Features of growing raisins Heliodor
Many of the known seedless forms of grapes are obtained by crossing other varietal varieties. The Heliodor grape is a popular representative of such hybrids among gardeners.
Features of growing raisins Heliodor
Variety characteristic
The Heliodor hybrid belongs to the group of very early ripening varieties. Its fruits become fully ripe within 95-100 days. Varietal grape variety Kishmish Heliodor can withstand frosts down to -21⁰С. It is moderately resistant to diseases caused by fungi (3 points out of 5).
Bush characteristics
Kishmish Heliodor is a vigorous grape. The leaves are five-lobed with an average level of dissection.
According to the description, the flowers are bisexual. About 3 inflorescences are formed on one vegetative shoot. The structure of the inflorescences outwardly resembles the flowers of the Veles variety.
Fruit characteristics
The Heliodor grape variety yields in the form of large bunches with berries of the 3rd class of seedlessness. Some fruits contain a small amount of rudiments.
Fruit color is white-yellow. The shape of the berry is oval, elongated. Fruit weight reaches 6-7 g. The pulp is dense. The taste of the grapes is Muscat.
The harvest is preserved on the bushes until the end of August. The commercial and taste qualities of the variety are not lost.
Growing features
Compliance with agricultural technology is a guarantee of high yields and fruit quality.
Landing in the soil
The raisins of the Heliodor variety are planted in open areas where the culture receives a sufficient amount of sunlight. It is not advised to plant it in close proximity to houses and other structures: the shadow will fall on the vine. Also, raisins are not planted next to trees: the root system of grapes will be suppressed by their roots, which will lead to the death of the plant.
Landing in the ground is carried out both in the spring, after the end of the frost, and in the fall. Each of the planting periods is equally popular with gardeners. The main difference between them is additional protection of a young and immature sprout from winter frosts.
It is important to properly prepare the potting soil when planting. It consists of fertile soil, sand and humus. It is added above the drainage layer that covers the bottom of the planting hole.
Care
The health of the plant depends on the quality of care.
Kishmish, like any other grape variety, needs proper care. Compliance with the norms and rules of agricultural culture allows you to get a healthy, strong, fruiting vine and high yield rates of the site.
According to the description, caring for raisin grapes includes:
- watering;
- top dressing with fertilizers;
- pruning the branches of the bush.
All these activities allow the vine to grow strong, receive all the substances necessary for development. This brings stable high yields.
Watering
Any raisin grape variety requires abundant watering and a lot of moisture. The average amount of water consumed by the culture is 5-6 buckets per week.
2 weeks before the start of the harvest, light spraying of the soil is used instead of watering. It is not used at harvest time.
In sandy soils, Heliodor raisins need 1.5 times more moisture than in chernozem soils.
Fertilizer
Fertilizing the soil allows you to strengthen the vine and make up for the lack of important elements. The basic rule is to know when to stop. An overloaded fattening vine develops much more slowly, which affects the quantity and quality of the crop.
For feeding use:
- sulfates;
- potassium monophosphate;
- magnesium sulfate.
After the initial fertilization during planting in the soil, top dressing may not be carried out until the beginning of fruiting.
Pruning
The vines are pruned to avoid overloading the bush. A plant overloaded with shoots develops worse and more quickly consumes the resource of minerals and nutrients.
All weak vines are pruned. Also, with classic long pruning, shoots are removed so that no more than 10-12 vines remain per 1 m of bush height. This option for pruning vines provides for the removal of 8-12 eyes.
Conclusion
The Heliodor variety, like any other, requires proper care for young seedlings and adult bushes. Compliance with the rules of cultivation allows you to get a stable harvest of tasty and high-quality fruits annually.