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Honeysuckle is a healthy and tasty berry. Thanks to the work of scientists, a large number of varieties have been bred, which differ in taste, ripening period, winter hardiness. Description of the variety of honeysuckle Cubic zirconia characterizes it as a powerful bush that pleases with a large harvest of useful berries.
Description of the variety of honeysuckle Cubic zirconia
Honeysuckle Cubic Zirconia was bred by Russian scientists in 1995. After lengthy research, the plant was included in the State Register, in 2002 it was assigned to the Ural varieties.
Acquaintance with honeysuckle Cubic zirconia should begin with external characteristics. It is a powerful, slightly spreading bush, 1-1.5 m high. The root growth is covered with large, ovoid leaves. In early summer, the plant is covered with large, pale yellow flowers. After flowering, fruits appear on the bush - oval-oblong berries weighing up to 1.5 g. The taste is dessert, sweet and sour, there is no bitterness.
Honeysuckle is a healthy berry. The fruits contain vitamins, trace elements, pectins, tannins, sugar and organic acids. Due to its rich composition, the crop is used in the treatment of gastrointestinal and cardiovascular diseases, anemia, and hypertension.
The berry of the variety is very large, the taste is dessert
Due to its positive characteristics, Fianit honeysuckle is popular not only in the Urals, but throughout Russia.
Distinctive features:
- Frost and drought resistance. The variety is cold-resistant, an adult shrub can withstand up to -50 ° C without shelter. Honeysuckle is moisture-loving, with a lack of water, fruiting decreases, the berry becomes smaller and acquires a sour taste.
- Productivity. Honeysuckle Cubic Zirconia is a medium-yielding variety. In season, up to 2 kg of berries can be removed from the bush. Maturation is amicable, biological maturity occurs in mid-July. The harvest time depends on the region of growth.
Like any plant, Cubic Zirconia has strengths and weaknesses. The pluses include:
- cold resistance;
- immunity to diseases and pests;
- sweet, dessert taste;
- amicable maturation;
- resistance to shattering.
Gardeners consider the disadvantages of the variety:
- average yield;
- late ripening.
Planting and caring for edible honeysuckle Cubic zirconia
Proper planting and care is the key to a high yield. Subject to agrotechnical rules, the plant will delight you with large and tasty fruits.
Landing dates
In honeysuckle, flowers appear in early spring, before the soil warms up, therefore, the seedlings are removed into the ground in the fall, a month before the onset of frost. Spring planting is possible only if the purchased plant has a closed root system.
Selection and preparation of the landing site
Honeysuckle Cubic Zirconia is an unpretentious variety and can grow anywhere. But to get a rich harvest of sweet berries, the site is chosen in the sun, protected from drafts and gusty winds.
The variety prefers to grow on nutritious, well-drained soil. Heavy clay and light sandy soil should be fertilized and mixed with peat and sand. When planted in a lowland, where water will accumulate on rainy days, the plant may die from root rot.
In order for the bush to become not only a decoration of the personal plot, but also to bear fruit well, it is important to correctly approach the choice of a seedling.
When buying, pay attention to the following factors:
- The best survival rate for a seedling at the age of 2-3 years.
- In healthy planting material, the shoots should be flexible, brightly colored and have at least 3-4 healthy buds.
- The root system of a healthy plant is flexible and well developed. Overgrown roots are pruned to 30 cm.
The plant prefers an open, sunny location.
Landing rules
The future harvest depends on compliance with the planting rules. It is carried out according to a certain scheme:
- Dig a hole 40x40 cm in size.
- A drainage layer is laid at the bottom.
- The excavated soil is mixed with humus, wood ash and potassium sulfate. Everything is thoroughly mixed and transferred into a hole in the form of a mound.
- At the seedling, the roots are straightened and placed on a prepared hill.
- Sprinkle the seedling with fertile soil, tamp the top layer, spill and mulch.
Watering and feeding
Honeysuckle Cubic zirconia is an unpretentious variety, but the better the care of the bush, the richer the harvest will be. This is a moisture-loving culture, it is irrigated once a month. In hot, dry weather, watering is increased, since the lack of moisture affects the quality of the berries. Watering should be abundant, at least a bucket of warm, settled water is consumed under each bush. After irrigation, the trunk circle is loosened and covered with foliage or straw.
In the first year after planting, honeysuckle does not need feeding. Further, fertilizers are applied 3 times a season:
- During the growing season, organic matter or a mineral complex with a predominance of nitrogen is used.
- After flowering, add a solution of nitrophoska (30 g per bucket of water) or slurry diluted 1:10.
- In the fall, the bush needs phosphorus and potassium, as these trace elements will help it withstand severe frosts.
Watering is carried out with warm, settled water
Pruning
Honeysuckle Cubic zirconia needs rejuvenating and sanitary pruning. In the spring, before sap flow, they cut out weak, not overwintered shoots, you also need to get rid of the root shoots that appear inside the bush, since the lack of light reduces the yield.
Old shrubs rejuvenate at the age of 10 years. To do this, remove all shoots, leaving only young growth. For the prevention of diseases, the sections are treated with brilliant green or garden pitch.
Wintering
Honeysuckle Cubic zirconia is a cold-resistant variety, but in order not to lose a young plant, it is prepared for wintering. For this:
- The bush is abundantly shed and fed with wood ash.
- The near-stem bush is mulched.
- The shoots are covered with agrofibre or spruce branches.
Reproduction of honeysuckle varieties Cubic zirconia
Honeysuckle Cubic zirconia can be propagated by seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush:
- Seed reproduction is a laborious occupation, it is used only in nurseries.
- Cuttings. In May, 7-10 cm long seedlings are cut from a healthy shoot. Each cutting should have 3-4 buds. The lower leaves are removed from the planting material, the upper ones are shortened by half. The cuttings are kept in a growth stimulator and planted in a nutritious soil. In the spring, the young plant will start growing and by autumn it will be ready for transplantation to a permanent place.
- Division of the bush. A simple, effective breeding method. To do this, dig out a bush 3-4 years old and divide it into a certain number of parts. Each division must have a developed root system and at least 3-4 shoots. Before planting, the roots are treated with Kornevin, and the shoots are shortened. Prepared delenki are planted in the fall in a well-lit place.
Honeysuckle pollinators Cubic zirconia
Honeysuckle Cubic Zirconia is not a self-fertile variety; there will be no high fruiting without pollinators. For a good harvest, several varieties are planted for cross-pollination. The interval between plantings should be at least 2.5 m. The best pollinator for Cubic Zirconia is the Amphora variety.
Amphora is suitable as a pollinator
Diseases and pests
Honeysuckle Cubic zirconia is immune to diseases and pests. But if agricultural technology is not followed, the bush can hit the following ailments:
- Leaf mosaic - the disease manifests itself as light olive spots on the leaf blade. The virus is dangerous because you cannot get rid of it.
To prevent the disease from infecting neighboring crops, the bush is dug up and burned
- Brown spot is a fungal disease that appears in the middle of summer. The foliage is covered with brown spots, dries up and falls off. To destroy the fungus, honeysuckle is sprayed with "Penconazole" after harvest.
Without treatment, the fungus quickly spreads to neighboring crops
- Honeysuckle fingerfly is an insect that feeds on berries. If curves, early ripe fruits appear on the bush, it means that the pest has reached them. Such a crop is not used for food, it is harvested and burned.
When damaged by a pest, the berries are deformed
- Spider mite - the pest covers the entire aerial part with a thin film. When infected, the plant stops growing and developing.
The drug "Malathion", which is used before flowering and after harvesting, will be able to help the bush.
- Thrushes - forest birds can destroy crops in a short time. To protect the bush from birds, it is covered with a special bird net.
Blackbirds - lovers of ripe berries
Conclusion
Description of the variety of honeysuckle Cubic zirconia reveals all the delights of the fruit crop. The plant is unpretentious, cold-resistant. With timely care, it will bear fruit and produce a tasty harvest for 30 years.
