A vine with an iron character - this is what gardeners say about Timur grapes. The hybrid has firmly won its place of honor in gardens. Having 2 varieties, white and pink, the variety also differs in its decorative properties. It can be used as a hedge, green frame for gazebos, arches. This table type of berry crop is quite common and popular among winegrowers.
History of selection
For climatic zones with harsh winters and short summers, when temperatures fluctuate sharply, varieties with extraordinary characteristics have been bred.Created from a combination of the qualities of the Moldovan Frumoas Albe (White Beauty) and the famous variety Delight, the hybrid was initially numbered. But later, breeders gave it the name Timur, and it became the standard of table grapes.
Description of the variety
The beauty of the clusters of the Timur variety with densely arranged oval or nipple-shaped berries is known. The weight of one bunch reaches 500-700 grams. The white variety has light green berries with crispy flesh. The percentage of sugar in them is 25%, acids - on average 9 g/l.
Pink Timur grapes with thicker skin. And his bunches of berries are loose.
The variety can become a decoration of the garden due to its compactness and low-growing bush with quickly weaving shoots. A weak-growing vine requires careful care. Bushes with wrinkled carved leaves, decorated with clusters of light green or pink berries with a purple tint, look beautiful.
The description of the variety includes increased sugar content of the fruits and the intoxicating aroma of the berries. To strengthen the Timur grape vine, it is grafted onto stronger rootstocks.
Characteristic
Timur grapes received many positive qualities from his parents.
Ripening time
The main property of the hybrid is the early ripening of the vine. The white variety of the crop ripens after 110 days, the pink variety a week later.
If the variety is used as a scion for strong types of berry crops, then the ripening time is slightly extended. Timur is distinguished by high yields - up to 20 kilograms or more from one bush with proper formation of the vine and careful care.
Peculiarities
In addition to early ripening, the variety has:
- excellent survival rate;
- average resistance to infections - mildew, oidium;
- excellent presentation of grape bunches;
- resistance to transport.
Large harvests of berries must be removed from the bush in time, otherwise they may dry out. The downside of the culture is the weak growth of the vine. On poor and wet lands, grapes become tasteless and watery.
Frost resistance
One of the advantages of Timur grapes is its ability to tolerate persistently low temperatures in winter. The vine does not freeze even during frosts of 25 degrees. Low bushes must be covered in areas located in the north. They are placed in grooves before the onset of frost, in October-November.
Agricultural technology
You can get sweet and juicy fruits from Timur grapes if you plant the crop correctly.
Planting grapes
For the hybrid, choose the southern slopes of an area with loose and fertile soil. It is better to place seedlings of the variety separately from vigorous representatives of the crop. Otherwise, tall and strong shoots of other varieties will oppress Timur’s weak vine.
It is best to plant grapes in open ground in the spring before buds open or in the fall. You can immediately graft the cuttings onto a stronger rootstock. In this case, fruiting will be more abundant, but the taste of the berries will not change.
1-2 weeks before planting, the area under the grapes is dug up, adding fertilizers in the form of compost or humus.. Mineral complexes containing superphosphate and potassium salt will also not hurt. One-year or two-year-old shoots with a strong root system are planted in prepared holes, leaving 2 buds on them.
Important care rules
Seedlings of the Timur variety take root quickly in any soil. But they require for better and more abundant fruiting:
- regular watering;
- bush formation;
- loosening the soil;
- plantation weeding;
- prevention of diseases, tick infections.
If the gardener is experienced and monitors the growth of his vine, then he will receive juicy, sweet bunches of berries in July.
Watering
It is important to moisten grape plantings during periods when buds begin to bloom and berry ovaries appear. Watering should be stopped 15 days before the grapes ripen.
To moisten the soil, you need settled water at room temperature. You should not water with cold water, otherwise the ripening of the grapes will be delayed.
If the leaves of the vine begin to droop and wither, then this is a sign of lack of moisture. Excessive moisture will cause yellowing of the foliage.
Before wintering, the plantation must be charged with moisture. This will help the grapes survive the difficulties of the cold season.
Trimming
The vine is formed using autumn pruning. After picking the berries, leave up to 10 eyes on each shoot. After removing the cover in the spring, some of the branches that will not bear fruit are also removed. Before budding, each bush should bear no more than 30 eyes. You should not overload the vine: there will be more berries, but they are small and tasteless. The bush will develop poorly.
Pests and diseases
If the Timur variety is not susceptible to diseases, then grape mite can cause great damage to the crop. It is difficult to notice the pest; its appearance is determined by bulges on the leaves, a grayish fluff on the surface of the plate from below. They start fighting the tick right away, using insecticides such as Karbofos or Fufanon. The preparations contain sulfur, which has a detrimental effect on the insect and its larvae.
