The Moscow giant is a new type of large-fruited raspberry, one of the main features of which is the early ripening of the fruit. In early July, the first ripe and fragrant berries appear on the plant. Further details about the variety.
Raspberry variety "Moscow Giant"
semi-remontant, large-fruited raspberry variety “Giant Moskovsky”
The “Moscow Giant” variety is actively distributed and advertised by large garden centers
Description of berries and bushes
Raspberry Giant Moscow is the most prominent representative of the berry crop, which is very popular among gardeners. The weight of one berry can reach almost 30 g. The fruits have a beautiful conical shape, raspberries have a dense consistency, and a bright shine is noticeable on the surface.
Against the background of green foliage, the berries resemble bright red light bulbs. The taste of the fruit is sweet, the pulp is tender and juicy, and has a rich aroma. The seeds are very small, so even young children can eat raspberries.
The bushes of the Moscow giant are quite voluminous. The height of one stem can be 2-3 m. The bush has a tendency to quickly thicken due to actively growing shoots, which is why it is so important to periodically prune. The leaves are large, rich green.
Aborigine
Aborigine is a high-yielding and large-fruited raspberry variety of medium ripening period selected by V.V. Kichins. The bushes are strong, medium-sized (1.5-2.0 m), spreading. Annual shoots are thick, thornless, and covered with a waxy coating. The laterals are highly branched, each side branch bears 15-20 berries. The shoot-forming ability is sufficient for rapid breeding of the variety. During the season, 8-10 replacement shoots and 3-4 root layers are formed. A distinctive characteristic of the variety is the brown tip of the budding leaves. The berries are large (4-7 g), conical, dark red in color, fleshy with small seeds that are not felt when consumed. The taste is sweet and sour with a pronounced raspberry aroma. The drupes are small, well adhered to each other, the fruits do not wrinkle when picked, they are transportable and shelf-stable. The native is immune to the vector of four major raspberry viral diseases. It tolerates frosts down to -30 C. The yield is high and amounts to 4-5 kg. from a bush, up to 20 t/ha. Fruit harvesting takes place in 4-5 waves and occurs in mid-to-late July. Recommended for cultivation throughout Russia.
Detailed description of the Aborigine variety
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Main characteristics of the Moscow Giant
The Moscow Giant is grown throughout the country; moreover, it can grow even in the harsh Siberian climate, because its advantages include high winter hardiness. This variety is often grown in the central part of the country and the Moscow region, where it is successfully spreading every year.
Productivity
The main feature of this raspberry variety, thanks to which it has become so popular among gardeners, is its high yield. Just one berry bush can produce about 10-12 kg of aromatic and healthy raspberries per season.
Fruiting begins in July, and under favorable weather conditions, it can continue almost until mid-October. Therefore, the variety is grown not only in private gardens, but also on the territory of large agricultural farms.
Taste and Application
The fruits of the Moscow Giant are tasty, aromatic and very healthy for the human body. Berries can be consumed not only in their pure form, but also frozen, preserving all the valuable substances. Raspberries are also used for making jam or jam, and of course, in cooking for a wide variety of desserts.
Repairability
Moscow Giant is one of the semi-remontant varieties. This feature can also be called partial remontance or pseudoremontance. Fruits will appear exclusively on the high part of young stems. The lower part of the shoot also bears fruit, but not earlier than next year.
Sustainability
This raspberry variety is not highly resistant to various fungal diseases. It can also be affected by insect pests. Most often it suffers from aphid infestation.
To avoid these troubles and preserve the plant and not lose the harvest, you need to regularly carry out simple preventive measures. It is necessary to remove weeds that can be carriers of infections.
Margarita
Margarita is an earlier variety of Driscoll's popular remontant variety, the Maravilla raspberry. Refers to tutaymers - varieties that must be left for two harvests: summer on last year's shoots and autumn on current year's shoots. The bushes are powerful, semi-spreading, erect, very tall (up to 3.0 m). The berries are very large (up to 10-11 g), red, elongated, aligned. The drupes are well adhered, the fruits do not wrinkle, do not fall off, are perfectly stored and have excellent transportability. Productivity is high when grown in tunnels and greenhouses; in open ground the indicators are average. Resistance to diseases and pests is good, the variety also adapts well to changing conditions, the berries do not become smaller, do not rot, or fall off. The disadvantages include the high cost of planting material, a small amount of shoots and little knowledge on the territory of Russia.
Detailed description of the Margarita variety
Pros and cons of the variety
The main advantages of the Moscow Giant raspberry are the following qualities:
- large fruits;
- high productivity;
- there are no thorns on the stems, which makes harvesting easier;
- the plant is self-pollinating;
- in one season, a variety can produce rich harvests several times;
- berries can easily be transported over long distances;
- the fruits have high taste and commercial qualities.
But the Moscow Giant also has some disadvantages:
- there is a rapid and strong growth of the green mass of the bush;
- the variety has not been sufficiently studied for cultivation in the northern territories.
Preparatory work before planting
Starting in early spring, when the snow melts and warm weather sets in, you can plant seedlings of this raspberry variety. It is allowed to plant until autumn. The best choice would be areas that are well protected from the wind so that the plant does not die during the cold season.
It is advisable to prepare the place where you plan to plant raspberries in the fall. To improve the soil, it is recommended to first grow various cereal crops on the site of the future raspberry garden.
Plant this variety on a flat area, but a slight slope is acceptable. This will help avoid waterlogging of the soil and rotting of the roots.
Trimming
Pruning raspberries
For yellow giant raspberry bushes, pruning is carried out in late autumn, when all the beneficial substances have migrated from the stems to the root system and its growth has slowed down. All two-year-old shoots that bear fruit are removed. If desired, the strongest shoots with short internodes are left. This variety is quite frost-resistant and the bushes usually do not require shelter. If a gardener grows this variety as a remontant variety, then all shoots are pruned.
If, a few years after the formation of the bed, it became noticeable that fruiting and the number of young shoots had sharply dropped, then the raspberry tree should be renewed. To do this, in the fall or early spring, dig up the main rhizomes of raspberry bushes with a large earthen lump, and pour new humus into the hole. Young shoots will take up the vacated space and form new bushes.
Landing instructions
The landing procedure is not particularly difficult. The main thing is to choose strong and healthy seedlings that should not have visible mechanical damage.
It is best to choose a row planting method. Thanks to this method, you can simultaneously plant half of the garden with aromatic and tasty raspberries, which will produce a bountiful harvest the following year.
This article explains how to plant raspberries in the spring.
Soil selection
Opt for sandy or loamy soil, with neutral or weak acidity. That is why it is recommended to start preparing the soil to the required parameters in the fall. To do this, use humus, sand, peat, lime and wood ash.
You cannot add too much fertilizer, since oversaturation of the soil with nutrients is not desirable.
Row planting method
Planting using this method is very simple to perform; just follow the following sequence of actions:
- Prepare trenches approximately 45 cm deep.
- Leave a distance of at least 1.5 m between each bush.
- Pour a mixture of humus (10 kg), potassium sulfate (90 g), wood ash (350 g), superphosphate (230 g) into the recesses. Place a layer of fertile soil on top.
- Place the seedling in the hole, but not too deep - the root collar should be 3 cm above the ground level.
- At the end of planting, water the bushes taking into account the proportion - 2 buckets of water per plant.
- Mulch the soil using sawdust and rotted manure.
How to care for a seedling?
The growth of the bush and the quality of the harvest depend on how correctly the berry crop is cared for. Particular attention should be paid to watering and preparing raspberries for winter, which will help the crop safely survive even severe frosts.
Top dressing
If you add fertilizer to the soil before planting, you don’t have to fertilize it for the next 3-4 years. Then you need to add fertilizer in early spring, before the flowering period begins and before the fruits grow.
For feeding you can use:
- An infusion of bird droppings or manure becomes an ideal fertilizer for bushes. Manure is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10, and bird droppings in a ratio of 1:20.
- Dry feeding would be the best option. In this case, it is better to use rotted manure.
The frequency of feeding should not exceed 1 time every 5 weeks.
It is not recommended to apply fertilizers too often, since this raspberry variety tends to increase the green mass of the bush, which is to the detriment of the quality of the fruit.
Watering
This variety is considered unpretentious and does not require special care. The main thing is to maintain an optimal level of soil moisture, which will ensure high-quality fruiting and good development of the plant.
Depending on the weather conditions, the frequency of watering is selected:
- In case of severe drought, moisten the raspberry bushes every 2-3 days.
- If it rains frequently, water the plant no more than once a month.
- In the summer, water only in the evening. This will help prevent sunburn of the roots.
Trimming
Unlike other raspberry varieties, the Moscow Giant requires more frequent pruning. Too rapid growth of shoots leads to severe thickening of the bush. As a result, a shadow is created, the shoots take all the valuable substances necessary for the growth and proper formation of berries.
It is recommended to carry out the pruning procedure according to the following scheme:
- Before the onset of cold weather, remove the tops of the first year shoots that have already produced fruit.
- Remove the tops even if there are still green fruits on them.
- Do not cut off all the shoots in the fall, otherwise next season you will lose part of the harvest that could ripen on these stems.
Garter
For support, you can use metal pipes or wooden stakes. They need to be installed next to the bush and the stems tied at a height of about 1.5 m.
A fan garter is often used - a support is installed between two bushes, after which stems are tied from two bushes in the shape of a fan.
If several rows of raspberries are planted in a garden plot at once, you should use the trellis method of gartering:
- Take trellises that will act as supports and place them at a distance of 3 m.
- Stretch several rows of wire between the trellises.
- Carefully tie each shoot to a wire.
- Make sure that the tops of the shoots rise 20 cm above the wire.
Mulching
The mulching procedure, which must be performed before wintering, is important in caring for this variety of berry crop. To mulch the soil, you need to use peat, sawdust, straw or dry hay. This will help the raspberries cope with the cold more easily.
Wintering
A distinctive feature of the variety is its good resistance to low temperatures. The plant can easily tolerate frosts down to -20°C. In order for raspberries to survive the winter well, special preparation is required:
- In the fall, when all the leaves have fallen, prune - removing old and new shoots. If the branches are too long, shorten them by about half. Read about pruning raspberries in the fall here.
- Loosen the soil around the plant and mulch with sawdust, humus or peat.
- Leave the mulch on until the weather is stable and warm in the spring.
- If winter is accompanied by severe frosts, bend the raspberry stems to the ground, cover them with agrofibre or leave them in this position. With the first precipitation, snow will cover the plant and provide additional insulation.
Be sure to treat the cut areas with garden varnish or hydrogen peroxide, which will help disinfect.
Agrotechnical measures
Thanks to the almost ideal, according to the sellers of planting material, characteristics of the Moscow Giant, its cultivation and obtaining high yields can be quite within the capabilities of even an inexperienced gardener.
First of all, it will be necessary to select a suitable place for raspberries on a plain or on a gentle slope, protected from draft winds that blow snow from the site in winter. Excessively damp and swampy soils, as well as places with high groundwater levels, should be avoided. The land must be cultivated, free from perennial root weeds.
Planting is carried out in the fall after leaf fall, or in the spring, at the first opportunity to go out into the field. Pits are dug to be large in volume and generously filled with organic and mineral fertilizers. The planted bushes are watered abundantly.
In a fruit-bearing raspberry field, the plants are regularly watered and fertilized, the rows are weeded, including unnecessary root shoots, and stems and large fruit branches are tied to the trellis. After the end of fruiting, the shoots of the second year of life are cut out at the root and destroyed. If necessary, during the growing season, treatments against pests and fungal diseases are carried out.
Reviews of raspberries Giant Moscow
★★★★★
Alexander, 40 years old, builder. In general, Moscow Giant turned out to be a good variety, but there are some nuances in cultivation.
For example, it is required to plant in sunny open areas. But the harvest covered all the minor shortcomings. The fruits are very large and have an incredible aroma and taste. ★★★★★
Oksana, 38 years old, teacher. A year ago, we planted this raspberry variety on the site and were quite pleased with the choice we made.
Once a month we fertilize with special additives intended for fruit bushes. Hide
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Moscow Giant is one of the most successful examples of new products among berry crops. Every year this variety becomes more and more popular among gardeners. Provided you follow all the rules for growing and caring for raspberries, you can get a rich harvest of aromatic, tasty and healthy berries every year.
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