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Gardeners are always interested in new varieties of berries and vegetables. In them, breeders try to fulfill all the expectations of farmers. A special place is given to raspberries. This is the favorite berry of adults and children, nutritious, tasty, beautiful. The promising raspberry variety Monomakh Hat, which appeared on the market quite recently, is quickly gaining popularity.
What is remarkable about this variety and is it worth growing?
Description and properties of the berry
The description of the variety can begin with the unusual appearance of raspberries. It lies in the fact that the plant looks like a small compact tree, and not a raspberry bush.
Its shoots grow up to 1.5 m in height, branch strongly and droop slightly, so the Monomakh Cap raspberry produces few shoots and reproduces by cuttings.
The advantages of garden raspberries of this variety are:
- Magnificent berries. Their size reaches the size of a plum and weighs about 20 g. Of course, not every berry has such parameters, but with good care, gardeners get up to 6-7 kg of large raspberries from one bush-tree.
- The elasticity and density of the berry pulp, which gives the variety good transportability and storage characteristics.
- Comfortable care. There are almost no thorns on the plant, so harvesting is quick and without unpleasant pricks.
- Features of the variety.This type of raspberry belongs to the remontant varieties that bear fruit twice a season. The first tasty fruits can be collected already in mid-summer. They ripen on the shoots of last year, and in August the young shoots of the current year begin to bear fruit. Remontant raspberries are valued for their opportunity to get a late autumn harvest, when pests are preparing for winter and are less likely to bother crops. The remontant raspberry variety bears fruit until the end of October. If in the growing region at this time there are already frosts that are destructive for raspberries, then gardeners try to get the harvest a little earlier. To do this, plants are insulated in the spring with covering material, stretching it over arches.
Remontability is the main distinguishing characteristic of the variety, for which gardeners choose it.
The disadvantages of the Monomakh's cap raspberry include:
- Vulnerability of the variety to viral diseases. This prevents its wide distribution among lovers of growing berries. Raspberries are especially susceptible to bushy dwarfism, which causes the berries to fall apart and fall off the bush.
- Dependence of raspberry variety on climatic conditions. As soon as the plant regularly does not receive enough light or moisture, gardeners harvest watery and unsweetened berries. For the same reason, in the regions of the middle zone it is possible to harvest no more than 60% of the possible harvest due to the onset of early frosts.
- Reaction of raspberries to changes in soil acidity. If a neutral environment is maintained on the site, then the raspberries grow well and bear fruit. When the indicator changes towards acidification, the size, taste and appearance of the berries deteriorate.
But these nuances are not as scary as they might seem.With good care and compliance with agricultural technology requirements, growing this raspberry variety will be rewarding.
How to plant a remontant variety on a plot
The remontant raspberry Monomakh's Cap likes to grow in sunny places where the earth warms up well.
At the same time, it is necessary to provide plants with protection from drafts and groundwater. The closest distance of groundwater to the soil surface that is acceptable when choosing a place to plant raspberries is 1.5 or 2 meters. It is good to allocate a place for raspberries on the south side of the site near buildings.
With equal success, planting raspberry seedlings Monomakh's Cap is allowed both in spring and in autumn. If you decide to hold this event in the fall, then choose warm days to give the raspberries a chance to take root better.
During the planting period, the main attention is paid to the condition of the root system of raspberry seedlings. An open root system is only suitable for the spring period before the beginning of the growing season or autumn. With closed roots, raspberries can be planted at any time of the growing season. In this case, the plant will quickly develop above-ground and underground parts, and will produce its first harvest within 3 months after establishment. Are there any features of planting remontant raspberries that need to be taken into account?
Usually, the general rules for remontant raspberry varieties are followed.
Planting pits for raspberries are prepared with the same width and depth - 30 cm. A distance of at least 1 meter is left between future raspberry trees, and row spacing ranges from 1.5 to 2 meters. It is recommended to adhere to this planting pattern so that the raspberries receive enough air and light.
When planting, fertilizers are added to the holes - superphosphate (2 tbsp.l.), a little ash (0.5 cups) and mix with the soil.
A raspberry seedling is lowered into a hole and the roots are sprinkled with soil. It is important here to ensure that the roots do not bend upward and that there are no voids between them.
The root collar is left at ground level. If it is higher, the root system will be exposed; if lower, the roots may rot.
Carefully cover the roots with soil, water the bush with water (1 bucket is enough) and mulch. Humus or peat are good for raspberries; you can mix them. The mulch is laid with a thickness of 5 to 10 cm, leaving the stem free from cover.
This is the usual method of propagating Monomakh's Cap raspberries. The second option that gardeners use is cuttings. The bushes have almost no growth, so the variety is propagated by green cuttings.
When young shoots appear on the raspberry bush in late spring, they are allowed to grow up to 5 cm and pruned at a shallow depth. They dig it up with a ball of earth and transplant it into a well-moistened substrate. Rooting occurs within a month.
In the fall, longer cuttings are chosen for this procedure - up to 15 cm and 2 cm thick. They are placed in storage boxes. The room should be cool, and the cuttings should not be allowed to dry out during storage. In the spring, they are planted in a prepared mixture of sand and peat and placed in a greenhouse or under a film cover. Cuttings that have reached a height of 30 cm are planted in open ridges.
Using any breeding method, you can grow full-fledged bushes of remontant Monomakh cap raspberries on your site.
The nuances of caring for a productive variety
Caring for raspberries Monomakh's Cap compared to others repairable The varieties are not fundamentally different. To get a good harvest, you need to pay special attention to watering.Raspberry variety Monomakh's Cap reacts to changes in the amount of moisture. If it is not enough, then the fruits grow small. But if watering is improved, the berries immediately become larger. Installing drip irrigation on raspberry ridges will be very helpful.
The plant makes the same demands on lighting. Lack of sunlight will lead to a similar result. Therefore, place the raspberry beds in sunny places.
In order for the development of raspberry bushes to occur harmoniously and fully, the plants need fertilizing and proper pruning.
Nutrition
Feeding Monomakh's Cap raspberries is done using organic and mineral components. The organic variety responds well to the addition of chicken manure infusion. It is diluted in a ratio of 1:20 with water. If you take cow manure, then the proportion for it is 1:10. The frequency of fertilizing is 3 times during the growing season.
Nitrogen-containing fertilizers are added 2 times in June-July. Dilute 1 tablespoon of the substance into a bucket of water. The interval is maintained for at least 2-3 weeks.
Potassium and phosphorus are added in July-August. For 1 sq. meter enough 50 fertilizer.
The Monomakh Cap raspberries are fed for the first time after the snow melts and melts. Nitrogen components are stopped added in mid-summer.
Trimming
A simple procedure that increases productivity and heals the bush. The best time to carry it out is at the beginning of stable frosts after fruiting has ended. All shoots are cut to the ground, leaving only the root system for wintering.
If it is more convenient for you to prune raspberries in the spring, then this should be done before the buds open.
Reviews
It will be better to get acquainted with the remontant raspberry variety Shapka Monomakha from the reviews of gardeners on whose plots this berry grows.
In the photo - raspberry fruits of Monomakh's cap,
and in the video there is a story about growing raspberries.
