Grapes "Arcadia" belongs to the group of table grape varieties. The variety belongs to the early. The fruit ripening period is about 125 days.
The Arcadia grape variety has rather large clusters from 500 to 900 g (sometimes up to two kg) of cylindrical shape. Berries of large size (28x23 mm and more) up to 15 g, have an ovoid shape. Arcadia is a grape characterized by a low sugar content, which is about 15%, while the acidity level is up to 6 g / l. Full berry ripening provides a light nutmeg aroma. Thanks to the thick skin on the berry, the grape's transportability is quite high. Grapes "Arcadia" is characterized by high productivity, in this respect he is a record holder.
This is a fairly stable plant. It can withstand temperature drops to minus 21 degrees. Grapes "Arcadia" is well rooted, has a powerful root system, an intensive growth rate, high fruiting.
Care for grapes in the early years mainly consists in weeding, cultivating and, of course, feeding. Watering grapes "Arcadia" is necessary only two or three times in the summer. In the first year of planting, grapes should not be pruned. In subsequent years, it is necessary to pinch the shoots, break off the stepsons, as well as thin out the leaves. These procedures are necessary for the normal nutrition of fruiting shoots and the formation of a bush. On the grape bush break off the shoots from the bottom to the sleeve.
Thanks to pinching, the plant does not grow in length, nutrients are transported to inflorescences. This procedure is carried out several days before flowering. When bush thickens stepchildren, productivity is significantly reduced.
Two weeks before the grapes ripen, leaves that block them from the sun must be removed. This procedure provides quick ripening of berries and increases the percentage of carbohydrates in them. Pruning of grapes is carried out in autumn, after the leaves fall. During this period, you can also fertilize the grapes with fertilizer, under digging. Fertilizers are best applied in a shallow trench (depth about 60 cm), which is dug up next to the bushes. Top dressing should enter the plant root zone. 8 kg of rotted manure and 100 g of wood ash are taken per m2 of area occupied by the vine .
Grapes "Arcadia" does not differ in high winter hardiness, therefore, with the onset of frost, the trimmed vine is covered with roofing material. Shelter is fixed. In winter they fill up with snow. With the advent of spring, shelter is removed from the vine. This procedure is best done late in the evening or in cloudy weather. After this, it is advisable to treat the vine with fungicides.
Many lovers are faced with the problem of drying and wilting grapes. There are many reasons that cause these processes, but the main ones are fungal diseases. Quite often they register mildew. As a result of the defeat of the cluster crest by this pathogen, vascular conduction is violated, as a result of which the whole cluster dries out below the lesion. Withering of bunches can also be associated with bending of the ridges during the ripening period of grape berries. This problem is encountered by those who grow hybrid grape varieties.
The crescent-shaped cicadas (paralysis of bunches) can also provoke the drying out and wilting of bunches of grapes. This disease causes a violation of metabolic processes in the crest of a bunch. Most often, paralysis of bunches is recorded when the berries ripen, when the sugar level in them is from 7 to 12%. The first sign of the disease is the appearance of small dark brown spots localized on the crest or lateral branches. These processes lead to metabolic disorders and wilting clusters. Affected ridges break off. To combat this pathology, solutions of calcium chloride (0.75%), manganese chloride (0.75%) are used. Spray the plant three times with an interval of 10 days.