Gardeners love to grow grapes.Its berries are a storehouse of vitamins and microelements. Today, many are still discovering a new variety - Sphinx grapes. It will decorate your vineyard, will always delight you with a delicious and fragrant harvest.
This is a table grade. It was obtained as a result of breeding, by crossing the varieties "Timur" and "Strashensky". He brought out the selectionist Zagorulno V.V. This is a sort of early maturation (100 days).
Bushes are large, the leaves are streaked in the middle.Shoots mature perfectly. Grapes "Sphinx" has bisexual flowers. The clusters are large, cylindrical, large, their weight reaches one and a half kilograms.
The berries are oval, dark blue in color, large, size - 30 x 28 mm, weight - up to 10 g. The flesh has an amazing aroma, juicy with a pleasant taste.
Productivity varieties high.The grapes "Sphinx" (reviews of the owners confirm this) can withstand frost down to -23 ° C. Many believe that the clusters do not have a sufficiently attractive presentation, this in no way affects the popularity of the Sphinx variety.
They undoubtedly exist. Gardeners of our country fell in love with this variety for:
There are some minor drawbacks:
To get a good harvest, it’s important to know howplant grapes of this variety. This can be done in spring and autumn. When planting in the spring, you must choose the time from April to mid-May. Planting in the fall is carried out in October.
Как садить виноград правильно?First, dig a hole 80x80x80 cm. The bottom layer (15 cm) is laid fertile soil, which should be well leveled. 7-8 buckets of humus, three hundred grams of potash fertilizers and three hundred grams of superphosphate are added to it. Stir the mixture thoroughly and compact. You should have a hole, the depth of which will be about 50 cm.
For this, a young plant needs to be placed in water for two days. After soaking, the one-year-old shoot is removed, but no more than 3 eyes are left. The roots need a little shortening.
In the center of the fossa, form a small mound and onput him a sapling. Spread the roots evenly over the cone. Then pour into the well a well-fertilized soil in such a way that there is a small hole near the seedling. Its depth should be no more than 10 cm. Seal the buried earth. Pour water into the well at the rate of three buckets per sapling.
The Sphinx grape variety loves moisture, so it is important to water the bushes regularly with enough water. Waterlogging does not like grapes.
Watering the bush should be no more than once every three.of the week. You can use the drainage system or pour into the wells located on the periphery of the bush. They can be made around the circumference (radius - 0.5 m, depth - 20 cm). On the bush should pour 4 buckets of water.
Especially after winter, the soil needs to be saturated with moisture. Therefore, in early spring all the bushes must be well watered. If the winter was wet, then the amount of water can be reduced.
The grape "Sphinx" needs watering and toflowering, in about 15-20 days. In the summer, the bushes are watered for the first time only after the clusters have formed. During this period, the grapes more than ever need moisture. Therefore, water consumption should be increased to 60 liters per 1 square meter.
In late autumn, water recharge should be carried out. This is done when the leaves of the bush have already fallen. 60 liters of water are introduced per square meter.
This operation must be performed regularly,to keep moisture in the soil longer. The first time this procedure is performed after planting the seedling, so that it is reliably protected. Further as necessary. You can use peat, humus, straw, fallen leaves, grass. Now there are many modern materials suitable for this purpose. Suitable and polyethylene.
In many regions of Russia, Sphinx grapes (in the Moscow region, for example) need shelter for the winter. This must be done before the onset of cold weather - at the end of October.
Signal to create a shelter for the gardener shouldserve as shedding leaves. Bushes bind, stack them on pre-bedded material. They can serve as wooden boards. Gently secure the vines on the ground. Then, over a row of shoots of grapes, an arch of metal arcs is installed. On them the strong polyethylene film stretches. On the side of the film poured the ground or secured in some other way so that it is not blown away by the wind. During the thaw, you can open the ends of the film so that the shoots can breathe. Some gardeners cover the bushes with earth. They are also laid on the ground, covered with earth, and then fallen snow will cover them.
Cut the sphinx grapes once a season -in the autumn when the bushes begin to prepare for winter. Leave 4 sleeves. They will still bear fruit. At least 4 eyes should be left on the shoots. When pruning young bushes, prune a matured vine first. Then shoots can be simply shortened.
Grapes really need additional fertilizer. It is necessary for regular and abundant fruiting. During the vegetative period, top dressing is performed 3 times with an interval of one month.
Young seedlings should not be fertilized, becausethe lower layer (in the pit) was applied to fertile soil with fertilizers. Grapes need nitrogen fertilizers to increase their growth. Nitrogen can be added with organic matter. Before the flowers of the plant bloom, add potassium and zinc salts, as well as superphosphate. This will increase the quantity and quality of the crop.
In late autumn, potassium and superphosphate need to be added so that during the cold season the roots have additional food.
Fertilizers are made in small cavities around.bush (30 cm deep). In addition to mineral fertilizers, the plant also needs organic dressing. It can serve as compost or humus (15 kg). This type of feeding is carried out once every two years.
The Sphynx grapes are prone to oidium and mildew, therefore it is necessary to spray the bushes with phosphorus fungicides as a prophylaxis (and not only as a treatment).
If gray dust or yellow spots appear on the leaves of the grapes - the plant is infected, take emergency measures. Spray vines before flowering, and again after flowering.
This variety is appreciated by the growers of our country. What is especially important - he fell in love with not only experienced gardeners, but also newcomers in this business.
Today is quite wide in our countrycommon grapes "Sphinx". In the Moscow region, for example, gardeners note that with proper care, up to 10 kg of fragrant grapes from a bush can be obtained in a season. They are also attracted by the simple care of the plant.
This variety is also popular in the northern regions of our country. Gardeners are satisfied with the early ripening of grapes and its frost resistance.
It is only important to observe the rules of planting and caring for the plant. The variety is quite suitable for beginner growers - with minimal physical cost, they will be able to get an excellent harvest.
