Tibetan raspberry benefits and harms of Japanese berries. Features of growing strawberry raspberries

For our gardeners, it has recently become popular, so few know how useful it is, how it can be harmful, what are the advantages of growing it on your own.

Description

Raspberry strawberry or Tibetan, grows in the form of a half-shrub, reaching a height of 30 cm to half a meter. Growth is definitely influenced by the peculiarities of processing and care. Corrugated foliage has a light green tint. It is she who attracts attention to herself, even despite the rather unusual fruits. Raspberry blooms for a long time with white flowers that reach 3-4 cm in diameter.

It begins to bloom in the first summer month and ends in the last autumn. Interesting that flowers periodically appear next to the already ripe berries. The fruits have an expressive burgundy color and reach large sizes - up to 3 cm. They are not hidden under the foliage of a semi-shrub, but openly directed upwards. Thanks to the massive, bright berries in contrast to the green leaves, these are easily visible from a distance.

Did you know? In Western countries, Tibetan raspberries are called strawberries-raspberries due to their similarity to both berries at once. This feature is often used by marketers to increase hype and, accordingly, sales. But in reality, a hybrid between raspberries and is impossible in principle.

Strawberry raspberries will be an excellent scenic addition to the garden, therefore it is not necessary to consider planting it solely for edible purposes. Basically, gardeners plant a lot of these plants at once in one row along the fences, making an unusual composition and an artificial structure. This structure has a very effective natural look.

But the Tibetan berry also has a number of significant drawbacks that must be taken into account. The main one is that the fruits do not have the most refined taste. Although the huge size of the fruit can be misleading, giving hope for fantastic taste, the Tibetan raspberry is spoken of as a berry with a neutral taste, which is in no way associated with the qualities of ordinary raspberries. Accordingly, there are not so many fans of this variety, but someone finds it attractive precisely the massiveness of this berry.

The negative quality of this plant is that almost the entire shrub is covered with sharp thorns. The thorns are even located directly next to the fruit. Therefore, harvesting is a very difficult task. Although, if the plant was planted for decorative purposes, then the thorns will turn it into an excellent natural fence, which can already be perceived as a virtue, and to collect fruits it will be enough to wear special clothes and gloves.

Berry composition

Rose-leaved raspberry contains many substances our body needs:

vitamin C- supports the body's immune system, fights viral and respiratory ailments;
vitamin P- increases the flexibility of the vascular membranes, has a regenerative effect on cells and tissues, is an inhibitor of aging processes;
vitamin A - regulator of protein synthesis, strengthens skin covering, affects the production of visual pigment;
iron - is responsible for the level of hemoglobin in the blood;
copper - preserves the natural pigmentation of the hair, strengthens it, participates in the respiratory processes, supports the hormonal glands;
potassium- the main component of the potassium-sodium pump, which is responsible for supplying nutrients to cells.

What's the use?

Beneficial features Tibetan raspberry determines the high level of pectin content. These substances normalize the functionality of the entire digestive system, restoring intestinal peristalsis, and promote better absorption of the necessary elements from food. With a deficiency of pectins, disorders such as diarrhea and flatulence can occur, but eating only a dozen or two berries during the day will not have to worry about this.

Let's list the main beneficial properties of this berry:

support for the correct functioning of the blood supply system;
strengthening and increasing the flexibility of the membranes of blood vessels;
providing the body with the correct blood composition;
increased hemoglobin levels;
bringing the digestive system back to normal;
restoration of gastric motility;
counteracting flatulence and diarrhea;
prevention of colds;
positive impact on the psychological state;
increased immunity;
low calorie content.

Important! Tibetan raspberry is effective in the treatment of colds and viral diseases, having a significant amount of vitamin C.

Contraindications and harm

Important! For pregnant and breastfeeding women, it is not contraindicated, but, on the contrary, has a positive effect on the health of the child and mother.

Storage rules

Plucked fruits of Tibetan raspberries can be stored in the refrigerator for about two to three days, but when frozen for the winter, the shelf life increases significantly, up to almost one year.

For safety medicinal properties it is better to dry raspberries. Dried berries can be used to brew tea that has not only great taste, but also a number of useful properties. It is effective for normalizing metabolism, against colds and spring deficiency.

Rose-leaved raspberry has a wide range of useful properties, but it is a very rare berry on the market, since there is no large scale of production. The planted shrubs on their plots successfully take root, reproduce at a very rapid pace and have good harvest... Therefore, planting in a small area will satisfy any needs of your family for this berry.

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The variety has many other names - Tibetan, Japanese, strawberry, seductive, rose-leaved, raspberry spinach, rosaline, etc. The biological name is Rubus Illecebrosus. Many people mistakenly consider it to be a hybrid of raspberries with strawberries, blackberries or even spinach. In fact, this is not a hybrid, but a variety that occurs in the wild South Asian nature in an uncultivated form. Of course, there are varieties that appear thanks to the efforts of breeders.

Most often in middle lane The Strawberry Sticks variety is cultivated in Russia. In cultivation and care, the culture is unpretentious, it perfectly resists diseases, pests and frost, it multiplies well, therefore it can be safely adopted even by not very experienced gardeners. Despite its southern origin, it takes root well even in the Baltics, St. Petersburg and other regions that are not too generous in heat and sun. Can be grown indoors or on the balcony. Has high decorative properties.

General information

The homeland of the variety is considered to be North China, the Himalayas (according to some sources - Japan). Tibetan raspberry bushes are spherical, from 30 to 70 cm high, very dense and highly prickly. Thin and flexible shoots are completely covered with thorns, which makes it necessary to handle the plant very delicately. The corrugated leaves of a light green color have a serrated, deeply patterned edge. Very rough to the touch, cling to clothing.

Inflorescences about 4 cm in diameter are formed more often on the tops of thorny shoots, sometimes the peduncles are ejected from the axillary buds. The petals are light in color, from white to cream.

The berries are very large, up to 5 cm in diameter, with a hollow center, from pink-yellow to coral-red, without sugar content and aroma. When unripe, they are completely bland. As they mature, they are easily removed from the receptacle. Their taste is simple, sweet and sour, without bright gastronomic notes, which is more than redeemed by an unusual and even refined appearance. Due to its high decorative effect, it is grown even in flower beds. The taste is more reminiscent of bone bone.

The root is creeping, which allows for rapid spreading and abundant growth from the third year after planting.

The main differences from regular raspberries

It blooms and bears fruit, without forming brushes, with separate single inflorescences (fruits).
The aboveground part is one year old, i.e. is completely renewed annually and completely dies off. In the spring it gives young shoots, on which the fruits are formed. In common raspberry varieties, the shoots of the first growing season do not bear fruit.
The internal structure of the berries is the same as that of any raspberry, with attachment to the receptacle, however, from the outside they are more similar to strawberries.
It blooms and bears fruit throughout the growing season, from the formation of young shoots to the very frost.

Landing

Control of subsequent reproduction should be provided immediately before planting. If you do not put the plant in a rigid framework in the literal sense of this expression, then in a few years this garden culture will seize all the free and occupied lands in its path and even displace perennials (including even such invincible ones as horseradish and runny). Restricting the landing area will facilitate subsequent care.

Limit the growth of strawberry raspberries immediately, before planting! It will be very difficult to deal with this later!

The area allocated for planting requires an underground edging. The grounding depth must be at least 0.5 m. For this, any material that can delay the growth of roots is suitable - slate, iron sheets, special polyethylene and rubberized tapes, etc.

Planting of seedlings is carried out at a considerable distance (up to 1 m) from each other. You can plant more often, but the site will overgrow very quickly. In the first year, neat isolated bushes will grow, subsequently the green berry array will densely cover the entire allotted area.

Landing place

Tibetan raspberry is unpretentious to sunlight, its extraordinary vital energy allows you to survive even in partial shade, but not in wetlands.

The plant does not tolerate excessive moisture stagnation at all!

It is optimal to choose a site with a slight slope. If it is even and there is a danger of stagnant water, it is necessary to make drainage grooves or raise the landing site by 15 cm.

The best soil for planting is loam, the soil solution of which has an alkaline or neutral reaction. “Neighbors” do not play a special role in the life of this culture. Time is early spring or late autumn.

Planting by cuttings

The best time for planting by cuttings is autumn, after all the berries have been removed from the shoots. You should dig out a mature healthy plant with a root and cut off adult shoots from it so that the height of the remaining "stumps" does not exceed 3 cm. Then the rhizome is cut into pieces that have at least one bud. For planting, spacious holes are dug. After disembarkation and dusting with earth, they are slightly compacted.

Rhizome processes

Planting material is taken from bushes not younger than 5 years old, around which abundant growth is formed during the season. Young shoots are cut off with a sharp shovel and deposited. Autumn plantings give best resultthan planted in early spring.

By dividing adult plants

Middle-aged bushes of Tibetan raspberries are cut into segments in the area of \u200b\u200bthe root collar using a sharp shovel. Each is deposited separately in a prepared spacious hole. It is also better to do this in late autumn.

The methods of summer cuttings and sowing with seeds also allow growing this variety, but gardeners are considered to be little profitable and unreasonably laborious.

Plant care + video

The plant does not require pruning during the entire growing season. But, since the shoots grow for one year, they require cutting in the winter. In winter, it requires shelter, otherwise the yield may decrease.
Weeding is only needed in the presence of aggressive weeds, otherwise it can be neglected.
It is necessary to polish by hand, but very neatly and shallow the root system lies close to the surface.
The shrub requires regular thinning. Unfruitful branches are cut in the middle of summer.
Watering in dry times is required daily, otherwise the berries will be small and devoid of juiciness. It is better to supply water to the root, not higher than the lower tier of leaves. Sprinkling can sometimes be practiced.

Top dressing

Spring feeding is required, autumn feeding is desirable. Mullein is ideal in a 1:10 solution with the addition of complex fertilizer for fruit and berry crops. You can immediately, after the snow melts, while the soil is still wet, add granules of ammonium sulfate, and in the fall - potassium sulfide. Granules without dilution with water are introduced into the root zone and sprinkled with mulch peat, compost or rotted manure.

Preparing for winter

The culture is frost-hardy, and in addition, shoots are cut off almost to the root for the winter. Therefore, no complex shelters need to be built. But in order to increase yields, you can cover the plot with spruce branches and sprinkle it with earth.

Harvesting

In the first year to bear fruit strawberry raspberry will start in July or even August. The berries should be picked after full ripening. Otherwise, they will be completely tasteless. The harvest will grow every year. For harvesting, it is good to stock up on shallow plastic containers, since the fruits are crumpled a lot.

Diseases and pests

The Tibetan raspberry variety is resistant to pests and diseases, but in general they are the same as for other varieties. According to gardeners, it can be amazed:

Raspberry beetle;
Strawberry weevil;
Rust;
Root system cancer;
Anthracnose;
Chlorosis.

Of the pest control agents, malofos, detoil solution and DDT preparations proved to be the best. For the treatment of diseases, it is recommended to use copper sulfate in solution or Bordeaux mixture. If not all bushes are infected, it is better to uproot and destroy diseased plants, planting healthy ones in free places after tillage.

More detailed information about diseases is described in the article:

Waterlogging, a large number of aggressive weeds and poor air movement (stagnation) in the area can provoke diseases.

Rubus rosifolius) Is an interesting type of raspberry with large red berries of an unusual shape. Some vendors refer to the plant as a strawberry hybrid and ("clumica"). It is sometimes marketed as "Tibetan raspberries." Beautiful scarlet fruits are edible, fragrant compotes and jams are cooked with them. The unpretentious plant looks so impressive that it can be safely used when decorating the site. Given the tendency to seize neighboring territories.

Description

In nature, rose-leaved raspberry is found in East Asia (even in the Himalayas). It grows in light forests, on gentle mountain slopes and along roads. In some countries (Japan, China, India, the Philippines, etc.) there are industrial plantations where this type of raspberry is grown for berry picking. In Europe, the "miracle berry" is often planted not for the sake of fruit, but as an ornamental deciduous plant.

A low bush with light openwork foliage looks impressive. On my site, its height is about 60 cm. For friends above it is about a meter. Perhaps someday my bushes will also be the same. In the first year, seedlings are short, only 20 - 40 cm high and give one berry at a time.

This type of raspberry is prickly. The insidiousness lies in the fact that small needles may not be noticed until they scratch the skin.

During flowering, large white flowers bloom. Later, fruits appear (polystyrene). These are scarlet berries that emit inner light. They are often directed towards the sky. It is for its fruits that the amazing type of raspberry is famous.

Care

A place... Rose-leaved raspberry is unpretentious and tenacious. It is less demanding on soil than regular garden raspberries. A few years after planting, numerous daughter plants become cramped. They are looking for any crevice to get away from the garden, climb onto garden paths. Several bushes in three to four years shamelessly occupy the entire flower bed or other flower garden, displacing their neighbors. Several times I mercilessly tore out the bushes that had crawled into the strawberry garden and filled it. If you do not restrain the growth of rose-leaved raspberry, it becomes malicious.

On the fertile garden land of raspberries, expanse. I consider a sufficient bright place to be an important condition. The soil should be moderately fertile. Ideally, improved loam or sandy loam soil of slightly acidic reaction.

Watering and feeding. This plant is so tenacious that no watering and feeding schedules can be drawn up. One spring feeding is enough ( ammonium sulfate) and one autumn ( potassium sulfate). Convenient ready-made mineral mixtures under simple names " Spring fertilizer for the garden"And" Autumn fertilizer for the garden».

Loosening... The root system is shallow, which must be taken into account when loosening and removing weeds such as. I sometimes replace loosening by mulching the soil with crumbly mature compost.

Pruning... In the summer, it is advisable to remove the branches of neighboring bushes so that thickets do not form at the site of planting of rose-leaved raspberries. Individual bushes planted nearby look more interesting.

Raspberry rose-leaved thickets in early autumn

The aboveground part is cut off for the winter. You can leave small stumps (for reference). It is better to do without them, marking the place of growth with sticks or other objects, because by the spring, shortened old stems can completely dry out and disappear.

Wintering... By winter, the aboveground part gradually dies off. She worked and is no longer needed. The first time I cut it off, leaving tiny stumps. Then, by the winter, she began to clean the bed with raspberry rose-leaved with a rake.

Shoots of raspberry rose-leaved in autumn die off

Surface rhizomes hibernate in the ground without additional insulation, a regular layer of snow is sufficient. Young shoots appear in spring. It is better to insulate the planting sites of very young plants for the winter by mulching the soil or put on top.

Planting and transplanting

Several years ago, in the fall, they brought me a bunch of rose-leaved raspberry shoots. Some of them had dried injured roots. I dug them in the garden, not hoping for success. To my surprise, sprouts appeared in these places in the spring. True, a little later than at the site of planting seedlings with a good root system.

Several shoots grow from each rhizome. Therefore, the need for a large number there is no planting material.

I gave my neighbors rose-leaved raspberry bushes (with a clod of earth) in spring and summer. It took root faster if it was planted in small pits or grooves filled with loose soil. Watering the newly planted plant at first you need to regularly. Especially for spring planting.

Using berries

There are many seeds in large scarlet berries. The sweet and sour pulp is edible, it does not have a special taste. I add berries to fruit salads more as a decoration. They can be used to decorate any desserts.

My friend believes that these fruits become tastier in compotes and jam. There, their aroma is enhanced, strawberry-pineapple notes appear. Before cooking the jam, she rubs the berries through a sieve and adds citrus zest, currants or gooseberries to them.

I put berries in fruit drink for flavor.

Rose-leaved raspberries are worth having on the site. Be sure to take into account the tendency to overgrowth. It is still rare ornamental plant with original edible fruits. Next year, I plan to transplant some bushes into large plastic pots and dig them into the ground next to. This should deter the "aggressor".

This culture relatively recently came to us from the Baltic States, where it is a frequent visitor. There's a grade of this raspberries are called Rosalyn... In Russia it is called rose-leaved... The most interesting thing is that it came to the Baltic States from ... Siberia. Why is she now called Tibetan - God knows. Rosalyn had and does not have anything to do with Tibet. A is a hybrid of raspberries and blackberries. However, there is another opinion - that it is blackberry with strawberries. It is a low (up to 1 m) rounded dwarf shrub with delicate carved leaves of a pale green color. It blooms and bears fruit from the end of July until the very snow. The flowers are large, up to 4 cm in diameter. The berries are bright coral, large, like strawberries.

The taste of the berry, I would say, is neutral, with a subtle smell and resembles a blackberry. And the jam made from it has a delicate strawberry aroma. At first, we somehow did not perceive this taste, but now she is our favorite. Our children and our neighbors are especially fond of her.
The plant is very decorative and looks especially beautiful against the background of conifers. All neighbors and passers-by are interested in what kind of curiosity it is. But keep in mind: the bush is very thorny. It should be processed only with gloves.

My Rosalyn grows in the garden and grows no more than 70 cm. Every year the ground part of the bush dies off. In the spring, young shoots grow in a very dense bush, on which berries grow at the end of July. The root system of the pink-leaved raspberry is shallow, so the soil must be cultivated carefully - basically, this is loosening next to the bush. "Pink" raspberries do not shoot all over the site, but actively creeps in breadth to the free space. I am very grateful to the feeding. Her favorite delicacy, like any raspberry, is manure. In the spring we pour a layer of manure of 1–2 cm, then cover it with 5–10 cm of mown grass - and that's it, there will be enough food for the whole summer. Moderate watering.

In areas with a cold climate, it is better to cut off the entire ground part and cover for the winter. Plant in the fall. But it is possible in spring, however, when transplanting, the plant is stressed, and it is unlikely that it will yield a harvest this year. But experienced gardeners know: we are waiting for the harvest for three years. You will not get large harvests - pellets and buckets - but you can feast on and surprise your neighbors. The beneficial properties of this raspberry are the same as those of blackberries, but there is a very big advantage. This berry seems to be specially created for children suffering from diathesis. It does not cause allergies! But how much you want to feed the child with fresh berries in the summer, and how insulting when he cannot eat them in any form!

Now you have become better acquainted with the pink-leaved raspberry (which you have never heard of in Tibet). Do you need it on the site? The decision is yours.

Strawberry Raspberry (Rubus illecebrosus) - a kind of raspberry "Rubus illecebrosus Focke". It got its name because of the external resemblance to raspberries and strawberries. Unscrupulous sellers claim that this is a hybrid of raspberries and strawberries or raspberries and blackberries.

It was described in 1899 by the German botanist Wilhelm Olbers Focke. This shrub comes from the western part of the Japanese islands, where it grows at an altitude of up to 1500 m. As a berry crop, it is widespread in the Baltic countries, Poland, Holland. Among amateur gardeners, it is known under various names: seductive, Tibetan, Chinese, Himalayan, strawberry, dwarf, rose-leaved, rosolin.

Description
Strawberry raspberry is a shrub belonging to the Rosaceae family. The bush is spherical. Height 30 - 60 cm. Stems - upright, herbaceous, stiff at the base, covered with thorns.

The leaves are oblong, rough, toothed, with small skeleton spines, dark green in color. When harvesting, you need to be very careful, as "clinging", the thorns can cause long-lasting scratches.

Flowers - creamy white, five-petal, up to 4 cm in diameter, gathered in a bunch at the tops of the stems.

The berries are round-shaped, juicy, bright red, up to 5 cm in diameter. Very decorative. Sweet and sour taste is expressed only in ripe fruits. Very decorative, which makes this plant desirable for landscape designers.

Reproduction of strawberry raspberries
The plant is considered an "aggressor" as it reproduces very actively. It is difficult to deal with young growth. Large territoryoccupied by strawberry raspberries almost impossible to release. An effective method is to "entrench" the territory with slate to a depth of 30 - 40 cm. They sit according to the scheme: 15 cm (in a row) × 30 cm (aisle).

Reproduction is carried out in the following ways:
- dividing the bushes;
- shoots of rhizomes;
- cuttings;
- seeds.

By dividing the bush
The bushes are divided in the fall, cutting along the rhizome with shears into 2-3 parts. The stems are cut, leaving 2-3 cm each. The pit should be 2 times larger than the rhizome. At the bottom, you can put cut grass or plant waste such as peel. For the winter, it is advisable to insulate the raspberries by covering them with mulch or covering them with spruce branches.

Rhizome shoots
For propagation by shoots, 4-5-year-old plants are taken. In the spring, the shoots are dug up along with part of the rhizome and planted in a new place.

Consider the rapid reproduction of the shrub when choosing a site. It is advisable to leave an "empty" area around the bush.

Cuttings
Cut the cuttings about 10 cm long, put them in the furrow, sprinkle with a layer of earth 5 cm. Watering is constant.

You can place the cuttings under a glass jar or plastic bottle in the spring. Water as the soil dries. The next spring, the jars (bottles) are removed.

Seeds
Practically not used, because, firstly, the seeds may not germinate, and secondly, the time frame is much longer than reproduction in other ways.

Landing
- the landing site should be well-lit, sunny;
- soils - light: loam or sandy, soil acidity - low;
- the best planting time is autumn.

Care
In order for raspberries to bear fruit well, the following rules must be observed:
- avoid thickening. To do this, in the fall, cut off the ground part, leaving 2-3 cm on the shoots. In the summer, cut off shoots that did not give fruit;

Obligatory loosening of the root part. Considering that the roots of the shrub are superficial, it is necessary to loosen the soil very carefully. It is good in this case to use a small Fokin plane cutter;

In the summer, regular evening watering. Lack of moisture will affect the drying and further fall of the berries;
- mulching the root area with kompom or peat;
- preventing the growth of weeds. Moreover, weeds are harvested by hand so as not to damage the raspberry root system;
- spring and autumn feeding. In spring - ammonium sulfate (15-20 g per m2), in autumn - potassium sulfate (20-30 g per m2). Fertilizers are scattered in the root part and mulched;
- before the onset of cold weather, sprinkle with earth or cover with spruce branches.

Pests
The main enemies of the strawberry raspberry are the raspberry-strawberry flower beetle, the raspberry beetle and the raspberry shoot aphid:

Raspberry-strawberry weevil-flower beetle - in early spring feeds on young foliage, then lays eggs in buds, then damages the peduncle.

Hibernates under dry leaves. To destroy pests, they spray with DDT. The first time - when peduncles appear. The second is during the development of buds. Spraying during the flowering period is not recommended, since the shrub is not self-pollinated;

Raspberry beetle - damages berries.

Appears in early spring, eats anthers. Lays eggs in buds. Destroyed by spraying with DDT, although a 1% detoil solution can also be used. Spray before flowering. Since the plant is not self-pollinating;

Raspberry shoot aphid - feeds on sap of leaves and young shoots, causing curling of leaves, curvature of shoots. Hibernates in fallen leaves and inside shoots. Therefore, the shoots cut off in the fall are burned.

Control methods - spraying with karbofos (according to the instructions) during the budding period.

Diseases
Diseases. Those affecting strawberry raspberries are the same as those of garden raspberries: anthracnose, rust, ulcerative spot of stems, purple spot, chlorosis, root cancer, curliness. The methods of control are similar to the methods of combating diseases in garden raspberries.

Application
Tibetan raspberries are widely used in landscape design. It fits perfectly into the composition of conifers, as a fence of the site, on alpine slide or on a green lawn.

In cooking it is used for making fruit drinks, jams, preserves.

Morse

Ingredients:
- strawberry raspberries - 1 kg;
- sugar - 300 g;
- water - 0.5l;
- zest of 1 lemon.

Cooking method
Grate the berries with sugar, add water, lemon zest, stir. Heat, stirring constantly until boiling. Boil for 5 minutes, cool. Strain. Pour into a decanter, add sliced \u200b\u200blemon or orange.

Raspberry-currant jam

Ingredients:
- strawberry raspberries - 1kg;
- red currant - 1kg;
- sugar - 1kg;
water - 1l.

Cooking method
Grind the berries with sugar, add water. Stir and put on medium heat. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes while stirring. Remove from heat and pour into jars.

AT folk medicine used for the following diseases: gastrointestinal tract, ARVI, bronchitis. Tracheitis, hypertension, kidney disease, depression, is a good anti-allergen.

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