How to properly grow taiga grapes to get the desired result

Different varieties and types of grapes are used in different industries. Many are intended for the production of wine and grape juice, some are used only for food and fresh. There are many varieties from which raisins are made. Taiga grapes are table varieties. Juice and wine are made from it.

Content:

• General information about the taiga grape variety
• Grape care
• Taiga grape propagation
• Planting grapes

General information about the taiga grape variety

Grapes are one of the most favorite berries on the whole planet... Each region and country is famous for its unique varieties and types of these bushes. Their variety is numerous, each variety has its own taste, color, aroma.

Among this variety, every summer resident and amateur gardener can choose the most suitable and favorite grape bush for his site.

For regions with frost and during long winters, there are special frost-resistant varieties that tolerate the winter cold well and bring a generous harvest every summer.

Taiga grapes:

• It is one of the hardy varieties that grows well in cold regions.
• It grows into a strong large bush, which, with proper care and timely pruning, gives a high yield.
• One bunch can weigh up to 400 grams, and the berries reach 2 cm in size, their shape is round, and the color is black.
• The taste of this variety is pleasant, but without frills.
• In winter, the bush can withstand frosts down to -32 degrees.

Grape care

Watering for grapes is very important, especially in the first time after planting a seedling.

In sunny and dry weather, young grape bushes are watered every other day. If the weather is wet, rainy and cloudy it will be enough to water Once a week. In the second year after planting, watering of seedlings is reduced to 1 time per week in dry, sunny weather. In subsequent years, the grapes do not need watering. For watering, the morning or evening period of the day is suitable.

In some regions, especially in cold grapes, it is necessary to cover for the winter. There are many non-covering and frost-resistant varieties. But most of the bushes are covered with tarpaulin or tarpaulin, some are buried in earth.

Autumn pruning:

• When preparing grapes for winter, it is necessary to decide what it should be like in spring. It depends on how it will need to be cut.
• By regularly pruning a grape bush, there are no unnecessary questions about its formation. But if the plant is running or pruning was not carried out regularly and with errors, it is necessary to work on such a bush carefully and for a long time.
• Care for such grapes begins in spring and lasts all summer until autumn.
• During this period, it is necessary to regularly remove young green shoots, which are formed on the perennial branches of the bush. This process must be carried out annually for all grape bushes.

If there are several perennial branches, then it is necessary to choose two healthy fruiting branches, the extra ones are cut off in the fall. After the foliage falls off, all unnecessary branches are removed, and a fruit link is formed on the main fruiting arms.For this, healthy, strong shoots are selected, on which a vine is left for replacement and a branch for fruiting for the next year. It is necessary to leave 2-5 eyes on the fruit arrow, depending on the thickness of the vine.

There should be no more than three such branches on the main sleeve of the bush.

Spring pruning:

• Pruning in the spring is carried out in the early months, when the frosts have just ended and the bush is still in winter sleep.
• As in the fall, extra sleeves or diseased branches are removed if necessary.
• A bush is formed, and only vines are left for the fruit link.

Many gardeners recommend pruning not covering grapes in the spring, since after winter frosts, many branches freeze and die. Pruning in the fall can lead to complete freezing of all pruned vines.

Taiga grape propagation

Grapes propagated by cuttings and dropping in the vine.

The most productive and used method is cuttings. This process begins during the autumn pruning of the bushes. Strong vines are selected and cuttings are cut, on which there should be 4 well-developed buds. Having cut the required number of cuttings, they must be put in a box and covered with sand. The box is placed in the basement until the time for rooting comes. If the house does not have a basement, then such vines are stored in the vegetable section of the refrigerator.

Cuttings are taken out in March and checked for viability. For this, a small cut is made at the edge. If the cut is green, the vine is still alive.

To plant cuttings you need:

• Prepare the ground. For this, sand, sawdust and humus are mixed to the ground, all in equal amounts.
• The substrate should be loose and subsequently not thickened so that the stalk "breathes".
• Pour the resulting mixture into a container, at the bottom of which there are holes for removing excess moisture.
• Next, you need to prepare the cuttings. To do this, you need to make a cut at the bottom of the cutting, and also scratch the bark shallowly with a sharp object from the middle to the bottom.
• Further, all hThe kernels are soaked in water for a dayso that they are completely covered.
• The next day, they are half immersed in water with a root formation stimulant for a day.
• And after that, the cuttings are placed in a container with water and placed in a sunny place, after a few days the bud will begin to swell and open, and after 2-3 weeks the roots will appear.

For planting rooted cuttings, a prepared earthen mixture is used.

Drainage is poured onto the bottom of the container, a stalk is placed and covered with a prepared substrate. The planted vine is exposed in a sunny place, watered as needed. Before planting in the ground, the container with the seedlings must be taken out into the open air so that the young bushes adapt to the ambient temperature.

Planting grapes

Before planting grapes, you need to think about where it will grow.

The ripening period and health of the bush may depend on the place of growth. The landing site is selected on the southern side of the site, near which it is necessary to install supports for the vine. Also, the place should be without shade and sunny, so that the soil warms up well in warm periods of the year.

A pit for planting grapes must be prepared in advance:

• For this deepening, the diameter of which is 1 meter.
• The depth of the pit is also made a meter, crushed stone or river sand is poured to the bottom by about 20 cm.
• From above, wood chips are poured 10 cm, which will serve as drainage.
• After that, the pit must be covered with foil and allowed to warm up well under the spring sun.
• A glass of oats or wheat, sand, dry humus and crushed brick are added to the soil that was dug out of the hole.
• All this is thoroughly mixed. You can also add wood ash to this mixture and warm it up well in the sun.

Before planting seedlings, the prepared well-warmed earth is mixed and filled into the pit.

Since gravel and sawdust have already been poured into the pit, the result should be a hill 40-50 cm high. At the top of the hill, it is necessary to make a hole, the depth of which should be up to 30 cm. In this case, the formed hill should not be destroyed. Into the groove made the seedling is laid out and covered with earth. After that, it is watered with warm water and mulched.

For good development of the bush, the distance between adjacent seedlings should be at least 1.5 meters, and between rows up to 3 meters.

More information can be found in the video.