In summer, during the formation of ovaries and fruiting, raspberries require special attention and care..
They consist not only of timely watering, weeding and loosening the soil, but also of proper feeding..
As fertilizers for raspberries during this period, you can use:
• bird droppings, diluted 15 times;
• liquid manure, diluted 5 times.
Ready solutions are applied under the bushes at the rate of half a bucket per linear meter of row.
Raspberries also benefit from mineral fertilizers.
It consists of three components: 40 g of superphosphate, 25 g of potassium salt, 20 g of ammonium nitrate. The volume is calculated for one linear meter.
Important! The use of this fertilizer must be combined with watering.
For foliar feeding of raspberries, it is best to use an ash solution.
It is prepared as follows: sift 300 g of ash through a sieve, pour boiling water over it, mix well, boil over low heat for half an hour.
Cool, strain through several layers of gauze, dilute with ten liters of water.
For better adhesion, you can add 50 g of any soap to the finished broth.
