Grapes are the southern thermophilic plant. In order that it well transferred a winter season, it is necessary to prepare correctly it and to cover. It is necessary to follow all rules of the shelter of a vineyard concerning climate of that region where it grows.
It is required to you
- - covering for protection (roofing material, a polyethylene film, plywood);
- - fir-tree fir twigs;
- - hairpins from fittings.
Instruction
1. In the last month falls plentifully spill the earth under grapes.
2. In the first grapes don't cover night frosts (-1,-2), let will a little become tempered.
3. Cut off a rod, having left from 5 to 10 kidneys on everyone. Rod length then will be about one meter.
4. Cover the earth near a rhizome with fir-tree fir twigs a layer in 10 cm.
5. Lay a rod on this laying in the direction of growth so that it didn't break.
6. Arc-shaped hairpins from a wire press it to the soil.
7. Cover the pressed rod with fir-tree fir twigs, but it isn't dense, having provided it ventilation.
8. On fir twigs put a covering which will protect from a rain and a sleet. Don't forget to leave air gaps on each side.
9. When the first snow drops out, rake up it on the covered grapes. Thickness of a snow cover before hard frosts has to be not less than 10 cm. Only correctly carried out shelter of grapes for the winter will provide a good harvest.
10. Open grapes in the spring when night time temperature becomes above-zero.