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Gardeners are known to love experimenting. That is why many exotic plants grow on their plots, differing in size and color of fruits. Interest in berry crops is also high, since the range is quite extensive.
Raspberries Golden Domes are just such a series, since their berries are golden yellow in color. A description of the variety, characteristic features, reviews and photos of gardeners will be presented below so that our readers have the opportunity to understand whether to take up raspberries or not.
Description
Variety raspberries Golden domes were created by Russian breeders. Today it is on the State Register lists. It is recommended to grow a remontant plant in the Central region of Russia, but self-fertile raspberries have long crossed the proposed boundaries.
Bushes
The variety Golden Domes is remontant, with medium branching, spreading. The height of the bush varies between 1.3-1.5 m. The growth of erect shoots is moderate, which has a positive effect on care. There are few offspring of the first year on the raspberry variety; they are easy to distinguish by their light green color and slight pubescence and waxy coating. In addition, they are much thinner than two-year-old shoots. On two-year-olds, the bark is soft brown.
Sheet plastic is medium in size, rich green in color. Slight pubescence and wrinkling are present. Raspberry leaves of the Golden Domes variety are slightly curled.
Fruit
The variety's berries are hemispherical, weighing up to 3.8 grams. They are located on a short stalk and are easily separated. The particles will not separate when picked and processed; the raspberry fruits retain their integrity. The berries are slightly pubescent; at an early stage of ripening they are yellow; when slightly overripe, they take on the color of an apricot.
Important! Yellow raspberry fruits do not cause allergic reactions, so they can be safely included in the diet of children and pregnant women.
The fruits are tender, juicy with subtle notes, somewhat different from the usual raspberry taste: the berries of the Golden Domes variety are sweet and sour. If we consider the composition, then raspberries contain 13.8% dry matter, sugar 6.4%, ascorbic acid C 17.8 mg/%.
Productivity
According to the description of the variety, reviews from gardeners and photos sent, fruiting of remontant raspberries Zolotye Domes is abundant. You can see this for yourself.
As a rule, with proper care and compliance with agricultural practices, more than two kilograms of amber berries are harvested from a remontant raspberry bush. Farmers set the yield level at 100 centners of raspberry varieties per hectare.
Characteristics of the variety
To obtain information about the characteristics of a variety, descriptions and photos are not always enough.It is important for gardeners to know the positive and negative aspects of Golden Dome raspberries in order to decide to grow them.
Advantages
- Terms of ripening. The raspberry variety is mid-early, fruiting extends from June until the first frost.
- Productivity. As already noted in the description, the Golden Domes variety produces stable yields.
- Usage. Raspberries have a universal purpose: they can be consumed fresh, prepared juices, compotes, preserves, jams. During heat treatment, beneficial qualities are not lost.
- Keeping quality. Fresh fruits store well in the refrigerator.
- Transportation. Berries of the remontant variety Golden Domes do not lose their marketable appearance during long-term transportation, which is highly welcomed by farmers and gardeners who grow raspberries for sale.
- Survival. The remontant raspberry variety can withstand not only short-term drought, but also frosts up to 22 degrees. Only in regions with a sharply continental climate will the beds have to be covered.
- Diseases and pests. The originators of the variety took care of the immunity of the Golden Dome raspberries, so they rarely get sick. As for pests, they need to be dealt with.
Gardeners do not note any particular disadvantages.
Remontant raspberries in autumn:
Choosing a place
In order to get a stable harvest, raspberry beds need to be selected wisely:
- Firstly, it should be a well-lit place.
- Secondly, the ridges are oriented from north to south to ensure warming of the raspberry bushes by the sun and air circulation.
- Thirdly, groundwater should not be low.
- Fourthly, remontant raspberries of the Golden Domes variety prefer soil with a pH of 5.5-6.5.
How to determine acidity
Ways to determine soil acidity There are quite a few, and it is not necessary to have a litmus test. Every gardener grows currants or bird cherry in his garden, so they will become the main assistants:
- you need to boil water (1 glass) and brew 3-5 leaves;
- cool the infusion to room temperature;
- add soil to the glass.
Now all that remains is to observe the reaction of the infusion. Coloring the solution red indicates acidic soil. Green color indicates slight acidity. If the water turns blue, it means the soil where the raspberries are planted is neutral.
Correcting the soil
If the test indicates increased or moderate soil acidity, the following measures can be taken:
- Slaked lime. A fast-acting fertilizer containing magnesium and calcium. Apply 14 days before planting raspberries. On clay and loamy soils, 500 grams of slaked substance are needed, on sandy soils - 300 grams. For slight acidity, 300 and 200 grams are sufficient, respectively.
- Furnace ash (ash). Wood ash not only reduces the acidity of the soil, but also saturates it with nutrients. After all, organic fertilizer contains many microelements, including phosphorus and potassium.
- Chalk. This substance can be applied even on soils with neutral acidity.
Planting bushes
Before planting remontant raspberries of the Golden Domes variety, the ridges are dug up two weeks in advance. Be sure to add a large amount of organic matter: manure, compost, humus. When planting in a trench or hole, add a ten-liter bucket per square meter. The depth of the seats is about 50 cm, since 20 of them are filled with drainage.
Raspberries are a plant that requires not only nutritious soil, but also drainage.Many gardeners advise filling the bottom of a trench or hole not only with stones and broken bricks, but also with so-called firewood. These can be sawn twigs and tree branches. In their opinion, during rotting, this drainage nourishes the raspberry roots. Soil is poured onto the drainage from above and watered well so that there are no air voids left.
If raspberry seedlings were purchased at a nursery or received by mail, they must be soaked in water. You can add potassium permanganate or wood ash. The water procedure will saturate the shoots with moisture and breathe life into the seedlings. Before planting, the seedlings are pruned, leaving 4-5 buds.
When planting raspberry seedlings, you need to be careful. The top buds should be at surface level. After planting raspberries, the soil must be trampled down to squeeze out the air. Then water generously. The soil will settle a little, thereby clinging tightly to the raspberry roots. The ridges must be mulched to retain moisture.
Features of care
According to descriptions and reviews, remontant raspberries of the Golden Domes variety are big lovers of water, although they can survive short-term droughts. Watering should be plentiful, from 30 to 40 liters of water per square meter.
Emerging weeds need to be removed immediately to avoid breeding pests. It is advisable to accompany watering with surface loosening of the soil.
When the remontant raspberry grows to 80 cm, the first garter is carried out to the trellis. This procedure not only saves plants from damage, but also provides each shoot with uniform lighting and free air circulation.
As for fertilizing, there is no need to fertilize the ridges for 2-3 years after planting the Golden Dome raspberries if the soil is well-dressed. Although watering with wood ash extract or green herb infusion will not harm the plants.
When growing raspberries of the Golden Domes variety in the southern regions, the plantings are not covered. But in regions with a more severe climate, the ridges must be covered with a layer of soil to ensure comfortable wintering.
Trimming
It is necessary to prune remontant raspberries. This allows you to increase productivity and rid the plantings of pests. The fact is that insects and disease spores most often accumulate in two-year-old shoots.
Pruning is carried out in the fall. In this case, be sure to cut out two-year-old shoots that have already bear fruit. The replacement shoots of the first year, which also produce a harvest in summer, can be cut at a level of 3 cm or left to overwinter.
In the spring they carry out sanitary raspberry pruning. Weakened and diseased shoots are cut out at the root. Overwintered shoots are cut to 20-30 cm. Shoots of the first year are cut when they reach a height of 80-90 cm in order to stimulate the appearance of lateral branches on the raspberries.
During the summer it is necessary to thin out the plantings. Despite the fact that the remontant raspberry Golden Domes, according to gardeners, does not produce a large amount of shoots, some of it still needs to be cut out.
