Yellow Gooseberry Varieties

In most of the European territory of our country and in the south of Siberia, since the times of the USSR, the yellow gooseberry variety is very popular for breeding. He is loved and recommended for planting by both professional agronomists and amateur gardeners based on their experience. It has many different names: "Honey", "Russian", "English", "Finnish" and others, but in reality it is all one grade. Tolerance to different climatic conditions is considered one of the best qualities of this variety, while maintaining high yields of each plant.

Yellow gooseberries are relatively straight bushes, reaching up to 1.5 meters in height. Bark of plants of a dark brown shade. The processes and branches are thin, covered with intermittent spines.

The leaves are a plate with three to four leaves of medium size. The season's foliage color for the English Yellow yellow variety of gooseberry is dark green, and a slight purple hue appears in the fall.

During the flowering period, small flowers appear, having a yellowish-white color, narrow in shape and partially pointed.

During the fruiting period, the plant produces a crop with large shaggy fruits. The average weight of each berry varies from 3 to 8 grams. In a young, not yet ripe fruit, the color is greenish-yellow, in a fully matured it is amber, with a bright yellow color and a rich shade. The shell of each berry is rather dense, partially transparent. Under it is the sweet, not too fragrant flesh of the fruit.

The main characteristic of the variety, contributing to its spread by man, should be considered stable and high yield, regardless of weather conditions. These yellow-bearing plants, with the proper cultivation of which you can get a harvest of up to 20 kg of fruit from one bush per year.

Yellow gooseberry variety is distinguished by both positive qualities and some disadvantages.

Pros:

• marked good taste in the fruit of the plant;
• each berry has an attractive appearance;
• gooseberry of this variety is resistant to diseases and pests characteristic of this class of plants;
• good transportable qualities of the crop - due to its dense shell, the berries are not deformed during the trip.

Minuses:

• weak resistance to the disease by the powdery mildew fungus, also called spherotekoy;
• in the case of constant high humidity and / or too long a period of rain, the berries crack;
• thorns plants that create obstacles to harvest.

Sphereoteka, also referred to as powdery mildew, ashes or linen, is a microscopic fungus of the order Erysiphales, which lives on plants and looks like a white dry deposit on leaves, trunks or fruits. A negative factor in the impact of this fungus is that the affected areas of the plant crack and rot.

There are not so many methods of getting rid of this problem, if it arose: the use of phosphorus-potassium fertilizers to feed the plant and pruning, followed by the destruction of the affected areas.

To begin with, it is necessary to determine the soil in which the Finsky variety will be planted. This type of plant loves a brightly lit place for its growth. When landing in the shade of large crops should not wait. The bushes of the plant are undemanding to the soil itself, although, of course, you should not plant them in solid sand or in very wet, marshy soil - the gooseberry will simply die.

Planting a variety can be done both in spring and in autumn. It is required only to fall in the spring between the thawing of the soil and the dissolution of the first buds, and in the case of autumn it is necessary to plant the gooseberries 4-5 weeks before the first real freeze. All this will contribute to the better survival of the root system.

Starting planting plants, you must remember to respect the distance between the bushes. For the Honey gooseberry variety, since it is rather compact, it is possible to maintain a distance of 1 meter between the plants. Planting is carried out with one- or two-year-old saplings purchased in special gardening farms or specialty stores. For such planting material, it is enough to prepare a hole half a meter deep. Do it for 2-3 weeks before landing.

In the prepared pit make the nutrient fertilizers necessary for the plant to begin its development and growth.

Before planting, the dried parts of the root system are cut off from the seedling, and its length is trimmed from the top side to the extent that approximately 4-6 buds remain on it. Next, the trunk of the gooseberry at a small angle is placed in a prepared seat and covered with earth. Next, tamping of the buried soil is carried out in order to prevent the formation of karst cavities under the roots of the plant. And of course, abundant watering is required.

The following is a step-by-step instruction (one of the landing options).

1. A landing pit is being prepared, for which approximately 0.5x0.5x0.5 meters of land is taken out.
2. At the bottom of the seat make a small pyramid of the earth.
3. With a slight slope set on the top of the pyramid sapling, not forgetting to straighten his living roots.
4. Planting material is filled up with earth, tamping or spilling each layer of water so that voids do not appear.
5. Around the circumference of the planted sapling make a groove, enclosing it raised side of the ground. Water is poured abundantly into this groove (ten liters).
6. The spilled groove of earth mulch or humus falls asleep.
7. Cut the top of the seedling, leaving literally 4-6 buds from the root.

A week later, the bush must be watered again and finally mulch.

In order for the sapling to give a good harvest, you need to choose it correctly:

• the top of the seedling should be 1-2 branches long from 30 cm to half a meter;
• seedling bark should be intact and intact.

The maximum fertility of the shrub can only be achieved by regular care for it, producing the necessary watering, fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers and pruning the plant. And periodically requires sanitization and treatment of pests.

During the season, the soil is loosened and mulched several times for better air exchange of the roots. And it is also imperative to get rid of weeds above the root system of the plant.

As for trimming bushes, except for the original molding, the rest are produced only when the bush is 4-5 years old. When pruning, remove all branches except the 4-5 strongest from each year of the plant's life. That is, in total, after pruning on a bush, a maximum of up to 25 branches of different ages remains. Sanitary pruning should be done every year, removing dry and diseased shoots.

Now about watering. The frequency of irrigation and the amount of fluid used for it depends strongly on the type of soil and the constancy of weather conditions (heat, cold, rain). Too frequent watering will lead to decay of the roots. Conduct a soil moistening procedure for each bush approximately 2-3 times. For what the groove is made around the trunk, into which water is poured in such quantity that the earth is soaked with moisture at least 40 cm.

As for the date of irrigation, the first is produced in late May - early June, the second - by the end of June, at the time of fruiting. If the autumn was dry and little rain fell, then at the end of September, the bush was watered for the third time.

Gooseberry - the plant is quite resistant to weather conditions, and it is not necessary to cover it for the winter.If there is no 100% confidence in severe frosts, then either thick layers of paper or other nonwoven materials are used for covering, which are placed on top of bushes pressed to the ground. The rest of the preparation for the winter is to spray the bushes with a one-percent bordeaux mixture that helps against pests.

As the snow melted, after a couple of weeks the bushes fertilize the plants. For this, ammonium nitrate is used at the rate of 30 grams per bush. As the gooseberry blooms, it is given to gain strength, using for this 30 grams of superphosphate and 5 grams of potassium per bush.

Preparing plants for wintering, in the fall they wake organic matter around the trunk (5 kg per plant) with the addition of superphosphate (30 grams per bush) and potassium (15 grams per bush).

See the following video for an overview of the early yellow gooseberry variety.