Plum in Memory of Timiryazev

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev has been known since the seventeenth century. It was opened in Russia. Zoned in the south, as well as in the Middle lane. Initially, the fruits did not tolerate the winter season well, they fell ill and died. At the end of the nineteenth century, scientists took for the variety of the columnar plum in Memory of Timiryazev, they began to deduce something new, more portable environment.

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: characteristic of the variety

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: photo of the variety

• The columnar plum in Memory of Timiryazev has medium-sized fruits, the tree reaches up to three meters. the crown is not overgrown, rounded, not overgrown with leaves, slightly lowered. The branches are fleecy, light brown in color.
• The buds of the Pamyati Timiryazeva plum are medium, do not press against the branches. Large foliage, light green color. One side is smooth and the other is fleecy. Ribbed edges. The inflorescence is gorgeous, large, snow-white in color, growing on annual branches.
• The fruit is smooth, not rough, there is a small layer of plaque. The seam is practically invisible. The contents inside are of good density, there is a slight graininess, a small amount of juiciness, the taste is sweet fruit with an aftertaste of sourness. The smell is not strong. The fruit stem is weak. The stone is small, elongated, you can easily pull it out of the fetus.

The history of the plum variety in Memory of Timiryazev

• The discovery took place in a gardening institution in Moscow in the twentieth century. They bred a hybrid from Victoria varieties and Early ripening red.
• Scientists who discovered this variety: S.N. Saratov, V.A. Efimov, H.K. Enikeev. Distribution went in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-ninth year. Initially, the varieties were sent to the territory of Sredne - Volzhsk and to the central part of Russia. Then they zoned almost all over Russia. At the moment, the variety is grown on the territory of Belarus, the Baltic States, Moldova and Ukraine.

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: variety description

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: photo of the variety

The columnar plum in Memory of Timiryazev belongs to the varieties of late ripeness. The inflorescence occurs at the end of spring, the fruits ripen at the beginning of autumn. This culture is consumed both fresh and boiled. The culture tolerates transportation without losing its presentation, and can also lie for a long time after harvesting.

Fruiting occurs in the fourth or fifth year after planting. The variety lives from twenty to twenty-two years. The harvest gives a large, from fifteen to thirty-five kilograms from one tree. Fruiting is independent, but for a larger amount of harvest, plum pollinators in Memory of Timiryazev are planted, for example, the following: Hungarian Moscow, Early ripening red.

The columnar plum in Memory of Timiryazev is not resistant to severe frosts, the branches freeze already at minus twenty-five or at minus thirty degrees, but the recovery is fast. Strong shoots and buds are not so badly injured from the cold drought tolerates medium. Good disease tolerance.

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: planting and care

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: photo of the variety

Due to the fact that the variety of plum in Memory of Timiryazev does not tolerate frost, it is worth planting the plant in the spring, only if the soil is warmed up, and before the buds open. The culture is not capricious when planting.

• The earth should not be dense, but rather loosened and nutritious. Do not plant the variety in lowlands, rain water accumulates there, as well as cold fog, the culture can get sick or die in such conditions.It is also necessary to make a drainage system before planting.
• The site for planting a columnar plum variety Pamyati Timiryazeva should be light, but without strong wind. The variety will take root well against a house wall or gate. When landing, back off four or five meters from the wall so that there is no shadow.
• The land needs to be prepared in the autumn period, it is necessary to huddle, remove weeds. Saturate with minerals and organics. With acidic earth, lime is added. In order to have more fruits, it is necessary to plant more additional crops, they serve as pollinators. The gaps between them should be from two hundred and fifty to three hundred centimeters.
• The hole should be dug in the spring, ten or twenty days before planting. Size in depth from fifty to sixty centimeters, width from eighty to ninety centimeters. Roots and weeds are removed from the soil, then humus, peat, superphosphate, charcoal, potassium are added to it. It is also worth pouring a layer of egg shells into the hole, and then reminding them of fertile soil.
• A support must be placed in the middle of the pit. Then fill the hole with two or three buckets of water. When the water is absorbed, only then can the seedling be planted.
• Next, the hole is filled with fertile soil, and the seedling is placed so that its roots do not intertwine and feel comfortable. After placing the seedling, we fill the hole with soil, slightly compacting it, make sure that the neck of the roots is on the surface at a distance of five to six centimeters. After the seedling has been planted, it must be attached to the support. Next, a trunk circle is mounted, which is later filled with water. Then it must be filled with mulch, such as peat or manure.
• After planting a bush of a columnar plum in Memory of Timiryazev, it is necessary to moisten, loosen, add mulch. This culture does not like dryness, so it is worth moisturizing it regularly.
• In drought or heat, it is worth moistening the variety once every fourteen days. Three or four buckets of water will be enough in one watering. The most extreme moisture occurs in the middle of autumn.

Do not forgetthat the plum in Memory of Timiryazev does not tolerate severe cold. Thus, it is worth insulating it. We connect the branches and rewind with a canvas. We also wrap the tree trunk. The first layer will be nylon, then agrofibre. In this way, we will save the variety from pests. When snow falls, you can fill it up around the tree.

• Meals begin in early summer. Initially fertilized with urea. Closer to the middle of summer, food is produced with the same fertilizer.
• If there is no urea, then you can purchase a nitrogenous fertilizer. This will help the bush to form quickly, after a week or two it is worth sprinkling the seedling with a preparation for the development of growth. The roots are fed at the end of September or in the middle of October, phosphorus and potassium are used.
• Further, nutrition occurs in this way: at the end of spring they feed only with nitrogen, in summer with nitrophosphate, and at the end of summer with superphosphate. Two or three buckets of fertilizer will be enough for one tree.
• As soon as the fruits appear, the nutrition does not change, first before the inflorescence, then before the eyesight of the fruits, the last after the harvest has been harvested. But do not forget to moisten the soil, huddle, remove weeds, and add mulch. Before the inflorescence period, the tree is disinfected.
• The first cuts can be made already during planting. The strongest branches are reduced by one third, of which the crown will be formed. The trunk from above is also cut off by a couple of centimeters. Extra branches are cut off.
• Further, the cuts need to be done in the spring. Dry, dead, frozen branches are removed, the main ones are made smaller, and the excess ones are simply cut off so that the crown does not seem overgrown. In aged trees, shoots are mowed, skeletal branches are cut off in parts, and dry and dead ones are removed completely.

Diseases and pests of the plum variety in Memory of Timiryazev

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: photo of the variety

Timiryazev's Memory Plum usually tolerates diseases well, a large number of insects. But her dangerous enemies are the plum mite and spider mite.

• When attacked plum mite leaves and twigs are injured. Symptoms: Small growths on the bark of brown twigs. These growths spread at a fast rate, then the branches dry and die. To protect against such a pest, it is necessary to spray the vegetation after the inflorescence period with a colloidal sulfur preparation. If symptoms appear, disinfection should be carried out every ten days. Diseased branches are cut and burned.
• Spider mite - danger to the variety. It sucks the juice out of the foliage. A cobweb appears on the leaves, then dryness, eventually dying off and falling off. Such an insect can harm quite strongly. The foliage is injured, and everything around, flowers, branches, bark, trunk. If the tree is not treated immediately, it will die. To protect against this pest, it is necessary to take good care of the variety, moisten, huddle, remove weeds, and process the tree. In case of an attack, urgently use a special pest control agent.

Important! To properly care for the vegetation, disinfection and observation of the culture are also necessary. Such a culture will calmly take root in summer cottages, in greenhouses.

Plum in Memory of Timiryazev: reviews of gardeners

• Victoria Mikhailovna, Sverdlovsk region: “It is a pleasure for me to grow a columnar plum in Memory of Timiryazev. The variety bears fruit on its own, has good immunity to diseases, and if it gets sick, it recovers as quickly as possible after ailments. I have never received a small harvest in many years of cultivation - the yield is always at a very high level! "

• Alexandra Georgievna, Moscow region: “I grow tasty Pamyati Timiryazev plums both for myself and for my relatives. Plums of this variety will perfectly take over transportation without losing their attractive appearance, therefore my relatives enjoy the plum in Memory of Timiryazev, to whom I bring berries to another city. "

• Valentina Ivanovna, Leningrad region: “I like to grow the plum in memory of Timiryazev and, of course, eat these delicious berries. The plum variety in Memory of Timiryazev is not capricious, not squeamish, does not require special conditions when planting, which cannot but rejoice. "

Important! In the northern territories, it is impossible to cultivate a variety of plum in Memory of Timiryazev.