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Grapes Furshetny is a new hybrid form of grapevine, developed by an amateur Zaporozhye breeder V.V. Zagorulko. As parental forms for this grape, Vitaly Vladimirovich chose the well-known varieties Kuban and Gift to Zaporozhye. His work on the development of a new variety was completed in 2008. The resulting grapes, having absorbed all the best parental qualities, proved to be a very promising variety for home cultivation.
Description
The buffet table in terms of ripening refers to early or mid-early varieties of culture. Its berries, depending on the climate of the area and the weather in the season, ripen 110-130 days from the beginning of flowering, that is, by about mid-August.
Description of the Furshetny grape variety and its photo:
- vigorous, powerful bush;
- Shoot formation is excellent (on average, there are about 14-15 shoots for every square meter of the area occupied by the Furshetny bushes);
- by the end of the growing season, all shoots ripen;
- the leaf is wide, curly, bright green;
- flowers are bisexual;
- the bunches are rather large, have a medium-dense structure and a cylindrical-conical shape;
- their weight reaches 0.6-0.8 kg;
- oval berries, ripe - dark blue, weighing 12-16 g;
- the skin is dense, with a thin waxy coating, eaten;
- the pulp is sweet, poured with juice, fleshy;
- the taste is harmonious, with a slightly noticeable aftertaste of raisins or mulberry;
- the aroma is pleasant, pronounced.
The harvested grapes tolerate transportation well, they are stored for a rather long time, which, combined with its early maturity, makes it possible to grow it not only for personal use, but also for sale. The advantages of the Furshetny grapes, according to its description, include:
- good maturity of shoots;
- frost resistance up to - 22˚С;
- resistance to gray rot, powdery mildew and mildew (3 points);
- resistance to cracking of berries with excessive moisture, to wasps attack;
- uniformity of berries (peas are not observed);
- overall high yield of the bush.
Choosing a place, seedling and planting it
In order to properly grow grapes of the Furshetny variety and be able to always get a bountiful harvest, you need to choose the optimal place for him on the site where he can show his full potential. For example, lighting is very important for the normal accumulation of sugars in berries, therefore grapes should be planted in an open and sunny placewhere it will not lack warmth, air and light.
The soil for this culture must be loamy or sandy loam, clay and sands must first be improved - in the first case, add sand to them, in the second - clay soil.
Another quality that the soil must have in order to ensure the successful development of grapes is that it must be loose and breathable. In such soil, plant roots do not lack oxygen, moisture and nutrients.
You can plant seedlings of Furshetny both in spring and autumn. In the case of an autumn planting, you need to start it even before the onset of cold weather, so that the bush has time to adapt and prepare for winter. Before the cold weather, it must be covered, despite the fact that the Furshetny variety is not covering.
If the spring planting method is chosen, then it is carried out when it has finally become warmer, but the heat has not yet come and the sun has not dried the earth. At the same time, there is no need to delay planting, as this will negatively affect the survival rate of the seedling, and it will grow poorly.
Grape seedlings Furshetny, suitable for planting, should be well developed, with lignified shoots and a strong root system. The bark should be intact, free of cracks, spots, branches flexible and healthy in appearance.
The plot for grapes is prepared in advance. It is cleansed of weeds, dig up and level the ground. The planting process itself takes place in the following sequence:
- Pits or trenches are positioned so that the distance from one seedling to another is 3 m both in length and in width. The depth of the holes must be at least 0.8 m.
- Drainage is poured into the bottom of the prepared recesses in the form of broken brick, slate or stones.
- From above it is covered with a mixture of good soil, sand, humus and ash. You can use combined mineral fertilizers instead of organics.
- A seedling is placed in the center of the pits, watered and when the water is absorbed, sprinkle it with earth.
- The soil is mulched with hay or straw.
Supports are installed in a row and a wire is pulled between them so that a vine can be tied to them.
Care
Caring for newly planted grapes Furshetny involves mandatory irrigation, especially in dry years. Young bushes are often watered in the first year after planting - this is necessary for successful rooting. After each watering, the soil is loosened if it is not covered with mulch. All weeds that appear around the plants are removed. Bushes of young grapes are fed, starting from 3 years of age. In the second season, it begins to bloom. In order not to burden the growing bush, only 1 bunch is left on it.
Caring for mature grape bushes Furshetny is more difficult. The complex of agrotechnical measures includes watering, loosening, feeding, pruning and harvesting. The bushes are watered several times during the growing season:
- in spring, if there is not enough moisture in the soil;
- before flowering;
- after him;
- before the berries begin to ripen;
- in autumn after leaf fall, if autumn is dry.
It is better to water the bushes not at the root, but to dig grooves near them, into which to pour water. So it is more evenly distributed over the area occupied by the roots of the grapes.
Furshetny grapes are fed with organics and mineral fertilizers. You can use manure (for winter application), humus (for spring application), ash. Organic matter makes the soil more structured, creates conditions for the development of beneficial microorganisms in it, converting elements from mineral fertilizers into forms more accessible to plants. From mineral fertilizers, you can use both simple fertilizers (nitrate, potassium salt, superphosphate), and complex and complex fertilizers (nitroammofosku, Solution, Florovit, Kemiru, etc.). Top dressing is combined with watering, after which the soil is loosened.
In addition to standard dressing, foliar dressing with complex fertilizers with microelements or ash solution can be used. For better adhesion, you can add a little sugar to the liquid.
It is not necessary to spray during the day, as droplets of the solution remain on the leaves and the plants can get burned. Foliar dressing will help the bushes develop better during the growing season and prepare well for the coming winter.
Furshetny grape bushes are formed annually, starting from the second year. Pruning is carried out in the spring before sap flow, in order to avoid the "crying" of the vine, or in the fall after leaf fall, when the vine is fully ripe. Shoots are cut into 5-8 eyes, 25-30 branches are left on the bush.Slices are made oblique with a slope from the side of the shoots opposite to the eyes. Cut pieces of shoots can be used for propagation. To do this, they are lowered into a cellar and stored there until spring.
Also, on adult bushes, they clean the old bark, carefully peeling it off so as not to damage the wood under it, and also cut off the roots that form near the trunk. How to form a Furshetny grape bush can be seen in this photo.
The buffet table is resistant to fungal diseases, but nevertheless, to prevent infection, it is necessary to spray with fungicides and inspect the leaves and berries in order to notice the onset of the disease in time. The same goes for pests that can infect grapes. These are leafhoppers, leaf rollers, thrips and felt mites. They are destroyed with insecticidal preparations.
Harvesting is carried out from mid-August. At this time, the berries reach the size characteristic of the variety, are colored in a typical color and acquire a bright taste. The bunches are cut off with a secateurs, placed in a light container and transferred to the storage site.
It is not necessary to cover adult bushes of Furshetny in regions with mild winters, it is quite frost-resistant. But where there are severe frosts in winter, you cannot do without shelter. They remove it in the spring, before the sap flow begins and again tie the shoots to the support.
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In this video you can see the grapes of the Furshetny variety.
Conclusion
Furshetny grapes are one of the many varieties of culture obtained by folk breeders. It does not require special care, is not problematic, but at the same time it is always fruitful. If you grow it in compliance with the rules of agricultural technology, the harvest of delicious blue berries is guaranteed.
