Features of Witch's Fingers grapes
Vegetables, fruits and berries are the main sources of nutrients and trace elements. A huge amount of essential vitamins contains the Witch's Fingers grape.
Features of Witch's Fingers grapes
Characteristic
The grapes of the Witch's fingers are a table species. It is a seedless hybrid bred by the Americans at the University of Arkansas by hand pollination.
It got its name from the similarity of the shape of the berries with the curved blue fingers of a fairy-tale character, a witch. Some call it Chili because there are some similarities with the similarly named hot pepper.
Witch finger - this is the name of the grape variety Witch fingers in English. It belongs to the category of elite red subspecies, is one of the forms of raisins hybrid.
Description of the vine plant
The grape has the following description:
- tall bushes;
- powerful vine growth;
- flowers are self-pollinated, hermaphrodite.
Full maturation occurs 125 days after the full disclosure of the kidneys. Productivity is closer to average. The bushes can withstand frost up to 22 ° C. To prevent freezing, shelter is carried out for the winter. The variety is resistant to disease and wasps.
Brush description
The witch's fingers are distinguished by a beautifully shaped and unusual color fruit cluster. Description of fruits:
- large;
- elongated from top to bottom, with a bend;
- blue-violet color;
- with a thick, dense and crispy skin;
- without inclusions, juicy pulp;
- with a rich taste;
- with a large brush weighing up to 1.5 kg.
The weight of one berry is from 8 g to 18 g; sugar content - 20%.
The dark blue berries crunch and burst on the teeth, leaving first a plum and then an apple-pear aftertaste. The opportunity to feast on these berries is from the middle of summer.
Care features
The plant needs good care
This grape belongs to the capricious hybrids. Once a month, the culture is well watered. She loves constantly wet soil. To maintain the required humidity level, irrigation is carried out with water at room temperature. Cold is not used. Watering is carried out after sunset so that there is no damage to the leaves.
During the flowering period, it is impossible to irrigate, otherwise all the flowers will fall off and fruiting will not occur.
The last watering is carried out 14 days before the onset of frost. This moisture recharge is necessary to improve the cold resistance of the grapes.
Watering
During the first year of life, the seedlings are watered abundantly twice a month, each time mulching the soil after. Mowed grass or sawdust is used as mulch. Mulch does not allow moisture to evaporate ahead of time and endanger the root system, it does not allow weeds to grow and "clog" young shoots.
Top dressing
A good harvest can be obtained only if the feeding procedure is carried out regularly. The plant needs not only water, but also nutrition. In the spring, nitrogen fertilizers are used for this. Potash and phosphorus in granular or diluted water are suitable for summer.
Foliar dressing is carried out only during the period of active growth of fruits. In late autumn, when the foliage has fallen, they fertilize with a rotted mullein.
Prevention of diseases and pests
Vine bushes of the Witch's fingers variety are resistant to many diseases characteristic of other varieties: bacterial cancer, peronosporosis, downy mildew. This is due to the high percentage of sugar and the low concentration of acidity. The variety does not infect wasps, because the skin is too dense for them, they cannot pierce it with their sting.
Despite the natural resistance to fungal and viral diseases, preventive measures are taken 2 times during the growing season. The treatment is carried out with a solution of the fungicide on the foliage during the period of its blooming and at the time of the ripening of the crop.
Rodents will not get close to the roots and will not damage the vine if the ground around is covered with a mixture of ash, sawdust and peat chips, mixed with a creolin solution. Sometimes they use aromatic herbs or needles. Delicious fingers are loved not only by people, but also by winged sweet tooth, birds. To avoid damage to the berries, drinkers are hung on the bushes.
Conclusion
Witch's Fingers is a delicious variety that is easy to grow if you follow some simple rules and take care of the vine. It will become a decoration of any vineyard, both professionals and amateurs.