Gooseberry - useful and tasty berry, which is grown in almost every garden. To chaparral gave the highest yield, it requires special care. He is to adhere to an annual 4 simple rules: thin out the bushes, at the time of their feed special fertilizer, water, and land near compatible neighbors. In this case, gooseberry does not require frequent watering and is samoplodnye culture.
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thin out the bush
Gooseberry likes to light. At the same time the bush is growing strongly, thus creating for itself a problem. Some branches form a shadow for the other, because of which decreases productivity drastically. To resolve this issue, each time in the current year at the old bushes need to remove the excess branches.
To begin, cut the shoots, which lie on the ground, broken, interwoven, too thin and sickly-looking. The remaining shoots cut to the top of the first strong lateral branch. Perform this manipulation is necessary prior to bud.
In the summer months, when the crop is harvested, a second trimming - remove the stems on which the berries were not at all or too little. From shoots that grow at the base of the bush leaves 4-5 most powerful, the others are removed. Be sure to cut off the ends, which struck mildew.
Annual growth rates need to pinch back each year in the period from late July to early August. With such a simple manipulation we increase the harvest of gooseberry, as well as the size of the berries.
feed him
gooseberry bushes are in need of feeding. Fertilize the plant must be 5 times:
- in the early blooming of leaves;
- at the beginning of flowering;
- ovary berries;
- at the end of September;
- at the end of October.
For the first feeding take 1 tbsp. l. urea, 2 tbsp. l. nitrophosphate and add all of this in 10 liters of water. On 1 bush need 2 of the fertilizer bucket.
When the bush has just started blooming, it is necessary to feed the solution, for the manufacture of which 1 tablespoon. l. potassium sulfate dilute 10 l of water. On 1 shrubbery need 3 buckets. However, the data before watering fertilizer under a bush gooseberry need to pour 1-1.5 cups of ash.
When the first bud appeared, prepare a mixture of 1 tbsp. l. nitrophosphate, 2 tbsp. l. potassium humate and 10 liters of water. In 3 1 bush must buckets such feeding.
In late September - early October bush fertilize the following composition: 1.5 Art. l. double superphosphate and 4 tbsp. l. potassium sulfate. The mixture is spread in a uniformly under a bush, and then watered the plant.
For the last feeding, which occurs at the end of October, you will need only half a bucket of manure under every bush gooseberry.
water
This shrub is resistant to drought, therefore, needs only two irrigations per season: in late May and late June. It is important not to fill a plant that does not happen rotting of the root system.
And sat the neighbors
Most varieties of gooseberry are samoplodnye. Thus, they tie for almost half of the berries from the possible amount. However, the yield increase, if there are several bushes planted other varieties.
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