In autumn, raspberries enters the crucial period of preparation for winter. How frosts will survive on the autumn departure and how actively they will grow in the spring. Proper top dressing helps the bushes recover after fruiting, strengthen the root system and lay the future crop.
After collecting berries, raspberries are weakened – all forces went to fruit. Without support, the bushes lose their resistance to cold, some of the shoots may freeze, and new sprouts develop slowly in the spring. Autumn top dressing allows plants to accumulate the necessary substances, strengthen fabrics and easier to transfer the winter.
Autumn top dressing mixture
For 10 liters of water, it is taken:
- wood ash – 1 cup;
- superphosphate – 1 tablespoon;
- potassium sulfate – 1 tablespoon.
It is allowed to slightly increase the amount of ash: raspberries reacts especially well to potassium and phosphorus. Nitrogen fertilizers at this time should not be used – they provoke the growth of green mass, which is undesirable in the fall.
How to water it correctly
Top dressing is made only on moist soil. If the earth is dry, the usual watering is first carried out, then the solution is distributed under the bushes – approximately on the liter to the plant. The best time for the procedure is a warm calm day before frost.
After watering, it is advisable to mulch the base of the bushes with dry leaves, peat or straw. This helps to maintain moisture and additionally insulate the roots.
The bushes that have received such an autumn mixture winter much better: they do not freeze, do not dry out and begin to grow before others in the spring. The shoots come out strong, even, with powerful foliage, and the crop becomes noticeably more abundant.
