Beauty grapes have been popular for a long time.... Not even a year passes so that selection specialists do not develop new varieties of this plant. Still, winegrowers give their preference to table varieties, one of which is "Krasotka".
Description of grape variety Krasotka
Let's start as always with a description. Bushes of medium height, with bisexual flowers. They are distinguished by a deep root system at many levels, which makes it possible for rapid growth and ultra-early maturation.
The hybrid allows you to get harvests in three and a half - four months... Ripe bunches look attractive outwardly, berries are distinguished by evenness of shapes.
The yield is average. The weight of the elongated and slightly narrowed bunches reaches five hundred to six hundred grams.
Characteristics of berries
The plant forms beautiful berries of fairly large sizes, their average weight is six to seven grams. The forms are elongated, with small sharp points at the end sections. The skin tone is dark pink, the tips are purple. The taste of the berries is pleasant; shades of nutmeg aroma prevail in it.
The pulp is quite sweet and juicy, has a slight sourness. Seeds come across in it quite rarely, and their number does not exceed two pieces.
The skin is strong, but thin, almost not felt during meals. Sugar content reaches 15 grams per 100 cubic centimeters, acidity is 6.6 g / dm 3. cub.
Advantages and disadvantages
The plant has so many positive qualities that this makes it the most attractive for cultivation in a personal plot.
The main advantages of culture include the following features:
- excellent resistance to sunlight, no burn spots on the skin of berries;
- the ability to withstand frosts up to - 24 C;
- the plant resists lesions with oidium and gray rot, mildew and anthracnose;
- berries are outwardly attractive, have a good presentation, very tasty;
- the yield of the plant is average, but quite stable;
- there is an opportunity to get early harvests.
But with so many advantages, there are some negative qualities:
- in rainy weather, berries with cracked skin appear on the bunches;
- growing vines differs in certain features and conditions;
- to a number of diseases, grapes Beauty shows an average level of resistance.
Landing
Beauty, like other grape varieties, is a sun-loving plant, needs a lot of light and warmth. Any soil composition is suitable for growing, but it is imperative that good drainage be arranged on the site for planting. Average acidity of the soil is allowed.
For planting plants by cuttings, slopes directed to the south or southwest are chosen. In northern regions, grapes should be planted near building walls or fences. Stagnation of cold air to vines is contraindicated.
Ideally, for planting grapes, there will be sandy or black earth soils., rocky and crushed stone soils are suitable. It is under such conditions that the berries are of the best quality. Places with excessively saline and wetlands should be excluded. The groundwater level should be no higher than one and a half meters from the earth's surface.
The soil must be prepared before planting. It is dug up, acidic soils are limed. The site must be fertilized with manure, humus, if necessary, add vitamin complexes.
In the planting hole, in order to improve the quality of the soil, gravel mixed with the soil is introduced. If the soil is clayey, it is recommended to add superphosphates.
For sandy loam soils, it is best to add nitrogen-containing preparations, but drainage can not be arranged, since the earth itself perfectly permits moisture and air.
Sandy lands are best flavored with manure or humus, add peat. For the plant to take root better, add superphosphates to the planting hole.
Planting seedlings is carried out at a depth of fifty to sixty centimeters to protect the roots from freezing. In this case, it is necessary to leave the grafting site above the soil level. The bush is necessarily tied to the support column, set in advance. Watering is carried out in the amount of three buckets, the earth is mulched.
The landing interval is:
- 1.2 meters - along walls or fences;
- 1.5 meters - in open areas.
The beauty is planted in the spring season, until the plant has dissolved its buds.
Care of young and mature vines
The plant, with proper care, gives stable yields. Hybrid vines need systematic watering.
If it is rainy weather, then water should be done no more than once a week. On dry days, the moisture rate should be increased. They stop watering the plant ten days before harvesting so that the berries do not crack.
Top dressing is important. When fertilizing compositions are laid at the planting stage, then the vine should not be fed until three years of growth.
When the bushes begin to build up greenery, nitrogen-containing compounds can be added. Phosphorus and potassium are required for flowering and ripening berries.
Manure is introduced annually as an organic composition, foliar dressing is carried out with a liquid mineral preparation.
A prerequisite for caring for a plant is the formation of bushes.
Already in the fourth year of growth, the bush has four fruit vines. To build up strength, you need to have up to three fruit shoots on each of them. The vines are cut into 4 - 6 or 6 - 8 eyes.
The soil around the vines is mulched. For the winter period, the bushes are recommended to be sheltered from frost.
Reproduction methods
This is done by grafting, while the stock must be carefully selected... Experienced growers recommend using vigorous varieties for grafting in order to create an increased supply of wood and thereby improve yields.
But there is a negative side to this method. In a grafted plant, the variety begins to behave unstable. Plant behavior and yield quality begin to depend largely on soil composition.
Features of this variety
Watering begins after the buds have awakened on the vines, and frosts have stopped returning at night. Moisture is added until the plant is covered for the winter season.
The creation of protection for the plant for the winter is a prerequisite, because it has not been finally established what frosts "Pretty Woman" endures without problems.
The bushes are pruned several times during each growing season.
Diseases and pests
Vineyards must be protected from wasps and fungal diseases. For insects, special preparations are used to kill them. You just need to add the product to a glass of water and place it near the bush. The second method is with gauze bags that are put on each bunch.
For various diseases, preventive treatments are performed with Radomil or Amistar. During the growing season, it is enough to carry out three to four sprays.
This red grape variety is popular and has excellent taste. Any gardener can grow it, even from among beginners. You just need to follow the simple requirements of agricultural technology.