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What to plant where raspberries used to grow: your neighbor won't tell you
14.02.2023 15:24
Updated: 14.04.2023 01:41
Sooner or later, but instead of the dead raspberries, you have to plant a new variety, more productive and docile.
Having bought young and varietal seedlings, it is better not to plan planting in the place of the old raspberry patch. Pathogens or pests may live there. But you can’t leave the place empty, can you?
What does raspberry like?
It is important to understand that raspberries are demanding in terms of nitrogen content and do not tolerate members of the nightshade family as predecessors.
You should not plant raspberries where berries have already grown. In this case, you cannot avoid problems with the phytosanitary part. Viral, bacterial and fungal diseases can be inherited.
The worst idea in this case is to plant raspberries in place of a strawberry bed. Here, in addition to diseases, a common pest will be added - the weevil.
Planting after raspberries
All these circumstances are also important to consider when planning plantings after you have decided to move the bush to another location.
It would be best to leave this area alone and let the soil rest until next year, sowing green manure according to all the rules of agricultural technology. The best option in this case is a mixture of vetch, oats and phacelia.
In autumn, mineral fertilizers are added to the former raspberry planting.
If you really want to, you can plant annual flowers or vegetable crops. But not strawberries. Again, because of the weevil.
It is better not to plant gooseberries, new varieties of raspberries, honeysuckle, rowan and other berry and fruit crops in place of old raspberry patches.
It's a bad idea to plant root crops. The only exception is potatoes.
