Gulliver currant: variety description and care

Currant Gulliver bred by domestic breeders. Harvest - large fruits, very tasty, contain a large amount of vitamins and antioxidants. The variety is not afraid of dry conditions and frost-resistant, has frost tolerance in the spring season, while not losing harvest.

Gulliver currant: variety description

Black currant Gulliver: photo of the variety

• The birthplace of the Gulliver currant is the Bryansk region. The variety was entered in the state register in 2000.
• The variety is grown in the middle lane, in the northwest, in the south of Russia.
• The period from the moment when the inflorescences appeared until the time of harvest is 55-67 days. A bush of strong growth. The branches are strong, bend. The sheet is wrinkled. The brushes are medium in size, each containing 9-17 fruits.
• Description of the fruits. In the shape of a circle. Berry weight - 1.7-6 g. Black berries. Glossy finish of the fruit. Covered with a skin of medium thickness.
• Taste - sweet and sour. Ascorbic acid - 156 mg Tasting score - 4.4 points. Productivity - 2.5-3.5 kg / bush.
• The currant is transported perfectly, because it has a thickened, durable skin.
• The fruits are used for food fresh and for harvesting. Vitamin drinks are prepared, used as a filling for baking, frosts, preserves, compotes, and jams are made from the fruits. The leaves are used to brew herbal tea.
• Black currant Gulliver is a frost-resistant variety. Feels good down to -28 degrees. But as gardeners say, currants are tolerant to harsher conditions under snow.

Currant Gulliver: planting varieties

Black currant Gulliver: photo of the variety

Gulliver currants need lighting to grow well. Before planting a plant in the soil, it must be fertilized. The bushes are bought in nurseries that are time-tested, which have good reviews, or they themselves take from the main bush.

How to choose a landing site.

The plant lives in the same place of residence for 12-15 years. The variety has such an important quality - self-fertility, so there is no need to plant a number of pollinators.

Blackcurrant variety Gulliver loves the soil to be fertile, the type of soil is loam. If the soil is acidic, then lime must be added to it. For long-term preservation of water in sandy soil, it is necessary to introduce peat and humus, while digging them up with the ground. If the soil is clayey and heavy, then you can lighten it by adding coarse river sand.

Planting of the Gulliver currant variety is carried out in the south or southwest of the territory. The site must be sunny and sheltered from the winds. Low places are not suitable for planting plants; cold air and water accumulate there.

How to prepare seedlings.

Bushes are bought in a nursery or from trusted farmers. What a high-quality seedling looks like: the roots are 15-20 cm long, there are no growths, and they are not damaged; bush height - 30 cm; the number of shoots is 1-3.

If you have already grown Gulliver currants, then the seedlings can be removed by yourself. Reproduction occurs by dividing the bush, layering, cuttings.

When the Gulliver curry is transplanted, its roots must be divided into parts, use a sharp knife. Each newly baked seedling should have 2-3 strong roots. The place where it was cut must be treated with coal (grind it in advance).

To propagate a variety by cuttings, you need to choose 20 cm shoots, 5 mm thick.In the autumn, they must be cut from the bush and placed in a container filled with moistened sand. For 3 months, the cuttings are kept in temperature conditions of +3 degrees, then they are buried in the snow or remain in a cold room until spring. When the snow melts, the cuttings must be planted in the soil.

In order for the seedlings to arrive in time for the autumn season, reproduction is carried out by layering. In spring, biennial branches need to be bent to the soil, secured with brackets. Shoots need to be covered with earth, mulched with humus, and regularly watered throughout the season. In the fall, it is necessary to separate the layers from the bush and move them to the planting site.

Planting progress. The variety we are considering is planted in the last days of September or in the second spring month. A pit is prepared for planting 14-21 days before planting the bushes. Placing seedlings directly in the pits will harm them because the soil can settle.

Planting stages. When digging up a planting site, at the same time, you need to add 7 kg of humus and 1.5 liters of wood ash per 1 m2.

Prepare the landing pit. Depth - 40 cm, diameter - 50 cm. After 14-21 days we plant the plants. The soil level should be 4 cm above the root collar. Water the seedlings with lukewarm water. Cut off the shoots, leaving 2-3 healthy buds.

The planting interval of the variety between trees and bushes is 1.5 meters, because the variety, as we know, grows strongly. After the plants have been planted, watering is carried out 2 times in 7 days. The soil is mulched with humus. Hilling of bushes is required for wintering. To protect the seedlings from freezing, they are covered with Agro fiber.

Gulliver black currant care

Black currant variety Gulliver: photo

Although the Gulliver currant is unpretentious, nevertheless, competent and regular agricultural technology will not interfere with it. All season you need to provide watering plants and fertilize. You can also carry out preventive treatments for diseases and harmful insects.

Watering.

The setting of fruits and the yield of black currant are directly dependent on soil moisture. Too much water will kill the roots as they can rot in this way. For watering, warm water settled in a barrel is used. Abundant watering is needed at such stages of growth and development of currants: when inflorescences are formed, this occurs in the first days of June; when the fruits ripen, it falls in the second summer month.

1 m2 requires 25 liters of water. In order to water the plants, they dig grooves 10 cm deep; there should be a distance of 30 cm from the grooves around the seedling. After the water has been absorbed, you need to loosen the soil to ensure a good exchange of air in it. To reduce the amount of watering, you can use soil mulching with humus or peat.

Fertilization.

Black currant variety Gulliver needs to be fed with organic and mineral fertilizers. The fertilizers applied during planting provide the planted plants with nutrients for 2 seasons. At the 3rd year of life, full fertilization begins.

Early in the spring season, you need to fertilize with urea, ammonium nitrate or other compounds containing nitrogen. The rate of nitrogenous fertilization for young plants is 40 g, for an adult - 25 g. Top dressing must be embedded in the soil 30 cm deep. Thanks to nitrogenous fertilizers, new shoots and leaves appear. Instead of mineral dressings, you can add a manure solution, it is poured under the root. In the summer, the application of nitrogen is stopped; instead, the soil is fertilized with mixtures containing potassium and phosphorus.

Solution recipe: superphosphate (60 g), potassium salt (20 g) are dissolved in 10 liters of water. This mixture must be watered exactly at the root of the plant. After the plants have finished flowering and the fruits are ripe, this procedure is carried out.

In the autumn season, the ground under the currant bushes must be dug up and top dressing in the form of humus must be applied. Plus, you can fertilize the soil with wood ash, which will help in replenishing the supply of nutrients in the soil.

Black currant Gulliver: photo of the variety

Pruning procedure.

Pruning the bushes in time will contribute to their rejuvenation, the elimination of pests and their larvae. Circumcision is done early in the spring, before the buds open. The next circumcision will take place in the fall season after the foliage has fallen off. The main crop of the variety is obtained on annual shoots. The branches bear fruit for another four years. Old and rather weak shoots are cut with pruning shears.

The shoots that are inside the bush suffer from a lack of sunlight. As a result, the yield becomes smaller, the fruits become sour, since there is no set of sugars. You need to leave 15-20 branches per bush.

In the summer, cut off the broken branches and shoots at the roots, which will not participate in the reproduction process. Black currant is pinched at the tops. In this way, strong branches are obtained, which give a good indicator of productivity.

Prevention of diseases and harmful insects.

The Gulliver variety of black currant is less likely to suffer from diseases if it is properly and correctly looked after. The plant has strong immunity to powdery mildew, anthracnose, rust. Preventive treatment is carried out with solutions of the drugs "Fundazol" or "Fitosporin". Spraying of plants occurs when it is dry and cloudy outside.

If a disease is found during the growing season, it is necessary to additionally process the plants. The use of chemicals should be stopped 21 days before harvest.

Aphids, butterflies, caterpillars, ticks and other enemies dare to attack the black currant of the Gulliver variety. Plants will be protected, in this case, treatment with drugs for prophylaxis. In spring and autumn, currants are sprayed with a solution of the drug "Karbofos".

Currant Gulliver: reviews of gardeners about the variety

Black currant Gulliver: photo of the variety

Ekaterina, 53 years old, Saratov: “For quite a long time I doubted the choice of black currant, which gives large fruits. I thought and wondered what to grow on my site. After looking at the characteristics, photos, reviews of currant varieties, she focused her attention on the black currant variety Gulliver. I bought the seedlings in the nursery. Outwardly, I liked the bushes: the rhizome is strong, it is clear that the developed, thickened shoots immediately caught my eye. I planted bushes near the greenhouse. The currants gave a very rich harvest, the fruits turned out to be large and sweet. I use one part of the berries in freezing so that I can get vitamins in winter too ”.

Alexander, 50 years old, Samara: “Gulliver's black currant is famous in my area. Before planting the currant variety, Gulliver studied the characteristics, looked at the photos of the variety. It gives large fruits, it is not picky about special care. In the spring, until the time when the plants begin to bloom, I put a mullein under the bushes. The palatability of the fruit is excellent, the berries are sweet, with a slight sourness. This variety lives up to its name. "

Marina, 36 years old, Veliky Novgorod: “When studying the characteristics, photos, reviews of currant varieties, for some reason I immediately laid my eyes on the black currant variety Gulliver. Probably because the fruit contains a lot of vitamin C, as much as 157 mg. But this was not the only thing that caught my eye. On my site, the variety has been growing for the fourth year. Plants are strong, grow strongly, they need support. Fruit ripening takes place in July. In the springtime I brew fresh leaves for tea. Very pleasant taste and aroma. "

Black currant Gulliver is a large fruit variety that is not afraid of frost and dry weather conditions. Reproduction occurs by cuttings, layering, dividing the bush. Agrotechnical techniques: watering and feeding.To rejuvenate the bushes, they need to be pruned. The plant is not affected by diseases and harmful insects.

Gulliver black currant fruit contains a huge amount of vitamins and antioxidants. Gulliver's currant leaves make an amazing vitamin tea.