Bakcharsky honeysuckle: variety description, planting and care

Honeysuckle "Bakcharsky giant" attracts gardeners large tasty berries.Many are interested in the characteristics of the variety, advantages and disadvantages, planting seedlings, growing conditions, caring for shrubs and pollinators used.

Bakcharsky Giant honeysuckle is a variety adapted to the climate with bitter cold. Tomsk scientists of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences bred this variety for cultivation in Siberia and Central Russia. The edible, juicy, weighty berry of honeysuckle weighing 2 g is 4 cm long, the diameter is close to 1.5 cm. The shape of the fruit is oblong, the taste is sweet, in general, without bitterness, but sour. The inside is soft, juicy, tender, full-bodied, almost without seeds, the skin is thin. "Bakcharsky giant" has an average term of maturation. On average, up to 3 kg of fruits are collected from one plant; under favorable conditions, 5 kg of berries can ripen on a single shrub.

Bushes are very powerful, tall, oval-shaped. They can grow to two meters. The crown is elongated and sparse, the branches are spreading and thick, more than half a meter long, so it is very convenient to pick berries. Large leaves of dark green color cast in gray, have a dull surface. “Bakcharsky giant” is self-infertile, therefore it needs mandatory pollination.

This variety belongs to the dessert and large-fruited. It differs in high frost resistance: the plant freely maintains over-45 degrees. Young and adult twigs, rhizome cold does not cause harm. Honeysuckle flowers can survive the sudden return of frosts down to -12 degrees. In the south of the country, this variety should be grown with great care, as thaws can lead to secondary flowering in the fall. Fruit buds due to hot summer are poorly laid, in winter due to thaws they swell. And as soon as the next frosts come, the awakened buds do not withstand them and die, by next season the ovary will not form: there will be no harvest. Unpretentiousness is a characteristic feature of this variety. Special growing conditions are not required. Summer residents emphasize the importance of choosing a landing site. About 0.5 kg of fruits are harvested from a bush growing in an open area over a season.

"Bakcharsky giant" loves watering. Gardeners send positive feedback on drip irrigation. Up to three years of life, the seedling develops slowly, then its active growth begins. The first fruits appear only 2–3 years after planting. Honeysuckle ripen early - in June or early July.

Honeysuckle "Bakcharsky giant" has the following advantages:

• lack of disease propensity and incredible resistance to pest attack;
• good tolerance of dry summer;
• frost resistance of the plant;
• easy care;
• the duration of the fruiting bush (up to 20 years, and with excellent care - up to 30 years);
• early ripening of berries;
• the stickiness of the whole bush with large and very juicy fruits;
• ease of harvesting;
• good portability of transportation.

This variety has the following disadvantages:

• strong fall of fruits - in order to preserve the harvest in full, experienced gardeners have found a decent way: laying out oilcloth, film or fabric under the plant;
• fruiting not in the first years after planting;
• low yield.

Finished seedlings can be purchased at specialized points of sale.When buying, you should carefully inspect the plant. On each branch there must be at least five unscathed leaves. The roots are healthy, and not too dried up and certainly not rotted. Honeysuckle is most often propagated by rooting cuttings or cuttings. Reproduction is possible with the help of seeds, but a long process requires a lot of patience, rarely crowning success. Only conditions at special breeding stations allow the honeysuckle to propagate with seeds. In gardening, it is much easier to propagate the “Bakchar giant” through vegetation.

There are several breeding methods for the “Bakchar giant”.

• One of the most common ways of honeysuckle breeding is rooting cuttings. They choose one-year strong branches that grow from below, bend them to a previously dug shallow groove, sprinkle them with soil, attach them with wire. One year after rooting, the branch is separated from the bush and transplanted into a permanent place intended for it.
• Green cuttings propagated in the spring when the first foliage. Annual shoots (10–15 cm) with several buds are cut, soaked in a growth stimulator solution, then placed in separate containers. To create a greenhouse effect on top of covered with plastic containers.
• The division of the adult bush is made immediately after the thawing of the soil. Shrub is divided into several parts and planted in the space allocated to each of them.
• Seeds are harvested from ripe berries, planted in a container and sprinkled with snow. In the spring cover with a film in anticipation of germination. Seeds need stratification.

Planting is carried out in early autumn, so that the roots have time to get stronger and settle down before the onset of cold weather. If necessary, from April to June produce a spring planting, although the survival rate of the plant will be worse. It is necessary to act very carefully, as the honeysuckle wakes up in March - any intervention can lead to the death of the plant, therefore it should be dug along with the ground. Plant should be planted in a sunny place, protected from the winds by fences and fences, along which it is recommended to plant bushes. It is best to alternate the “Bakchar giant” with other bushes, since it is desirable to place the lower branches of the plant in the shade. Good crown lighting and shading of the root system are ideal for growing honeysuckle. With excellent illumination of the core of the bush will grow very large fruits.

Planting is as follows:

• first remove all weeds from the plot;
• the surface of the ground is covered with compost, rotted manure or peat (10 kg per 1 sq. m) and dug up;
• digging holes 30–35 cm deep and 35–45 cm wide;
• create a drainage layer of expanded clay or brick at the bottom of the hole;
• soil is fertilized with phosphorus (50 g) and potassium (50 g);
• the sapling is covered with soil and compacted (the neck of the rhizome should be flush with the plane or slightly lower);
• poured a bucket of water at the very root in small doses;
• mulched root system is shredded with straw or sawdust, for this purpose peat chips are also used.

Careless shrub care attracts many summer residents. Required around the trunks of the plant periodically pluck the weeds. Shrub watered every 3-5 days.After watering, it is necessary to carefully loosen the soil around the trunk. To avoid rotting of the shrub it is necessary to ensure that the water does not stagnate in the root zone. Honeysuckle can be watered occasionally in autumn and with heavy rainfall.

If during planting the honeysuckle fossa is fertilized soundly, then the plant needs 3 years to feed.

In the future, it is recommended to fertilize "Bakcharsky giant" every 2 years as follows:

• in early spring, at the moment of bud swelling, nitrogen fertilizer should be applied to the soil in order to increase young shoots (15 g of ammonium nitrate per shrub or 10 g of urea) or a substance is added to water, after which the plant is watered with the mixture;
• in the summer after harvesting, to increase the number of fruit buds, it is necessary to fertilize the honeysuckle with an organic complex (10 liters of manure with water at the rate of one quarter of the mixture under a bush), then after weeding, the soil is loosened;
• in the fall, in order to enhance the endurance of the shrub in the winter cold, the last feeding is carried out: superphosphate or potassium salt is scattered around the plant, 15 grams are needed per 1 square meter. For regeneration of the bush after fruiting, you can use nitrophoska (25 grams are needed for a bucket of water).

3 years after planting honeysuckle should cut the bush: remove dried and broken twigs, remove curved shoots growing inside. It is necessary to leave about 10–14 strong branches on the plant.

For pollination of plants in the neighbors pick up pollinators of different varieties of other honeysuckle. Amphora, Pride, Azure, Silginka and Nymph are quite suitable for this purpose. Bumblebees and bees will actively distribute pollen from one bush to another. High resistance to diseases does not guarantee complete protection from the attack of aphids, ticks, scutes, and caterpillars. The protective measures will be ensured by spraying by “Eleksarom”, “Mavrikom”, “Aktaroy”, “Konfidor”. For the purpose of good adhesion to the plant, grated soap is often added to the preparations. The procedure is carried out in early spring.

From the rosian moth will help protect "Decis" or "Inta-Vir." An infusion of potato or tomato tops to prevent the influx of pests is widespread among the people. Honeysuckle will die from the use of pesticides, so their use is strictly prohibited. Despite the unpretentiousness of the variety, compliance with the simplest rules of agricultural engineering and systematic care of the plant will provide an excellent presentation of the berries and a bountiful harvest.

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