To grow a beautiful, large and truly tasty grape in your garden is the dream of any gardener who has dealt with this wonderful plant at least once in a lifetime.
Still, after all, with the right selection of varieties and qualified care of the vine, it can become a real "calling card" of any garden.
But in order to grow juicy and attractive berries with amazing taste and aroma, it is necessary to put a lot of effort and effort.
And, first of all, pick a variety that will give the maximum yield in certain conditions. And there are quite a lot of such varieties intended for cultivation in various regions of our country.
And one of them is "Amirkhan", characterized by good taste and high yield.
What kind is it?
Grapes "Amirkhan" is among the pink table varieties of early ripening. The duration of its growing season, that is, the time from the blooming of buds to the full ripening of berries is from 110 to 120 days.
Suitable for central, southern and north-western regions of Russiaas well as Siberia and the Far East. The taste is light and pleasant, with subtle notes of nutmeg. Shrubs - above average or tall, with bisexual flowers.
Agat Donskoy, Ladanny, Buffalo and Bazhena also possess bisexual flowers.
Description of the Amirkhan grape variety
Berry clusters at the Amirkhan variety of beautiful cylindrical shape, rather large (weighing from 400 to 800 g). The fruits themselves are also distinguished by a large size, an average of 4-6 g, oval, neat, pink in color with the presence of a yellowish tint.
Ataman Pavlyuk and Anthony the Great can boast large clusters.
The arrangement of the berries in the brush is dense, because of which some of them, in the middle of the bunch, may have a slightly irregular shape. The grapes have a thin skin and tender, juicy flesh with a simple but quite pleasant taste. Bones.
The leaves of the plant are egg-shaped, with weak dissection and light green color. Shrubs - above average or tall, with bisexual flowers. The vine in this variety of table grapes is also quite large. Shoot growth is fast. Bones - small, almost not felt when biting.
Note: "Amirkhan" does not feel very well during the "overload". Excessive number of clusters on its branches adversely affects the yield of this variety (the berries become shorter, the fruit ripening period increases, and the bunch itself becomes susceptible to the development of various diseases, including gray rot).Therefore he needs compulsory sanitary pruning.
Fruitful shoots are cut by 4-6 buds. Maximum allowable load on a bush - no more than 40 holes.
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Region of breeding and breeding history
"Amirkhan" was launched in VNIIViV them. Ya.I.Potapenko, Novocherkassk. In this case, the varieties Yagdona and Saba Pearls were used as the parent material.
Aladdin, Augusta and Amethyst were born in the same institute.
Characteristics
Sugar content fruits - in the range of 17-19 percent. The acid content in fruits is 7 g / l. Tasting score - 5.0 points.
It has average frost resistance. It feels normal even at very low temperatures (up to -24 degrees), but with an insufficient height of snow cover it can freeze, and therefore needs good shelter for the winter or a graft on the stocks with high frost resistance.
Yield - about 3 kg from a bush. Disease resistance is medium. Hornfield is extremely rare, pollination is good, even in conditions of high humidity.
Fight against diseases and pests
One of the main enemies of grapes "Amirkhan", causing significant damage to the crop, can be called wasps who love this variety very much and eat it with great pleasure.
As a result, clusters lose their presentation and visual appeal.
You can fight them by the following methods.:
- Nest eradication.
- Trap device.
- Using bait with poison.
- Spraying of clusters with brine.
- Protection with pouches or wipes for brushes.
If in advance to get rid of "not asked guests" on the site, the troubles associated with damage of fruits by these insects can be avoided.
But, for this it is necessary to know exactly where the hornet's nest is located, since it may well be located outside the garden or on the territory of its neighbors. In this case, finding and destroying it will be much more difficult.
They can be purchased in a ready-made form in a specialized store or made independently. To do this, take the usual plastic bottle of any capacity and cut off the top. A wire handle is attached to it, and holes for air access are made at the bottom.
The bait is placed in the prepared trap, after which the cut off upper part is inserted into the resulting structure with the neck down.
Helpful advice: It is better to use pieces of meat or fish as bait, as sweets can attract beneficial insects that pollinate plants.
To do this, close to the vineyard are laid sweet fruit, treated with insecticide. Having tried this "treat" wasps will die.
Making homemade bags for each bunch is tedious and laborious, so many gardeners prefer to use ready-made grape netmade of durable plastic.
Such material does not tear and does not dry out in the sun, has various sizes and looks good without spoiling the appearance of the vineyard.
Besides in very rainy years, the Amirkhan variety is susceptible to the development of gray mold - a fungal disease, leading to the death of young shoots and rotting ripe berries.
Ways of struggle:
- Fungicide treatment.
Good results in the fight against the disease gives the use of two drugs: Ronilan 0.1% and Rovral 0.075%.
Useful information: Mildew medications containing active ingredients are also suitable for treating gray mold grapes. Methylmethiram, Captan, Folpet and Captafol.They should be used regularly, depending on the weather, at intervals of two weeks until mid-August.
Very important for the prevention of morbidity is the timely and qualified implementation of agrotechnical measures, such as pruning, feeding, etc.
We present to your attention information for acquaintance with other types of diseases of grapes. In our articles you will find all about the causes of bacterial cancer, anthracnose, rubella and chlorosis.
In this way, main advantages and the advantages of "Amirkhan" can be called its excellent taste, good yield and resistance to most diseases.
In the care it is quite simpletherefore it is suitable for wine growers with little experience, and due to its cold resistance it can be grown in regions with a cool climate.
