Viticulture is a very interesting activity, not as easy as it might seem to the uninitiated. To annually get a good harvest, you need to apply a lot of effort to growing bushes. Especially important is the preparation of the vine for winter, because how many plants of sweet bunches you will collect in the next season depends on how the plant will winter.
Fertilizer
No, in no case need to pour the shrubs now. It is about the fact that during the whole summer season, regularly carry out feeding of grape bushes. And then in the winter they will go saturated with nutrients, and therefore, strong and healthy.
Care and preparation of grapes for winter
If the bush is healthy - then it has all the chances with minimal losses or without them to survive the harsh time. To know the condition of the plant, it should be carefully examined.
The presence of dark spots on the withered foliage, as well as on a young growth indicates the defeat of the fungus. To ensure that it does not cause the bush to die in winter under cover, all visible manifestations of it should be removed and the vine sprayed with copper or iron vitriol should be sprayed carefully. To do this you need a few days before hiding for the winter.
In addition to sanitary pruning, in order to prepare for the winter of 2 summer grapes and older, it is necessary to remove the unripened wood, because, one way or another, it will freeze, and if it survives, it will not be able to fully yield in the next season because of its weakness.
To distinguish it is very simple - it is green and has no bark yet. In addition to it, it is necessary to remove all kinds of hemp, short twigs - everything that can not bring a crop, but pulls on itself juices.
When to cover the grapes?
The time of shelter is chosen based on the indicators of the street thermometer. If within a few days the temperature is kept within 5 ° C below the zero mark and the ground is slightly frozen, then it's time to start the concealment work.
If you hide the vine at a positive temperature, then most likely can develop fungal diseases and affect the plant. Also, an early shelter leads to the deforestation of wood and ocelli on the vine.
Preparation of grapes for the winter in the first year
If old bushes can survive sometimes winter without shelter, provided that the region has warm weather in winter, then grape seedlings must necessarily be prepared for winter otherwise they may not carry it.
Preparation of plants, as for the old grapes, is to prune excess fungi, treatment of fungicides against fungal diseases, and directly in shelter.
How to hide the vineyard?
It is desirable that already before the onset of frost, the bushes were prepared - cut off, sprayed and removed from the support. Immediately before the start of work, the frosted ground is watered. As soon as the frosty weather is established, the spruce or pine lapnik, the bark of trees or sawdust should be spread in places of shelter. Also a non-planed board is suitable, if it is available in excess.
On the prepared "heater" is laid out a vine in length or it can be twisted into a bay. After that, it is also covered with any natural material, or spunbond , which has a porous structure and does not interfere with the natural circulation of air. Falling snow is a natural protection against the cold and in regions with its high level you should not worry about the wintering of bushes.
In the same place, where winters are particularly severe recommend digging grooves depth to half a meter and already in them to lay a vine, covering the hoarded from the boards with a shelter in the form of a house. On top of the wooden protection is also covered by any suitable material.