Many gardeners believe that grapes – very whimsical culture and is suitable for cultivation only in the southern regions of the country. However in recent years selectors have removed set of the zoned grades which can be grown up with success in territories with severe climate and to receive good harvest.
Instruction
1. Choose grades with small lianas as the long curling lianas can freeze. Get grapes shanks in specialized shop where selling assistants will tell you about features of each grade, and you will be able to pick up that which to you is the most suitable.
2. Pay attention that on shank there have to be three or four kidneys or leaf. Process shank the fertilizer accelerating formation of root system, and put in pot with nutritious mix. Put container to the warm light place. Dosvechivayte plant fluorescent lamp.
3. At the end of May land shank in garden. Choose the place for landing from South side of the site, it has to be solar. Dig out pole, fill in it manure bucket, fertilize glass of wood ashes and add the garden earth. In this fertile mix land shank and water.
4. Near sapling put support on which the grapevine will curl. If you want to land several shanks, then have them through two meters from each other, otherwise plants will interfere with each other when expand.
5. Systematically weed, you loosen and water grapes. In the spring and delete in the fall the died-off escapes as they delay growth of rod.
6. For the correct growth of plant give it the form by means of cutting by secateurs. For areas with less severe winters (where it is possible not to cover rod for the winter) form bush shtamby, and for areas where grapes need to be covered form bush in the besshtambovy way (it is convenient for the shelter).
7. Grapes can grow and fructify on one place up to thirty years therefore it needs fertilizer. In the spring, at the beginning of the vegetative period when the plant increases roots, the escapes and leaves, are required for grapevine nitrogen fertilizers. When the plant blossoms, fertilizers, the containing potassium and phosphorus are necessary for it. These substances are necessary for maturing of fruits and ripening of strong escapes.
8. In each two or three years you introduce organic fertilizers: manure, peat or compost. It is the best of all to do it in the fall under redigging.
9. You introduce mineral fertilizers annually. Systematically feed up grapes bird's dung, dung water or compost. Dissolve fertilizer at the rate of one bucket on 3 buckets of water and leave that perebrodit, for two-three weeks. Then water with this liquid grapes, previously having diluted it with water in the ratio 1:10 (one part of fertilizer and ten parts of water).
10. In process of development of plant, prishchipyvayta side escapes, so-called stepsons, but do not break out them at the basis.
11. For the best infructescence you carry out controlled pollination. It will allow to increase harvest approximately by 20%. Make such adaptation. Take piece of fur and attach it to stick. Carry out by fur on grade flowers of pollinator, and then on flowers of the pollinated rod. Best of all pereopylyat grapes of different grades.
12. That the plant has not frozen in the winter and pleased you with abundant harvest long time, cover it for the winter. Remove liana from support, lay it on the earth, cover with fir twigs or hill the earth, the layer has to be not less than ten-fifteen centimeters. Clean the shelter in the spring as soon as the soil dries up.