Caramel belongs to remontant varieties of raspberries. She deservedly got her mouth-watering name. The fruit of this raspberry is extremely sweet - it was recognized as the most delicious among the remontant varieties. We will learn how to plant Caramel and how to care for it.
raspberry variety "Caramel"
raspberry "Caramel" has an appetizing presentation
variety "Caramel" is considered one of the most successful new products in the category of repair
Breeding history
Caramel is the result of 10 years of work by a famous Nizhny Novgorod breeder. The variety, having passed the state assessment, was entered in 2016 in the State Register. Caramel is recommended for cultivation in the middle lane.
Description of Caramel
A brief botanical description of the variety Caramel:
- Bushes. Erect, medium-sized. Height - 1.5-1.7 m. Shoots are straight, of normal thickness, with sharp and soft thorns.
- Leaves. Green, slightly wrinkled, slightly pubescent.
- Fruit. Large, dry, shiny, red in color. The form is wide-conical. Average weight - 6 g, the largest berries reach 12 g. Berries are easily separated, ripening, do not soften. The fruit tastes like forest raspberries.
Variety Characteristics
Raspberries Caramelka are especially appreciated by gardeners from risky farming zones. This variety is capable, quickly forming annual shoots, to bear fruit intensively during a not too extended period. The variety does not need winter shelters, and most of the berries have time to ripen before frost even in regions with short summers.
Caramel's fruits ripen simultaneously on one-year and two-year branches.
Experts advise growing Caramel in an annual crop. This is especially true for regions with long cold winters. The variety belongs to medium early. In the middle lane, berry picking begins at the end of July. The characteristics of the Caramelka variety are shown in table 1.
Table 1
Parameters | Description |
Fruiting | repairing |
Yield | 5 kg from one bush, 15 kg from 1 ha |
Tasting Point | 4.6 out of 5 |
Appointment | universal |
Shoot formation activity | average |
Transportability | good |
Frost resistance | high |
Drought tolerance | satisfactory |
Growing regions | throughout the country, including the Far East and Kamchatka |
Where to buy and how to choose seedlings?
In order for a varietal raspberry that meets the declared characteristics to grow from the planted seedlings, planting material from reliable sources is needed. These include specialized nurseries professionally involved in the cultivation of berry crops, as well as their sales offices.
Video review of the raspberry variety "Caramel" is presented below:
How to choose the right healthy sample?
The future berry yield depends on the health and development of the seedlings. When buying planting material, pay attention to the appearance of each seedling:
- Recommended height is 30 cm.
- The main point is the roots. They should be fibrous, consisting of many thin roots. If the seedling has thick, bare roots, it will wait for a long rooting, and it will grow slowly. A high-quality seedling should also have the beginnings of young shoots.
- The presence of dry, hard-to-peel leaves indicates a violation of the harvesting rules or insect damage.
- Last year's seedlings should be free of mold or disease - they may be indicated by dark or light spots covering the bark.
- It is desirable that the roots of the seedling are in the substrate.
Inexperienced gardeners, buying raspberries for planting, are tempted by seedlings with lush green foliage. They look tempting, but in reality they are useless material. If you take seedlings in the spring and they have leaves, there is a risk that they have not overwintered correctly. The presence of greenery also indicates that the plant has expended energy on growing leaves - because of this, in the first year of planting, it may not even bloom.
Choose short, unsightly seedlings with a lush root system for planting, rather than powerful leafy counterparts with thick roots.
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of the "Caramel" variety:
- Due to the dense pulp, the fruits tolerate transportation well and keep fresh for a long time.
- High frost resistance.
- The bushes are straight, with thick stems - they do not need support.
- Few thorns.
- Delicious and sweet berries.
- Good yield.
- Good shoots - yields 7-8 replacement shoots. Seedlings planted in the spring give many berries already in the summer of the first year.
- High marketability.
- The variety is convenient for laying industrial plantings, since between caramel seedlings leave gaps of 1 m, and for other varieties - 0.6-0.8 m.
- Unpretentiousness, endurance and high immunity.
- Berries are suitable for freezing.
- Harvest can be harvested by mechanical devices.
- Resistance to temperature jumps.
The variety has a few drawbacks:
- Weak to moderate drought tolerance.
- Late ripening of the second crop.
- Actual yield is less than declared.
The subtleties of landing
Caramel is planted in the spring - in March, or in September-October. The autumn planting has its pluses - raspberries have time to take root, and enter the spring prepared for the growing season. Recommended dates are from September 20 to October 15.
Recommended and unsuitable “neighbors”
When planting raspberries, take into account the neighborhood and predecessors. Raspberries are not recommended to be grown near plants that are competing for nutrients and moisture. It can also not be placed next to aggressive crops, or being a source of toxic substances for raspberries.
Unwanted neighbors:
- grapes;
- elder;
- sea buckthorn;
- jasmine;
- flowers - iris, marigolds, nasturtium.
Garlic, radish and parsley are crops that prevent raspberry overgrowth.
Best neighbors for raspberries:
- barberry;
- digitalis;
- Strawberry;
- Red Ribes;
- greens - sorrel, basil, dill;
- flowers - asters, delphinium;
- vegetables - cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, carrots, celery.
Favorable predecessors for Caramel are peppers, tomatoes, potatoes. After another raspberry, you cannot plant it - the soil is restored within 5-7 years.
Soil preparation
Raspberries are planted in a well-lit area. It is desirable that on the north side there is protection from the wind - for example, a wall of a house, a fence, a landing. Raspberries are planted on the south side of the site. She loves loose, well-permeable soils, without excess moisture.
The soil for planting is prepared at least 2-3 weeks before planting seedlings. The plot is dug up, applying fertilizers and adjusting the composition of the soil. For 1 square. m make:
- compost or humus - 2-3 buckets;
- superphosphate - 50-60 g;
- potash fertilizers - 30-40 g.
If the clay soils are heavy, additionally, for each square meter, a half-bucket of coarse-grained sand is applied. Acidic soils are deoxidized with lime or old cement. Instead of potash-phosphorus fertilizers, you can add wood ash.
Landing Methods
Raspberries Caramel are planted in one of the following ways:
- Kustovoy. Dig round holes of suitable depth and diameter. Each pit is filled with humus mixed with fertilizers. The wells are placed equidistant from each other - at a distance of 50-70 cm.
- Trench. They dig a trench 50-55 cm wide. Here, observing a certain interval, seedlings are placed. Between the trenches the distance is 2 m.
- Tape. Raspberries are planted in rows. They dig holes in which the seedlings are placed at a distance of 50-80 cm from each other. With this method of planting, it is convenient to tie the bushes on the trellises. The length of the rows is any.
Harvesting and caring for plants is made easier. Unlike the trench method, not one row is planted in the pits, but several. Therefore, the width of the pit is larger than with the trench method - about 1 m. - Curtin. Used for weakened seedlings. 3-4 seedlings are placed in one hole. Bushes can be arranged in rows or square.
- Triangular. Often used for remontant varieties. The triangle is equilateral. Between seedlings - 50 cm.
Caramel variety is productive, therefore, shoots tend to bend under the weight of the fruit. To prevent the shoots from falling, raspberries are recommended to be tied to trellises.
Step-by-step instructions for landing in open ground
The recommended planting pattern is 2 rows. Between the seedlings - 50-70 cm. The distance between the rows is 1.5 m. No more than 4-5 bushes are planted, otherwise the plantings will be thickened, this will lead to the development of diseases. For autumn planting, seedlings with a well-developed root system are used.
Raspberry planting stages:
- Dig holes. The depth of the holes is 50-60 cm. The width is the same.
- Pour 4-5 kg of humus into each hole to stimulate roots and increase yields.
- Add to humus - for each hole, 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate.
- Shorten the seedlings to 25-30 cm.
- Pour some nutritious soil on the humus so that the seedling does not burn the roots.
- Form a hill from the soil filled in the hole. Place the seedling roots on it, carefully spreading them.
- Fill the roots of the seedling with soil, from time to time ramming it with your hands - so that there are no voids.
- Water the seedling. The watering rate is half a bucket per bush. Even in the rain, watering is necessary.
- When the water is absorbed, sprinkle the soil with 3-4 cm of humus, peat, other mulch.
When planting, see that the root collar is at the level of the earth's surface - it cannot be deepened.
Raspberry Care Caramel
Caramel yield, taste and sweetness of its fruits depend on the quality of care. The Caramelka variety, in addition to standard care, needs a mandatory garter.
Top dressing
Caramel bears fruit for a long time, so it is fed three times during the season. The feeding scheme is in table 2.
table 2
Period | The composition and norms of feeding |
After the end of the spring frost | For 1 square. m add 5 liters of solution:
Instead of organics, you can make mineral fertilizers - ammonium nitrate and urea (15 g per 1 sq. M). |
Bloom | For a bucket of water - 20 g of potassium salt and superphosphate. This amount is enough for 1 square. m. |
After picking berries | Add compost or manure. Under one bush - a bucket. |
Fertilizing is never applied to dry soil - you can burn the roots. Before fertilizing, the soil must be watered.
Regularity of watering
Raspberry Caramel needs regular watering. Plantings are watered by sprinkling or under the root. The amount of water for irrigation depends on soil moisture and weather. The average watering rate is 2 buckets per bush. In the rain, raspberries are not watered. The usual frequency of watering raspberries is once every half month.
Garter and trim rules
Raspberry pruning is carried out in different seasons:
- Autumn. Annual shoots are cut off, leaving stumps 3 cm high. Due to pruning, the future yield increases, and viruses and parasites that winter on the shoots are destroyed. For more information on pruning raspberries in the fall, click here.
- In the spring. Dried or frozen shoots are selectively cut off. Pruning begins around April - when the state of the kidneys can be used to judge the health and vitality of the plant.
- Summer. In June, weak stems and root shoots are removed. m leave 5-6 powerful stems. Excess shoots are cut with pruning shears.
Caramel stalks are elastic and strong, but it is recommended to tie them up - due to the garter, the plantings are well ventilated and easy to maintain. Caramel shoots are tied to trellises - these are wires stretched between two posts.
Preventative treatment
Good growth and development depends on the timeliness of preventive measures. Raspberry planting is necessary:
- Trim in time. All cut off shoots, as well as fallen leaves, are collected and eliminated.
- Spray with fungicides and insecticides. Raspberries are treated with Bordeaux liquid, HOM, copper sulfate, Actellic, Karate.
- It is important to inspect the bushes regularlyin order to detect disease or parasite damage in time.
Winter preparations
Preparing raspberries Caramel for winter:
- Trimming and destroying trimmed branches, collecting and burning leaves.
- If raspberries are cut in the fall at the root, then there is no need to cover them. It is enough to sprinkle the soil with a layer of mulch - to protect the root system. Read more about soil mulching here.
- If annual shoots are left for the winter, then preparation for wintering is carried out according to the standard scheme. Shoots before the onset of frost bend to the ground and fix, so that in winter they are completely under the snow cap. To keep the stems close to the ground, they are tied in bunches and pinned with metal staples.
Diseases and pests
Raspberry Caramel is resistant to most berry diseases, but if conditions are favorable for viruses and fungi, as well as in the absence of preventive spraying, it can get sick. This also applies to pests - with bush thickening, lack of pruning, dampness and other adverse factors.
Diseases and pests for the Caramelka variety, as well as measures to combat them, are presented in tables 3 and 4, respectively.
Table 3
Diseases | Symptoms | How to fight? |
Anthracnose | Gray spots appear on the stems with a purple border. | Diseased shoots are removed and burned. Before flowering, they are sprayed with copper chloride or copper sulfate. Feeding with phosphorus and potash fertilizers. |
Rust | On shoots and leaves there are small yellow and orange spots. | Processing Bordeaux liquid 1% (before flowering, two weeks after harvest). |
White spot | Brown spots appear on leaves and stems. The affected areas then turn white and become covered with black dots. | Before flowering - spraying with Bordeaux liquid 1% (per 1 liter - 10 g). Spraying with HOM (40 g per bucket). Consumption - 1.5 liters per 10 sq. m. |
Bacterial cancer | The growth of bushes slows down, the taste of berries deteriorates. Neoplasms up to 5 cm in size appear on the roots. | Disinfection of roots by immersion in a solution of copper sulfate (100 g per 10 l of water). Treatment time - 5-10 minutes. |
Table 4
Pests | The harm done | How to fight? |
Aphid | The leaf blades are deformed. | Spraying before flowering and after picking berries with Actellic and Karate. |
Raspberry moth | In inflorescences - oviposition. The defeat of the ovaries. | Spraying with Fastak (for 10 l - 3 ml of the preparation). |
Raspberry mite | Tick-affected leaves are deformed. | Destruction of affected shoots. Treatment with Koromite (Japanese drug for ticks). |
Raspberry beetle | Larvae eat fruit. | In May, they are sprayed with Karate (10 ml of water - 4 ml of the drug). |
How to propagate a variety?
Caramel can be propagated by seedlings or cuttings. The latter method is used if there is a shortage of planting material. Propagation by cuttings:
- Cut off the shoots and divide them into cuttings 25-30 cm long. There should be 3-4 buds on one cuttings.
- Place the bottom of the handle for a couple of hours in Kornevin or another stimulant.
- Plant the cuttings in a moist substrate. Cover with a glass container - you will clean it during watering and to ventilate the plant.
- When leaves and shoots appear on the cuttings, transplant them to a permanent place.
Repaired varieties give few shoots, so for reproduction, you can use cutting the stems from the center of two-year-old bushes. Do it in spring or autumn. The next season, raspberries will release new offspring suitable for planting.
Berry application
Caramel berries are delicious fresh, they are also used for making jams, confitures, various desserts, dried and frozen, making liqueur and liqueurs. Fruits are well transported over long distances - this factor contributes to the cultivation of this variety on a commercial scale.
Harvesting and transportation
Berries begin to ripen in late July. It is better to pick raspberries after lunch. Caramel ripens gradually, so pink berries are not ripped - they are left to ripen. Berries are removed carefully, without squeezing fingers.
If the berry does not break off immediately, do not use force - let it ripen.
They put the raspberries in a container in which they will be stored or transported - it is undesirable to shift the raspberries. Caramel fruits are dense, well tolerated.
Reviews from gardeners about Caramel
Andrey I., Omsk. This remontant variety proved to be good in annual crops. In the fall, I cut all the stems at the root. Shoots grown in spring begin to bear fruit in July. The first berries were immediately very large, length - 3.5 cm. I especially like the taste of berries - they are very sweet, reminiscent of forest raspberries.
Christina R., Tula region Caramel is my favorite variety. The berries are excellent in taste, do not choke during transportation - they are good to trade. The variety is unpretentious, if sprayed on time - it does not get sick, fruitful and hardy, does not freeze in the coldest winters.
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To take advantage of the Caramelka remontant raspberry, you will have to create favorable conditions for it. This variety, although hardy, is extremely sensitive to growing conditions. Regular watering, feeding, pruning and spraying will allow you to enjoy the taste of sweet raspberries from July to late autumn.
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