Gooseberry pruning

Gooseberry is a shrub from the gooseberry family. The Russian climate is ideal for gooseberries. True, in the southern regions, it does not take root very well. Within the middle zone, as well as in Siberia and the northern regions, the gooseberry is actively growing and developing, and also bears fruit. But despite all his resilience, he can also get sick. It may happen that the gooseberry fruit stops growing, loses its taste, and also disappears. The foliage may turn yellow and dry out. Large gooseberries are easy. One of the simplest and most effective ways to get large gooseberries on healthy and strong bushes is to properly prune them.

What is the best outfit to choose for trimming this look.

As you know, gooseberries are extremely prickly and pruning them is not the most pleasant process for a gardener. The secret lies in choosing the right clothes, tools and gloves. Consider a few recommendations for the selection of uniforms for trimming this type.

It is best to choose clothes made of dense sliding fabrics, a military field uniform or even a Soviet tunic is also perfect.

Now there are many varieties of pruners and garden shears, each of them has its own characteristics and purpose.

For pruning gooseberries, both pruning shears with one-sided and double-sided sharpening are suitable, mainly thin shoots up to three millimeters in diameter over three millimeters up to five millimeters, it is better to use pruning shears with an amplifier or pruning shears, over five millimeters, you can use special pruning shears with telescopic or simply elongated handles.

A tool with narrower ends will make it easier to reach the desired cut point between the shoots.

Compliance with the rule of choosing pruning shears for different shoot thicknesses will reduce the effort to trim thick branches and prevent the cut of thin shoots from “crumbling”.

In any case, the choice of tools remains with the gardener, the main thing is that the tool is comfortable, sharp and suitable for the thickness of the shoot in order to minimize injury to the shoots.

Particular attention should be paid to gloves, knitted gloves will cling to the spikes and are unlikely to be able to protect from injections.

More suitable "doused" gloves, they will protect your fingers, although they can cling to the shoots from the back.

The best option would be thick linen gloves with smooth coatings or leather gloves.

Why is it dangerous not to prune a given crop?

Consider several options for the detrimental effect of not pruning a given crop.

In the absence of proper care, gooseberries degenerate, the berries become smaller and lose their original taste.

The branches bush, get confused, begin to interfere with each other to receive the required amount of sun, moisture and nutrients.

Extreme long shoots fall to the ground, grow, as a result, external aesthetics are lost.

In addition, the shrub becomes a bait for all kinds of diseases and harmful insects.

When to carry out the pruning procedure for a real variety.

Consider a few recommendations on the timing of the pruning procedure for this variety.

Gooseberries are usually pruned once or twice every twelve months.

It is best to prune in early spring, around the beginning of March, when it is already clear which of the shoots have survived the winter safely and can subsequently give a good harvest.

It is extremely important not to miss the moment before the buds appear, otherwise, after pruning, the shrub will leak juice, hurt and attract pests.

If the term for pruning has already been missed, it is best to postpone pruning of shoots until autumn or limit yourself to removing dry, branches.

Dry and diseased branches should be removed during the summer.

It is quite simple to define them, they look, as a rule, dark gray or almost black, dry, excessively gnarled, differ from young and healthy shoots.

Autumn pruning should not be skipped, this will help prepare the shrub for winter and make it easier for the shoots to winter, the plant will not need to waste energy on feeding unnecessary shoots.

Leave strong shoots, selectively cut off shoots that go into the bush.

The cut should be done obliquely parallel to the growth of the kidneys. Autumn cuts need to be lubricated with garden var, you can buy it in the store or make it yourself.

How to cook a garden var.

Consider the stages of self-preparation of a garden var.

To begin with, you need to take: 1) six tens of milliliters - alcohol., 2) five hundred grams - wood resin., 3) two tablespoons - linseed oil.

Pour alcohol and oil into the resin heated to a creamy state, mix everything thoroughly.

Store in a sealed tin so that it can be reheated in case of thickening during long-term storage.

How to carry out the pruning procedure for bushes in different years of their life.

There are peculiarities for pruning gooseberry bushes of different ages. Let's take a closer look at them.

Pruning for a one-year-old bush.

Consider the recommendations for the pruning procedure for a one-year-old bush.

In the spring, before planting, all shoots are shortened.

Large shoots are cut off so that up to three buds remain from the bottom, inclusive, you can also leave three buds on weak branch shoots.

During the summer season, the root system will develop and the skeleton formed during planting will be strengthened.

At the same time, in autumn, the minimum pruning of dry and diseased branches is carried out.

It will be great to keep six one-year-olds.

Pruning for a two year old bush.

Consider the recommendations for the pruning procedure for a two-year-old bush.

At the beginning of spring, only sanitary pruning should be carried out if necessary.

But in the fall, it is necessary to leave five more new strong shoots that have reached twenty centimeters.

Those shoots that have not grown to twenty centimeters should be removed.

The shoots of the previous year are pruned at a level of about thirty centimeters from the ground.

And horizontally running shoots also need to be cut off.

Pruning for 3 year old and 4 year old bush.

Consider the recommendations for the pruning procedure for a three-year-old and four-year-old bush.

Three to four years of plant life is a period of strong growth, by the fall of the third year there should be eleven to eighteen shoots of different ages, if this did not happen, weaker shoots can be left by cutting them off by ten to twelve centimeters.

By the end of the fourth year, strong fruiting shoots have already been formed and all new growth should be removed, including from the root.

Pruning for a five year old bush.

Five years of culture life - during this period, up to twenty five to thirty branches of different ages are formed on the shrub, so in the spring it will need to be sifted from thin branches, leaving strong basal ones.

Pruning for a bush that is over five years old.

Consider the recommendations for the pruning procedure for a bush that is over five years old.

If the bush is older than five years, then as needed, you can update the bushes, leaving five strong branches for the winter.

Good, pruned shoots can be dug in for propagation.

Bush formation.

There are only two ways. Let's take a closer look at them.

The first method is a garter in a trellis.

For this method, there are several recommendations from experienced gardeners.

Trellis are used to grow abundantly tall bushy gooseberry varieties.

The formation of a planting on a trellis is carried out in the following order: shoots are planted in rows at a distance of six to seven tens of centimeters between shoots and one hundred forty to one hundred fifty centimeters between rows.

In the middle, between the rows of plantings, supports are dug in, it can be either wooden rods with wire stretched perpendicular to the rods at a distance of five tens of centimeters and eight tens of centimeters from the ground, or other curly structures for every taste.

Up to five units of shoots are tied to the structures, keeping the distance between the fixing points twenty to twenty five centimeters.

Each year, the tips of the shoots of the last year are cut off by a third.

It is necessary to leave and tie up five units of shoots annually, also removing dry and diseased shoots.

The result is an easy-to-collect construction that can also be used as a hedgehog.

The second way is stamping.

One of the most beautiful ways to grow bushes gooseberry is a standard one. For this method, there are several recommendations from experienced gardeners.

Despite the relative complexity and duration of the stem formation, the result will definitely please.

An already grown bush with a strong vertical branch, preferably a meter in height, is selected, tied to a support, the remaining shoots are cut off.

Further, five units of shoots are left annually on the trunk, cutting in half until the formation of a bushy crown on the trunk.

Conclusion.

The culture itself is rather unpretentious. If you provide this bush, then the little that he asks for, then he, in turn, will give you a bountiful and sweet harvest.