Grapes Furor: Variety Description, Planting and Care

Breeders have always sought to improve the quality of natural varieties of grapes. Today we will consider one of the most successful hybrids - grapes Furor. This is a very popular variety, which can be grown both on an industrial scale and in suburban areas.

Variety description

The first description of the variety Furor was made by VU Kapelyushny. The hybrid was obtained from the hybridization of the Laura variety and pollen mix of several resistant varieties. The result surprised the creator, and the description of the Furor grapes immediately interested the wine growers of all regions of Russia.

Furor - a sort of table grapes. Its acidity is within 5 g / l, and the sugar content is about 23%. This hybrid was highly frost-resistant, the vine can carry the temperature drop down to -24 ° С. This characteristic is very important, as it shows that grapes Furor can adapt to almost all climatic zones of Russia. Furor berries are sweet, with a slight muscat taste.

Hybrid Furor is attributed to early varieties. From tying to ripening of berries passes 100-110 days. A full crop can be harvested in early August. However, gardeners can not rush to harvest, the brush is well preserved on the bush, without losing taste.

What does the cluster look like?

Large fleshy berries are collected in giant bunches. Each weighs about 30 g. The shape of the berries is somewhat elongated. The grape brush has a cylindrical-conical shape. Mature bunch of almost black color, with a thin waxy coating. The length of the bunch can reach 30 cm, and its weight in many cases exceeds 1 kg. An additional bonus of the hybrid can be considered a thin peel of berries. This table grapes long retains characteristics on the bush. After collecting the bunches it is easy to transport. The presentation is not lost during transportation.

For what qualities do they like this variety

The main advantages for which the cultivators loved this variety can be listed in the following order:

1. Taste, size and presentation of grapes. Grapes Furor is considered one of the most attractive varieties.
2. Sort like customers and sells well. Bunches are well preserved during transportation.
3. The furore is characterized by a consistently high yield.
4. No problems with reproduction. It is planted on any rootstock.
5. Bunches do not crumble for a long time on the vine.
6. Berries do not crack even in unfavorable weather during the ripening period.
7. There is no need for artificial pollination. Flowers on the bushes are bisexual.
8. The hybrid is well tolerated by frosts.
9. Grapes variety Furor is resistant to most diseases. Among them - mildew, oidium, gray mold, various fungi.

Disadvantages of the variety

This is contrary to common sense, but one of the disadvantages of the variety is high yield. The fact that the bush tied more brushes than he is able to withstand. To reduce the load on the vine, wine growers have to spend every year on a significant pruning of bushes. During pruning, some fruiting shoots (externally weaker) and excess inflorescences are removed. To withstand the vine, you need to leave 35-40 eyes on the bush.

It is believed that the variety is not liked by insects, especially wasps. But sometimes they almost destroy the harvest. To prevent, you must set traps. Grapes require regular spraying from pests.

As a drawback, one can point out the fear of drafts and cold winds. In the wind, shoots dry, and the ovary and flowers are damaged.

The list of disadvantages of the variety is minimal. They are completely compensated by the taste of berries and the profit from the sale.

Selecting a landing site

The choice of a landing site for this variety is a matter of responsibility. If you make a mistake, the variety will not grow intensively and will not yield high yields. It is advisable to choose an elevated place on the south side of the site. This will provide enough heat and sun for the growth of shoots and ripening of grapes.

The landing site must be protected against drafts. It can be a house or a high fence, blocking access to winds.

It is best to grapes Furor feels on chernozem soils. However, the variety is not very whimsical, other types of soils are suitable for it. It is important to determine the depth of groundwater. It is desirable that it was more than three meters. If the groundwater is closer to the surface, then there will be a flood of roots, because of which bushes can die.

Furor is not only a large grape, but also tall. Plant shrubs preferably not closer than three meters from each other. The width of the rows should be about six meters.

Rules and timing of planting. Autumn

Plant a hybrid variety Furor recommended in spring and autumn. You can use several types of planting material:

• Seedlings with their root system;
• Grafted seedlings;
• Stalk with root.

Before planting, make sure that the roots of the material are in order. They should not be dry or rotten areas. In addition to the above methods, Furor can be multiplied by taps.

Most often inexperienced gardeners are interested in how to plant the grapes in the fall with seedlings. This method is really very good. But it is best to use the autumn planting of the material in places where there are no severe winters. The fact is that the seedling does not begin to grow immediately after falling into the ground. The first winter he just freezes, remaining until the spring. Therefore, in the middle band and above it is better to choose a spring landing.

Depending on the region, the landing period for Furor can fluctuate from the beginning to the middle of October. If planted too early, the root system of the seedling will begin to grow and die in winter. If planted late, it will freeze and the seedlings will freeze. If the grower is not very confident in his observations of the weather, then it is better not to torment himself with the question of how to plant the grapes in the fall with seedlings, and do Furor planting in the spring.

Rules of spring planting

In spring, the seedlings of this hybrid can be planted from the last week of March until the very end of April. Here, too, will have to focus on the climate. But the chances of dying from seedlings are less.

When using green seedlings as a planting material, landing in the ground can be carried out even later, with the onset of stable heat. Green seedlings are obtained from cuttings. They are saved after cutting and in February they are lowered into the water so that the stem can take roots. Many plant cuttings in the flowerpots and take care of them all winter, like behind a plant. On green seedlings, when planting, there are already shoots and leaves. If the spring turned out to be cold, but you want to plant Furor grapes, the seedlings can be planted even in the first week of June.

But for the reproduction of grapes by stepsons, the time of year does not matter. You can patch grapes at any time. Immediately explain that for pasynkovaniya grape shoot is taken and, without separating it from the mother's bush, is buried using a small amount of soil. In favorable conditions, the shoot quickly takes root.

Rules of planting seedlings in the ground

Planting seedlings of this variety must be prepared in advance. The holes are excavated 2 weeks before the proposed landing. The width of the wells under the seedlings of the Furor grape is 80 cm. The depth is also 80 cm. The earth is mixed with manure, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer on the bottom, topped with a pillow of ordinary earth. If the fertilizer is not covered by a neutral layer, then when planting the root system of the seedlings will suffer from a large concentration of substances. The prepared wells should stay in order for the earth to sink naturally.

It is good to plant grapes seedlings for a couple of hours in a stimulating solution or in ordinary water before planting. It imbues the roots with moisture. Then the seedlings are placed in the wells. Their root system is covered with soil, which must be periodically rammed. The soil must cover the seedlings to the basal neck.

The next stage is watering. Water at the first watering can not be saved. It is necessary to shed 1-2 buckets (about 20 liters) under the future bush. After watering, the land around the seedlings should be mulched.

Inoculation of the cuttings

Furora cuttings are harvested in the fall, but it is best to plant them in the spring in the spring. The root can be formed from an old bush of any sort. The main thing is that he has a healthy horse system. The stem is cut from both sides before grafting. It should remain 2-3 eyes. For a few hours, the stalk is soaked in a growth stimulator. The old bush of the grapes, which will be used as a stock, is cut to a hemp height of 10 cm. Surface of the stock is peeled and split. In the split insert a soaked stalk, clamp it and wrap it with a cotton cloth. Then mulch the soil. Yes, and do not forget about copious watering.

The main care for grapes Furor. Reviews of gardeners

What do the amateur gardeners who decide to grow grapes Furor say? Reviews only positive! Complex care for the bushes of this variety is not required. From time to time you need to water and mulch. A little to feed your vineyard in spring and autumn. In time in the autumn to perform pruning (as it is done, it was told above).

In the southern regions, Furore bushes can not be sheltered, and in the colder regions it is better not to risk and hide. This applies to both adult bushes and autumn seedlings.

Like any grape variety, the Furor hybrid must be sprayed for the prevention of fungal infections. 2 spraying is carried out before flowering and one during the formation of grapes.