How to grow a princess: planting and care

The princess, as a garden culture, is not familiar to all modern gardeners, as in natural conditions the northern latitudes are closer to her. However, this berry was well known in the times of Ancient Russia, when it was used in food and as a medicine.

Landing dates and site selection

Terms of landing princes: in the spring - the first decade of May, in the fall - the second decade of September. Under the landing of a glade, mamari or arctic raspberry, as it is also called, the best place will be a lighted, with a light shadow area, characterized by well-drained, moist soil. The culture develops well on loams, soils suitable with humus and peat are suitable for it. In natural conditions, in places where the princess grows, well-moistened soil prevails: on the outskirts of marshes, in the tundra, coniferous forests.Therefore, when planting plants should be moistened as much as possible the soil, while avoiding stagnant moisture at the root system. As for the chosen site, it should be well sheltered from strong winds.

Preparatory work before landing

Before planting princes should prepare the ground in advance. If an autumn planting is planned, the soil is prepared in spring. When digging make a bucket of peat, humus and sand, adding to them 0.5 kg of wood ash. All plant residues should also be removed and weeds that have managed to grow. Just before planting, the soil in the garden for a glaze is disinfected by pouring a hot solution of potassium permanganate. Planting begin as soon as the soil dries.

Planting seedlings princes

For the princess, with proper planting, and care will be simple. Seedlings or delenki planted in strips, retreating between them a distance of 15 cm (between the seedlings themselves leave a distance of 20 cm).

Placing the seedling in the hole and sprinkling it with soil, gently squeeze the soil around the trunk with your palms. After planting the bed watered. The best for planting princes in the garden are considered varieties bred in Sweden: "Linda", "Anna", "Beata" and "Sofia".

How to care for the princess in the garden

After the main procedures: watering, feeding and loosening with weeding, the bushes are spud, thus stimulating active flowering.

Watering, loosening and weeding the soil

On hot days, at temperatures above + 25 ° C, watering is carried out daily, and so that the plant does not get sunburn, the soil between the rows is covered with moss. In other periods, watering the plant is as necessary, so that the soil is always moist. Tsar's berry does not tolerate the presence of weeds, therefore, loosening and weeding the soil is also a mandatory measure.

When to feed

Fertilizing begin with one year old plant, fertilizing it twice in the summer season. Wood ash is used as a fertilizer. Under each bush pour one tablespoon of fertilizer,combining this procedure with watering. Adult plants, after thawing of snow, are fertilized with nitrogenous fertilizers, enclosing them in the soil.

Pruning

Pruning of the Arctic raspberry is mainly sanitary, as dried and broken shoots are removed from the bush. In the autumn, two-year-old shoots are also subject to removal, which helps stimulate the growth of the strongest young branches for the next season. With the arrival of spring pruned too young shoots of young shoots to prevent thickening of the bush.

Prevention and protection against diseases and pests

As a preventive measure against diseases, the bushes of the princes are treated with Bordeaux mixture, but not on the plant, but under the bush. The procedure is carried out before the formation of the kidneys. After harvesting, the soil and plants are sprayed with Nitrafen. In the summer, the treatment is carried out as needed.

Princess - the berry is not capricious in growing, but sometimes problems are delivered by pests. Therefore, before the buds swell, spray the plant with Karbofos or Aktellik. Also, this procedure is carried out after harvest.Appropriate treatment, plus pruning unfit shoots or densely growing branches, will prevent insect attacks.

Harvesting and scope

A bountiful harvest of berries can be harvested in the third year after planting. With 1m ² you can collect up to one and a half pounds of berries. All fruits are gently plucked from the stem as they mature. Already in July, the berry is ripe enough and has a blackberry coloring.

Berry berries are tasty not only fresh, they are harvested for the winter, make various drinks: fruit drinks, juices and compotes, wine and tinctures. The princely jam in all descriptions is unmatched, fragrant has the smell of pineapple and peach flavor. The fruits of the crop are dried and dried for the winter, and in addition to berries, the leaves are harvested for tea. Fruit juice is used as a febrifuge, although the plant itself is often grown as an ornamental crop: as a border or a frame for flower beds.

Propagation of princes

The princess has no difficulty in reproduction, and it can be grown both with the help of seeds, and by dividing the bush.

Seeds

By winter, seeds are sown in a box for seedlings, and sand and peat are taken as soil in equal parts. In a prepared soil, at a depth of 1 cm, seeds are embedded and left under the snow until spring. Having undergone a natural stratification, with the arrival of heat, sprouts will appear from them, in August they can be transplanted to a permanent place. When planting princesses seed method, the first harvest will appear only after three years.

Dividing bush

The division of the bush is the easiest breeding option. In April, princes gently break in a bush and separate a part with roots (10 cm long) and several buds. The main requirement: the delenka must have strong shoots. Before planting the seedling, the princes water the soil with a solution of manganese, after which part of the plant is placed in it, covered with earth and then watered.

Knyazhenika is a useful and tasty berry, with the help of which many ailments are treated. It is useful to use the fruits of the plant and to strengthen the immune system, as it is rich in vitamin C. In addition, the berries of this plant will be useful for people with excess weight, because they are low-calorie foods.