Ternoslum Pride of Siberia: cultivation and reviews

Terosplum - the result of crossing blackthorn and common plums... The result is a fertile, winter-hardy, not susceptible to diseases and pests of the plum. She is not afraid of any weather, she is able to grow in any adverse conditions. A fairly large number of this variety has been bred. One of the representatives of this family is the thorny plum Pride of Siberia. Few people know the peculiarities of the variety and the process of its cultivation due to the fact that the thorny variety is still so little common.

Content:

• Description of the variety
• Landing: timing and rules
• Care Tips
• Diseases and pests
• Testimonials

Description of the variety

The variety Pride of Siberia inherited all the characteristics of a real plum - a small tree reaching a height of 3-5 meters. The branches of the green beauty are spreading, but covered with sharp spines-peaks, like those of a real thorn. The leaves outwardly resemble the shape of an ellipse, have jagged edges along the edges.

Flowers appear late June-July, their number is off scale - they completely cover the entire tree trunk. The color of the inflorescences is white, very attractive to pollinating insects.
Berries begin to form from the end of July. Reaches full maturity in early September. The fruits are ovoid.

The Pride of Siberia variety gives big yields every year.

Its branches are completely covered with red-coral fruits, which acquire a dark blue color by September. The berries are large, fleshy, with a hard bone inside. The weight of each cream does not exceed 25 grams. This is a rather weighty volume, usually a plum yields up to 15 g each berry. Due to the abundance of berries, it is recommended to put props under the branches, otherwise, under the weight of the fruit, thin vines may break off.

The berries have a tart-sour taste on the palate. It is rarely eaten freshly plucked. The palatability changes due to the digestion or canning of the fruit, and it is also very common to make a variety of syrups and pie fillings from the berries.

The plum contains a large amount of nutrients and trace elements. It contains a large amount of minerals such as cobalt, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, chromium, potassium, manganese, copper, zinc, iron, potassium.

In addition to the minerals listed, the pulp contains:

• Tannins
• Pectin
• Cellulose
• Monosaccharides
• Starch
• Essential oil
• Vitamins of group B, C, E, PP
• Amino acids
• Alimentary fiber

Therefore, the use of the fruits of the Pride of Siberia variety, both fresh and in cooked dishes, significantly affects the human body, saturating it with nutritious components.
Thus, planting a late variety of thorny plums in the garden will allow you to extend the berry season until the very end of September. The main thing is that the berries can remain on the branches for a long period of time.

Landing: timing and rules

It is very simple to grow a thorny plum yourself. It reproduces vegetatively enough quickly and without problems, with the help of cuttings. They can be either green or semi-lignified, or completely lignified. It is possible to inoculate thorny plums to a regular plum.

The easiest way to propagate a tree is to prepare a seedling with a well-developed root system:

• It is recommended to harvest such seedlings in the fall.High quality offspring from a healthy mother plant are selected. It is required for planting that the planting material is two years old, healthy with a well-developed root system and skeletal branches.
• Having decided on the seedling, it needs to be separated from the mother bush. Dig up as much of the root system as possible and chop off. If the selected process has insufficiently developed rhizomes, most often it is planted in a separate place for growing.
• For these purposes, choose a loose, nutritious soil. As the mass grows, both the root and the branched plant are transplanted to a permanent place of residence.
• Disembarkation is usually carried out in early spring. The end of April-beginning of May is ideal for the process. If it is decided to plant at an earlier date, it is recommended to prepare the soil in advance.
• The selected area should be entered mineral and organic fertilizers... For a good start of a fruit plant, per 1 m2, up to 8 kg of manure, superphosphate (50 g) and potassium salt (up to 40 g) are placed. All additives are carefully dug up with the ground. It is recommended to check the level acidity... If it does not reach a level of 5.5 pH, then lime should be added.
• Preparation should be carried out either in late autumn - at the end of October or at the beginning of December. If in the autumn period the event was not performed, then it is worth carrying out the procedure 1.5-2 months before planting a young seedling in this place.
• The scheme for planting thorny plum seedlings recommends a distance of 4-4.5 meters from each cutting. A deepening is dug 50 cm deep, and 70 cm wide. A 5-liter bucket of humus, potassium sulfate (40 g) and superphosphate (up to 100 g) are introduced into the pit.
• Fertile soil is introduced from above to the middle of the hole. A seedling is placed on it, the roots are carefully spread in all directions. It is imperative to sprinkle a fertile layer of soil on them. The earth should be tamped in such a way that the root collar remains on the surface by 2-3 cm.

After planting, you need to water abundantly. Mulch the area next to the trunk. The crown for sufficient nutrition of the entire tree is shortened so that it is no higher than 80 cm above the ground level.

Care Tips

Basically, caring for a tree does not require much work:

1. It is recommended to loosen the soil over the roots from time to time. This promotes better penetration of nutrient moisture and oxygen uptake by the roots. But it is not worth deepening very deeply, large rhizomes can be accidentally damaged, which can provoke disease or death of the plant.
2. It is definitely recommended to form the crown of the Pride of Siberia variety, otherwise the branchy shoots will grow. Initially, it is required to form a green growth by regular low-abundance pruning, as well as bending branches.
3. When the lignified shoots begin to bear fruit, you need to remove the one-year-old shoots, leaving only 30-50 cm from the main trunk. Such pruning is required for the 4-5th year of the tree's life.
4. Fruiting of thorny plums occurs approximately at 3-4 years of age. At this point, you need to start making top dressing. Any fertilizers are applied at the end of October, when the top layer of the soil is dug up. The optimal dosage per 1 m2 of root dressing consists of: 50 gr. superphosphate, 5 kg of manure and 20 gr. potassium sulfate. Before feeding, you need to free the soil from weeds, dig it up well. It is also worth mulching the soil under the tree with fallen leaves, straw or sawdust.

Harvesting begins at the moment when the plum acquires the color specified by the specific qualities. If the frost is picked up, then the taste improves, the fruit becomes more juicy, the primary astringency disappears.

The tree is not afraid to overwinter, it can withstand even severe frosts up to -40 C. Even if the branches freeze, the root will catch up and drive out new greenery.The only thing that can harm the plant is pests. Thus, thorny plum Pride of Siberia is an ideal tree with high yields and minimal maintenance requirements.

Diseases and pests

In most cases, thorny plum is not susceptible to any kind of stone fruit disease or pest infestation. But sometimes, any plant, regardless of its tolerance, has the ability to become infected. The list of diseases is distinguished by the following possible ailments of thorny:

• Plum pockets - berries are affected. Fruits greatly increase in size, lose their shape and appearance. No bones are formed inside them, the pulp does not correspond to the specific properties. The disease belongs to fungal, manifests itself in high humidity, during the period of heavy rains. It is necessary to deal with such a disease by spraying with Bordeaux liquid during flowering and after at the time of the formation of berries.
• Fruit rot - there is a sharp wilting of young shoots along with flowers, then the fruit becomes covered with brown spots, a decay process occurs. It is recommended to process with iron or copper sulfate.
• Sharka - unusual whitish stains appear on the leaves, wedged lines and circles appear on the fruits. The pulp becomes tough, inedible. It is recommended to prune the plant only with a clean garden tool, remove harmful insects.
• Dwarf thorny - recognized by the deformed type of foliage. It takes the form of narrow, small leaves with ragged edges. If you refuse treatment, then next year there will be practically no peduncles, growth and development will slow down. As a result, the plant will die.

Of the harmful insects, they are not able to inflict strong harm on the hardy. The only dangerous pests in winter are rodents. They tend to spoil the trunks. To prevent this from happening, the snow that has fallen is trampled down next to the trunk. In addition, you can enclose the tree with roofing material or resort to wrapping with barbed wire.

Thus, the thorny plum "Pride of Siberia" is not only not a whimsical plant, but in most cases it does not undergo diseases in its entire life. In winter, it is still recommended to take care of your tree and protect it from hungry rodents.

Testimonials

The variety of thorny plums Pride of Siberia is not yet very common in our country, but it has already gained its popularity among gardeners due to its unpretentiousness in growing. The berries have a sour-sweet tart flavor with a whole range of nutritional and beneficial qualities.

Also, the variety can "boast" of its frost resistance and high yield. And the fact that it is practically not exposed to diseases and pests makes it even more popular.

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