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Yellow raspberries are extremely rare in our gardens, although they have been known since the 19th century. Now interest in this shrub is growing from year to year. Otherwise it can not be. The berries not only have an unusual yellow color, very uncharacteristic for this culture, but also have a slightly different taste, different from the raspberries we are used to.
Yellow raspberries are less acidic and therefore sweeter. Due to the fact that they have fewer coloring pigments, yellow raspberries can be consumed by people with allergies, as well as children and pregnant women.
The berries of yellow raspberries contain vitamins and minerals, especially a lot of iron, potassium, magnesium. Therefore, the use of fruits is indicated for those who have problems with the heart and blood vessels or have suffered a heart attack or stroke. Yellow raspberries can also be treated during colds as they contain salicylic acid. Raspberries can be consumed to stimulate digestion and improve appetite.
The most useful, of course, is the use of fresh raspberries. Preparations from yellow raspberries are very tasty: compotes, marshmallows, preserves, jams.
The disadvantages of yellow raspberries include the fact that the fruits do not tolerate transportation very well. So it was before, now this information is somewhat outdated. Modern breeding science does not stand still. Scientists have developed varieties with specified properties aimed at ensuring that the berries retain their shape and do not crinkle. Therefore, gardeners should pay attention to the varieties that have been bred in recent times.
Yellow raspberries have such a property as remontability - the ability of plants to bloom and yield several times during the growing season. This property adds pluses to the shrub. Repaired plants tolerate temperature changes well, do not freeze in winter, are resistant to diseases, and have a high yield.
Growing features
To get a decent harvest of berries, you need to properly plant and care for the plants. Agricultural technology is simple, does not differ from the agricultural technology of ordinary raspberry varieties, but requires compliance, so as not to be left without berries at all.
Planting and feeding
Planting a yellow remontant raspberry begins with a site selection. This should be approached as responsibly as possible, since the plants are not planted for 1 season. Do not plant yellow remontant raspberries after any other raspberries, as the soil is too depleted. It is not recommended to plant after nightshades, as there is a threat of infection with certain diseases (for example, verticillium wilting).
On a personal plot, choose a flat, well-lit area for yellow raspberries, without significant slopes and elevations.
For yellow remontant raspberries, sandy loam or loamy, slightly acidic soils, rich in organic matter, are suitable. Light soils are filled with humus or rotted manure (3 buckets), ash (300 g), superphosphate (200 g) before planting. Consumption is given for 1 meter of future plantings. Trenches are dug, 40 cm deep and up to 50 cm wide, fertilizers are placed in them and mixed with soil.
If no such pre-planting preparation has been carried out, then fertilize the plants in the fall by spreading compost on the surface under the bushes. Perform the procedure annually. In spring, plants can be fertilized with slurry infusion (1 part infusion per 10 parts water).
Repaired raspberries require a lot of nitrogen.Feed the plant with urea (40 g of fertilizer per meter of trench) in the spring after the snow melts.
Yellow raspberry varieties planted in late September or early October. Landing in trenches is most effective. Distances between rows are laid up to 1.5 meters, and between plants about 40 cm.
After planting, the soil around the remontant plants is mulched with straw, peat, sawdust, and fine manure. Mulching retains moisture in the soil and its looseness, does not allow development weeds.
Watering
Yellow remontant raspberry needs watering. Especially if it grows in the southern regions. It may take about 8 waterings per season, yellow raspberries are especially demanding for moisture during the period of shoot growth and flowering. Rain moisture is not enough, since the soil under the bushes should be moist to a depth of 10 cm. Watering is done in furrows.
In central Russia, watering is reduced to 3 per growing season in order to enable the shoots to gain green mass during the flowering period, when the future harvest is laid, and it is also recommended to water yellow raspberries after harvesting. In the conditions of the middle lane, sprinkling is quite enough.
Tying
Gardeners tie up all varieties of raspberries. Landings take on a well-groomed neat look. Between the rows it is easier to move around for maintenance and harvesting.
At the ends of the rows, columns are dug in, a wire is pulled between them at a height of 1-1.3 m.If the rows are very long, then the columns are dug in at a frequency of 4 m. The second row of wire is pulled at a height of 30 cm from the ground surface.
A piece of strong twine is wrapped around the stem of the raspberry and the wire passing by. So, raspberry bushes are reliably fixed. Take synthetic material for tying so that it lasts for the season, natural materials quickly decay and tear.
Pruning
Repaired yellow raspberries are cut for the correct formation of the future harvest. The feature of the remontant raspberry the fact that annual shoots are capable of producing a crop, but this crop will only be in the fall. Since the shoots need time to fully form. In autumn or early spring, shoots that have already borne fruit are cut out. All shoots are cut to the ground level. This makes it possible to get a harvest in the autumn.
Moreover, remontant varieties bear fruit in the fall for 2 months, up to the very frost. Pruning is best done in late autumn, after frost, or in early spring, before the plants bud.
Still, it is not recommended to harvest two crops from remontant raspberries. The berries become small, as the plant spends too much energy on summer fruiting.
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Pruning yellow raspberries serves another purpose. Repaired varieties especially do not like planting density. Therefore, you should leave about 5 good healthy shoots.
Varieties
Having dealt with the peculiarities of agricultural technology, we will focus on the varieties of remontant yellow raspberries. If you want to get an autumn harvest, then it falls on the end of August - the beginning of autumn and before frost. When two harvests are obtained, the timing of the first harvest depends on the selected yellow raspberry variety.
Golden domes
An early type of remontant raspberry with an elongated berry shape. The fruits are sweet with a subtle sourness, they tolerate transportation well.The variety gives two harvests, but one harvest, obtained from August to late autumn, is much richer. The plant is resistant to frost, drought and disease. Productivity is high: 2 kg of berries from 1 bush. Upon receiving one harvest, it begins to bear fruit in early August.
Yellow giant
Medium early variety with very tasty aromatic cone-shaped berries. The berries are large, up to 8 g, but they do not tolerate transportation very well. The yield is high (5-10 kg per bush). In humid or hot weather, the berries deteriorate. Bushes tolerate wintering well. Most of all, the variety is suitable for growing in private household plots for fresh berries. Children especially love the berries of the Yellow Giant;
Apricot
A variety that differs from others with an unusual taste. Conical berries with a light apricot flavor, weighing up to 3.5 g. A garter is required, since the variety is very high-yielding. The bushes are not spreading, erect, slightly thorny. The thorns are located at the bottom of the shoot.
gold autumn
The variety is medium early, remontant. The berries are golden yellow in color, large, they are referred to as dessert ones, since the fruits have a refined aroma and delicate taste. Productivity 2.5 kg per bush. The plant tolerates wintering well, is demanding on light, gives a richer harvest in a sunny place. Although the shoots are short, they need to be tied up. There are few thorns, they are located in the lower part of the shoot.
Orange miracle
Medium early remontant variety with conical berries, which contain a lot of vitamin C. The taste of the berries is pleasant, sweet, slightly sour. Fruit weight 5-10 g. The bushes are powerful, tall. They perfectly tolerate climatic conditions with sharp temperature changes.
Brusvyana (Yaroslavna)
The repairing variety is more suitable for the southern regions, bushes up to 2 m high, form a lot of shoots, but weakly branch. The berries are sweet-sour, bright yellow in color, they look very attractive on the bush. They tolerate transportation well.
Conclusion
The repairing yellow raspberry is gaining more and more popularity, as it is devoid of some of the disadvantages inherent in the common raspberry varieties. Repaired raspberries give shoots and harvest in one season, are not damaged by pests due to the fact that the development cycle of pests does not coincide with the fruiting time of yellow raspberries. Most varieties are resistant to Russian frosts and are not affected by diseases.
The yellow raspberry is also noteworthy because it is very useful for the body, and it can be consumed by allergy sufferers without harm to their health.
Even novice gardeners can cope with the cultivation of varieties of remontant yellow raspberries, especially if they adhere to simple agricultural techniques.
