Gooseberry Ural grapes

The Ural grape gooseberry is recommended for further cultivation in the Middle Volga region. Its stunning green fruit can be eaten either raw or cooked as part of a dish, such as jam. However, collecting the fruits of a fruiting shrub is quite problematic, because thorns are located over the area of ​​all branches.

Gooseberry Ural grapes: photo of the variety

The gooseberry of the Ural grape variety was obtained by selection specialists from the city of Sverdlovsk, somewhere in the middle of the last century. It is ranked among the representatives of herbaceous crops with early ripening periods, stands out for large berries and a high level of cold resistance.

Gooseberry Ural grapes: variety description

Gooseberry Ural grapes belong to the group of plants with high growth, powerful shoots grow straight. Young straight branches of green color, and with age they become simultaneously yellow and gray in color, strokes are formed. The thorns have different sizes and lengths, they are found both in a single copy, and in three at a time, more thorns are located in the middle of the branches, downward and at the top are found in smaller quantities. Because of them, collecting sweet and tasty fruits is inconvenient, the procedure no longer brings the same joy as before. It also becomes more difficult to care for fruit-bearing shrubs.

Gooseberry Ural grapes are described as a common sprawling, dense shrub. The foliage has three lobes, leathery, glossy, green in color without the presence of an edge. Pink inflorescences are formed from crimson buds, usually their size reaches twelve millimeters.

Fruits reach full maturity at the beginning of the second summer month, we can say that all berries are one-dimensional, usually their weight reaches four grams, green in color with white veins. The shell is dense and smooth, has no hairs, the taste sensations are described as follows: the berries are sour and sweet at the same time. This is understandable because they contain nine point and nine-tenths of a percent of sugar and twenty-three and five milligrams of ascorbic acid.

The fruits of the Ural grapes gooseberry are easily removed from the branches along with the green stalk, and when they reach full maturity, they themselves fall to the ground. Subject to the correct temperature regime, namely a cool temperature, the berries can be stored for a long time period. The Ural grape variety was rated by gourmets as a dessert one, all because of its delicate taste, which is perfectly expressed when eaten raw. However, the fruits that have undergone heat treatment are no worse, they are used to make wines, preserves, juices, jams, baking fillings, desserts.

Due to its high level of cold resistance, this plant does not require protection for the winter season, unless the winter period is snowy. Due to self-fertility, a large amount of harvest is obtained, from about three and a half kilograms from a young shrub to seven kilograms from an old shrub, however, when other varieties of gooseberries are planted next to this one, the amount of harvest will increase. The average level of resistance to various insects - parasites and infectious diseases, however, fungal diseases can still attack fruiting shrubs.

Instructions for growing and caring for gooseberries Ural grapes

The gooseberry of the Ural grape variety, like other representatives of herbaceous crops, prefers to be under sunlight, with a sufficient amount of moisture and useful minerals in the soil. During the entire growing season, it is necessary to weed, fertilize the soil, loosen, in the spring and autumn seasons they usually make basic fertilizing, because accelerated growth and a large amount of harvest force the fruiting shrub to absorb nutrients from the soil in very large quantities. Frequent pruning and shaping of the gooseberry bush will help maintain a good harvest for many years.

Breeding gooseberries Ural grapes are easiest with the help of cuttings or layering, but it is possible to divide the fruiting shrub (after reaching the age of seven to eight years), grafting on other varieties of gooseberries.

Selection of a site for further growth

Gooseberry Ural grapes: photo of the variety

A site for the further growth of fruiting shrubs should be selected with a sufficient amount of sunlight, in an open area, without strong and cold winds. Planting on a hill is superior to the option of planting in a lowland, because it is forbidden to allow stagnation of water or the formation of a swamp, when groundwater is close to the upper soil layer, about one hundred and fifty centimeters, then it is necessary to make a high bed and a drainage layer.

The space between plants planted in groups of several copies should be one hundred to one hundred twenty centimeters, and the space between the beds should be about one hundred fifty to two hundred centimeters.

The site you have selected must be prepared in advance, namely, to remove all weeds with the root system.

This plant prefers to grow in nutrient soils that allow oxygen to pass to the gooseberry root system, we recommend checking the acid level in the soil and changing it if necessary. If there is a high level of acid in the soil, it is worth adding dolomite flour or lime. If there is a high level of alkali in the soil, it is worth adding peat to it. And mix too heavy and clayey soil with compost or sand.

Most summer residents and gardeners apply top dressing per square meter of territory immediately before planting, this area will contribute to the further enrichment of the plant with nutrients. Compost or humus, wood ash or superphosphate, or top dressing with potassium are scattered on the territory. Then, dig up the soil, mixing the garden soil and fertilizer. And some make large planting holes, cover them with soil and mix with top dressing.

Gooseberry Ural grapes: planting varieties

It is recommended to plant a seedling on the territory at the age of two years with already lignified roots, a well-developed root system and powerful branches. When the root system dries up, then place them in a container of water immediately before planting for a day. Planting is advised to be carried out in the autumn season, about thirty to fifty days before the arrival of cold weather, during this time period the fruiting shrub will have time to take root in the ground and release new roots.

Gooseberry Ural grapes: photo of the variety

In the spring season, a different process takes place - the buds on the branches wake up very early and immediately begin an accelerated growth process, and the root system does not have time to provide them with nutrients, because the root system needs some time to get used to, rooting. Exclusively because of this, summer residents and gardeners with experience are advised to plant this plant in a suburban, suburban or personal plot in the autumn season.

The planting hole is made fifty centimeters deep and fifty centimeters in diameter, one third of it is filled with fertile loosened soil, a gooseberry seedling is placed on top, place its root system under the ground, regularly compact the soil so that there is no empty space near the root system. The planted gooseberry shrub should be sufficiently moistened, its branches are pruned to five to six intact buds, and a layer of mulch is made.

Moistening the soil

Gooseberry varieties Ural grapes are a lover of moisture, but it is not necessary to constantly moisten the soil around it. In the spring season, it does not need watering, since the growing snow moistens the soil well. If there are especially hot days during the flowering process, then water the gooseberry bush, make sure that the topsoil is not covered with a dry crust during the formation of the berries. If there are no rainy days in the first summer month, you need to moisten the soil a couple of times to get sweet fruits.

Gooseberry Ural grapes: photo of the variety

Most often, after receiving the fruits, no one moistens the soil under the gooseberry bushes, but in the autumn season, before the arrival of frosts, it is necessary to arrange a good moistening of the soil to facilitate the wintering process for this plant and prepare it in advance for harvesting for the next season.

An excessive amount of moisture can cause the formation of fungal diseases, unfortunately, this type of gooseberry of the Ural grape variety does not have a high level of resistance to them and is sometimes subject to powdery mildew disease.

Pruning

The formation of the crown of the bush is done every year, this helps the gooseberry not lose shape in adulthood. They arrange it in the autumn season, after the foliage has fallen from the bush. In the first years, damaged, defective branches are removed without touching four to five strong, undamaged young shoots.

After six to seven years, adult branches begin to be removed, the benefits of which have been decreasing over all these years. Thanks to this procedure, the shrub is rejuvenated, retaining its ability to fertility. This type of gooseberry is capable of producing crops for at least twenty years, with proper care even longer.

Benefits of gooseberry Ural grapes

The main advantages of the Ural grapes gooseberry are the quality, size, quantity of fruits. Gooseberry of the Ural grape variety bears a large number of fruits every year

Gooseberry Ural grapes: photo of the variety