Raspberry variety Himbo Top: description and yield from one bush, planting and care

Remontant raspberry varieties attract gardeners because they can produce 2 crops per season. The Himbo Top raspberry variety is early ripe and high-yielding. Consider the description and characteristics of the variety, advantages and disadvantages, features of cultivation, planting and care during the season. What diseases can raspberries suffer from and how to protect them, when to pick berries and how to store them.

Description and brief characteristics of Himbo Top variety

Himbo Top is obtained from Otm Bliss and Himbo Queen varieties, it is distinguished by the size of berries (weight, on average, 5-10 g), which do not shrink by the end of fruiting. Raspberry bushes of strong growth (up to 150 cm), stems are long. Raspberry blooms in June.

The color of ripe fruits is bright red. In terms of density, they are medium-density, come off easily, do not crumple. The berries have a good taste, they can withstand transportation easily. The fruits ripen in early August, fruiting lasts 6-8 weeks. If you grow raspberries in a greenhouse, which is also possible, the harvest can be stretched until November. The average yield from one bush was 3 kg for the Himbo Top variety.

Good and bad sides

Virtues of Raspberry Himbo Top:

• resistance to rot, in particular, to late blight;
• grows well in heavy soils;
• long fruiting;
• early ripening period of berries, because of this, the variety is suitable for growing early products for sale;
• fruits can be eaten fresh and processed, cook compotes, jam, syrup;
• good honey plant.

Disadvantages: exactingness in nutrition and care.

Specifics of growing raspberries

In order for raspberries to develop well, it is necessary to properly plant seedlings and regularly care for them.

Date of planting

Varietal raspberry seedlings are planted in a permanent place in spring or autumn. In the spring, the buds on the seedlings should not yet bloom, in the fall they are planted after the leaves have fallen. This is necessary in order for the plants to take root better. If the raspberry is in the vegetative state, it will take root worse.

Choosing a suitable location

Raspberries grow and bear fruit best in sunny areas, so you need to choose them in the garden.In the shade, the crop reduces yield. It is recommended to choose a site for raspberries on level ground, not in a lowland where the soil is constantly wet. Raspberries do not like dampness, as well as high acidity of the soil. Clay soil, although the Himbo Top variety can grow on such soils, needs to be improved - add sand to make it looser, acidic.

Selection and preparation of seedlings

Raspberry seedlings for planting should be 1 or 2 years old, he althy, well developed. There should be no signs of disease on the shoots and buds, the roots should be well developed. On each seedling leave 2-3 shoots. A day before planting, it is advisable to soak the roots in a solution of a root stimulator.

Seating algorithm

The distance between rows should be left at 1.5 m, in rows - from 50 cm.It is recommended to grow the Himbo Top variety on a trellis for ease of care and picking berries. Seedlings are planted one at a time in the hole: they lower the roots, straighten them and sprinkle with earth. The soil is slightly compacted, at the final stage the root zone is covered with mulch from straw, hay, sawdust. Raspberries can be covered with agrofibre, which reduces moisture evaporation, prevents weeds from germinating and provides good air exchange.

Subtleties of crop care

After planting, it's time to take care of the plants. Raspberry Himbo Top needs watering, fertilizing, pruning and protection from diseases and pests.

Irrigation and fertilization

The originator of the variety indicates that raspberries are enough if watering is moderate and rare, the soil should not dry out, but not be too wet. If the summer is hot and dry, be sure to water the plants so that the berries can pour.

Fed adult bushes that will bear fruit 3 times a season: in early spring, using nitrogen fertilizers, before flowering and after laying the ovaries. In the second and third feedings, fertilizers are used, in which phosphorus and potash fertilizers predominate.

Cutting rules

Every fall, all remontant raspberry shoots are removed at ground level if 1 berry crop is expected. If 2, then only old shoots are cut out, the stems of the current year are left to winter.

Preparing for winter

The root zone of the bushes is covered with mulching material to protect against freezing. It should be thicker than summer. If the stems are not cut, then they need to be bent to the ground, tied in bunches and wrapped in lutrasil.

Diseases and pests

Of the pests on raspberries, you can find bedbugs, weevils. They are destroyed with insecticides, you need to choose biological products or folk remedies, since often at this time the berries are already beginning to sing.

In wet seasons, after rains, raspberries often show rot, and they are treated with fungicides. If the disease has not yet developed too much, one treatment is usually enough to stop the development.

Collection and storage

The berries are picked gradually, as they do not ripen together, the fruiting is extended. Red fruits are collected in light small wicker baskets so that they do not wrinkle. Only clean, dry and selected berries should be stored for storage. They keep in the refrigerator for over a week. They tolerate transportation well. The rest are homemade desserts.

Raspberry Himbo Top bears fruit for the first time at the end of June, the second - in August-September. Gives large fruits, almost uniform in size, which does not decrease even by the end of the growing season.Berries of classic raspberry taste, color and aroma. The variety is recommended for those who want to get an early harvest.

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