How to grow honeysuckle varieties "Pride Bakchar"?

The fruits of honeysuckle "Bakchar Pride" have a wonderful taste.In addition, they have valuable healing properties due to the rich content of important trace elements and vitamins. This is a favorite and popular variety of fruit shrubs among gardeners, quite resistant to diseases and various climatic conditions. And yet, to grow these berries, it is necessary to become more familiar with the subtleties of planting and care.

The honeysuckle “Bakchar Pride” was bred by the breeders of the famous Bakcharskoe nursery in 2000 and already four years later it is recognized worldwide. The variety has many advantages and relatively few disadvantages.

Main characteristics:

• the bush of this honeysuckle is medium-sized: it can reach a height of 1.5 m;
• crown shape is spherical, about 1.2 m wide;
• branches are long and thin, covered with light bark, they grow randomly: some of them stretch upwards, trying to get through to the sun's rays, others lean downward, but they are very flexible and durable;
• leathery leaves, matte, dark green, have an average size;
• dark purple berries, as if coated with wax, weighing up to 1.3 g, are in the form of a spindle, a bean pod, their length can reach 4.5 cm;
• fruit pulp is characterized by medium juicy and thick texture, its taste is sweet and sour with a weak bitterness.

Honeysuckle usually ripens in late July - early August. Ripe fruits are showered, so it is enough to lay a thick film under the bush. It is characteristic that at the same time they are not damaged due to the fact that they have dense flesh and skin.

The honeysuckle bush “Bakchar's Pride”, unfortunately, cannot be called decorative, so it will not decorate the landscape of the site, but it pleases with a good harvest, which can be used for making jam, jams and other dessert dishes. Even after freezing in berries, most of the nutrients remain and the characteristic taste is preserved.

From the advantages of this variety it makes sense to highlight the following:

• the plant has large fruits;
• berries are stored for a long time, do not damage during transportation;
• Honeysuckle is tasty and healthy due to its rich composition, including plant acids, vitamins, natural flavonoids, and many trace elements;
• it is convenient to harvest the crop, and this can be done in several stages, since the crop has a long fruiting;
• the variety is immune to pests, diseases, rather low temperatures (down to -8 degrees).

There are also disadvantages, but they are much smaller than the benefits from the cultivation of honeysuckle. First of all, it is self-infertility, which will require additional planting of other varieties, the main of which are Bakcharsky Velican, Strezhevchanka, and Vostorg. Other disadvantages are the shedding of ripe berries, which requires timely collection, and a randomly sprawling crown.

The plant is propagated by layering, which is done in summer from adult plants, is the easiest way. You can also breed "Bakchar Pride" by cuttings, dividing the bush and seeds. The last option is the most troublesome occupation, which is suitable only for gardeners with many years of experience and experience. It is possible to plant a crop both in spring and in autumn, if the seedling was grown in a pot or a box. Purchased bushes with a root system without earthen clod are planted closer to the end of August or in September.

Bakchara Pride variety requires open ground, the best option is loamy or loose, sandy with low acidity. It is not recommended to choose lowlands and wetlands for landing. The plant needs a lot of light, normal watering and the absence of strong winds.If certain requirements for growing a crop are not met, this will immediately affect its quantity and taste: the berries may turn out to be unsweetened or with pronounced bitterness.

Proper landing involves the following actions:

• first, the soil is prepared: they dig up the earth, clean it from weeds, fertilize with wood ash;
• the size of the fossa should correspond to the size of the root system, and the neck of the root should be flush with the surface;
• the bottom of the hole is covered with drainage material in the form of expanded clay, pebbles or large fractional pebbles;
• Each seedling should be covered with a mixture of garden soil, 50 g of potassium salt and 3 kg of manure;
• it is desirable that the distance between the shoots be at least 1.5 meters
• then the soil around the sprout is rammed and watered, especially in hot weather, abundantly with room temperature water;
• after that, the shoots of the seedlings are removed by approximately one third of their total length;
• Finally, they cover the soil with humus, manure, and compost mulch.

Of great importance in the fruiting variety is regular and competent watering. During the appearance of flowers and ovaries, it must be especially careful. On dry days, it takes about 3 buckets of water for one bush to support its normal activity. To moisture evaporated too quickly, apply mulching. If the seedlings are planted in early spring, before the buds bloom, the honeysuckle is watered with water at a temperature of +60 degrees.

The rest of the care of the culture is quite simple, but it is necessary to periodically remove weeds, carry out prevention of diseases, feed the root system. Fertilizers do not make the first 2 years, they begin to do this by 3-4 years, adding organic compounds to the soil. Mineral fertilizers are required during the flowering period: mainly nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium, or spraying with urea. When forming the ovary, ash is required.

For prophylactic purposes, a spraying of the Rogorum is done twice, with a 10-day gap from the scale insect, the same tool will help get rid of the aphids. "Tedion", "Mavrik" are necessary with the defeat of the leaves with a mite. In the rainy summer, it is necessary to spray the plants with copper sulphate (10 g per 10 liters of water).

Feedback on the merits of the culture is often positive, and this is natural: if the main requirements for planting, growing and caring for the honeysuckle gardener are met, a large and high-quality crop is always waiting.

In the next video, you can take a closer look at the honeysuckle variety “Bakchar Pride”.