What's happening in the field?

At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Bagged raspberries thinned and fertilized

by

We finished shoot thinning the bagged raspberries today. We left 6 shoots per bag, ultimately we need 4 – 5 for bag, but we left one additional for insurance. This was a good call since the ones that were thinned last Thursday had a few broken shoots due to wind over the weekend. We also fertilized each bag with 1 tablespoon of 14-14-14 osmocote.

Here is one of the bagged raspberries before the shoots were thinned.
Here is one of the bagged raspberries before the shoots were thinned.
Here is a bagged raspberry after thinning to 6 shoots.
Here is a bagged raspberry after thinning to 5 – 6 shoots.