Honeysuckle Sorceress

Honeysuckle Sorceress
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyin, Nina Alekseevna Ilyina, Vladimir Ilyich Putyatin
  • Year of approval: 2000
  • Growth type: undersized
  • Description of the bush: slightly spreading
  • Bush height, m: 1,5
  • Escapes: thick, matte, straight, brown-red color
  • Leaves: medium, dark green, with a matte, bare, concave plate, no teeth
  • Flowers: small, pale yellow
  • Fruit size: large or medium
  • Fruit weight, g: 1
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Sorceress Honeysuckle is a great option for risky farming areas. The culture is distinguished not only by its high winter hardiness, but also by early ripening. Thanks to this, summer residents in a short summer have time to quickly harvest.

Breeding history

The authors of the Sorceress are Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyin, Nina Alekseevna Ilyina, Vladimir Ilyich Putyatin. For breeding work, they used free pollination of Smolinka, one of the best edible varieties. In 2000, the plant was firmly entrenched in the State Register of Russia.

Description of the variety

The weak and slightly spreading bushes of the Sorceress do not have a great height by the standard, growing only up to one and a half meters. A bush in shape may resemble a shrub, which is the honeysuckle as a whole, or a small tree, it all depends on the formation.

The shoots of this variety are straight and dull, the growth is directed straight. They have a brownish-red color, a rather dense wax layer is located on the surface. There are many leaves, no pubescence is observed on them. The dark green plates are slightly concave, there are no denticles on them, but they are bent towards the central part.

The flowers are small, waxy, light yellow. During flowering, there are a lot of them, so during this period the shrubs look especially decorative.

Fruit characteristics

The Sorceress berries are not the same in size, on one bush there will be both medium and rather large specimens. According to the standard, the mass is 1 gram, but there are berries, whose weight can reach one and a half grams. They are considered to be especially large.

Elongated oval berries are colored in a dark gray tone, and a blue bloom is also clearly visible on the surface. The skin of the fruit is of moderate thickness, but the pulp is dense. Ripe fruits contain a huge amount of nutrients. They are especially rich in vitamin P.

Taste qualities

Sweet Sorceress berries have a delicate and very delicate aroma. However, if the plants were grown under constant moisture shortages, the fruit may become tart and more bitter than sweet.

Ripening and fruiting

Unlike many other varieties of edible honeysuckle, the Sorceress begins to bear fruit only in the 4th, and sometimes even 5th season. After flowering, which takes place in early or mid-May, the shrub forms fruit. They are collected in early June. Fruiting of the bush is annual, but it is important to pick ripe berries on time. If left on the bush, they will crumble to the ground.

Yield

The sorceress is not the most productive variety of honeysuckle. With minimal maintenance, the plant will give only 500 grams of fruit per bush. However, if you strengthen agricultural techniques and wait until the honeysuckle becomes completely adult, it will be possible to collect from 1.8 kg per plant, to a maximum of 3 kg. If we talk about a hectare, then an average of 40.6 centners of berries are removed from one such site.

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

Kamchatka Honeysuckle Sorceress does not produce crops without pollinators, and this is another disadvantage of her.To enjoy delicious fruits in summer, you need to plant at least a couple of plants of a different variety nearby. You can pick up the following cultures:

  • Long-fruited;

  • Zest;

  • Sineglazka.

Growing and caring

In regions with an unfavorable climate, it is customary to plant the Sorceress honeysuckle in the spring. In other cases, gardeners prefer autumn planting, as the plants adapt much better with it. But in any case, before planting, the plants are soaked for several hours in growth stimulants.

Most often, the Sorceress honeysuckle is planted in the form of a hedge. It is very important that the distance between the bushes is at least 150 centimeters, otherwise they will interfere with each other. The same distance is maintained to other plants, especially tall ones. The variety is not planted where other berry bushes used to grow.

The sorceress does not require constant care for herself, but with the help of good agricultural technology, you can seriously increase the level of yield. As for irrigation, in the northern regions they should be more than moderate. Three times a season is enough for comfortable growth. At a time, 15 liters are poured under the bush. But in arid agricultural zones, you will have to constantly rely on weather conditions. But in any case, a couple of weeks before picking up the fruits, watering is reduced, otherwise the berries will turn out to be watery and will be poorly stored.

The Sorceress honeysuckle nutrients embedded in the soil are enough for two seasons. After that, the soil will have to be fed additionally. At the beginning of spring, 15 grams of carbamide is introduced, during the formation of buds - double superphosphate and potassium sulfate (40 and 20 grams, respectively), after harvesting - nitrophoska (20 grams). In the fall, the soil is dug up and compost is added to it.

Plants are in great need of sanitary as well as anti-aging pruning. The procedures can be carried out in spring or autumn, the main thing is that the plants are in a dormant period. Not only diseased / dry branches are removed, but also shoots near the roots, branches clinging to each other. For rejuvenation, all skeletal branches are shortened.

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

There are practically no cases of the Sorceress' illness. The culture is affected only in conditions of constant rains. But such fungal ailments are easily prevented by preventive treatments. They are carried out in the spring, immediately after the awakening of the shrubs.

Pest attacks are more likely. Aphids, caterpillars, ticks are not at all averse to feasting on delicious fruits. Therefore, together with fungicidal sprays, insecticidal sprays must also be carried out. In addition, early berries will have to be protected from birds, which are attracted by their color. For this, it is recommended to install grids.

Timely control of 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
Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyin, Nina Alekseevna Ilyina, Vladimir Ilyich Putyatin
Year of approval
2000
Average yield
40.6 c / ha
Appointment
universal
Bush
Growth type
undersized
Description of the bush
slightly spreading
Bush height, m
1,5
Escapes
thick, matte, straight, brown-red color
Leaves
medium, dark green, with a matte, bare, concave plate, no teeth
Flowers
small, pale yellow
Fruit
Fruit size
large or medium
Fruit weight, g
1
Fruit shape
elongated oval
Fruit color
dark gray, with a blue bloom
Skin
medium thickness
Pulp (consistency)
dense
Taste
sweet
Scent
gentle
Crumbling
when fully ripe, they crumble
Fruit composition
sugar 5.9%, acid 2.8%, vitamin C 21.5 mg /%, vitamin P 1136.6 mg /%
Growing
Winter hardiness
steady
Drought tolerance
drought tolerant
Growing regions
North, North-West, Central, Volgo-Vyatka, TsChO, North Caucasian, Middle Volga, Nizhnevolzhsky, Ural, West Siberian, East Siberian, Far East
Maturation
Early maturity
begins bearing fruit at 4-5 years of life of the seedling
Flowering time
first-second decade of May
Ripening terms
early
Fruiting period
At the beginning of June
Frequency of fruiting
annually
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