Tasty juicy berries of grapes are loved by everyone: both children and adults. This plant can perfectly decorate any garden site, so each grower seeks at least a few grape bunches.
It is best to plant grape cuttings in spring. However, the spring planting should pass until the seedlings of the grapes are asleep, and as soon as the buds begin to swell, they can not be planted. For spring planting cuttings of grapes it is necessary to prepare them from autumn. In winter, these blanks should be stored in a cool place, periodically checking and moisturizing them.
In those cases when spring planting is not possible, grape cuttings are planted in autumn. This can be prepared in advance, since mid-summer, designating places for planting grapes . To do this, we must chart the rows, pull a wire or cord between them and mark along the pegs the places where the cuttings of the grapes will be planted. Yes, and landing pits can also be excavated in the summer, then the land in them will have time to settle well.
For planting cuttings of grapes, you should choose a sunny, sheltered place from the winds. Grapes do not like strongly swamped or sandy areas, places with a close occurrence of groundwater. It is also not recommended to plant vine bushes interspersed with other plants.
Harvesting cuttings of grapes for planting in autumn is made during the time when the vine is cut. To do this, you must choose a well-ripened one-year shoot without signs of disease and damage. From the vine should be removed all the tendrils and stepchildren and cut the cuttings into 3-4 kidneys. In this case, the cut must be located below the main node by 3-4 cm. The optimum thickness of the cuttings is about 10 mm. However, there are varieties of grapes and with a thinner vine.
Planting grape cuttings in autumn
Many gardeners are interested in how to plant grapes cuttings in the fall and in what time frame to do it. The most suitable time for autumn planting grapes cuttings is the period from late October to early November, depending on the area where you live. The most important thing is to have the cuttings planted before the first frost.
The advantage of autumn planting cuttings is that the owners will be spared from such a troublesome business as the need to store them until the spring.
The soil for autumn planting cuttings must necessarily be moist. For the propagation of grapes with green cuttings in autumn, the so-called schoolchild is used - a specially designated area, on which seedlings are grown from cuttings. Before planting, it is necessary to dig a trench deep and wide into one bayonet of a shovel. Between the trenches should be a distance of at least 40 cm for ease of care for planting.
So, we fill the bottom with humus. Cuttings are planted with a slope to the southern part at a distance of about 15 cm from each other. In this case, 2-3 kidneys should be in the ground, and one - above its surface. Now you need to water the planting with warm water.
Above the trenches we make an arch and stretch a polyethylene film on it. This shelter will protect cuttings from frost. The height of the arch should be about 40 cm.
Experts advise to plant cuttings in two in one hole. If one of them does not get accustomed, then there will be another stalk. And if both cuttings successfully take root, then one of them can be planted in the spring in another place.
The cuttings thus planted should be covered with a layer of about 45 cm. Or you can pour 25 cm of loose earth,
In the spring, this shelter will have to be disassembled and arranged over the cuttings of the greenhouse. With the advent of the first green shoots, plantings begin to gradually accustom to fresh air. And when the threat of spring frosts passes, the greenhouse is completely opened.
As you can see, you can plant and propagate grapes with cuttings in the fall. With such an autumn planting of grapes cuttings shoots on them appear much earlier than in the spring planting.