Honeysuckle Avach

Honeysuckle Avach
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry named after N.I. Vavilova
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Description of the bush: wide, slightly spreading
  • Bush height, m: 1,5
  • Escapes: upright
  • Leaves: petioled, bright green, elliptical, whole-edged
  • Flowers: steamy, white, fragrant
  • Fruit size: large
  • Fruit weight, g: until 3
  • Fruit shape: elongated oval
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Avacha is a variety of honeysuckle bred by Russian breeders. Avacha berries are versatile and suitable both for fresh consumption and for making compote. Avacha bushes will feel comfortable when grown in the northwest regions.

Description of the variety

The Avacha bush has an average vigor of growth, it is wide, slightly spreading, reaches a height of 1.5 m. The branches grow in the form of an arc, curved from the trunk, the shoots are erect. Leaves develop in the shape of an ellipse, are bright green in color. The flowers are white, fragrant, and grow in pairs.

Fruit characteristics

Avach berries are large, weighing up to 3 g, elongated-oval in shape. The skin of the fruit is blue with a waxy bloom, the pulp is violet-red.

Taste qualities

The berries taste pleasant, sour-sweet, juicy, suitable for making desserts, have a strawberry aroma.

Ripening and fruiting

The first berries are formed on the bush in the second year after planting. Fruiting begins in mid-June, which is typical for mid-ripening varieties.

Yield

This is a high-yielding variety: on average, you can get 2-2.5 kg of berries from one bush.

Honeysuckle pleases the owners of the site not only with a beautiful color, but also with fruits with an unusual taste. When planning to plant it on your site, it is important to learn everything about the fruiting of the bush.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

The Avacha variety is not capable of pollinating on its own, therefore, pollinators should be planted next to it, that is, varieties with the same ripening period. Suitable, for example, Cinderella, Malvina, Tomichka.

Growing and care

The presented variety will give a good harvest if planted in moisture-absorbing loamy or sandy loam soil, the acidity does not matter much. The site should be located in the sun or partial shade. Planting is recommended in the autumn. Before planting, the soil should be mixed with compost, and between the seedlings during group planting, keep a distance of 1-1.5 m.To stimulate the formation of strong shoots at the base of the bush, you need to reduce the length of the shoots of the planted seedling by two-thirds. Follow-up care includes the following points.

  • Watering

The Avacha variety is moisture-loving, which means that it should be watered often and a lot. To retain moisture, mulch the tree circle with bark or straw. Especially often the bush needs high-quality moisture during the dry period.

  • Pruning

Formative pruning is carried out every 3-4 years, but sanitary pruning is required every year - in late autumn. When forming a bush, cut off branches growing in the wrong direction and intersecting shoots. At the same time, try to leave at least three buds on the branches. When sanitizing pruning, remove old, damaged, diseased branches. Do not over-prune as this crop tends to grow rapidly.

  • Top dressing

In the first couple of years, the bush does not need fertilizers, since it has enough of those substances that were added to the soil during planting.From the third year of life, additional food is required every year. To stimulate flowering, gardeners use formulations with a low nitrogen content. Meat and bone meal or fish meal is also good. The filling of the prepared mixtures should be carried out at a depth of 15-20 cm, that is, at the location of the bulk of the root system.

The presented variety has a high level of winter hardiness, and therefore it does not need shelter for the winter.

You can plant honeysuckle in open ground in spring, summer and autumn. Best of all, honeysuckle grows in an illuminated low-lying swampy place, while the site must be reliably protected from the wind. It is desirable that the soil is loamy or sandy loam. If the soil is poor, then it will first need to be fertilized.
In order for honeysuckle to bloom and bear fruit well, it needs to be properly cared for. One of the main procedures that affects the appearance and yield of this plant is shoot pruning. Without timely care, bushes prone to thickening rapidly turn into wild thickets with diseased and stunted plants, the number of young shoots decreases, the quantity and quality of berries decreases.

Disease and pest resistance

Avacha is characterized by excellent immunity against diseases and insects, but in extremely rare cases it can be affected by aphids. At the same time, young bushes are more vulnerable to the pest. If the plant is attacked by aphids, then the colony can be washed off with the pressure of water or the bush can be treated with tinctures of garlic, tobacco and pepper. From purchased products, the effectiveness in the fight against insects was proved by Aktellik, Konfidor, Iskra.

Timely fight against diseases and pests of honeysuckle allows you to grow a healthy crop, used both for decorative purposes and for harvesting fragrant berries. When growing honeysuckle, it is necessary to know the main diseases of the crop, common pests, as well as effective measures to combat them.
In order to increase the amount of honeysuckle in your area, it is not necessary to purchase planting material, it is quite possible to multiply the varieties you like yourself. There are several ways to breed honeysuckle: cuttings, layering, root shoots, dividing the bush, and also sowing seeds.
Main characteristics
Authors
All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry named after N.I. Vavilova
Yield
high
Appointment
universal
Bush
Growth type
medium-sized
Description of the bush
wide, slightly spreading
Bush height, m
1,5
Bush diameter, m
1,5–2,0
Branches
arcuate from the base
Escapes
erect
Leaves
petiole, bright green, elliptical, whole-edged
Flowers
steamy, white, fragrant
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit weight, g
until 3
Fruit shape
elongated oval
Fruit color
blue
Skin
with a waxy coating
Pulp color
violet-red
Pulp (consistency)
juicy
Taste
dessert, harmonious, sour-sweet
Scent
light strawberry
Crumbling
do not crumble
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Pollinator varieties
Kamchadalka, Cinderella, Blue spindle, Azure, Bluebird, Malvina, Tomichka
Winter hardiness
hardy
The soil
fairly moisture-absorbing loamy and sandy loam
Top dressing
in the first two years after planting, top dressing is not required, in the future, from the third year, fertilizers are applied annually
Watering
regular and plentiful
Pruning
every 3-4 years
Location
sun, partial shade
Growing regions
Northwestern
Disease and pest resistance
steady
Maturation
Early maturity
begins bearing fruit in the second year of the seedling's life
Ripening terms
mid-season
Fruiting period
mid June
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