Lydia grapes are great for making wine

The grape culture is represented by a huge number of varieties that amaze us with their interesting, exotic names and exquisite tastes. Each summer resident, based on his preferences, can choose the grape variety that is suitable for growing on his garden plot. After reading this article, you will learn about such a fragrant variety as the Lydia grape, which is often used to make homemade wine. A detailed description of the advantages and disadvantages of this plant will help you decide whether to grow it in your area.

Variety characteristics

Lydia grape variety is not in vain popular among many amateur gardeners. After all, in addition to stable decent yields, it is widely used for decorative purposes. With its attractive and pleasing look, this climbing plant can adequately decorate any summer gazebo, porch and ordinary wooden hedge. Berries are widely used for making desserts and healthy vitamin salads. Optionally, you can prepare light table wine or homemade grape juice. Thanks to the pleasant, original taste of the berries, high quality wine is obtained from the grapes.

Thanks to the pleasant, original taste of the berries, high quality wine is obtained from the grapes.

Lydia pink, Isabella pink, Isabella red - growers call these grapes differently. It takes 150-160 days to ripen the berries, refers to the average ripening period. The bushes are medium-sized. Bunches are medium in size. Their average weight is 100-110 g. The berries are dark red in color, have a slightly oval or round shape. Sugar content is quite high - up to 19%, acidity ranges from 5.5 to 9.3 g / l. The fruits are covered with a waxy bloom, due to this they acquire a light purple hue. The pulp has a pleasant strawberry aroma. Long-term presence of berries on the bush will improve the taste.

Advantages and disadvantages

The Lydia grape, like all berry crops, has a number of its advantages and disadvantages. Check out its advantages, perhaps their characteristics and quantity will cover a number of disadvantages.

Dignity

Having planted a Lydia seedling, you will understand that the main and main advantage of the variety is its simplicity in care and at the same time the ability to get consistently high yields. Wall cultivation allows you to collect up to 40 kg of berries from one bush, which contain a large amount of vitamins and trace elements, this is a home storehouse of essential substances that are so necessary for the human body. After eating 2 bunches, you will quickly get full, because berries are very high in calories (70-75).

The description of the advantages will be incomplete, if not to say that the plant has good tolerance to frost and low temperatures. Those summer residents who live in warm southern regions need not worry about sheltering the vine for the winter. Growing Lydia, you do not have to fight diseases such as mildew and powdery mildew. The variety is highly resistant to these insidious diseases. He is also not afraid of waterlogging of the soil - a very useful characteristic for those who like to "flood" plants.

Flaws

It is generally accepted that this variety is already significantly outdated. The berries that the vine brings are quite small. Their taste is original, however, not everyone will like it. The plant often suffers from the grape aphid (phylloxera).This pest is capable of causing significant damage to the plant. Grape aphids affect not only the green parts of the bush, but also the root system of the plant.

Lydia also suffers from such a complex physiological disease as calcareous chlorosis. The disease develops when there is a lack of iron in the soil. At first, this will lead to a violation of the synthesis of chlorophyll and a violation of the metabolism of vital substances. The leaves will begin to change from a healthy green color to yellow, the shoots will stop growing and the bush will die. If you are the owner of a summer cottage on the Black Sea coast, then know that lime chlorosis is inherent in the soils of this area and it will be quite difficult for you to grow Lydia.

If you are the owner of a summer cottage on the Black Sea coast, then know that lime chlorosis is inherent in the soils of this area and it will be quite difficult for you to grow Lydia.

Those who decide to plant the Lydia grape variety on their site need to know that during the ripening period the fastening of the berries to the stalk weakens. This leads to the fact that with significant winds, the berries will begin to fall off. And if you live in areas where strong winds are frequent, then do not forget about this feature and do not let ripe grapes hang on the bush for a long time.

Of course, Lydia has drawbacks, but they are more than covered by the unpretentiousness of the variety as to natural conditions. Grapes forgive many mistakes in agricultural technology and always pleases with a good harvest, from which an exquisite wine is obtained.

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