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Girlish grapes on the balcony: tips for planting and care
Girlish grapes (or, as it is also called, “wild”) is a simple and cheap way to decorate your home. It is unpretentious, grows quickly and winds around the wall, covering it with bright leaves. How to plant and grow girlish grapes on the balcony?
Girlish grapes on the balcony
Planting maiden grapes on the balcony
In order for the plant to take root, you need to approach the planting process with all responsibility. Let’s take it step by step:
• first of all, you need to choose the right seedling. If the plant has weak roots or roots wrapped in cellophane, it is better to refuse to buy it. It is worth paying a little more and buying a sprout in a pot – so the likelihood that it will take root is much higher;
• then you need to choose the ideal landing site. Maiden grapes do not really like direct sunlight, so choose the half-shade side for it, where the sun shines for half a day;
• it is necessary to plant sprouts in the ground in spring. As for further transplants, they can be carried out at any time of the year. Choose humus soil for planting;
• pick up a large pot and fill it with earth. Make a hole in it 50 cm deep and wide. Put drainage on the bottom;
• plant the sprout in the ground, cover it with earth, water it.
If you plan on planting multiple sprouts, remember that they don’t like close proximity. The distance between them should be 3 meters.
Growing girlish grapes on the balcony
After the sprout has taken root, you need to properly care for it. However, this plant is not whimsical at all, so you can cope with leaving without problems.
This grape variety needs to be watered quite often. It is important that the ground remains slightly damp at all times. Also, twice a year (in spring and early summer), the plant needs to be fed. Nitroammofosk is well suited for this.
Provide the plant with the ability to curl. Peg it up and tie it up if necessary. Also, occasionally loosen the soil to oxygenate it. Do this very carefully, otherwise you can damage the root system.
Girlish grapes on the balcony in winter will calmly endure the cold. All you have to do is wrap the pots in burlap to protect the roots and prune them in the spring.
Even if you are far from gardening, you can safely take up the cultivation of this variety of climbing grapes. It can withstand almost any conditions, so it will very quickly thank you for caring for lush greenery.