Fig. Valuable tips for growing gooseberries

The gooseberry is popularly called the berry of life or the berry of wine. It has been cultivated since ancient times. For many nations, the wine berry is a symbol of success and all kinds of benefits, and many articles and scientific works have been written about the benefits of grapes. Indeed, the berry is rich in vitamins and other nutrients.

It's no secret that the wine berry belongs to the heat-loving plants, so more often the shrub can be found in the southern regions of the country, but some grape varieties are also grown in colder regions. With proper care, fruit grapes can grow calmly and give a rich harvest outdoors in weather much lower than forty-degree heat.

Despite this, the cultivation of wine berries requires sunlight and moderate moisture. And you also need to choose a grape variety suitable for your region of residence and soil.

Paradoxically, such a culture as a wine berry is not particularly whimsical to the land where it germinates. It can grow on clay soil and sandy soil. If the soil is excessively clayey, it is necessary to organize high-quality drainage for it, if it is sandy, it can be treated with manure. Acidic soils are deoxidized with lime. The only strict rule is the impossibility of stagnant melt water in the soil.

The wine berry is very fond of moisture, but at the same time does not tolerate excess water. It is a good idea to install a drainage system in the vineyard and run water through pipes and hoses directly to the roots of the plant.

Oddly enough, the "southern plant" also does not tolerate excessive heat. As soon as the thermometer shows a temperature above thirty-five degrees Celsius, the grapes significantly slow down their growth. Light varieties are considered less thermophilic than dark varieties. But all varieties, both light and dark, are capable of growing and producing crops in partial shade.

It is recommended to plant wine berries on the south side of the summer cottage, for example, near the south wall of the country house or not far from the fence. If this is not possible, you need to bury the seedlings in a trench about half a meter deep. So the root system can be protected from freezing.

As mentioned earlier, the choice of grape variety determines almost everything that is associated with grapes in the garden in the future. When choosing, you need to take into account everything from the period in which the crop should ripen and ending with whether it is required to cover the grapes for the winter period or not.

So, after choosing a place, you can start planting grape seedlings. First you need to dig a hole eighty centimeters wide and deep. A wooden peg is installed in the middle of the pit and covered with rubble from above (this is necessary in order to ensure drainage).

Next, pour a sufficiently large layer of earth on top (in the region of ten centimeters), pour a little water for additional moisture, and pour several buckets of humus or other organic fertilizer onto the very top. It will not be superfluous and in the future it will be useful to add a little potassium salt or superphosphate. In conclusion, about one third of a bucket of earth is poured onto the resulting "sandwich" and all this is poured abundantly with water.

Do not forget about the peg installed in the center of the pit. Around it, it is necessary to recreate the semblance of a small mound. A wine berry seedling is tied to this peg, the roots are carefully and carefully straightened around the mound so that the planting site of the seedling or the place from which the shoots will later diverge is at ground level. Next, the seedling is added dropwise and slightly compacted and crush the ground.

In the future, grown grapes will definitely need additional support. It is usually made from steel wire. If it is planned to grow a whole vineyard on the site, then the seedlings must be placed at a distance of about two meters from each other.If the grapes are planted against a fence or wall, it is necessary to indent by half a meter.

Wine berry propagates in two ways: vegetatively or at seed aid... However, for growing in a garden, the seed method is not entirely suitable, therefore, we will consider only the vegetative one. It involves the propagation of grapes by layering or cuttings.

In the fall, you need to cut out the cuttings (it is desirable to select the already well-recovered and strengthened part of the shoot, at least 9 millimeters thick). At the same time, it is necessary to leave parts of a larger shoot on the cuttings so that in the future they will help to activate the process of root formation.

Wine berry cuttings are prone to mold. Therefore, in order to prevent this, it is enough to literally put them in a solution of copper sulfate for literally a few seconds, why, after tying them into a bundle, place them in a dark, cool place.

A box with poured sand or even a refrigerator is perfect for this (in this case, you need to store the cuttings in a closed bag). If these conditions are met, the cuttings can live peacefully until the next planting and give a large harvest in the future.

In order for the grapes to multiply with the help of layering, it is necessary to select the two largest and strongest layering in the lower part of the bush, free the layering from leaves and antennae, and lay in twenty centimeter holes, digging a little from above.

Next, you need to water abundantly and sprinkle on top with sawdust or any other material for mulch. After winter, you can get two new bushes (however, it is advisable to separate them from the "mother plant" only after a few years).

The first fragment should be carried out only when the length of the side shoots reaches ten centimeters. At the same time, the land under the bush must be loosened and, of course, rid of weeds.

You should fertilize a wine berry three times a season, but you can pinch the shoots and cut them once a year.

And now, a few simple rules, and the vineyard will be ready. All that remains is to wait for the first fruits and enjoy their taste.