Everyone who starts this or that plant on their personal plot tries to get more information about it. So, beginner growers are interested in how often to water the grapes.
Having a powerful root system, he tolerates drought quite calmly. This does not mean that you do not need to water the grapes. Watering is needed.
And moreover, grapes bear fruit as much as possible when it is regularly irrigated. Only thanks to water does it grow, normally fill and ripen.
Types of Watering
- Landing. This is watering during the planting of the bush, it must be repeated 2-3 days after planting. It creates optimal soil moisture.
- Refreshing. Grapes are irrigated in hot weather. This watering is designed to reduce the temperature of the leaves.
- Fertilizing. Nutrient elements in the form of top dressing are introduced.
Proper watering of grapes
The yield of grapes directly depends on the moisture regime. It is very difficult to grow high-stem and wall bushes without watering. Beginner growers often make the following mistakes:
- watering It is made daily from a hose together with all garden plants;
- watering is carried out from a well or well with cold water.
Cold water only causes harm to the plant. To grow good grapes, watering must be done correctly. In the fall, water-charging irrigation is performed when the bushes of grapes are already covered with earth. It is especially needed in dry autumn. The ground should be moist when entering the winter. This is the necessary accumulation of moisture for the growing season in the spring. But if the autumn was rainy and the earth received enough moisture, such watering is not needed.
If the winter was not snowy, but dry and frosty, spring watering in the same trenches as in autumn is necessary. It must be carried out with heated water before flowering. If the seedlings are planted in the fall, the so-called planting irrigation in the prepared hole is carried out. A bucket of water is absorbed, a seedling sits, sprinkled with earth and another 10-15 liters of warm water pour in.
When planting seedlings in the spring, hot water flows into the hole - two buckets. A sapling sits down, is sprinkled with earth and another 10-15 liters of water are poured. It is advisable to fertilize with water. Further,
during the growing season, watering of seedlings is carried out several times - usually in the evening, heated water of 5-10 liters under the bush once a week. The next month, the seedlings are watered twice less. And in August, grapes are not watered at all.
Extraordinary grape irrigation
The state of the vine bushes for beginners needs to be constantly monitored. Noticing the suspension of growth, you need to make additional watering of the bush. If the heat is standing for a long time, watering will be useful. But he should not be as plentiful as before. Otherwise, you can delay the ripening of the berries and cause them to crack. Grape growers should also know that plant needs moisture during the period when the buds open, when the flowering has passed and at the time of ripening of the berries. Now it’s clear: in order to collect a delicious, juicy grape, watering must be carried out correctly and on time.