Honeysuckle Strezhevchanka

Honeysuckle Strezhevchanka
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Andrey Vasilievich Gagarkin, Nadezhda Viktorovna Savinkova
  • Year of approval: 2017
  • Growth type: vigorous
  • Description of the bush: sparse
  • Escapes: medium, straight, brownish brown, hairless, matte, curved at the apex
  • Leaves: medium, green, slightly pubescent, matte
  • Transportability: medium
  • Fruit size: large
  • Fruit weight, g: 1,8-2,7
  • Fruit shape: broadly fusiform
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Among the early maturing varieties, varieties of the OGUP Bakcharskoye enterprise are highly popular. Honeysuckle Strezhevchanka is a striking representative of this line. Its fruits have a universal purpose: fresh consumption, preparation of tasty and healthy mousses, yoghurts, cottage cheese desserts, cooking compotes, preserves, jams, baking, freezing and even making wine.

Description of the variety

The variety belongs to vigorous (up to 180 cm) shrub-type plants. Beautiful spreading bushes have a sparse structure, consist of straight, medium and long shoots, covered with a smooth matte bark of brown-brown shades. The shoots curved at the very top give the bushes a decorative look.

Weakly pubescent green leaves have a matte surface. The plant blooms in May and blooms until the crescent, forming new buds, ovaries and withstanding spring frosts down to -8 ° C. With all its positive qualities, the variety cannot be used for cultivation on an industrial scale, since it is unsuitable for mechanized harvesting and long-term transportation.

Fruit characteristics

Large (1.8-2.7 g) wide-fusiform berries have a dark purple color that turns into black tones. The thin skin is covered with a slight bloom of pruin.

Taste qualities

The juicy and tender pulp of the fruit has a sweet-sour dessert taste and a medium-strength aroma. The berry contains: sugar - 8.8%, acids - 3.2%, vitamin C - 27.5 mg. Honeysuckle is not prone to shedding, the assessment of the tasting committee is 4.9 points.

Ripening and fruiting

An early ripe variety gives the first (test) harvest in the fourth year after planting. Full return starts from the fifth year. The maximum return from the bush lasts from 3 to 5 years, then the decline in performance begins.

Yield

Strezhevchanka belongs to high-yielding varieties: on average, up to 2.5-3 kg are removed from one bush, the maximum indicators are 4.5 kg and more.

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.

Growing regions

The variety is adapted for the regions of Western Siberia, but feels great in the Urals, Altai, etc.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

Strezhevchanka belongs to self-infertile varieties and needs a neighborhood with pollinators. Honeysuckle is ideal for a similar role:

  • The daughter of a giant and Silginka;
  • Delight, Yugana and Bakchar giant.

High-quality pollination occurs when planting at the rate of 1 bush from the above for 5-6 Strezhevchanka bushes.

Growing and care

The size of the landing pit is 40x40x50 cm, the shape is a well with vertical walls and a flat bottom. It is imperative to equip the pit with a drainage layer of 8-10 cm. The dug soil is enriched with organic matter (compost, humus, bird droppings), superphosphate and baking powder in the form of river sand if the soil is too dense and heavy.

When planting, you need to monitor the root collar: it should be at the level of the surface or slightly higher. With an open root system, the roots are gently spread over the surface of the earthen mound in the pit and only after that they are covered with earth, at the same time compacting it to prevent the formation of voids.After that, the near-trunk circle is well watered with warm water, the next day the moist soil is loosened and covered with mulch to prevent drying out and crust formation.

Further care consists in regular watering, fertilizing, pruning and shaping the crown.

  • An adult plant is watered 3 to 4 times per season: flowering, after picking the berries, in autumn.
  • Top dressing begins 2-3 years after planting. In the spring, nitrogen-containing preparations, for example, urea, are introduced. During filling, the plant requires potassium-phosphorus preparations; in the fall, the trunk circle is covered with humus.
  • Sanitary pruning is done in early spring by cutting out old, diseased, dry and damaged shoots. They are engaged in the formation in late autumn, after the cessation of sap flow and starting from the age of 6. If the bush is formed on a trunk, then the process is carried out annually after planting.

To ensure a good wintering, abundant watering, cleansing the site and renewing the mulch layer are enough.

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

The described honeysuckle has strong immunity and, as a result, high resistance to the most common diseases:

  • fungal;
  • bacterial and viral.

Practically not affected by aphids. But for prevention, it is necessary to carry out treatments with insecticides and fungicides.

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.

Winter hardiness and the need for shelter

The bushes of the Strezhevchanka variety are distinguished by high winter hardiness, but they do not tolerate drought worse.

Location and soil requirements

Strezhevchanka prefers open sunny places with maximum illumination and heating. In this case, you should take care of protection from northern winds and constant drafts. Honeysuckle is planted under the protection of walls and blank fences. It grows well on peat bogs and loams, alumina and sandy loam, chernozems, gray forest soils, as well as sod-podzolic soils and volcanic sand. As for acidity, it is much easier for the gardener: the permissible pH level is in the range from 4.54 to 7.5.

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
Andrey Vasilievich Gagarkin, Nadezhda Viktorovna Savinkova
Year of approval
2017
Yield
high
Average yield
2.5 kg per bush
Maximum yield
4.5 kg per bush
Appointment
universal
Transportability
average
Bush
Growth type
vigorous
Description of the bush
sparse
Branches
straight
Escapes
medium, straight, brownish brown, hairless, matte, curved at the apex
Leaves
medium, green, slightly pubescent, matte
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit weight, g
1,8-2,7
Fruit shape
broadly fusiform
Fruit color
almost black
Skin
lightly waxy, thin
Pulp (consistency)
tender, juicy
Taste
sweet and sour
Scent
average
Crumbling
do not crumble
Fruit attachment strength
good
Fruit composition
sugar - 8.8%, acids - 3.2%, vitamin C - 27.5 mg%
Tasting assessment
4.9 points
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Winter hardiness
hardy
Drought tolerance
average
Growing regions
West Siberian
Disease and pest resistance
steady
Maturation
Early maturity
begins bearing fruit at the 4th year of the seedling's life
Ripening terms
early
Frequency of fruiting
annually
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