The most important time in care for grapes is the spring. If not to take all necessary measures, it is possible to face bad quality of harvest and the low level of development of vineyard. Emergence on bushes of fungi or wreckers is also possible.
The long winter is quite problemno endured by vineyards therefore to collect fruits at the end of season, it is necessary to provide the bushes with all necessary conditions.
In many regions the care for vineyard is begun towards the end of February, but the beginning or the end of March will be the most optimum time for this purpose. Before kidneys begin to be dismissed, it is necessary to trace that on cuts of branches there was juice. Has to be Sokovydeleniye moderate, in case of too strong release of juice the vineyard can even dry completely before begins to bear fruit. Too slow sokovydeleniye or its total absence can say that roots of vineyard have very strongly frozen in the winter.
Most often bushes for the winter are closed. When on the street temperature reaches 10 °C, they can be revealed, but you should not open all vineyard at once at all, it needs to be done gradually in the mornings, otherwise bushes can get solar burns. The best month for this purpose for the southern regions April, to northern regions is better to open vineyard in May.
Many experienced gardeners remove the shelter to dry vineyard, then again cover it so far temperature will not settle down. It becomes for the reason that too long finding of bush closed during above-zero temperature very badly affects plant.
Complex of actions for care for vineyard in the spring
For the first action it is necessary to stock up with very sharp secateurs, by means of it it is necessary to cut off the dried and broken branches which were under the shelter. It is necessary to cut surely 4-5 cm above than the level of peephole. It is also necessary to remove leaves which close grapes clusters from sunshine.
The following step - spraying of vineyards in order to avoid fungi and wreckers. It is not necessary to be afraid to use chemical means, they will not do harm to berries as many think.
And last action fertilizing. The first is done as soon as snow completely descends. The second fertilizing becomes closer to the middle of May.
Many experienced gardeners use special fertilizing with which they just spray grapes leaves. If it is correct to look after grapevine during the spring period, then through certain time it will please with good and tasty harvest.