Blackberries Heaven can wait: variety description and pros and cons, cultivation

New blackberry cultivars may surprise with excellent characteristics. They are bred by Russian and foreign breeders. Consider a description of the blackberry variety Heaven can wait, its advantages and disadvantages, the technology of cultivation, care and reproduction. How to protect the plant from infections and pests. When to pick fruits from bushes and how to store them properly.

Description and characteristics of blackberry Heaven can wait

The variety was obtained quite recently - in 2013, in the USA. The blackberry bush is large, the stems are straight. The height of the stems of a 3-year-old bush is 2.5-3 m. Plants bloom in May, the beginning of fruit collection occurs in mid-June. Berries 4-6 g each, the same size, when ripe, black, shiny.

The bushes give a lot of ovaries, the variety is considered fruitful: 10 kg of berries can be harvested from an adult lush bush. The leaves of the plant are arranged so that they cover the berries from the sun, they do not get burned.

Dissecting the pros and cons

Pros and consshoots do not need to be tied up;thornlessness;strong growth of shoots;the variety is resistant to anthracnose and rust;self-pollination;early ripening;productivity;sweet taste of fruits, you can use them for eating fresh and for processing;Blackberries contain many vitamins and antioxidants.reduced yield if the bushes grow in the shade;average frost resistance;fragile inflorescences;with high humidity and thickening, blackberries suffer from fungal infections;must be protected from rodents.

Cultivation

For a culture to grow successfully, it needs to find the right location. And carry out planting in accordance with the requirements of agricultural technology.

Choice of location and dates

Blackberry plot Heaven can wait should be sunny, but not hot and dry, the plant likes moist soil and moist air. You will need a site protected from strong, especially cold winds, because the variety does not differ in frost resistance.

Blackberries love light, soft and fertile soil. Acidic soil must be neutralized with lime, in heavy soil - add sand.

Seedlings are planted in the spring, after the snow melts. The right time comes in the fall, a month before the onset of cold weather. If the seedling is grown in a container, it can be planted in the summer, in cool weather.

Preparation and planting

Heaven's seedlings can wait, bare-rooted, ready for planting the day before. Cut off the tips of the roots, put the bushes in a bucket with a solution of a root formation stimulator. Planting pits are dug at a distance of 1.2-1.5 m in a row, 2.5 m is left between rows. The dimensions of the pits should be 2 times the volume of the blackberry root system. Before planting, drainage is poured into them, a small layer of a mixture of selected soil with humus and ash.

Sequence of planting bushes Heaven can wait: the seedling is lowered into the hole along the root collar and sprinkled with the substrate. Water and lay a layer of fresh mulch on top, which will prevent the soil from drying out quickly.

The best way to plant this blackberry is trench, in this case it is more convenient to tie the shoots to the trellis, and cover them in autumn.

Further care of the variety

Variety Heaven can wait grown on a garter (on a trellis or a dense cucumber net), many berries are tied on the shoots, under the weight of which the shoots often break. A garter will help solve this problem.

Irrigation

The variety is considered drought-resistant, but in the heat, as well as during flowering and during the period of setting berries, additional watering is required. Blackberries do not like both dry and waterlogged soil, so the regime and abundance of watering should be taken responsibly.

Cutting

Heaven's bushes can wait to form horizontally, as they need to be covered for the winter, and the shoots grow to a considerable length over the summer. Young shoots are pinned to the ground at a height of 0.3-0.4 m.

Pruning of blackberries is carried out every year, while cutting out last year's shoots that have already fruited, diseased, damaged, thickening, which grow inside the bushes. The shoots of the current season, which will replace the old ones, are pinched in early summer. After that, they will begin to branch.

Feeding

The first feeding is done in the second year of the life of seedlings. They bring in the spring a bucket of humus, 1 kg of ash or a complex of mineral fertilizers. The second feeding is carried out after flowering and the third - in the middle of the period of fruit formation.

Preparing for winter

Due to the average frost resistance of the variety, blackberries need to be covered for the winter. The exception is the southern regions. The best material for shelter is dense agrofibre, which allows shoots and roots to breathe and reliably protects them from cold damage.

Diseases, pests and their prevention

The variety is definitely resistant to major infections, but preventive spraying will increase its resistance. Bushes and soil are treated in the spring with copper preparations or biologics like Trichodermin. When symptoms of diseases appear, more powerful agents are used in a therapeutic dose.

To pest blackberry Heaven can wait resistant. But to protect plants from damage, they are also treated with insecticides prophylactically during the period when insects multiply intensively.

Propagation of the bush

Blackberries of this variety are propagated by rooted shoots: in early June, young shoots are bent to the ground, in the fall they are transplanted to the site. In summer, you need to water the rooting zone.

Harvesting and storage rules

The berries are picked when they are black and shiny, but the flesh remains firm. Store in a cool, not damp, dark place. Stacked in small boxes on paper.

Blackberry Heaven can wait - a promising novelty that came from America, but is well adapted to Russian conditions. Plants are characterized by vigorous growth and excellent tasting berries.

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