Features of Alex grapes

Grapes have become a part of people's lives. I cultivate it and use it in different ways. Oils, extracts, cake, juice, extract, fresh berries, dried fruits, leaf and stem are applicable in different forms and for different needs. The grapes are grown in different climatic conditions, in different territories. Only in permafrost conditions this plant is not cultivated.

Content:

• About Alex grapes
• Description of the variety
• Fruits of the city
• Alexa's ability

About Alex grapes

There are more than a hundred thousand in the world types of hybrid grape varieties... Each of them is the result of long-term selection, designed for the growth of a given variety under certain conditions.

The Alex grape is a new variety of a complex European-American hybrid that belongs to table grapes.

The Alex grape is an early-medium ripening variety. Its berry ripening period ranges from 115 to 135 days. The period of full ripening of the berries occurs at the end of summer: the second half of August or the beginning of September. But in order for the harvest to be maximum, it is necessary to choose the right planting site, soil and soil and neighborhood on the site.

Landing features:

• The most optimal choice for planting Alex grapes will be the choice of southern and southwestern lands, plains and slopes. But even planting this variety in low-lying areas will be absolutely painless for grapes, since this variety is frost-resistant to air and soil temperatures up to -25 degrees Celsius.
• The main thing when planting seedlings - do not shade them with each other, do not frequent.
• The best distance when planting Alex grape cuttings between them is 2-2.5 meters. This will prevent the root system of the seedlings from mixing. After all, Alex grapes have a deeply penetrating root system, and bushes with great vigor.

Description of the variety

Characteristics of the appearance of Alex grapes:

• The bushes of this grape variety are peculiar.
• Shoots ripen by almost 60%, and only 71% of them are fruiting stems.
• The top of the young shoot is wide open and has a yellow-green color.
• Alexa's leaves are large, strongly dissected, slightly pubescent, pentagonal and five-lobed.
• The sheet has different colors on both sides.
• Above, a mature leaf has a dark green color, a shade is lighter below.
• The veins are all light green.
• The petioles of Alexa's leaves are longer than the central vein; the notch of the petiole is overlapped by the lobes of the leaves.
• The entire leaf is covered with medium-sized sharp teeth along the edging.
• The denticles are deep, triangular, with straight sides.
• The bottom of the leaf has a weak cobweb pubescence.

Fruits of the city

Fruits in the form of rather large berries are connected in bunches... The weight of each bunch is from 700 grams to 1 kilogram, but sometimes specimens weighing up to 2 kilograms come across. The berries are very large and have a cylindrical shape.

Since the shoots of Alex grapes are evenly distributed in space, they have additional support. After all, there is often a certain load associated with the size of the bunches. Sometimes the bunches of this grape reach 35 centimeters in length and 18 centimeters wide.

The berries themselves at full maturity, having an oval shape, reach sizes up to 33 millimeters in length and up to 27 millimeters in width.

The average weight of a ripe berry reaches 12 grams. Alex grapes, when they reach full maturity, become dull, milky white, with a greenish-yellow tint. They have a dense skin that is easy to eat.The pulp of ripe grapes is juicy, fleshy, with a slight crunch, with a nutmeg taste. The sucrose content in the pulp of Alex grapes reaches 20% - this is an excellent indicator for frost-resistant varieties. In this case, the acidity is no more than 6%.

A feature of this variety is the fact that when removed from the bush, the berries have the ability to ripen after being plucked.

Therefore, you should select optimal moment for harvesting... Another distinctive feature of the Alex variety is its ability to preserve berries for a long time on the bushes. At the same time, consumer qualities are not lost. The variety is very resistant to aggression from wasps and other insects.

Alexa's ability

Alex grapes are resistant to mile - 2.5 points, oidium - 3.5 points, gray rot - 1 point. Has resistance to phylloxera, both to the root - 3.5 points, and to the leaf - 1.5 points.

Pruning - 6 to 8 eyes. Alexa can be cultivated in the south of the country in open field conditions and in the north when growing this grape variety under cover conditions.

During the tasting, fresh grapes were rated with a high score of 8.2.

Alexa has high level of transportability over long distances. The grapes are suitable for local consumption and for export.

There are some basic tips for caring for this grape variety:

• Alexa grows better on moist, light soil.
• Landing pattern: 3 meters x 75 centimeters.
• It is better to leave no more than 40 shoots on the bush.
• The grafted culture bears fruit better.
• Long-term correct storage does not spoil consumer qualities.

In conclusion, we can say that by many criteria this variety is not inferior to many imported grape varieties.

More information can be found in the video.