When raspberries ripen in different regions, the timing of collection of home and forest
With the arrival 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 healthy, 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.
Ripening dates of fruits
Raspberry is a deciduous shrub that can grow in the wild on forest edges, in clearings, along the coast, and is also grown in gardens and farms. Some varieties of raspberry polydrill have been known since the 16th century.
It is divided into several types:
- traditional, multiplies rapidly, bears fruit once a season;
- remontant, reproduces slowly, bears fruit 2 times per season;
- large-fruited, berries are especially large in size;
- standard, bushes with branched shoots, similar to small trees.
- forest, growing near rivers and in forests, the berries are small, but very fragrant.
Each species has its own varieties, which have different periods of raspberry ripening. In Russia, forest raspberries ripen when the temperature reaches more than 23 degrees, starting from the end of June or mid-July, depending on the climatic zone.
When raspberries begin to ripen (table)
The growing season for raspberries begins in April, but depending on the climatic conditions and the growing region, the ripening period of the same varieties can be postponed by 5-15 days.
Varieties are classified according to the timing of the main and intermediate:
- Basic: early, middle, late.
- Intermediate: mid-early, mid-late.
| Classification of varieties | Period |
| Early | From the 2nd half of June to the end of the month |
| Mid-early | From the 3rd decade of June - 1st decade of July |
| Average | From the beginning to the end of July |
| Mid-late | From the 3rd decade of July to the 2nd decade of August |
| Late | From mid-August to the first half of September |
Harvesting lasts for 1-1.5 months, after which the two-year-old shoots dry up or are cut off.
When can you pick berries from early varieties?
The growing season of raspberries begins from April to mid-May, flowering lasts 1.5-2 weeks, end of May - early June, after which polychromes 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: Solnyshko, Cumberland, Scarlet Sails.
Medium ripening
In raspberry varieties with an average period, the ripening period begins from the first days of May to mid-June, the first flowers appear in the 2-3rd decade of June.
The first harvest of fruits occurs in the 1st decade of July:
- Mid-early: Kuzmin's News, Abundant, Good Luck, Balsam, Ugolek, Gusar, Pride of Russia, Arbat, Yellow Slastena.
- Average term: Brigantine, Latham, Modest.
- Mid-late: Tarusa, Peresvet.
The beginning of harvesting fruits from late-ripening crops
Vegetation in late varieties of raspberries begins in late June - mid-July, the color appears in the 3rd decade of July - 2nd decade of August. The harvest begins from early August to September. Late varieties include: Sputnitsa, Arabesque, raspberry cut.
In what months are they harvested from remontant varieties
Remontant raspberries have special ripening periods, which can bear fruit twice per season. It is also classified by timing, starting from 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.
- Middle: Hercules.
- Mid-late: Diamond, Orange miracle, Golden autumn, Bryansk miracle.
- Late: Kalashnik, Apricot.
When forest raspberries ripen in Russia
Summer residents and travelers who explore forests are worried about the questions: when can you pick raspberries in the forest, in what month will raspberries ripen in the forest? The harvest of ripe forest raspberries occurs in 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.
Forest raspberries have a two-year life cycle, in the first year young shoots of green color with a large number of sharp thorns grow, light green leaves on top, white-green below, slightly pubescent. On woody 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 widespread in the forest and forest-steppe zone, on the edges of forests, swamps, on the edge of rivers.
How to pick raspberries from bushes correctly?
In order 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 wrinkle and run off, so it is not recommended to wash them. To avoid contamination of excess dirt, bacteria, hands and container must be clean.
- The harvesting time of raspberries depends on the variety, usually after flowering 1.5-2 weeks pass, when the polyglot tree ripens. Harvesting is best done in dry weather, in the morning after the dew dries 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 laid out in it will lie in 2-3 layers and will choke less under their own 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 can be easily removed, leaving a white receptacle on the bush.
If the place of processing of raspberries is far away or it is going for sale, then it can be cut with a stalk, but this method is more laborious. Especially if it is collected for processing, you will have to spend time removing the peduncle with a white receptacle.
Accessories for quick harvesting
For the industrial harvesting of raspberry multiflora, special combines are used; they work on the principle of shaking the bushes, thanks to rotating mechanisms on which thin rods are attached. A machine from both sides of a row of raspberry bushes crushes the fruit onto a conveyor.For such combines, bushes are planted at a distance of 2-2.5 m and fastened to horizontal trellises. To work, you need 3 people, 2 assemblers and 1 driver.
This way saves collection time and labor costs. The only drawback of raspberry harvesting combines is their high cost.
Popular models for picking raspberries:
- Oxbo 9120;
- Korvan;
- Natalka;
- Joanna.
To collect berries in ordinary garden plots, self-made devices or manual harvesting combines like a rake with a box are used. The processing of bushes with a hand harvester occurs due to the grasping of the bushes with a rake, and light shaking movements knock the berries into a special box.
The ripening dates for raspberries in Russia can 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 get harvest in large quantities and on time.
