Many varieties of grapes can be used for planting on household plots. We advise them to choose, taking into account different characteristics, terms of maturation and recommendations of gardeners who grow grapes in your region. In the article you will get acquainted with a very interesting and worthy attention variety of amateur selection of grapes "Super-Extra".
Grapes "Super-Extra": description of the variety
The Super-Extra is a table grapes that was bred in Novocherkassk by an amateur breeder Yevgeny Pavlovsky, crossed by Talisman and Cardinal with a mixture of pollen.
Its main varietal characteristics:
- vigorous bushes;
- a flower of a bisexual type;
- very early maturity - 90-105 days;
- clusters of different density with a mass of 500-700 g;
- berries with dense skin, size up to 35x25 mm, weight 7-9 g, white, and with full maturation amber-yellow color;
- pulp meaty-juicy pleasant taste (in early August, the acidity of the juice is 4-6 g / l, sugar - 14-16%);
- high yield, which requires normalization of inflorescences;
- excellent transportability;
- high resistance to mildew and oidium diseases;
- can withstand freezing up to -24-25 ° С.
This new variety is in excess of the early maturation period, which is excellent for growing it in regions with a cool climate. Most berries fully ripen in the second half of July - early August.
The main disadvantage of this grapes is the commercial kind of a brush, which consists of berries of different sizes: medium, large and very large.
Planting and care of grapes "Super-Extra"
Since shrubs are too tall, they need to be planted sparingly, leaving a distance of about 2 m between plants, and between rows - 2.5-3 m. For planting it is necessary to choose well-lit places. Grape rows are best located from south to north. Also, bushes can be planted off the western, south-western and southern walls of buildings.
Two months before planting or earlier it is necessary to excavate pits (80x80x80 cm) or trenches. Upper layers of soil (up to 30 cm) are added to a separate place and fertilized: manure, ash (2-3 buckets) and complex mineral fertilizers (500 g superphosphate). The soil from the bottom of the pit is laid aside, and if it is clayey, then mix it with sand. Fertilized land falls asleep on the bottom of the pit, abundantly watered and left until planting. It is necessary that the land near the roots of the grapes be fertile, then the seedling will take root well and enter the fruiting period more quickly.
Plant should be immediately after the purchase, so that the roots do not dry out. It should be done like this:
- For a day you need to soak the seedling in pure water (you can add a weak solution of potassium permanganate).
- Before planting, we cut the roots and shoot for 3-4 kidneys, leaving the strongest.
- We dip the seedling on the bottom of the stem into a clay chatterbox and plant it in a pit. To do this, we pour a mound of fertile soil without fertilizers, put grapes on it, evenly spreading the roots, and sprinkle with the same soil.
- After we pour out the earth from the lower layer, compact it, water it and fill it with earth until it grows.
- Depending on the time of planting, the bush pritenyayut or shelter for the winter.
- After planting the grapes for a month, it is necessary to water 2-3 buckets at intervals of 1-2 weeks.
Care for grapes is as follows:
- loosening of the soil after rains and watering;
- weed removal;
- tying to the support;
- Prior to the growth, sprinkle with Bordeaux fluid;
- regular watering (12-15 liters under the bush);
- pruning : on the vine left for 4-8 eyes, if you need to form large clusters, then 3-5.
- fragments and pinching of green shoots for rationing;
- fertilizing fertilizers: during the growing season, 14 days after flowering and before the ripening of the crop.
Observing all the recommendations for planting and caring for the grape variety of "Super-Extra", you will collect good harvests of useful and tasty berries from your fruit plot.