The most popular grape variety, among the varieties of the middle ripening period, can be easily called the Memory of Negrul grapes.
It was bred by a selection method, in Moldova, by crossing two varieties: Moldavian and hybrid variety Pieppel.
Variety description
Grapes of Memory Negrulya - this is a very tasty table variety. Grape bushes vigorous. His flowers are bisexual.
The grade is characterized by beautiful berries of the extended form. On the tips of the berries are a bit pointy. The weight of grapes ranges from 5 to 9 grams. In appearance the berries are purple in color, which are completely covered with a wax coating.
The taste of the berries of the Memory of Negrul is simple, harmonious. The flesh is juicy, fleshy. The skin is dense. Each berry contains 2, sometimes there are 3 seeds. They are sweet with a little sourness.
The vine ripens well. The number of fruitful shoots is almost 70%, which is an excellent indicator. 45 bushings per one bush. Pruned vine often 7-8 eyes. With proper care, the Negrul Memory variety produces excellent yields starting from the second year after planting.
Grapes of Memory Negrulya very resistant to mildew and oidium, phylloxera and spider mites. He has immunity against gray rot. Easily tolerates frosts, but needs shelter.
The memory variety of Negrul is characterized by the highest commodity qualities and excellent transportability. These grapes can be stored in the refrigerator for more than one week.
Bunch
Varieties of Memory of Negrul have beautiful, cylindrical-conical forms of medium-sized clusters. Brushes loose, not very dense. The mass of a bunch of grapes can reach 700 grams. On the bush, the clusters look elegant and attract with its attractiveness.
Yield
Grapes of Memory Negrul refers to high-yielding varieties.
Term ripening
The memory variety of Negrul is a variety of medium ripening. From the beginning of the blooming of the first bud, approximately mid-April to the ripening of the first berries, the end of August, i.e. the vegetative period, lasts 130 days.
Virtues
The advantages of the grape variety in Memory of Negrul are:
I. Beautiful and elegant grape bunches.
Ii. Resistance to mildew, oidium.
Iii. Peeled grapes can be stored in the refrigerator for up to several weeks.
Iv. High yields.
disadvantages
There are no pronounced defects in the variety, but, for example, it needs shelter for the winter period, despite its cold resistance.
Landing features
Grapes need plenty of sun and light. And therefore this factor should be decisive in choosing a place for planting a future vineyard. With a lack of light in grapes, the amount of the crop is reduced, its taste qualities are lost. The grapes of the Memory of Negrul will grow well in a well-lit place without drafts.
• The soil
Grapes can not be planted in areas with a high level of groundwater in areas with clay soil and salt marshes. In its "plate" grapes will feel on black soil, loamy soils, on moisture-permeable soils.
Land for planting vineyards begin to prepare in advance. In the autumn, the soil is digged and organic fertilizers are applied: manure or compost.
• It is necessary to plant only those seedlings and cuttings that are completely healthy.
For planting choose those grape cuttings, the root system of which is not damaged, at the cut they must be painted white. But if the cut is brown - you should not plant them. Selected seedlings with well-matured shoots of bright green color. They must be fresh. Before landing you can press the eyes, if they do not disappear, then you can plant, and if so - these seedlings are unsuitable for planting.
When planting a variety of Memory of Negrulya, the roots of seedlings are soaked in water with clay almost a day. Annual shoots are cut, leaving only four eyes.
• Planting grapes in the autumn should be well moisten the soil.
For planting grapes digging a hole, the depth should be 80 cm, and a diameter of 100 cm. The bottom of the hole is laid out by drainage, using sand, crushed stone. The ground that was dug should be mixed with humus, superphosphate, potassium chloride. Such a filling pit, fertility vitamins, will allow seedlings to take root well and provide a quick adaptation. After planting grapes it is watered with three buckets of water.
Landing dates
Variety memory Negrulya planted in spring and autumn. For spring planting, which occurs between April and May, one-year woody cuttings are selected. But if it is green vegetatives, then they begin to land in May, and finish in June.
You can plant grapes in autumn at any time, until the first frosts on the ground come.
• Planting in the autumn has its undeniable advantages:
- an increase in the growing season, so fully develop the grapes will begin in the spring;
- grape seedlings do not require additional storage space.
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Grape care
Caring for grapes memory Negrulya includes several activities, it is:
- moderate and constant watering;
- mulching of the soil around the bushes;
- sheltering for the winter;
- pruning of the vine;
- fertilization;
-conducting a set of measures to protect.
Watering
Although grapes tolerate droughts easily, it, like other plants, needs timely watering. The lack of moisture affects the quantity and quality of the future harvest. Therefore, the vineyards need to be watered.
Allot several types of wateringwhich have a place for a grape variety in Memory of Negrul.
• Water charging irrigation. It is used in early spring, after determining the soil moisture, and in the autumn, after hiding the grapes.
• Vegetative watering is used before blooming eyes.
This grape variety is stopped watering a month before the harvest begins, that is, at the end of July, the last watering is used. Together with irrigation, regardless of its type, fertilizers are applied, so they are better absorbed.
Watering timeused for the Negrul Memory Sort:
I. Before budding.
Ii. After flowering.
Iii. The period of growth of grape berries.
Mulching
Mulching is considered the most effective way to enrich the soil Vineyard organic. Mulch soil almost everything that can be found at hand: sawdust, straw, peat, reed, hay, chopped cut vine.
Mulching reduces the presence of weeds, inhibits their development, reduces the cost of tillage, the amount of evaporated water becomes less, improves water exchange in the soil.
Thanks to such an event as mulching, the survival rate of vineyards increases, the root system becomes more developed, productivity increases and the taste qualities of grapes are improved.
Harboring
Grapes of Memory Negrulya refers to covered varietiesdespite being considered frost resistant. Shelter contributes to a softer transfer of severe frosts. In order to cover the seedling using a trimmed plastic bottle, which make a lot of holes for the flow of air.
The soil around the seedlings watered with plenty of water, then loosen it. Before the onset of frost, it is advisable to warm the landing pit with peat, sawdust or pine needles. But you can use this type of shelter, as the sapling of soil sodling.
Pruning
Pruning of the vine is used to increase a larger number of clusters and preserve the shape of the bush itself. Pruning begin with the full maturation of the vine and after the end of the growing season, as soon as the last leaves fall.
The grapes are cut in two stages.. The first time, in the fall, is pruned before covering the bushes, and the second time, in the spring, after their opening. Before the cold you need to remove a part of the shoots of green color, i.e., which have not ripened. In the spring they try to remove all the shoots that are frozen or broken due to icing. The variety of the Memory of Negrul is cut in a long way; 7 or 8 eyes are left on the shoots.
Fertilizer
A good influence on the development and growth of grapes has the introduction of potash and phosphate dressings. In the autumn superphosphates are introduced into the soil. Phosphorus has a positive effect on the increase in the number of fruit buds, contributes to the accumulation of sugar in the berries, the rapid ripening of the grapes, increases the chances of the grapes for easy transfer of frosts. Potash supplementation increases the immunity of grapes, reduces sensitivity to weather changes.
The variety of the Memory of Negrul needs manure, it contains a lot of trace elements that loosen the soil, populating the beneficial microflora. Manure is brought in the fall along with digging.
Protection
In order for grapes to bring high and regular, high-quality yields, it is necessary to take care of its protection from diseases and pests. Although the variety is considered resistant to most pests, one should always be alert and ready for any difficulties. The detrimental effects on the grapes have:
• Oidium - damage to the entire green mass of grapes: shoots, buds, leaves. Manifested in the form of ash-gray plaque. Process chemical preparations ("Topaz", "Kvadris").
• Mildew is a fungal disease that affects leaves, shoots, and berries. Infected parts acquire a yellow-brown color, and they fall.
• Phylloxera is the most dangerous pest of grapes. It infects the leaves, forming bulges down the leaf, resembling warts. Chemicals for protection as such, no, you need to avoid the appearance in the garden of infected plants.
• Grape pruritus (mite) manifests itself as tubercles on the leaves. Treat with such drugs as "Bi 58", "Dnokon", "Nitrofen".
