Grapes that you grow yourself can taste better than those from the store, However, you must remember a few rules. Ensuring the optimal conditions for development is one thing, but the choice of appropriate cuttings is even more important.
Only thanks to this will you fulfill your dream of a vine tailored to your expectations. To be able to enjoy healthy, juicy fruit that will abundantly appear on the bush in 2-3 years and will be sweet as honey, you should plant specific varieties of grapes. Check which are best suited to your garden.
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Contrary to some opinions, In the Polish moderate climate you can grow sweet varieties of grapes. Bet on those easy to grow, resistant to diseases and pest attacks. Most of them are early, so don’t delay planting.
- Muscat Bleu – a variety known for sweet fruit with spicy aroma
- Arkadia – a dessert variety with large sweet, light fruits
- Regina – a variety with large sweet fruit in red
- Reliance – a dessert variety, very sweet and juicy
- Bianca – a dessert variety (and also guilty), with light fruits
- Nero – a dessert variety with purple delicious fruit
Grapes feel best in a warm and sunny position, where they have a minimum of 6-8 hours of access to natural light during the day. It should be a place sheltered from the wind, because it can damage their shoots and flowers.
The southern or south-west exposure near the wall of the building, the row or gazebos will be perfect. Remember that the selection of substrate is also extremely important in the cultivation of grapes.
They must have a fertile light, preferably sandy soil that heats up quickly. These plants do not tolerate water stasisthat’s why good drainage is necessary. The pH reaction for most vine varieties should be maintained at 6.5-7.2 (though not which hybrids tolerate slightly sour lands).
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After planting grapes, you still need to take care of them properly to make them strong and healthy. Young vines require regular watering in the first years (However, in moderation, because excess water can lead to rotting roots).
In the first year after planting grapes, you don’t have to fertilize. From the second one you can start serving multi -component nutrients Dedicated especially for these plants, but do not exaggerate with their quantity so that the shrubs do not focus on the increase at the expense of fruiting.
Cutting grapes is more important. In the first year you should cut the main rush above the second bud from the ground, and in the next one to form a forming cut. Provide the plants by supports so that they can grow up stable.
