Grapes Talisman - one of the best varieties. He fell in love with consumers for their pleasant taste and impressive size of berries.
In this case, the variety is unpretentious, productive and resistant to disease. Information about the "parents" of the Mascot is contradictory. But be that as it may, the variety was great. The talisman is also called otherwise - Kesha 1 grapes. Often, the Kesha variety is considered the Talisman. But this is his closest relative, in many ways similar to the Talisman of grapes. Their description is similar. But Kesha has flowers of both sexes, and the Talisman (Kesha 1) - only for women.
Grapes Talisman - a variety of early-medium ripening period (130 days).
Frost resistance
Grape variety Talisman tolerates frosts without problems up to 25 degrees. With a stronger decrease in temperature, the vine freezes without shelter.
Some winegrowers successfully grow the Talisman on arches as non-covering, placing it in protected areas. In this case, the brush can weigh one and a half to two and a half kilograms. But there is a risk of being left without a crop.
The talisman loves heat and the sun, therefore it matures poorly in the cold summers.
Pollination
Grapes Talisman is pollinated well. But he, as neighbors, needs a pair of bushes of another variety. There is practically no irrigation.
Description
The brush is large, conical, medium-dense (Kesha’s denser). Its weight reaches from 1 to 2.5 kilograms (on arches). Length about 20 centimeters. The berries are oval, white, with full ripening amber, "yellow tan", the same size (3.1 × 3.5 cm). The skin is dense. The weight of one berry is 10-12 g, but can reach 20-25 g. Each contains one to three seeds.
The grape Talisman tastes sweet, slightly sour. When fully ripened, it has a nutmeg flavor. If it lingers on a bush, it becomes tastier. Sugar in it is from 17 to 23 percent. Acids - 6-8 grams per liter of juice. The berries are fleshy and juicy.
Bush formation
Talisman - grapes are very productive, 80-90% of its stems are fruitful. Traditionally, it is advised to leave two, less often - three brushes on the shoot.
It is said that if more are formed, then the berries will be smaller and not ripen. But many growers cut 10-15 and even 20 buds and say that in this case the variety is much more productive. And the size of berries 12 g they are quite satisfied. It should be borne in mind that with such pruning, the bush will require significantly more space on the trellis. Form even bushes with six sleeves. But we must not allow the bush to overload the crop. To do this, thin, frozen shoots are thinned out. The bush must have a good supply of old wood. If there are a lot of sleeves, it makes sense to place them in different directions. Then the horizontal crop will ripen a week earlier.
With this formation of the bush, it is difficult to remove branches for shelter for the winter. But he grows strong, is not afraid of drought and gives a good harvest.
Disease resistance
Grapes Talisman is practically not affected by mildew and gray rot. If there are no varieties nearby with an increased susceptibility to disease, then you can not process it. But, since this happens very rarely, then “for the company” they spray him.
Transportation, storage of crops
Berries are well stored, suitable for transportation.
They can hang on the bush until frost, without losing their taste, even improving them. You can eat fresh for up to four weeks. It is well kept in the refrigerator. On the balcony, only scallops dry out in two weeks, and the berries do not deteriorate.
Breeding
Bred grapes Talisman, like all varieties, cuttings or layering. The bush is tall and strong, easy to prepare cuttings. They take root well, seedlings quickly begin to bear fruit. Usually with good care this happens in the third year. But you can achieve the first crop and the second. To do this, you need to increase the growing season in the planting year , first planting in the spring in a container or placing in warm sawdust.
Landing
Grape seedlings should be ready for planting.
To do this, you need the root system :
- matured well;
- did not dry out during the transplant.
An indirect indicator of the seedlings' readiness is the fact that in autumn the leaves on it fell off naturally.
The seedling is formed so that it has one shoot, and that one is shortened by two or three buds. The roots are lightly trimmed with a secateurs and dipped in a clay mash.
Pits are best prepared from the winter. They have the shape of a cube with a side of 80 cm. They need to be half filled with soil from the top layer, rotted manure, ash (2 buckets each), with the addition of superphosphate (300 g per bush). If you dig a hole much smaller, then the bush will grow, and give a meager harvest. Digging a hole no longer makes sense, since the roots of the grapes do not penetrate below 60 cm from the surface of the earth.
The seedling is set to a depth of 30-40 cm. Sprinkle first with fertilized soil (10 cm), then remaining. Sand is added to the clay soil so that air and water pass through it. Seal and water the earth. About a seedling leave a hole with a depth of 5-10 cm.
The distance between two seedlings of the Talisman variety can be 2-3 m if you intend to use a single-plane trellis, and 1-1.5 m if a two-plane.
Care
Watering is necessary until the seedling takes root. Then it is better to do this with drainage. But you can grow a good crop without watering or fertilizing the bush during the growing process.
Stepsons are regularly removed so that they do not thicken the bush, do not take on beneficial substances. Although the Talisman's kidneys in stepsons are also fruit-bearing. Sometimes they give a harvest at the end of September (if there are no frosts).
Talisman is a grape that loves regular root dressing with a large amount of fertilizer. Needs the introduction of phosphorus and potassium.
The variety is not very fond of pests. But the tick grape itch does a lot of harm. Therefore, you need to spray 3-4 times with poison from ticks.
To protect against wasps, which, although not very, but spoil the berries, hang syrup bottles near the bushes.