Well, here comes the time of short rest for all owners of household plots. Saying goodbye to the garden, take an attentive look at it, everything is done.
And how, for example, does your grapes feel, did you forget to insulate it for the winter? Of course, if you have only varieties such as Isabella and Lidia growing in your dacha, you can do without shelter, simply remove it from the support and bend it to the ground. Winter with frosts at 35 ° C, this grapes is remarkably experienced just under the snow, it is checked repeatedly on own experience. But if you have gotten more capricious varieties of grapes, then you must necessarily do it for the winter.
Ways of sheltering grapes for the winter are many, but they all have one thing in common, before warming grapes need to be cut off and, of course, bent to the ground.
Before thinking about how to insulate and how to close grapes for the winter, it is necessary to determine the time of this procedure. Do not be guided by a certain date, look at the weather. It is necessary to give the vine to become hardened, and for this purpose, a couple of days with a morning temperature of -5 or -8 ° C will suffice, but it is desirable to cut it to frost.
If it's time to cover the grapes for the winter, as mentioned above, remove it from the supports and lay it on the ground. The vine needs to be pressed to the ground, it can be done with the help of hairpins made of wire. And then proceed to warming the grapes by one of the proposed methods.
Prikopka grapes for the winter
This method is used to lay a layer of earth 25-30 cm thick on a vine. The earth can not be taken closer than 0.5 m from the bush and it should be sufficiently loose and dry or slightly moist. If the winter is expected to be very harsh, then you can make a shelter in layers, that is, pour 10-15 cm of earth, lay a layer of dry leaves or straw, and pour another layer of earth on top. This method is preferable to chernozems, but it is not recommended to drop grapes for sandy soils on sandy soils for the winter - this soil freezes more strongly.
How to insulate the grapes for the winter with sawdust?
Sawdust, in principle, can be replaced with fallen pine needles or leaves. The main condition for these heaters - they must be dry. We take a polyethylene film and lay it around the bushes, rustle sawdust (leaves, needles) on the bush and cover it with polyethylene on the sides. On top of the bush covered with slate or roofing paper.
Reed mats
You will need reed mats, and cover the grapes with them, necessarily in 2 layers. This way to harbor grapes for the winter is different for its speed and suitable for large vineyards, but, like any approach, has its drawbacks. First, mats have to be weaved or bought, and transporting them is not quite easy, and they are enough for 3-4 winters.
Vineyard lapnicking
We need needles, necessarily green and with twigs, the withered will not fit, it is mandatory during the thaws to get wet and the grapes will freeze. Green needles are well ventilated, and even if there are thaws, it will dry out, and your grapes will not suffer.
How to close the grapes for the winter with polyethylene?
Many people say that it is a crime to cover grapes with plastic wrap, it will all freeze out. When the thaws buds swell, the action is the same as in the greenhouse, and then even light frosts will be deadly for the grapes. So we conclude - you can use polyethylene film for grape hiding only as an auxiliary material to protect the main heater from dampness.
How to cover the grapes planted in boxes?
Here it is still simpler, and therefore any of the proposed methods will do. The main thing is to close the vine with any insulation, and cover the box with slate or boards.