically moistened. After the first leaves appear, the seedlings are ready to be transplanted to a permanent location.
Diseases and pests
Breeders claim that remontant raspberries of the Pokhvalinka variety are resistant to pest attacks and most diseases of berry bushes:
- anthracnose;
- chlorosis;
- curliness;
- rust.
Since the berry plant practically does not get sick, no chemicals are used when growing it, and the product is environmentally friendly.
For the purpose of prevention, you should maintain a distance when planting raspberry bushes of the Pokhvalinka variety so that they do not thicken. To avoid the spread of fungal infections, watering should be done only at the root.
Conclusion
Raspberry Pokhvalinka has recently appeared in the country's nurseries. Judging by the description and reviews, the variety is distinguished by its large fruit, productivity, and resistance to diseases and pests. It is easy to propagate and quickly produce a whole plantation of berry bushes.The demand and popularity of Pokhvalinka raspberries are growing, since thanks to its unpretentiousness and productivity, the variety can be grown both in personal plots and on an industrial scale.
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