Schemes for planting raspberries in open ground

When planting raspberries, summer residents inevitably face the question of what kind of bed should be made and according to what scheme to plant the raspberry bushes. This question is far from idle, because it depends on how convenient it will be to care for the plantation and its productivity.

There are mainly three raspberry planting schemes used in household plots:

1. Tape planting
2. Bush method
3. Planting in clumps

Let's look at all three methods to make it easier for you to decide which one is right for you.

Planting raspberries in ribbons (rows)

Most summer residents use exactly this scheme when planting raspberries. And there are several reasons for this:

1. The plants are well lit by the sun and the harvest is formed along the entire stem from bottom to top, and not just at the tops.
2. The plantation is easy to care for and harvest.
3. The raspberry plant turns out to be quite compact, which is very important for summer residents.
   

   Layout of raspberry bushes

Raspberries are usually planted along the fence in one row. If a shadow falls from the fence, then you need to retreat 0.8 - 1 meter from it.

A ribbon is formed with a width of 50 - 60 cm, a distance of 30 - 50 cm is left between the bushes. If you are planting several rows, then it is advisable to leave a distance of 1.5 meters between the rows. You can, of course, leave 1 m, but after the bushes grow it will be inconvenient to work there, and there will be few raspberries in the lower tier.

Raspberries planted in rows

During subsequent care, all offspring growing outside the tape are removed. Shoots growing within the boundaries of the tape must also be normalized and no more than 10 - 12 pieces per linear meter should be left, of which 5 - 6 are fruit-bearing and the same number of replacement shoots. An attempt to “compact” the plantation leads to thickening and, as a result, a decrease in yield.

Bush method

The bush method of planting raspberries is good for everyone, but it requires a lot of space, which is always not enough in personal plots.

Layout of seedlings for bush planting

Seedlings are planted at a distance of 1-1.3 meters from each other, both in rows and between rows.The bush is formed within a radius of 30 cm from the mother plant. With this planting scheme, the bushes grow freely, receive a lot of light, and are easy to care for and harvest.

This is what the bush growing method looks like

After about 10 years, the raspberry plantation becomes old, yields fall and it must be moved to a new location. With tapeworm cultivation, raspberries can be cultivated in one place for a long time. A young shoot is simply left far away from the aging bush and a new bush is formed on its basis, and the old one is uprooted.

Planting raspberries in clumps

Curtains are the name given to natural thickets of raspberries in the forest; garden clumps look roughly the same. Seedlings are planted in clumps without any plan at all, most often chaotically. Let's say there is a free space in the garden of 2x4 meters, we stuck seedlings there and they grow there as they want, filling all the free space.

This is what a well-groomed curtain looks like

It is not recommended to grow raspberries this way. Most often, clumps turn into impenetrable thickets with berries only on the tops of the plants.

This is what a typical curtain looks like.

Although, of course, without proper care, both the tape and the bushes can quickly turn into such clumps.

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3. All methods of raspberry propagation ⇒
4. Fertilizing raspberries in spring, summer and autumn ⇒
5. Description of raspberry varieties for the Moscow region with photos and reviews ⇒
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