Plum Renklode Tambovsky

Homemade plum Renclode Tambovsky is a variety with dessert fruits suitable for fresh consumption and preservation - preserves, jams, marmalades, compotes. The fruits are used in cooking and confectionery. Thanks to unpretentious cultivation, even a beginner can cope with cultivation.

The originators of the variety are breeders SN Satarova and Kh. K. Yenikeev from the Central Genetic Laboratory belonging to the All-Russian Research Institute of Horticulture named after IV Michurin. The presented plum was obtained by crossing the varieties Skorospelka red and Renklod green.

A medium-sized tree with a wide spreading (up to 3 meters in diameter) rounded-oval, almost spherical crown, reaches a height of 3.5 m.Skeletal branches of a grayish shade and young shoots of green color with a reddish and brownish tint are covered with dark green foliage. The leaf blade is of medium size and round in shape, serrated edges, well-visible veins and small villi.

Renclode Tambov blooms profusely - the branches are completely covered with caps of snow-white fragrant flowers, because of which the foliage and the shoot itself are practically invisible. Almost all of them form an ovary. Fruits are formed both on bouquet branches and on annual growths.

Rounded, slightly elongated, dark purple fruits are covered with a thick bloom of pruin, have a mass of 20–35 grams and numerous subcutaneous punctures. The skin is thin but firm. A small bone separates well from the pulp.

Yellow, with a greenish tinge, dense juicy pulp has a moderately sweet taste with a slight piquant sourness. The tasting committee classified the variety as dessert.

Plum belongs to the mid-late category - the crop is harvested in early and mid-September. Fruiting occurs 3-4 years after budding in the nursery.

The peculiarity of this particular variety is in different fruiting, which can be regular, and then an average of 8 to 10 kg is collected from one tree. With irregular fruiting, a maximum yield of 30 kg is observed, but the average is 25 kg.

The variety develops well and gives a full return in the southern and central regions of the Russian Federation.

Renklode Tambov is self-infertile; to obtain stable yields, there should be pollinating varieties nearby: Skorospelka red, Renklode, Renklod kolkhozny and others.

The planting site should be sunny - shading makes the fruit watery and savory.The soil is loose, breathable, fertile, with a moderate acid-base balance. If at the place of future growth there is not such a land, then you will have to make an effort and bring it to the desired condition. The earth is deoxidized with dolomite flour, gypsum or chalk.

Plum does not tolerate prolonged waterlogging, therefore, there should be no swampy lowlands and groundwater deposits nearby. In extreme cases, an artificially made embankment up to half a meter high saves.

The size of the planting pit is 50x50x60 cm, at the bottom a drainage 10-cm layer of pebbles, gravel, crushed stone or broken brick is organized. At the same time, a temporary support for a young tree is installed. If the soil is heavy, clayey, then add river sand, peat, enrich it with organic matter (humus, compost, bird droppings), specialized complex mineral fertilizers, wood ash.

Bad soil is removed from the site, part of the fertile mixture is poured into the pit, filling it by ⅓. The exposed roots are pre-soaked for half an hour in "Kornevin", then gently spread over the surface of the earthen mound and covered with the remaining soil. The trunk circle should be watered abundantly with warm water, and the next day, cover with a layer of mulch or loosen.

Further care of the plant consists in watering, weeding, feeding, sanitary and shaping pruning.

In the first year, a young plant needs frequent watering - drying out of the soil is unacceptable, but it is also impossible to arrange a swamp. You should be guided by the situation - in rainy weather, watering is canceled, in extreme heat and drought, it is watered every day. A mature tree is irrigated 4 times a month.

The best option for feeding plums is 3-4 times per season. In early spring, nitrogen fertilizers are applied, during the budding period they are fed with potassium-phosphorus preparations, after harvesting - with nitrophosphate, in the fall the trunk circle is covered with a thick layer of humus.

Sanitary pruning is carried out in early spring, removing damaged, dry, affected, growing inward shoots. Formative pruning allows you to give the crown a beautiful and well-groomed appearance, the removal of excess shoots allows air and sunlight to penetrate deep into the crown.

The variety is characterized as having a fairly strong immunity and rarely gets sick. However, this does not guarantee a complete absence of diseases and pests. Pests such as the plum moth, aphids and plum moth can be dangerous for the plant.In the fight against parasites and diseases, traditional preventive treatments with insecticides and fungicides will help.

Renklod Tambovskiy is characterized by average winter hardiness, yielding to apple and cherry trees, which does not allow growing it in temperate latitudes.