How to grow black Vostorg grapes yourself, the advantages of the variety

Even ancient people, mastering the first basics of folk selection, found grape bushes in ancient forests. They dug up the plants that produced the most delicious and juicy berries and transplanted them closer to their home. This is how cultivated grapes emerged from wild species.

It is almost impossible to accurately calculate the number of modern grape varieties; their number is approximately five thousand. One of them is grape black delight. Let's try to find out about the outstanding properties of this variety. Why is it recommended for cultivation in amateur and industrial viticulture and are there any disadvantages to this variety?

Content:

• Advantages and disadvantages of Black Delight grapes
• TOHow and where to plant grapes of the Black Delight variety
• What you need to know about growing Black Delight grapes

Advantages and disadvantages of Black Delight grapes

Working on obtaining new varieties and hybrid forms, breeders set themselves the task of developing varieties that would be superior in their characteristics to the parent forms. They worked on obtaining black delight at the Russian Research Institute of Viticulture in Novocherkassk. A group of winegrowers and breeders worked on the variety:

• Potapenko Ya.I.
• Skripnikova A. S.
• Kostrikin I. A.

The variety was obtained more than 30 years ago. Since that moment, more than 2 million bushes have been grown in both industrial and amateur vineyards in Russia alone.To obtain the variety, a rather complex step-by-step combination was used. At the final stage we used varieties Dawn of the North, Dolores, Early Russian.

From the Zarya Severa variety the new grapes received good winter hardiness, from the Dolores variety it received table-tasting qualities with muscat notes, and from the Russian Early variety it received early ripening.

Thus, black delight grapes are able to please with an early harvest even in areas with risky farming. Its berries ripen in 115 days even in Siberia, the Urals and the Far East. Harvesting can begin in the second half of August. The flowers of this variety are female. It is well pollinated by any variety with bisexual flowers.

The bushes are tall, the clusters are large. The average weight of the bunches is about 500 g. However, subject to agricultural technology and favorable weather conditions, the weight of the bunches can be even more than 2 kg. The brushes are quite dense, their shape is most often cylindrical. The berries are dark blue in color. Shape - oval or round. The pulp is sweet, fleshy, the amount of sugar is about 17 - 18%. Acidity from 5 to 9 g/l. Berries weight 7 g.

Advantages of the Black Delight variety:

• abundant fruiting
• high, up to 200 c/ha, productivity
• long-term, up to 1.5 months, presence of berries on the bushes without cracking
• wasp damage and quality loss
• good keeping quality and transportability
• large-growing and large-berry
• satisfactory resistance to oidium, mildew
• frost-resistant, withstands low temperatures down to - 25
• early fruiting, produces a harvest from the second to third year

The disadvantages of the variety include:

• low tolerance to gray rot
• mandatory crop rationing

Despite the ease of cultivation, you need to know some planting features in order to get a good and tasty harvest of black delight grapes.

How and where to plant Black Delight grapes

When choosing a place to plant Black Delight grapes, you need to take into account that this variety will develop best on southern slopes, protected from the wind by various buildings or special walls. Loose sandy and loamy soils with good fertility are suitable for cultivation.

Planting material can be:

• actual root seedlings
• grafted seedlings
• cuttings with roots

The planting pit is prepared up to 0.5 m deep and the same width. A mound is placed at the bottom of the hole. The roots of the seedling are first dipped into a clay mash. The seedling is placed in a hole, the roots are straightened and covered with soil. The seedling is watered and the ground part, if necessary, is shortened to several healthy buds. Planting is carried out both in spring and autumn.

Video about the grapes "Black Delight":

It is important to take into account the growth strength of this variety and place the seedlings in such a way that there is at least 2 square meters per plant. m. area. In the first year after planting, seedlings need regular watering, especially in the absence of natural precipitation. The Black Delight grape variety has some peculiarities in its further cultivation.

What you need to know about growing Black Delight grapes

This variety can be grown as an arbor or wall crop. Bushes of this variety are very responsive to watering. It needs to be provided to the grapes from about mid-June to mid-July. This technique will increase the yield by 30%, while the weight of the berries can increase to 8-10 g.To increase the yield, you need to plant a grape variety nearby that blooms simultaneously with black delight and has bisexual flowers.

Pruning is also important for growing. It is recommended to prune by 10 buds; in some cases, taking into account the high ability of the trunk buds to produce a large harvest, you can trim by 4 buds. In addition, the following agrotechnical measures are required:

• crop rationing
• pinching the tips of shoots before flowering
• removal of thickening bushes shoots
• preventive spraying with Bordeaux mixture in May - June

In conclusion, we need to mention the use of black delight grapes. The purpose of the variety is table. The berries are used fresh and can be used as a raw material in home preparations for the winter.

It can be recommended as food to normalize blood pressure and disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The berries of the Black Delight grape variety have a mild diuretic effect. In addition to berries, you can also use grape leaves. A decoction of them is indicated for gargling for sore throats, and when crushed dry leaves are taken orally, internal bleeding can be stopped.