When raspberries ripen in different regions: the timing of the collection of home and wild berries
With the advent of spring, the beginning of summer, everyone is looking forward to the ripening of raspberries. This is not only a tasty berry, but also very useful, which even children know about, who often ask the question: when will raspberries ripen? Its flowering and ripening depends on the variety and region of growth.
Terms of fruit ripening
Raspberry is a deciduous shrub that can grow in the wild on the edges of forests, in clearings, along the coast, and is also grown in gardens and farms. Some varieties of polydrupe raspberries have been known since the 16th century.
It is divided into several types:
- traditional, rapidly multiplies, bears fruit 1 time per season;
- remontant, breeds slowly, bears fruit 2 times per season;
- large-fruited, especially large berries;
- standard, bushes with branched shoots, similar to small trees.
- forest, growing near rivers and in forests, berries are small, but very fragrant.
Each species has its own varieties, which have different raspberry ripening periods. In Russia, forest raspberries ripen when the temperature is above 23 degrees, starting from the end of June, mid-July, depending on the climatic zone.
When raspberries begin to ripen (table)
The growing season for raspberries begins in April, but depending on climatic conditions and the region of growth, the ripening period of the same varieties can be delayed by 5-15 days.
Varieties are classified by terms into main and intermediate:
- Main: early, middle, late.
- Intermediate: mid-early, mid-late.
| Classification of varieties | Period |
| From the 2nd half of June to the end of the month | |
| From 3rd decade of June - 1st decade of July | |
| From the beginning to the end of July | |
| From the 3rd decade of July to the 2nd decades of August | |
| From mid-August to the first half of September |
Harvesting lasts for 1-1.5 months, after which the biennial shoots dry out or are cut off.
When can I pick berries from early varieties?
The raspberry growing season starts from April to mid-May, flowering lasts 1.5-2 weeks, late May - early June, after which polydrupes are formed, which ripen in mid-June - 1 decade of July.Harvesting lasts about 1-1.5 months, until the end of July. The most popular varieties of early raspberries: Sunshine, Cumberland, Scarlet Sails.
Medium maturity
In raspberry varieties with an average term, the ripening period begins from the first days of May to mid-June, the first flowers appear in the 2nd-3rd decade of June.
The first fruit harvest falls on the 1st decade of July:
- Mid-early: Kuzmin's News, Abundant, Good Luck, Balm, Coal, Hussar, Pride of Russia, Arbat, Yellow Sweet.
- Average: Brigantine, Latham, Shy.
- Mid-late: Tarusa, Peresvet.
Start harvesting from late crops
Vegetation in late raspberry varieties begins in late June - mid-July, the color appears in the 3rd decade of July - 2nd decade of August. Harvest begins to be collected from the first days of August to September. Late varieties include: Sputnik, Arabesque, split raspberry.
In what months are harvested from remontant varieties
Remontant raspberries have a special ripening period, which can bear fruit twice in a season. It is also classified by timing, starting with the first fruiting, the second comes after pruning, the formation of young shoots and flowering after 1-2 months and can last until the first frost.
In the Northern regions, the 2nd fruiting often does not occur due to a sharp change in weather conditions:
- Early: Yaroslavna, Morning Dew, Penguin.
- Mid-Early: Lilac Mist, Yellow Giant, Golden Domes.
- Medium: Hercules.
- Mid-Late: Brilliant, Orange Miracle, Golden Autumn, Bryansk Miracle.
- Late: Kalashnik, Apricot.
When forest raspberries ripen in Russia
Summer residents and travelers who explore forest areas are concerned about the following questions: when can you pick raspberries in the forest, in what month will raspberries start to ripen in the forest? The harvest of fruits of ripe forest raspberries falls on mid-July and until the end of August, sometimes in September you can find its thickets with ripe fruits in the south of the country.
Wild raspberries have a two-year life cycle, in the first year young green shoots grow with a lot of sharp thorns, light green leaves above, white-green below, slightly pubescent. On lignified shoots of the second year of life, flowers form from late June to late July, depending on the region.
On the territory of Russia common red raspberry is common in the forest and forest-steppe zone, on the edges of forests, swamps, the edge of rivers.
How to pick raspberries from bushes?
To properly collect raspberries and not wrinkle during transportation, you must follow the rules:
- The container and hands are thoroughly washed before collection. Raspberries are very delicate, quickly crumpled and drain, so it is not recommended to wash them. To avoid excess dirt, bacteria, hands and container must be clean.
- The time of harvesting raspberry fruits depends on the variety, usually after flowering it takes 1.5-2 weeks when the polydrupe ripens. Collection is best done in dry weather, in the morning after the dew has dried or in the evening, then the berry will drain less. After the first harvest, raspberries are harvested every 2-3 days.
- The container should be shallow, then the raspberries put into it will lie in 2-3 layers and choke less under their weight. The container is tied to the waist or placed on the ground so that two hands are free. With one hand they hold a branch of a raspberry bush, with the other they carefully remove the berries. Mature is removed easily, leaving a white receptacle on the bush.
If the raspberry processing place is far away or it is going to be sold, then you can cut it with the stalk, but this method is more laborious. Especially if it is harvested for processing, you will have to spend time removing the stalk with a white receptacle.
Fast Harvesting Tools
For the industrial harvesting of raspberry polydrupes, special harvesters are used, they work on the principle of shaking the bushes, thanks to spinning mechanisms on which thin rods are attached. The machine from both sides of a row of raspberry bushes crushes the fruits onto the conveyor. For such harvesters, bushes are planted at a distance of 2-2.5 m and mounted on horizontal trellises. You need 3 people, 2 pickers and 1 driver to work.
This method saves collection time and recruitment costs. The only disadvantage of raspberry harvesters is their high cost.
Popular patterns for picking raspberries:
- Oxbo 9120;
- Korvan;
- Natalka;
- Joanna.
To pick berries in ordinary garden plots, home-made devices or hand-picked harvesters like a rake with a box are used. The processing of bushes with a manual harvester occurs due to the grabbing of the bushes with a rake, and light shaking movements knock the berries into a special box.
The ripening dates for raspberries in Russia may vary, especially in the middle lane and in the northern regions due to a sharp change in weather conditions. It is important to choose the right variety and quality seedlings for the region in order to harvest in large volumes and on time.
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