Which raspberry varieties are good? What are the propagation methods?
Raspberry is a sweet-and-sour, juicy fruit variety. Many consumers like to eat it now, and market demand is much better than before, but raspberry varieties are not just one kind. So if you want to grow raspberry seedlings, which one is better to choose?
I. Which raspberry varieties are good?
1. Red raspberry
The fruit is all-natural, pollution-free, nutritious, sweet and delicious, and bright orange-red in color. Except for Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Tibet, it is distributed throughout the country. It generally grows on sunny hillsides, beside streams, in valleys, on wasteland and in moist places among dense or sparse thickets, at an altitude of 200-2200 m. It is also found in Korea, Japan, Myanmar and Vietnam.
2. Black raspberry
The petals are obovate, nearly round or elliptical, white or light pink. The fruit is oblate, purple-black when ripe, and the pyrene is triangular-ovoid and wrinkled. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is July-August. It is produced in northern Central China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan, China and the southwestern provinces, and is also distributed from the eastern Himalayas to Japan and Sakhalin.
3. Heritage
Heritage is an American variety. It has already passed the test of scientific planting cycles in China and is suitable for planting in China. It is currently the main variety grown on a large scale. It has good quality and stable yield. The average single fruit weight is 3.02 g, and the largest fruit weight is 3.9 g.
II. When are raspberry seedlings planted?
Raspberry transplanting is best done in spring; generally, most can be planted in April in spring. Buy one-year-old raspberry young seedlings, choose a cloudy or rainy day for planting, pay attention to shading, and after the seedling recovery period, normal care can begin.
III. How many years until raspberry seedlings bear fruit?
1. Fengmanhong
A biennial-fruiting raspberry variety with strong early fruiting. In the year of planting, 30-50% of the plants already bear fruit, and (with proper management and planting) all enter full fruiting the next year, with no alternate-year bearing.
2. Autumn Bliss (biennial-fruiting)
One-year-old canes bear a small amount of fruit in the same year. It propagates easily. After two years it enters full fruiting, and the full fruiting period can reach 700-1100 kg.
3. American biennial-fruiting raspberry
The mature plant is about 1.5 m tall. It flowers and bears fruit in the year of cultivation and can bear fruit twice a year, divided into summer and autumn fruits. The summer fruit comes from canes sent out the previous year and ripens in July of the second year, while the autumn fruit comes from canes sent out in the current year and ripens in September.
In summary, the above is some introduction to raspberry. Friends who want to buy raspberry seedlings can choose one that suits them according to the local environment, and of course they should also consider the market time and demand.
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