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Edible honeysuckle has several advantages over other berry bushes. It ripens first, bears fruit annually, is rich in nutrients. What is important, the plant does not require special care and endures severe frosts, therefore it can be grown almost throughout Russia.
Description of the variety
Honeysuckle Nymph was created by free pollination of the Leningradsky Giant variety by the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry named after V.I. Vavilov in 1992. The state register of the cultivar was adopted in 1998 after testing and is recommended for cultivation in all regions.
Specifications
Variety Nymph forms a tall, weakly spreading bush with thick, straight branches. The leaves are large, dark green, covered with a light hard down. Young shoots are light green, slightly fleecy.
The berries of the honeysuckle Nymph are medium in size - from 0.8 g to 1.1 g. They are colored blue, but due to the wax bloom they look blue. The skin of long, spindle-shaped fruits of medium density, lumpy. The maximum yield of an adult bush is 2 kg, the average is 1.3 kg. With industrial cultivation, you can collect 37 c / ha.
Tasting assessment of Nymph honeysuckle - 4.7 points. The taste is sweet, with a spicy bitterness. Berries are fragrant, universal, medium-early ripening, poorly crumbling.
Pollinators
The Nymph variety is self-fertile. Any cultivars can be used as pollinators; Morena, Amphora, Viola, Blue Spindle are well suited. Bees and bumblebees do not need to be specially attracted to the site - honeysuckle is a good honey plant.
Advantages and disadvantages
The variety does not belong to the newest, it is already 20 years old. Even if the Nymph is not as large-fruited as the Daughter of the Giant, and its yield is much lower than that of the Bakchar Giant, all the qualities of this honeysuckle have been tested by time. Its advantages include:
- High nutritional and medicinal value of berries.
- The ability to grow the variety throughout Russia.
- Stability of fruiting.
- Low affection of Nymphs by aphids.
- High winter hardiness.
- Ripening, the berries hardly crumble.
- Taste qualities - 4.7 points.
- Ease of maintenance.
- The high decorativeness of the bush allows you to use the Nymph to decorate the site.
- The productive period is up to 30 years.
Among the disadvantages of the Nymph honeysuckle variety, in addition to self-infertility, one can name:
- Insufficient yield.
- Low weight of berries.
- Impervious to re-blooming, especially in southern regions.
But let's not forget that the variety was created at the end of the last century. The fact that he is inferior to the newest cultivars rather speaks not of his shortcomings, but of a high level of selection.
Accommodation on the site
Honeysuckle Nymph grows well throughout the Russian Federation. It can be called a variety for those who do not like surprises.
The choice of planting material
For honeysuckle to take root better, you need to choose seedlings at the age of 2-3 years. It should have several well-developed, strong branches with the same internodes. Buy container plants whenever possible. If the seedling has an open root system, pay attention to it - there should be no severe damage, black spots and signs of rot.
Choosing a suitable location and preparing the ground
It is important to choose a sunny area protected from strong cold winds for planting edible honeysuckle. Any depressions, depressions or depressions are not suitable due to the possible stagnation of water and the accumulation of cold air.
The Nymph variety will grow on any soil, but it will give the best yields on loose, fertile, slightly acidic soils. Sandstones are not conducive to setting a large number of large berries. Acidic soils need liming - the introduction of 200-400 g of fluff into the planting pit.
Honeysuckle Nymph can be planted according to the standard pattern - 1.5 m between plants, rows - at a distance of 2 m from each other. The variety looks very nice, and bushes can be placed around the perimeter of the site to cover less attractive low-growing crops.
Planting honeysuckle
Planting holes for honeysuckle are dug 40x40x40 cm in size. Then a bucket of humus or compost is mixed with the top fertile soil layer, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers (50 g each). Then:
- Fill the landing pit with water.
- When it is absorbed, the nutrient mixture is poured in a slide in the middle.
- A seedling is placed on top.
- The roots are straightened around the mound.
- Fill the hole with soil so as to deepen the neck by 5 cm.
- Gently tamp the ground.
- Water the honeysuckle, spending at least 10 liters of water for each bush.
- The trunk circle is mulched with peat, humus or dry soil.
Growing honeysuckle
It is easy to care for honeysuckle, it is not capricious and rarely gets sick. The main thing is to choose the right place and plant the plant.
Young plant care
Only the young honeysuckle in the year of planting requires close attention. It needs to be watered regularly so that the root does not dry out. When the top layer of the soil dries out a little, the soil is loosened to a depth of 5-8 cm. Weeds are removed from the trunk circle.
If fertilizers were added to the planting pit, the first 2 years are limited to spring nitrogen fertilization. It is better to do it over the snow that has not yet melted - add ammonium nitrate or urea to a bucket of water according to the instructions and water the honeysuckle.
Adult plant care
Adult bushes are watered as needed, loosen the soil and weed out weeds... The trunk circle is mulched with organic matter. The forage of the annual spring feeding after the fruiting of honeysuckle is given a full mineral complex, and at the beginning of autumn - phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.
Pruning and wintering
Regular pruning of young honeysuckle is not necessary. How and when to remove branches is shown in the table.
Age | Trim type | Cutting method | purpose |
up to 15 years | Sanitary | Remove all broken, dry, thickening crown and shoots lying on the ground | Prevent the development of diseases, increase the yield of the bush |
15-20 years old | Thinning | The oldest skeletal branches are gradually cut | Removing unproductive shoots |
20 years | Rejuvenating | The bush is cut completely at a height of 15-20 cm | Extend the fruiting of honeysuckle by 5-10 years |
It is not necessary to cover the Nymph variety for the winter - it will perfectly withstand the most severe winter.
Reproduction methods
Fresh honeysuckle seeds germinate well, but seedlings do not inherit varietal traits. This breeding method is interesting for breeders, but amateur gardeners simply do not need it. It is difficult to root green and lignified cuttings on your own - no more than 20-30% of seedlings will survive, and then when using greenhouses, greenhouses, growth hormones and root formation.
In private farms, honeysuckle is propagated by dividing young bushes and layering.
Growing problems
Honeysuckle Nymph is little affected by aphids.When attacked by a scabbard or leafworm caterpillars, it is necessary to use insecticides or biological drugs, such as Agrovertin, Iskra-bio, Fitoverm.
Of the diseases, attention should be paid to powdery mildew. This fungus appears on honeysuckle in cold rainy weather or during evening overhead watering. You need to fight it with fungicides, and if the disease manifests itself during the ripening of berries, the biological preparation Fitosporin or folk remedies.
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