Apricot variety Red-cheeked - description, planting and care

Apricot Red-cheeked is a wonderful medium-ripening variety, beautiful, productive and unpretentious. However, it is more suitable for cultivation in the southern regions.

Apricot Red-cheeked: variety description and characteristics

Apricot Red-cheeked: photo of the variety

The apricot tree of the Krasnoshekiy variety can reach up to 5 meters, it belongs to the tall-growing, but if the formation of the crown is ensured, then the tree can become small and neat. The fruits are red in color, the mass can reach up to 60 grams, round shape, the pulp is very juicy and soft, sweet taste with a slight sourness, begins to bear fruit from 3-4 years. This variety is a long-liver, therefore it has the ability to persist for 50-55 years.

Pros of the variety

• The fruits of Krasnoshchekiy apricot begin to appear 3-4 years after planting.
• Apricot variety Red-cheeked does not require additional pollination.
• The variety has a late flowering, this ensures the winter hardiness of Krasnoshchekiy apricot.
• Apricot Red-cheeked is not picky about the soil, this allows you to plant it on absolutely any soil.
• It tolerates drought well.

Minuses

• High humidity can cause the disease "Moniliosis", so you have to monitor this.
• Some are exposed to an infection, even despite a fairly high disease resistance.
• Due to too wet soil, it begins to bear fruit poorly.

Harvest

The quantity and quality of the harvest depends only on how you take care of the tree from the very beginning after planting. If you take care of the special rules, you can get a wonderful harvest. If the fruits are harvested in several stages, the yield will increase. That is, the fruits that remain become larger and larger in quantity after each harvest. Such collection will also help solve the storage problem, as the fruit will stay on trees for up to 25 days.

Storage

Collecting the fruits of the Red Cheeked apricot depends only on how you will further use the fruit. If any transportation is expected, then it is worth picking unripe fruits that have not been damaged by anything. If apricots are harvested for personal use, that is, for eating, then only well-ripe fruits should be harvested.

Absolutely any apricots are suitable for the preparation of conservation.

Apricot Red-cheeked: cultivation of a variety

Apricot Red-cheeked: photo of a tree

The correct planting of Krasnoshchekiy apricot influences a lot, the correct development of the plant and yield depend on it.

Landing rules:

• First, you need to dig a hole. Its size should take into account the size of the tree roots. Then you should place the Krasnoshchek apricot seedling in the hole so that the roots do not stick up in any case.
• The very bottom must be filled with fertile soil and watered in sufficient quantities. Tamp the earth a little and water again.
• For a good development of the plant, it is necessary to make careful watering. Water must flow to all roots, this will allow the Red Cheeked apricot seedling to quickly adapt and develop quickly.
• After ten days after planting, fertilizing should be carried out, which will consist of a complex of fertilizers. This step should not be skipped.
• Planting an apricot tree Red-cheeked is desirable in late autumn, you can also plant it in spring, but this should be done only when warm weather sets in.

Red-cheeked apricot care

The apricot variety Red-cheeked is quite undemanding to care, but if you follow the rules, the yield will be larger.

Regular loosening and mulching are the basics of care, these actions are performed to supply oxygen to the roots, and this also allows excess moisture to evaporate. Indeed, with very wet soil, rotting of the root system begins, and it can lead to wilting and death of the tree.

Pruning the Red Cheeked apricot must also be done, it allows the tree to rejuvenate. Thick branches, dry leaves interfere with the development of the tree. Do not forget about the pest and diseases that cause tremendous damage to the tree; to avoid diseases, the tree trunk should be painted with a special solution or oil-based paint. The lower part of the trunk is covered with a mixture of lime and copper sulfate.

Apricot variety Red-cheeked: photo