Raspberry Tibetan: description, care, reproduction

Tibetan (strawberry) raspberry - a kind of plants,belonging to the family of Rosaceae. The Latin name sounds like Rubus illecebrosus. Many people mistakenly take it for a hybrid, obtained from crossing with blackberries or strawberries. In fact, this is a kind of raspberry.

The plant is a creeping rhizome. The shrub is formed by a spherical shape. It rarely exceeds a height of 70 cm. The stems are flexible, covered with spines. The leaves are lanceolate, with denticles along the edges, associated with rowan. Because of roughness, they often cling to clothes. The flowers are white or cream, 5-petal, their diameter is about 4 cm. Fruits are large, hairy stems, tightly fused to the peduncle.

The bright red berries are comparable in size to the averagestrawberry, and in form resemble a blackberry. Tibetan raspberry blooms, as a rule, in July, fruit begins in August. Flowering and fruiting last until freezing. In the taste of berries raspberry, strawberry and pineapple notes are felt, but by sweetness it is inferior to the usual relative. A large crop should not be expected from it, but the ornamentality of bushes with fruits towering above the leaves is very high.

Raspberry Tibetan is not capricious, it grows wellon any soils. Places prefer sunny. It is desirable to immediately dig in the fence, since the root system tends to creep along the site. Special care and shrub formation

do not require. In droughty time they need watering, since the root system is superficial. In spring, the soil of the whole raspberry can be covered with rotted manure or compost, a layer of the order of 2 cm, and a bit later the grass cut by a layer of 10 cm. This food should be enough for the whole season.

Fruits raspberry Tibetan on shoots currentof the year. Reddened berries need to be given a couple of days before collection to increase in size and improve taste. In regions with cold winters, the entire overground part is preferably cut off. The root system should be insulated, since its frost resistance is low. The next year, new shoots will grow from the kidneys of the renewal on the rhizome.

Propagates raspberry root of Tibetanoffs or dividing bushes. In the first version, the procedure is carried out in the spring after reaching 10 cm sprouts. They are excavated with part of the rhizome and transferred to a new location. At first they will need regular watering. Bushes are divided in autumn, after planting the stems are almost completely cut off, abundantly watered.

Unfortunately, due to non-transportability, it is rareTibetan raspberries are on sale. Reviews that grow this miracle, enthusiastic. People who for the first time saw flowering or fruit-bearing bushes, do not pass indifferently, are asked to sell or share planting material.

It is worth noting that the use of berries does not causeallergic reactions, they can be used even for children suffering from diathesis. Interestingly, in China, these fruits are considered a vegetable. They are used in salads and seasonings.

Tibetan raspberries are rare todayoccurs on household plots. It should be planted at least in order to have something to surprise their guests and to please the family with original and useful berries.

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