Early ripe Ruta grapes are the best hybrid variety

In many gardens, from the south to the northern latitudes, they grow grape, both an ornamental plant and a plant that brings useful berries to humans. What kind of fruit plant to choose when a lot of them have been bred by breeders. This question is often asked by grape lovers.

Table grapes are valued for their high taste, as they are used for fresh consumption. For the northern zones of viticulture, early ripening samples of garden culture are better suited.

Content:

• Ruta grape variety: description and benefits
• Planting vines: timing and rules
• Care instructions: watering, feeding, pruning

Ruta grape variety: description and benefits

The Ruta variety, bred by the Ukrainian breeder Zagorulko, is a mixture of the properties of Talisman and Radiant Kishmish. The vine of the plant has large, strongly dissected leaves. Two-thirds of it is occupied by clusters of pink fruits, fleshy-juicy, weighing up to fifteen grams each with a diameter of twenty-two to thirty-five millimeters.

Berries have a harmonious taste of a light shade of nutmeg, accumulate sugar content up to twenty percent.

The advantages of a hybrid include the following qualities:

1. The ripening of the variety occurs at a very early date - ninety five to one hundred days
2. Each bunch can weigh five hundred grams or more.
3. The plant is resistant to many diseases: mildew, gray rot, powdery mildew.
4. The vine easily tolerates frosts down to minus twenty degrees.
5. The bunches can be mature for a long time on the bushes, without losing their taste.
6. The high yields obtained from the Ruta variety are preserved for a long time, the berries are not damaged during transportation.

Many gardeners already grow Rutu on their plot, and already at the end of July they are enjoying its delicious fruits.

Planting vines: timing and rules

For planting grapes it is necessary to select such a site in the garden so that the sun constantly reigns there, and it would be well ventilated. Fruit crops like loamy or super sandy soil. An important point for her is that the groundwater is not close to the surface, and the land is not swampy.

Two months before planting, it is necessary to prepare pits for the seedlings, which must be fertilized. wood ash, manure, superphosphate. Mixing the top dressing with the soil is required. The vine soaked in water beforehand is slightly pruned, dipped in a nutritious chatterbox made of clay. Place the seedling in the middle of the hole, straightening its roots. Then it is covered with soil with compaction of layers. Water the plantings abundantly in the first two weeks. An important role for the further growth of Ruta grapes is played by the distance between seedlings. It must be at least a meter, otherwise the vine will not have enough nutrients.

A properly planted vine is the key to strong growth and a large harvest.

Grape support is also needed to support the creeping stem. It can be made from steel reinforcement or wire. Wooden trellises are also suitable. The best planting dates for Ruta are early spring. At this time, the grapes will gain strength, and in a year they will delight with ripe bunches. When planting in spring, one must not forget about protecting young plants from direct sunlight with the help of knocked down shields or boxes.It is better to dig in the seedlings purchased in the fall, leaving them for the winter in a basement or a heated greenhouse.

Care instructions: watering, feeding, pruning

Caring for Ruta grapes does not have any particular difficulties:

• Watering important for the plant during the growing season: ten to twelve buckets of water four times per season - this is the moisture rate for the roots of the shrub.
• Top dressing begins before the flowering of the plant, then two weeks after, and the last time - before the ripening of the berries. Divorced in water mineral, organic fertilizers just water the planting. From organic matter, preference should be given to wood ash. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture contributes to active growth, it will help protect the plant from pests.
• Pruning must be done, as this will help free the vine from thickening, give it more air and light. For better fruiting, this procedure is also needed. When pruning Ruta, leave six to ten eyes on the branch a week before flowering.
• Although the early variety is not afraid of frost, it is better to cover young plants with covering material or spruce branches.

The vine, if properly cared for, will yield a rich harvest of sweet, aromatic berries.

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