Among the varieties bred in the new millennium, the early White Miracle grapes stand out. Gardeners appreciate him for the excellent taste of berries, high frost resistance, good keeping quality.
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Appearance story
The variety with the original name was bred by domestic breeders. For many years, employees of the Y. I. Potapenko Research Institute of Viticulture worked on the creation of an early lying grape hybrid. Parent couple - The original, famous for juicy, tasteful berries, and winter-hardy Delight.
The result - the White Miracle grapes that appeared in 2002, and received the name Song. Also in catalogs there is a second name - OV-6-pc.
Grade description
Bushes are medium-sized, shoots of maroon color. Leaves are small in size, bright green in color. According to the growing season grade early, the berries begin to harvest after about 107-110 days. Peduncles large, bisexual. No need for replanting pollinators. White miracle is suitable as a pollinator for other varieties of culture.
It forms a large number of fruitful kidneys, needs regular trimming of extra eyes. If you don’t prune the stems, there is a risk of overload, the berries are smaller, and yield is reduced.
The frost resistance is high, the vine can withstand lowered temperatures minus 25˚С ... 27˚С. A white miracle was developed especially for territories with a harsh climate, grapes adapt well in the Urals, in a number of regions of Siberia. They grow it in the North-West (Leningrad region, Karelia), throughout the territory of Belarus. The hybrid gives excellent harvests in the south of the country.
Characteristics of berries
Large, cylindrical ripen on the bushes by early August bunches. The density is average, the maturity indices are 80%. On adult bushes, the brushes reach a mass of 800-1000 grams.
Grapes are large, 5-6 grams, with a thin skin. The color at the ripening stage is pale green, later the fruits acquire a yellowish tint. Subject to the conditions of agricultural technology and proper care, the White Miracle gives brushes up to 1.3-1.5 kg.
The pulp is juicy, sweet, sourness is weak. Acidity indicators - 7 g / l, sugar level - 19%. An expert assessment of the taste of berries of the variety is 8 points (the highest number of points on the scale is 10).
Berries are used for dessert. When fully ripened, the fruits do not crumble from the bushes, for a long time (2-3 weeks) are kept on the vine.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
White miracle does not require special care, unpretentious and not capricious. On sale seedlings in nurseries appeared not so long ago, but the variety managed to gain popularity among winegrowers.
Advantages:
- early growing season;
- excellent taste of berries;
- large brushes;
- good survival of stocks;
- high commercial qualities of ripe grapes;
- keeping up.
Grapes White miracle tolerates cold winters, in the middle lane can be grown without shelter. The hybrid is resistant to most diseases. When carrying out the necessary preventive work does not cause problems to gardeners.
Disadvantages:
- juicy ripe berries attract wasps;
- shoots on the bushes of the first year are very fragile;
- the variety is not suitable for transport.
Gardeners need to consider bushes protection measures, as well as carefully care for young shoots.
Disease and pest resistance
The grape variety bred in Russia is highly resistant to mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, and various rot. To prevent fungal infections, bushes are treated with Bordeaux liquid in early spring, later sprayed with Arcerid, Strobi, Horus preparations.
During the ripening period of the berries, traps (adhesive tapes, plastic bottles) are arranged to protect against wasps, and plantings are covered with nets. Effectively scare away insects with an aqueous solution of table vinegar (wasps do not like the pungent smell of the product), baking soda. Chemicals are used only if berry picking is planned in 20-25 days.
Features of agricultural technology
For early grapes they select a good place on the site, observe the basic techniques of agricultural technology.
Landing
It is advisable to plant bushes in the spring, eliminating the risk of freezing of a young vine. The best soils:
- loam;
- sandy loam;
- black soil.
Poor soil is enriched with organic matter. Suitable for grapes are sunny, draft-protected places. Do not get crops in wetlands, lowlands and too saline areas.
The landing dates in the middle lane are the beginning of May, in regions with more severe climatic conditions, the last week of May and the beginning of June. In the middle strip of soil, the depths are cold, therefore, usually in grapes, the root system is located in a warm upper horizon (30-40 cm). In-depth landings in these regions are not suitable.
After landing care
The main agricultural activities:
- watering;
- weeding and loosening;
- mulching;
- balanced top dressing;
- pruning and forming bushes.
It is enough to follow the basic recommendations and you will definitely not be left without a crop.
Watering
Young bushes are often watered, but weather conditions and plant conditions are taken into account. A white miracle requires moderate watering, during the ripening of berries they are completely stopped.
The average water norm is 2-3 buckets for each bush, the frequency is 2 times a week. The recommendations are conditional, since the regime depends on the weather, type of soil. In rainy and rainy seasons, the irrigation scheme is adjusted, reducing the volume. At the stage of fruit formation, the water rate is increased. When the berries ripen, are filled with sweetness, watering is reduced and eliminated altogether.
Top dressing
Young bushes do not feed on well-fertilized soils. From the third season, nitrogen fertilizers (diluted mullein) are applied to the soil in spring, then, after about 3-4 weeks, they are fed landing complex fertilizer.
After picking berries, the vine needs additional nutrition. Make any composition containing phosphorus, potassium. In autumn, nitrogen fertilizers are not used for grapes.
Bushes
The variety requires trimming of young and excess shoots, forming a bush. With thickening and the absence of pruning, yield indicators sharply decrease, and there is a risk of infections.
A white miracle is cut off in the fall, a bush is formed for 3-4 years. During this period, the plant takes the correct shape, in the future, only pruning of sick, frozen branches is required. 5-8 eyes are left on the branch, the total number of buds on the bush is 35-40 pieces. In the spring, some branches are cut off before the sap and bud swelling begin.
Pruning in the first year
In the White Miracle, an autumn shoot is cut off for 2-4 buds. If there are two shoots on a seedling, then 2-3 buds are left on each.
Second year pruning
With proper care, by the autumn of the second year, 5-6 shoots are formed at the bush.Four strong and long processes are left of them, removing the rest. Trimming - 3-4 eyes
Trimming for the third year
Usually, in the third year, the first signal berries are received from the White Miracle bush. 4 shrubs with young branches are formed on the shrub, on which berries grow.
In the fall, weak shoots are cut, leaving two branches on each sleeve. One of the two is shortened (by three kidneys), it will be an escape shoot. The second leaves 8-10 eyes.
Starting from the fourth year, the vines that gave the crop in the season are removed and the annual is pruned. The fruit arrow will give brushes for the next season. The lower vine is left as a process of substitution.
Winter preparations
Grade Shelter for the winter, having previously prepared the vine for the cold period. After picking berries, the plants are watered, trying to saturate the soil with moisture, but not to allow overmoistening. Watering increases frost resistance of bushes.
The soil is shed with a solution of potash and phosphorus fertilizers, soaking to a depth of 20-30 cm. Extra shoots, dried up and diseased sleeves that have not matured vines are cut.
Spare buds are left on the shoots (in case of freezing of the vine). Next, shoots are removed from the supports, laid on stands from boards, covered with spruce branches or non-woven material and wooden shields. It is recommended that you first place small arcs of wire, then cover them with cloth or spruce branches. The ends of the shelters are left open, only when severe frost sets in, they are completely insulated. In winter, snow will serve as an additional shelter for the vine.
Storage conditions
Hybrid White miracle is characterized by long-term storage of berries. When creating optimal conditions, the crop is stored for 1.5-2 months.
Brush storage options:
- on supports in limbo;
- in boxes or containers, sprinkled with sawdust or shifted with paper.
In the first case, you need a warm and dry basement, an attic. The brushes are suspended at a distance from each other, preventing them from touching. At the bottom there is a film or burlap, on which the fallen berries will crumble. When planning this method of storage, the brushes are cut off with a part of the vine, leaving at least 9-10 cm of shoot. When collecting, it is advisable to work with gloves and try to hurt the berries as little as possible.
In boxes, grapes are well preserved in places that are closed from sunlight. Practice has shown that berries do not lose their taste and juiciness for two months. Temperature: + 1ºC ... + 8 ºC.
Until 2-3 months, the fruits of the White Miracle are preserved in special compartments of the refrigerator. The berries are stacked freely, regularly check stocks, removing damaged specimens.
Grapes do not like the neighborhood with other vegetables and fruits. When laying next to berries, there should be no potatoes, zucchini, carrots.
Grape variety White miracle will grow even novice gardeners. It is suitable for the middle strip, successfully bears fruit in harsh climates, giving an early abundant crop.
Reviews
Nikolay, Istra district, Moscow region
For the fifth year, I have been growing Crystal and the White Miracle on the site. Bushes grow well, quickly leave in the spring from wintering. I cover it with cold spanbond, snow on top. Last year there were the first signaling, the berries are large, the White Miracle is especially tasty, sweet. I think I did not lose by planting these two varieties.
Victor, Ryazan
Checking a lot new varietiesI choose the best. I can confidently say that the Phenomenon variety, as well as the White Wonder, was among my favorites. Do not fail in any season, tolerate winter well, grow rapidly. A white miracle lives up to the name, berries with a wonderful taste. I didn’t really hope for these new products, as there is a lot of advertising, but there's no sense. But in this case, I am satisfied, I plan to further increase the landing.
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