Raspberry Joan Jay: description and characteristics of the variety
What a dacha without raspberries? What a backyard without impenetrable and prickly bushes, where fragrant berries are hidden? And listen to the experts, which today claim, that the best variety of raspberries - raspberries Joan Jay!
variety description
All European gardeners are ready to support our specialists. But few are familiar with this variety, and this is not surprising, the variety is quite new. Definitely, it's time to meet and appreciate the promising brainchild of the famous Scottish breeder Derek Jennings. It was he who created this variety by crossing the parent pair - varieties "Joan Squire" and "Terri-Louise".
The couple's son became famous. Among the autumn varieties, this variety breaks yield records, from the bush can be collected 6-8 kg of fragrant and juicy berries. Among the remontant - the most delicious. Description powerlessly convey the delicate aroma of large fruits and their wonderful taste. They achieve 8 m Fruiting of this variety begins in late July. The berry is definitely ripe, when completely and evenly colored ??in crimson color.
And it seems, Dear summer residents, what, creating this variety, the Scottish breeder thought of you. Judge for yourself, bushes are generally devoid of thorns! They are well branched, grow up 1,5 m, elastic and strong. But you still have to tie them up, bend under the burden of a bountiful harvest.
For care raspberry variety Joan Ji (not quite the right name) thank you very much, fruiting before the first frosts. Tender berries are not suitable for growing on an industrial scale. But they perfectly withstand transportation from the country site, heat resistant. Ideal for backyard!
Video "Description"
From the video you will learn a lot of interesting things about this variety.
Landing rules
This variety does not require any special tricks when planting. Of course, you need to choose a place, which is well lit.. Raspberry variety Joan Jay, like all his brothers, love the sun. Distance between planting holes - 50-70 cm. Row spacing - 1,5-2 m.
The technology is very common:
- dig a planting hole;
- pour half a bucket of quality humus;
- install seedlings in the planting hole;
- sprinkle the seedlings with soil to the root collar.
Here, actually, that's all. Take note immediately, each bush will give up 15 shoots, so prepare a support. It is convenient and effective to use a wall-paper from a galvanized wire:
- wire diameter - 4-5 m;
- distance between columns - 4 m;
- wire mounting height - 0,75 and 1 m.
Growing recommendations
To harvest, for which variety is programmed by the breeder, you need to follow certain rules. They are not so complicated. Raspberry Joan G is not very capricious.
This variety is not afraid of drought. If so, that for a couple of weeks you can't water the raspberries, do not worry, this is a valid term. But better, if the soil is constantly moist. Take special care of watering in the summer. At this time, raspberries "drink" 2-3 buckets of water per running meter of plantings. Joan Jay also needs loosening the soil or mulching.
Of course, raspberries need organic fertilizers:
- manure and compost are well suited, ash (divorced and dry);
- time of fertilizer application - autumn or early spring;
- on 1 sq. m required to 5 kg of fertilizer;
- 1 once a year (in the spring) should be fertilized with urea or ammonium nitrate (30 d on 1 sq. M);
- times in 2 phosphate fertilizers have been applied for years.
To protect the berry from parasites, requires four sprays during the season.
Raspberry John Jay (sometimes it is mistakenly called so) quite actively growing, and the process must be monitored. In lush thickets, the harvest will decline. Autumn shoots, who bore fruit, should be removed at the root. And for the winter the bushes should be covered.
Advantages and disadvantages
Joan Jay - variety, which will make you look differently at raspberry yields. A large number of fruits (and, of course, their great taste) - one of the most obvious advantages of the variety. Beautiful berries are easily removed from the bush, and thorns do not interfere with it. The absence of spikes is also a definite plus.
The variety is quite resistant to disease. Caring owners will appreciate that, that will receive many shoots for propagation.
Dense berries do not flow. The Joan Jay raspberry variety is perfect for that as well, to eat fresh berries, jam close, as well as freeze.
But this variety also has features, to be reckoned with, to fully enjoy the taste of berries. First of all, remember the rather late onset of fruiting. That's what this is about, that in insufficiently warm and sunny climates part of the crop may simply not have time to ripen.
Some gardeners state, that Joan Jay is prone to rapid re-singing, means, you need to have time to harvest.
in addition, take into account the cost of a bountiful harvest. This dictates the need to install wallpaper. They support the branches, dotted with lots of beautiful and fragrant berries.
Video "Care"
You will learn from the video, how to properly care for raspberry bushes.
