Honeysuckle Malvin

Honeysuckle, which grows well in many regions of our country, has taken root in gardens as an ornamental or fruiting plant and is a bush. In this article, we will focus on the Malvina variety, which belongs to edible honeysuckle. It has many beneficial properties, such as antibacterial and antipyretic effects, and the fruit of the plant contains vitamin C in the same amounts as the fruit of the lemon.

The variety appeared in 2001 by crossing the Leningrad giant, very similar to Malvina, and variety No. 21 at the NI Vavilov Research Center. The following year, it was officially approved for use and included in the State Register.

The bush is universal. It can be used both as a garden decoration and as a fruiting plant. Malvina is tall (up to 1.5 m in height), has an oval crown with dense foliage. Shoots are usually light green, thin and straight, later becoming dark brown. Large leaves have a beautiful dark green hue.

Fruits usually weigh no more than one gram, elongated pear-shaped. On average, they reach 3 centimeters. They have a pleasant light blue tint. The skin is smooth and dense, with a waxy coating, the flesh looks like fibers. After ripening, pleasantly smelling berries do not fall off the bush.

The berries are sour-sweet. They contain sugar in an amount of 8%, acids - 1.9%, vitamin C - 52 mg /%. Experienced tasters give 4.4 points to the variety.

Ripening period is average. This is approximately the 10th of June.

The variety belongs to the medium-yielding variety. Officially: about 49 kg / ha (or 1.6 kg per bush). Maximum yield: 32 kg per bush.

Malvina bears fruit well (and even more than) in the central regions, including the Moscow region, but it also actively grows in the North, North-West, Volgo-Vyatka, TsChO, North Caucasian, Middle Volga and Nizhnevolzhsky, Ural, West Siberian and East Siberian, Far Eastern regions.

The variety is self-fertile. Among pollinators, the most suitable are:

• Blue spindle

• Moraine,

• Kamchadalka,

• Blue bird,

• Start,

• In memory of Kuminov,

• as well as the Malvina variety itself.

In general, Malvin's honeysuckle is unpretentious. The plant is planted in sunny areas, in fertilized loamy soil. It is also important that it is constantly moistened, but it should not be brought to flooding. Fruits react to drought at the bush first of all - their quality depends on correct and constant watering. They are collected on the outer sides of the bush, as they need sunlight.

The site is chosen at an average level, without particularly strong wind currents - it worsens pollination processes and breaks off the formed ovaries. Landing in areas with drying winds is excluded - in such cases, a protective forest belt is necessary.

Planting a plant differs little from the types of planting of other berry bushes. A prepared pit is usually 40 cm long, wide and deep.Drainage is useful for a plant: it can be made from broken brick or expanded clay. The poorer the soil, the deeper the hole is dug. In this case, it is additionally enriched with a mixture of earth, humus and mineral fertilizers.

The entire composition is sprinkled with earth, on top of which the roots are already placed, sprinkling them with ordinary earth. In the process, the earth is compacted, this is important for the high rate of root formation and the successful growth of the plant as a whole. The topmost roots should be no more than 5 centimeters deep.

Malvina blooms with small bell-shaped flowers of a pale yellow hue. Inflorescences are located in nodes along the length of the shoots. The flowering process itself begins in May.

For the first few years, Malvina can not be fertilized, she only needs pruning, in the third year the bush will need nitrogen-containing fertilizing, humus and compost.

In preparation for winter, only young bushes are covered. This is done two weeks before frost: the bushes are watered abundantly (30 liters for each bush) and mulched with compost.

Malvina in the first years of life needs pruning. And also diseased and broken, weak and growing deep into the crown of the branch are removed.

Malvina is practically not susceptible to diseases. Of the possible ailments arising from an excessively wet or cold summer, you can list:

• fungus,

• damage by pests,

• powdery mildew,

• powdery rust and others.

In the last two cases, systemic fungicides of the type "Topaz", "Skor", "Alto", "Folikur" are used. For insects, insecticidal compositions "Inta-Vir", "Fitoverm", "Aktellik" are used.

Additionally, the crown of the bush can be sprayed with stimulation agents ("Epin", "Zircon" and others). Preventive treatments are always carried out either before the appearance of the ovaries or after the harvest.

Malvina's honeysuckle has good resistance to low temperatures. The buds of this plant can withstand temperatures down to -50 ℃. In spring, the ovaries are able to withstand a cold snap up to -8 ℃. But she does not tolerate warm autumn well. Therefore, it is more often planted in the northern regions.