Raspberries bear fruit on average in the second or third year, but over time the bushes need feeding, otherwise you will have to put up with a drop in yield.
Pruning is an important procedure for many fruit perennials.
However, if there is a lack of nutrients, the raspberry bush will remain with bare branches, and in the summer it will produce a few berries.
Pruning and fertilizing are two of the most important actions that will allow you to harvest in buckets. Fertilizing will provide the raspberry with resources for foliage growth and fruit formation.
Even old bushes can please you with a higher yield if you feed them correctly. It is best to fertilize raspberries almost immediately after the snow melts. Together with the melt water, nutrients will quickly penetrate the soil and nourish the roots of the plants.
Many gardeners recommend applying nitrogen fertilizers in the spring. But complex compositions are much more valuable for raspberries and many other fruit crops.
For raspberries, it is worth choosing fertilizers with a slight excess of nitrogen, as well as phosphorus and potassium. The application rate of such fertilizer is 30-50 g per square meter.
