Berries

Growing grapes: tips for beginners and planting schemes
Grape vine

Grapes in garden plots in the middle zone of our country can be found more and more often. The achievements of breeders and the enthusiasm of summer residents are doing their job, and the southern vitamin berry "just from the garden" is now a frequent guest on the tables of those regions where it was impossible to think about it before. A vineyard in the country requires the application of strength, but its establishment and maintenance are not insurmountable difficulties.

Growing strawberries from seeds - advantages and technology

It is believed that growing strawberries from seeds is a troublesome and, most often, ungrateful business: miniature seedlings are capricious, require close attention and careful care. It is customary to propagate this culture through rooting a mustache or using purchased seedlings. But there are situations when you want to start a specific variety of this berry, but trusted sellers do not have seedlings, or when you buy on the market instead of the declared type, it is not clear what grows. Buying seeds and growing seedlings from them will help to avoid such excesses. In this case, the result will be guaranteed.

Honeysuckle Amphora: delicious vitamin berries in early summer

Honeysuckle has settled in amateur gardens quite recently: back in the 1980s. it was considered a forest berry. But now its popularity is growing rapidly, new varieties appear, differing both in the taste of berries and in other characteristics of the plant. Amphora honeysuckle is rightfully considered one of the best, although no longer young varieties.

Blueberry Patriot is not just one of the tall family, but the best among them
Blueberry Patriot

Blueberries came to the garden plots of Russia quite recently, only one or two decades ago. It was believed that blueberries are a forest culture, and swamps and thickets are the best creators for this berry. But science and practice have proven otherwise. Tall artificially bred blueberry varieties appeared first in America, and then on the Eurasian continent. They did not require swamps or lichens, but the yield of some species surpassed that of blueberries growing in natural conditions. One of these is called the Patriot variety.

Currant kidney mite: how to deal with it

Black currant is one of the most valuable berries grown in summer cottages. Currants contain many vitamins and other nutrients. It is relatively easy to get its harvest, but it is necessary to protect the shrub from pests, one of which is the bud mite.