Hadji Murat grapes: characteristics and description of the variety, planting and care

Hadji Murat table grape variety is grown in the southern regions. It is famous for large berries, excellent tasteful. Large blue-black clusters of culture are very attractive in appearance.

In the middle zone, competent care is required, shelter for the winter, so only experienced growers who know all the secrets of agricultural technology cultivate the variety.

Grade description

Bred grapes with the original name in Tajikistan, intended for areas with a warm climate. It differs in early ripening.

Parents: the famous blue-violet Muscat of Hamburg and a very old variety Zabalkansky. Zoned in the 80s of the last century, the catalog is called "Tajikistan". But this name was not fixed, but Hadji Murat perfectly approached a large grape variety.

Berry picking dates - after 135 days. In the south - early September, so in the middle lane the berries ripen even later. Bushes are strong, tall, with high rates of maturation. From the length of the growth of the vine ripens by 80%.

Propagated by cuttings, the root system is powerful. The leaves are large, five-lobed, saturated dark green. The variety is prone to overload, the formation of bushes and individual brushes is required.

Frost resistance up to -22ºC, shelter is required for the winter. This variety showed itself well in the territories of the Far East. With proper care and competent agricultural technology (complete ripening of the vine, the absence of overload) Hadji Murat gives 20-25 kg from an adult plant.

Fruit Description

Barrel-shaped berries form in dense large hands. The weight of berries is 18-20 grams, brushes - 2-2.5 kg. Often wings form. The grapes are tightly "sitting" in the grones, covered with a whitish spring bloom.

The skin is dense, but thin, dark purple. The contents inside are crispy, juicy, sweet. In terms of sugar content, the average indicators are 18-19%, acidity is 6 g / l. When eating, the skin is almost not felt, does not separate from the pulp.

The taste is pleasant, harmonious, with pronounced notes of citrus. Tasters score 8.5 points. The taste of this grape, like other varieties, depends on the conditions of cultivation, care, the number of sunny days.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Haji Murat is appreciated for its large berries and great taste. Benefits include:

• mid-season;
• good ripening of shoots;
• high commercial properties;
• lack of peeling;
• high weight of brushes;
• stable yield.

Wasp grapes are not dangerous, which greatly facilitates the care of plants. Berries tolerate lengthy transport, do not lose their presentation, taste. When creating the right conditions in the basement or cellar, they are kept fresh for up to 3-4 months.

But when growing it is required to take into account many nuances: soil quality, mandatory rationing of bushes.

Minuses:

• medium disease resistance;
• Mandatory shelter for the winter is required (even in the middle lane);
• tendency to overload.

Often there is cracking of berries in clusters, therefore, watering is normalized and the bushes are observed when the crop ripens. During the ripening period, Haji Murata makes devastating flights of birds to the vineyards. For protection, barrage nets, covering materials, crackers are used.

Seat selection and landing

Hadji Murat is picky about soils, prefers to grow on sandy and sandy loamy soils. The site should be well lit, while drafts and winds are excluded. During spring planting, the soil is prepared in early April, introducing organic matter and ash.

Nutritional formula for landing pits:

• humus (two buckets);
• ash (1 kg);
• superphosphate (400-500 grams).

You can use complex fertilizers. Pits dig at a distance of at least two meters. At the same time put supports for trellis. The variety takes root quickly, seedlings adapt well and grow.

Agricultural technology

Standard care includes:

• watering;
• fertilizer application (starting from the third year of growing the crop);
• bush formation;
• pruning.

The list of mandatory works includes preventive spraying from diseases and pests, sheltering vine vines before wintering.

Spring work

After melting snow and warming, they remove the shelter from the vine, strengthen the shoots on the trellis. The bushes are sprayed with solutions of Bordeaux mixture, potassium permanganate from pests. A good effect is obtained by treating the vineyard with DNOC. Cut off shoots in the root zone at Haji Murat, cut off extra buds.

In May, fertilizers are applied (for adult bushes), using mullein diluted in water, ash infusion, complex compounds. After the bushes begin to bloom, remove the extra ovaries, normalizing the load on the plant.

Summer grape care

The grapevine of this variety is characterized by rapid growth, so in the summer regularly pinch bushes, cut off stepsons.

Feeding:

• before flowering and during the formation of the ovaries (divorced mullein, ash);
• spraying on the leaves with the drug Ovary, solutions of phosphorus-potassium fertilizers;
• the introduction in August of superphosphate, potassium supplements to improve the taste of grapes, increase the weight of brushes, berries.

The variety responds well to foliar top dressing:

• before flowering, use a composition of boric acid (5 g), potassium sulfate (50 g), superphosphate (80 g), urea (40 g), all diluted in a bucket of water;
• after flowering, apply solutions with any trace elements;
• during the ripening period of berries, only natural products are used (whey, wood ash).

Watering as needed, this variety is demanding on moisture, but does not tolerate waterlogging. Around the middle of summer, excess leaves are gradually cut off, blocking the lighting of grape brushes. In rainy summers, the soil around the bushes is loosened, mulched. As a mulching layer, straw, hay, humus are suitable.

In July, mandatory treatments are carried out against fungal infections, to which the variety is prone. Use drugs:

• Quadris;
• Flint Star.

After spraying, it is advisable to feed the vineyard with Plantafol or Aquarin. When signs of the disease appear, the plants are treated with colloidal sulfur, potassium permanganate (5-6 grams per bucket of water). A good effect in the early stages of the disease is obtained by treating the bushes on the leaves with infusion of wood ash (kilogram of ash per bucket of water).

In August, the bushes of Hadji Murat are minted, removing the tops and leaves (6-8 pieces per shoot). Chasing on adult bushes is required, so the grapes are better prepared for a long winter. Pruning fruiting vines - for 8-10 eyes.

Autumn works

In early September, the Haji Murat grape begins to ripen. After picking berries, the bushes are fed with phosphorus-potash fertilizers. It is not recommended to add nitrogen at this time, these compounds will be required in the spring.

In the fall, cuttings are cut for rooting, the unripe vine is cut.To protect against pests, it is recommended that the vineyard be treated with a solution of copper sulfate (3%). According to the observations of experienced gardeners, bushes treated with such a composition are less susceptible to attack by rodents.

Closer to the cold weather, the vines are bent, covered with spruce branches, special materials. With dry autumn, water-charging irrigation is carried out for a better wintering of the vines.

Disease Prevention and Pest Control

Harvest grapes Haji Murat prone to defeat mildew and oidium. Preventive measures require special attention, and all of them are indicated in the seasonal work sections.

What to do when the disease has already manifested itself? They process the bushes every 8-10 days, alternating means:

• Thanos, Strobi;
• Any copper-containing preparations;
• Profit Gold, Ordan.

A month before picking berries, chemical treatments are completed, only safe folk remedies are used.

After picking berries, treatments with Thanos or Ordan are indicated.

The fungicides of the system group - Strobi, Thanos, Ordan, are effective against all types of fungal infections on grapes. It is almost impossible to get rid of phylloxera, therefore, only observing the rules of agricultural technology and growing grafted crops will help.

Harvest Haji Murat is appreciated for large-fruited, stable productivity. You will have to work hard to get delicious berries, but with proper care, the culture will thank gardeners in full.

Reviews

Nikolay, Stavropol

In my vineyard, Haji Murat is the largest variety. The berries are almost black, beautiful, everyone likes the taste. Does not pea, gives dense brushes, and does not like overflows. Berries often burst, so you need to ration watering, while avoiding drought. All my neighbors are surprised at the size of the berries.

Sergey, Tolyatti

Grapes Haji Murat has been growing for a long time, the variety is rather moody. But everything outweighs the size of the berries. He doesn’t get a little with sugar, but in our climate it gives a good taste. Children eat kilograms, not bored. It ripens in the second decade of September, impresses with the size of the brushes. In agricultural technology, he is demanding of care, it is necessary to select everything according to the situation. However, many Asian varieties behave this way in our regions. Rooted medium, in a word, requires care, care, attention.