How to manage grapes planted at home
A comprehensive guide on how to manage grapes planted at home and the techniques and methods of grape cultivation. Here is an in-depth introduction.
Everyone has probably heard the saying, "Eat grapes without spitting out the skin," but it's not just a simple slogan. The elements contained in the grape skin can not only help lower blood lipids but also enhance immunity and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, making them beneficial to consume. However, due to issues like pesticide residues in grapes today, people are afraid to eat the skin. So, how can you grow good grapes? Here are some key points for high-quality and high-yield grape cultivation techniques to help you grow great grapes!
Actually, grapes are plants that can grow easily and can be planted in many places.
1. Temperature aspect
Grapes can survive with a minimum temperature of about 15 degrees, which is the temperature of spring in most areas. So, if you're interested, you can choose to plant in the spring, which is the time when they start to sprout.
2. Water aspect
Grapes require a considerable amount of water, especially during the early growth stage. In the later fruiting stage, due to the strong roots, the water requirement decreases significantly, so avoid overwatering. Otherwise, it can cause excessive humidity, causing the grapevines to grow wildly without fruiting and easily lead to diseases like black spot and gray mold.
3. Light aspect
Grapes also have certain requirements for sunlight. If you just want to use them as a canopy, you only need to provide enough water and a certain amount of basic fertilizer, as they are vine plants. However, if you want to harvest grapes, you need to take good care of them because grapes need a certain intensity of sunlight to grow properly. Insufficient sunlight can cause the grapes to drop flowers or not fruit and just grow wildly.
4. Pruning aspect
To prevent grapes from growing wildly, you can trim some of the branches and leaves, but you can't cut them all as you still need to keep leaves that can cover the grape fruits. Too much sun can cause sunburn on the fruits. So, after pruning, be sure to fertilize.
5. Fertilization aspect
The fertilizers grapes need are similar to most crops, mainly nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, with a lesser need for trace elements. These trace elements, although not needed in large quantities, are essential. You can choose to apply foliar fertilizers to supplement these trace elements. For topdressing, if the pH value is below 6.0, you can apply dolomite powder or lime.
6. Planting method
Although grapes are vine plants, they can also be planted using methods like cutting and layering, which are similar to those used for other trees. However, these methods require a certain amount of time for growth before they start to bear fruit. If you are growing grapes at home, you can choose to buy some well-developed grapevines and transplant them, and you must build a grape trellis in advance. In two years, it can become a natural canopy!
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