"White Miracle" - real wonderful grapes. Its juicy berries have an amazing taste. In the article we will look at the “White Miracle” grapes - its description of how to plant and care, as well as other useful information for growing this variety in the garden.
Breeding history
The variety was bred at the Ya.I. Potapenko Research Institute. "Ancestors" served varieties "Delight" and "Original."
Did you know? The variety has the second name OV-6-pc and the popular name "Song". According to legend, someone, having tasted the grapes for the first time, exclaimed: "This is not a grape! This is a song!"
Description and distinctive characteristics
This white grape variety has early ripening. Harvest can be obtained around the beginning of August.
The average cluster weight is about 1 kg. With careful care it can be 1.5 kg. Fruits are oval, light, large. It has high fruitfulness and a long period of life. Vine matures almost the entire length.
Fruiting begins in the second year after planting. Plant tolerates severe frosts (up to -25 ° C). But it is still desirable to shelter him for the winter.
In addition to the White Miracle grape, frost-resistant plants are also: lilac, spirea, white turf, barberry, mountain ash (red), viburnum, and wild cherry.Well and quickly take root in a new place.
Growing conditions
Careful selection of landing site - the key to success and a rich harvest.
Grapes loves sunny and well ventilated places. Therefore, the best place would be a large yard or the southern wall of the house. The soil should be light and airy.
Choose a dry place for planting: the roots of the plant penetrate deep down and high groundwater levels can weaken and harm. 
How to plant grapes
We now turn directly to planting seedlings.
Selection of seedlings
Carefully approach the selection of seedlings. Proper planting will avoid many problems in the future.
- Try to buy seedlings from reliable growers or in proven nurseries.
Important! Remember that the “White Miracle” is a hybrid, and if it is not reproduced correctly, it can lose its properties.
- When buying, cut a small piece of seedling (3-5 mm). The cut core should be green and wet - alive. Still cut a piece of the root. It should be white, wet. If the root is dark and dry - this is a signal that you offer a dead bush.
- A good graft seedling will not have cracks at the place of accretion, cracks, will not produce extraneous cod. At the site of closing the scion and rootstock should be a solid circular accretion.
Timing and landing scheme
Planted in spring or autumn during the rest period, when the plant has not yet left hibernation and is only preparing to go to growth.
In the selected location, prepare the holes for planting cuttings. The distance between the pits should be 1.25-1.50 m. In this case, the plants will not compete and everyone will get light and water. If you plant in several rows, then set the aisle at 2-2.5 m.
The planting procedure is standard for grapes: a hole is prepared up to half a meter wide, a little deeper than the seedling length. In the hole poured the prepared mixture of soil and humus with compost. A stalk is installed in this land, the roots are spread on the ground. Half fall asleep soil, ram and watered. After soaking up the water, put a peg and fill it with loose earth so that the seedling is closed with the top.
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Grade Care
Caring for grapes "White Miracle" consists in watering, fertilizer, pruning and disease prevention.
Watering
Grapes required limited amount of watering.
The first watering is carried out in late spring. Add some ash (about 500 g) to the water for the first and second watering. One bush will need 4-5 liters of water.
The second watering spend before flowering bushes. The third watering - immediately after flowering. 
Important! Do not water the grapes during the ripening of the berries. It is absolutely not recommended to do this.
Fertilizer
Fertilize grapes should be in the fall, after harvest and before the onset of frost.
In addition to ready-made mixtures for feeding the grapes ("Mortar", "Kemira"), it is good to use organic fertilizers - mixtures of compost, humus.
To make the dressing, dig holes (or trench) around the roots of the bush. Add the prepared fertilizer and dig in there. The distance from the pillar of grapes to the fossa is 50-100 cm, the depth of fertilization is 40-50 cm. 
Pruning
Removal of excess branches should be carried out immediately after the harvest. Note the dry branches and remove them so that they do not interfere with the plant to prepare for winter. 
Diseases and pests
"White Miracle" has good immunity against gray rot, oidum. But still, for the purpose of prophylaxis and to scare away insects damaging berries, plants can be treated with a solution of whey and milk (in the ratio of 1:10), mullein.
In order to prevent the spring is to spray the bushes with the usual Bordeaux liquid. This will protect plants from the most common diseases and pests. 
Winter insulation
"White Miracle" has good winter hardiness and practically does not need shelter.
If in your area in winter frosts exceed 20-25 ° C, then you should take care of how the vineyard will winter. For winter shelter vine use special polyethylene.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of this class include:
- sweet, fresh taste of berries;
- large large clusters;
- high yield;
- high frost resistance;
- early ripening berries.
Did you know? The composition of the grape includes more than 150 biologically active substances, including more than 10 vitamins, proteins (0.6 g), fats (0.2 g), carbohydrates (16.8 g), dietary fiber (0.6 g), pectin (0.6 g), organic acids (0.84 g). As well as trace elements such as iron (600 µg), iodine (8 µg), cobalt (2 µg), manganese (90 µg), copper (80 µg), molybdenum (3 µg), fluorine (12 µg), zinc ( 91 mcg. Caloric content of 100 grams of grapes is about 65 kcal.
Weak points are few, but they also exist:
- the fragility of the vine of the first year of growth;
- low transportability of berries.
As you can see, the advantages of this variety are much greater than the minuses.
"White Miracle" is wonderful grape variety. Even a newcomer to viticulture can grow it and get a good harvest. This variety is an excellent training ground for sharpening grape care skills.
