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Grapes have been grown since ancient times. This plant is famous not only for its taste, but also for its ability to create decorative structures in the garden. Grape fruits are an excellent raw material for compotes, juices, wine, not to mention the consumption of fresh berries. Grapes are widely used in cosmetology and medicine.
As a rule, the place for the vine in the garden is chosen next to the wall of the house or around the gazebos. You can use grapes to divide the territory into zones by making arches and pergolas. Arched grapes (look at the photo) are just such a variety with which you can create various architectural forms to decorate the garden.
A little history
The Arochny variety is a hybrid of Russian selection. The authors are scientists from the Russian VNIIViV named after. ME AND. Potapenko. In some sources, Arched has other names: III-14-1-1, Pink Friendship or Tsvetnoy. According to known information, the Intervitis Magaracha grape variety and the white-berry Druzhba grape variety were chosen for crossing.
Botanical properties
The vine of the Arch grape variety is vigorous and, with good care, reaches three meters. The variety is early ripening, frost-resistant. The grapes propagate well from cuttings.Having planted a vine, you can get the first harvest in the second year.
Not every gardener will risk making new plantings without knowing the details about the plant. Therefore, we will present to our readers a description with a photo of the Arochny grape variety. In this photo the plant is three years old.
Description of fruits
- Arochny's clusters are large, with medium-sized berries, their weight reaches 400-600 grams. They have a standard cylindrical-conical shape. The grapes are almost the same size; there are no peas on dense clusters.
- The berries measure 18x25 mm and weigh about 6 grams. The shape is oval-nipple. The color of the berries is interesting, flowing from pink to red. Especially bright, as gardeners write in reviews, are the fruits of the Arochny grape variety, growing on the sunny side.
- The pulp is juicy, tasty and aromatic. Tasters give the Arochny variety 7.7 out of 10 points.
- But not everyone likes the thick skin and large number of seeds of this grape variety.
- The berries contain enough sugar – 16-18%, acid – about 5 g/l.
Beneficial features
The description of the variety would not be complete if we did not talk about the beneficial properties of the grapes. Berries are rich in chlorine and sodium, sulfur and zinc, iodine and chromium, boron. In addition, they contain glucose, fructose, ascorbic acid and pectin.
By consuming the Arochny grape variety, you can:
- strengthen the immune system and normalize blood pressure;
- get rid of pain symptoms in the joints;
- forget about insomnia.
Doctors recommend fresh grape juice for many diseases.
In the photo: Arochny will soon be in time.
Technical specifications
And now - the characteristic features of the Arochny variety:
- Due to their density, the berries can remain on the bushes for a long time and do not lose their taste and aromatic qualities. Cut bunches of grapes can be transported over long distances without losing their shape and the berries do not leak.
- The vine is frost-resistant and can withstand -25 degrees. Even if some of the buds on the vine freeze in winter, fruiting remains in the duplicate buds. That is why the Arochny variety is recommended for cultivation in the northern regions.
- The harvest is stable from year to year, high.
- The Arochny variety vine is resistant to many grape diseases.
- The fruit makes excellent wine.
Features of cultivation
Grapes are a heat-loving plant, but increasingly the vine is grown in more severe climatic conditions. And judging by the reviews, it is quite successful. To prevent the vineyards from dying, you need to know how to plant them correctly, choose the soil, and care for them.
Preparing the pit
Arch grape variety requires sandy and sandy loam soils when planting. The root system of grapes goes to great depths, so when choosing a location you need to take into account the height of the groundwater to the horizon. The proximity of water has a detrimental effect on the development of the grapevine. The Arch variety feels good on the sunny side, namely in the southwest or southeast.
The size of the seat specifically for Arched Grapes is one meter by one meter.
A few days before planting the grapes, drainage is placed in the hole. You can use pieces of brick, expanded clay or crushed stone. Pour a nutrient mixture on top: sand, peat and humus in equal quantities.
Sprinkle each layer with mineral fertilizers, such as:
- potassium superphosphate – 100-200 grams;
- ammonium nitrate - about 30 grams;
- potassium salt – 100 grams.
Fertilizers should not be poured onto the last layer of soil, otherwise burns will form on the root system. Fill the hole with warm water up to two buckets and let the soil settle a little.
Planting a vine
A grape seedling of the Arochny variety can have an open or closed root system. Preparation and planting will vary slightly:
- A vine with an open root system is soaked for two hours to awaken the roots and saturate them with moisture. It is best to carry out this procedure in a heteroauxin solution.
- In the central part of the pit, a hill of soil about 15 cm high is made, on which a grape bush “sits”, like on a chair. The roots are carefully straightened. Make sure the roots are pointing straight down!
- It is easier to plant Arochny grape seedlings with a closed root system; you just need to make a depression of the required size in the center of the hole.
- After planting, the plants are watered abundantly. Then mulching is done to retain moisture.
- Subsequent watering of the grapes is carried out weekly, pouring 10 to 20 liters of water under the bush. This procedure stops in August so that the plant prepares for winter.
The photo shows a two-year-old seedling of the Arochny grape variety.
Video review of Arch grapes:
Shaping and pruning vines
One of the characteristics of the Arochny grape variety is its strong growth. Therefore, it needs to be formed correctly. Otherwise, the branches will be very thick and you won’t have to wait for the harvest.
The vine planted in the first year is not touched; the first pruning is planned for next spring. Two lashes are left on the plant, which are cut differently:
- the first is the fruiting link, from 5 to 8 buds are left on it;
- the second branch is called a replacement knot. It is cut into two buds.
In the third spring, the Arochny variety grapevine is already pruned with a replacement knot. The work is carried out by analogy: on one branch there are 5-8 buds, and on the other a replacement knot with two buds is again formed. The next year, a fruiting branch will form on it again.
Pruning grapes in the fall is also necessary: after collecting the clusters, the vine is cut to a stump. If the vine is formed incorrectly and the old branches are not cut out, the berries become small and tasteless.
Wintering
As already mentioned, the Arochny grapevine is frost-resistant. But in the first years of life, more often in the southern regions, not to mention in areas of risky farming, the vine needs to be covered for the winter.
It is carefully removed from the supports and laid on the ground. You can cover it with agrospan or spunbond. These covering materials not only allow oxygen to reach the grape bushes, but also create favorable conditions for wintering.
In northern latitudes, the plant requires careful shelter. Spruce branches are thrown on top and sprinkled with soil.
