The end of the hot and sultry summer is always characterized with delicious bunches of ripe grapes.
For this culture, appearance is as important as its taste.
One such representative of this culture is grapes "Nizina".
In this article, we will make a detailed description of the grape variety. "Lowland" and offer to read the photo.
Breeding history
By crossing two varieties Mascot and "Kesha first"bearing another name Radiant Kishmish, was obtained such a beautiful and excellent grape variety.
The very first fruits of grapes saw the light in Novocherkassk. Now "Lowland" has a wide popularity among summer residents the whole country.
His hand also belong to such varieties as Blagovest, Victor, Angelica and Anyuta.
Grapes "Nizina": description of the variety
The bunches of this grape are cone-shaped. When ripe on the black soil of the berries pronounced blue - purple. By type of clusters are very large, the weight of which is sometimes reaches about 3 kg. Beautiful oval fruits also have an impressive weight and size. The parameters of one berry is 3 to 2.5 cm, with an average weight of 13 g.
The bright red tint of the clusters does not always indicate full maturity, since the saturated color appears before full ripeness. Finally ripe berries darken and turn dark purple.
Among the dark varieties are very popular early purple, witches Fingers and Ataman.
The pulp of the berries is characterized by rich taste, fleshy and dense.
Skin with its thickness almost not felt and is eaten without residue.
The seed has almost no, only two or three in one grape.
By sweetness, the berries of this variety surpass some of these varieties. Thus, the sugar content in relation to acidity is in the ratio of two to one.
A photo
Below are photos of grapes Lowland:
Specifications
Grapes "Nizina" refers to the table view of this culture. In terms of ripening, it can be attributed to the mid-late species.
Gestation period from the awakening of the kidneys up to full ripeness is about 130 days. However, in the northern regions, the dates slightly shift and fall at the beginning of September.
A distinctive feature is the rapid growth of shoots with a relatively slow growth of the vine itself. Rooting cuttings occurs quite well after planting.
Variety resistant to peadue to the blooming of bisexual flowers in July, which are well pollinated by bees. Aleshenkin's gift, the Cardinal and Karmakod possess the same sign.
The grapes are well adapted to ripen in different climatic regions of the country.
The fruit of the variety resistant to transportation and do not lose the presentation even with long-term transportation.
Frost resistance is on the very high level. Grapes, if covered for the winter, only in the northern regions, where the frosts fall below -25.
Also, Black Panther, Pinot Noir, New Century and Saperavi are highly resistant to minus.
This species has a greater resistance to various kinds of fungal diseases and gray rot.
At full maturity, fruits are not prone to dropping.
Features of care and cultivation
To taste remained at the highest level, the grapes need a large area for full nutrition. Due to the large growth of the bush, it is recommended to plant cuttings of grapes at a sufficient distance from each other.
Helios, Sophia and Pink are also different in their growth.
Intensive growth and heavy gravity of ripe bunches heavily load the bush, therefore it is recommended to timely thinning of overgrown clusters. Shrub is not desirable to load more than 25 shoots and 35 eyes. Excessive brushes on the bush is bad for the yield, the berries become smaller.
IMPORTANT: Grapes are very picky about the composition of the soil, so before planting you need to take care of the necessary fertilizing of the earth. Poor organic soil gives acidic and watery fruits.
Although this is a solar culture, however, it needs to mature in a small penumbra. It is advisable to take care of this in advance when landing.
Variety sensitive to the windtherefore, it should be planted so that the bush is subsequently protected from the north winds.
The place chosen for planting should not be in the soil where the groundwater is too close. In this case, dig a hole or ditch that will act as a drain.
Diseases and pests
Additional protection from pests and small rodents can serve whitewash grape lime. This procedure is desirable to carry out in spring and summer, as in the fall and in the winter lime loses the protective properties.
Although this species is resistant to common diseases, it will not be superfluous to carry out prevention against oidium and mildew, anthracnose, bacteriosis and various types of rot.
- Grapes should be fed with fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus.
- To mulch the soil with straw or sawdust. This will provide additional protection from drying out the soil and stop the growth of weeds.
- Nicknames on vines should be timely cut.
- Spray plant different fungicides (Antracol, Horus, Thanos) three times during the period of ripening: during the growth of shoots, with the appearance of flowers and when the berries reach the size of a pea.
- Follow for the purity of the soil under the grapes, do not allow the appearance of weeds, as many pests lodge initially on the grass near the bush.
Wasps cause irreparable harm to grapes.
Although they are not considered to be particularly dangerous pests, they can spoil the appearance of the grapes thoroughly. After their invasion the presentation of the grapes leaves much to be desired.
As mentioned above, the Nizin variety is resistant to wasp disease. But to eliminate this moment completely, some methods of struggle can be useful.
If the hornet's nest is on the plot, then it can be destroyed. It should be extremely careful:
- You can buy special mesh bagsin which each cluster is packed. This method may not be suitable for large scale vineyards;
- Set apart special traps along the bushes can attract wasps from several tens to hundreds per day;
- Spraying various insecticides significantly discourages wasps, but they should be thoroughly washed to eat fruits;
Birds can be scared away from the vineyard, if the bushes are hung with a polymer mesh.
It’s not worth hanging a large net like a fishing net, as birds can get entangled in it.
High resistance to transportation, excellent presentation, excellent taste and resistance to disease makes this variety extremely sought after by gardeners.
