Gooseberry "Grushenka": cultivation features

Description of the variety

Plants of the variety are not very tall - a medium-sized bush, slightly spreading, covered with shiny bright green leaves. The shoots of the plant are characterized by excellent branching - the variety forms a bush very quickly, even after careful pruning.

Gooseberry Grushenka blooms with multicolored flowers early enough, but rarely suffers from frost due to its incredible resistance. The variety owes its name to the shape of the fruit - they are slightly elongated, vaguely resembling a pear. The berries ripen in a pleasant purple color, each weighing about 5 g. And although the fruits of the variety cannot be called large, their modest size is more than compensated for by the amount. Grushenka has a pleasant sweet and sour taste and is rich in microelements.

The undoubted advantages of the Grushenka variety include the longevity of plants - each bush is capable of retaining fruiting properties for 20 years. Another factor, without the mention of which the description of the variety would be incomplete is frost resistance: this variety is perfect even for those summer residents who rarely visit their garden, therefore they cannot devote due time to the construction of the necessary shelter.

The variety is also undemanding to the soil. It grows well and bears fruit on any soil. The yield of the Grushenka variety is really impressive, thanks to the specificity of the plant, the fruits cover the branches along their entire length, often, behind the abundance of berries, it is difficult to see even the foliage. In addition, the variety is resistant to disease.

And finally, we note that Grushenka's gooseberry belongs to the thornless crops, so harvesting does not cause any trouble.

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Landing features

Saplings of this variety take root well both if they are planted in autumn and when planted in spring. For Grushenka, it is better to choose open, sunny areas, without the danger of excessive moisture. You need to be especially careful when choosing a place. The variety is very sensitive to transplants and tolerates them extremely poorly.

Most summer residents are inclined to believe that it is better to plant gooseberry seedlings in the fall, then the young bushes will have time to take root well, and with the arrival of heat they will begin to actively develop.

Do this a month and a half before the frosts hit, then the young plant will have time to gain strength for the upcoming wintering. If, nevertheless, it was decided to postpone the planting to spring time, it is worth choosing a period when the snow cover has completely disappeared, and the swelling of the buds has not yet begun.

If you decide to acquire not one Grushenka bush, but several plants at once, then the description of the planting process will be as follows: try to maintain a distance of about a meter between the holes - given the spreading variety, so the bushes will have enough living space. Do not plant a shoot that has not removed dry roots or damaged shoots - mercilessly remove them with pruning shears.Try to cover the root system with soil as evenly as possible, avoiding the appearance of voids between the processes.

Plant care

Like any variety, Grushenka loves attention. Of course, you will have to mess with it much less, but you need to perform a certain set of manipulations. Gooseberries of any variety, in order to bear fruit effectively, needs high-quality and regular loosening of the soil. Do not forget about weeds - we also ruthlessly remove them, allowing the roots to freely reclaim the soil. Like any fruit variety, Grushenka will be grateful for the fertilization: twice a year (in autumn and spring) you need to add a standard set of nutrients - potassium chloride, saltpeter, compost and superphosphate.

The importance of formative pruning should not be underestimated. It allows you to avoid thickening, makes it possible for the sun's rays to penetrate to each berry, and also increases the yield of the variety - after all, extra shoots take away the vitality of the bush.

Harvesting

The variety begins to bear fruit early enough - you pick the first berries at the end of June and will last until the beginning of August. From each bush, you can collect about 5 kg of berries. Due to its nutritional properties, the berries of this gooseberry variety are widely used in the treatment of obesity, anemia and hypertension.

Disease and pest control

As a rule, gardeners are only faced with the task of protecting the gooseberry bushes from insects - in relation to diseases, the variety has shown itself to be amazingly resistant. But even pests rarely attack bushes, with the exception of rare, most voracious individuals. Here you should pay attention to them:

• in early spring, gooseberries can attack spider mites. It is not difficult to find it: the entire back surface of the leaves will be covered with a small cobweb. The pest feeds on the sap of the plant, gradually depriving it of its vitality. As a result, over time, the leaves turn yellow and dry out. As soon as similar symptoms are noticed, you need to immediately start processing the bushes, if you do not want to completely lose the crop. The infusion of wormwood has proven itself well: 0.5 buckets of crushed plants are poured with a bucket of water and insisted for a day. After that, the composition must be boiled for 30 minutes, cooled and filtered. Now the product needs to be diluted with the same amount of water, and add 40 g of ordinary laundry soap for greater stickiness;
• another frequent "guest" on the gooseberry is the shoot aphid. To combat this pest, there is the drug "Fufanon", it can be purchased at the nearest agricultural store;
• gooseberry moth - the insect feeds on the leaves of the plant, often leaving only one petiole from them. In order to prevent its appearance, you should not leave fallen leaves under the bush for the winter - pests can hibernate in it. In the spring, the bushes are thoroughly sprayed with a tobacco solution.

As you can see, Grushenka has not so many enemies, and the methods of fighting them are widely known. Be sure to try to get to know this variety better, you will certainly be pleased with the result, and a generous culture will give you tasty and healthy berries for many years without requiring special efforts and increased attention.

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