Raspberries

Presentation

Raspberries are the fruit of raspberry, a shrub with upright stems and cylindrical shape up to 1.5 to 2 m high.
The stems of raspberries are biennial and die after fruiting the second year. The stump suckers, perennial issues new stems every year.
The raspberry is native to Europe and temperate Asia. Its natural habitat is mainly in the mountainous undergrowth, usually below 1500 m, but it also occurs in the lowlands. Culture of raspberry apparently since the late Middle Ages.





Culture
The raspberry is indifferent to the type of land as long as it is fresh and well drained. It is highly resistant to cold but some cons, he fears the high temperatures and drought. Note that it grows more vigorously in shade than sun.
The multiplication of raspberry that fact by separating suckers well rooted cuttings or shoots of the year. The first option appears to be the simplest and has a success rate close to 100%.

Maintains raspberries

To keep the soil cool and moist raspberry and also in order to remove the weed, you can use grass clippings as mulch at the feet of raspberries. This also has the advantage of feeding the soil.
The stems of raspberries that have produced, also known as canes, wither and die at the end of the season. They bear fruit only once. When dry, they take a darker color, they then have to "fold" (cut at ground level). The young shoots green or purple are brought to fruition within a year. They must be kept intact, just blunt to 0.80 m or 1m.

Friends of raspberries
Seedlings of forget-me (pretty little blue flowers) can be planted at the foot of raspberries in order to escape the midge fly. Fly that lays its eggs on the small shoots, and cause the appearance of a large gall and worm in the fruit.







 
Medicinal Properties
The fruit, according to the herbalists and naturopaths could, pregnant women, helping to alleviate nausea and vomiting in the morning as motion sickness, help uterine relaxation and thus to the prevention of spontaneous abortion.The fruit can reduce blood glucose in diabetes with utility. The treatment, raspberry, tonsillitis has been reported.Raspberry leaves contain tannins with astringent and useful in diarrhea.