Gooseberry Sadko

The gooseberry is a traditional shrub in both gardens and home gardens. Its fruits are suitable for raw consumption, for processing, and have numerous health benefits.

This plant is relatively easy to care for and has low watering and feeding requirements.

Gooseberry Sadko is highly marketable. The bushes grow powerful, 120 cm high. The crown is formed by slightly spreading, sometimes compressed. There are thorns, so you need to be careful when picking berries.

The berries of the described variety are large, weighing up to 7 grams. Dark red in color, with a waxy coating.

The taste of this variety is assessed as a table one.

Sadko belongs to the medium late varieties.

This figure is high, up to 100-150 centners of berries can be harvested per hectare.

Can be grown in any region.

Sadko gooseberry bushes are usually planted with bare roots. Such seedlings are best planted in the fall, from mid-October to November. The autumn period for planting gooseberries is recommended, because the root system of the plant will have time to recover before the onset of winter and will accelerate the development of the shrub in the spring.

If you decide to plant in the spring, then you should perform the procedure as early as possible - March-April. Remember to water your planted plants regularly, as they will be more susceptible to drought in the first year.

Before you start planting Sadko's gooseberries, you need to properly prepare the place. The soil must be cleared of weeds.

A hole is dug under the plant of such a size that the roots fall freely into it, as a rule, it is 40 cm deep. At the bottom of the hole, you need to put compost or manure mixed with earth. If planting is done in heavy soil, then sand is added.

Important: the plants are planted 5 cm deeper than they grew in the nursery, and the distance between the bushes should be from 1 to 1.5 m. After planting, the plants are watered abundantly, and then the soil around them is mulched.

Gooseberry Sadko is undemanding to the soil and grows well on the following types of soil:

• clay;

• loam;

• sandy loam;

• sand.

The variety does not tolerate acidic, swampy soils. Sadko loves moist soil. The place is best for him to choose where the sun or partial shade is all day.

Gooseberry pruning is an extremely important procedure in the care of this shrub. The first time the procedure is carried out immediately after landing. It promotes the development of young shoots. Subsequent pruning is necessary to prevent over-compaction of the bushes and to ensure good fruiting. With an excessive density of shoots, the fruits of Sadko gooseberries ripen less and less well. In this case, the plant is easily affected by various kinds of diseases.

Shrubs planted in autumn are pruned in spring, and those planted in spring - immediately after planting. All shoots are removed from plants at a height of 2-3 cm.They also cut annual growths by half their length.

As for fertilizers, they are introduced at different periods of the growing season. In the spring, it is recommended to give more nitrogen, which promotes growth, during the ripening period of the fruit - phosphorus and potassium, since they improve taste and accelerate ripening.

Sadko has resistance to American powdery mildew and spotting; for all other diseases, it is recommended to carry out preventive treatment with fungicides. Insecticides save gardeners from insect infestation.

Gooseberry Sadko demonstrates high winter hardiness.