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Grape culture is represented by a huge number of varieties that amaze us with their interesting, exotic names and exquisite tastes. Each summer resident, based on his preferences, can choose the grape variety that is suitable for growing in his garden plot. After reading this article, you will learn about such an aromatic variety as the Lydia grape, which is often used to make homemade wine. A detailed description of the advantages and disadvantages of this plant will help you decide whether to grow it in your area.
Characteristics of a variety
The Lydia grape variety is not in vain popular among many amateur gardeners. After all, in addition to stable decent yields, it is widely used for decorative purposes. With its attractive and pleasing look, this climbing plant can adequately decorate any summer gazebo, porch and ordinary wooden fence. Berries are widely used for making desserts and healthy vitamin salads. If desired, you can prepare a light table wine or homemade grape juice. Thanks to the pleasant, original taste of berries, high-quality wine is obtained from grapes.
Thanks to the pleasant, original taste of berries, high-quality wine is obtained from grapes.
Lydia pink, Isabella pink, Isabella red – growers call this grape differently. It takes 150-160 days for the berries to ripen, which refers to the average ripening period. Bushes are medium. Clusters of medium size. Their mass averages 100-110 g. The berries are dark red in color, slightly oval or round in shape. Sugar content is quite high – up to 19%, acidity ranges from 5,5 to 9,3 g / l. The fruits are covered with a wax coating, due to which they acquire a slight purple hue. The pulp has a pleasant strawberry smell. Long-term presence of berries on the bush will improve the taste.
Advantages and disadvantages
Lydia grapes, like all berry crops, have a number of advantages and disadvantages. Familiarize yourself with its advantages, perhaps their characteristics and quantity will cover a number of shortcomings.
Advantages
Having planted a seedling of Lydia, you will understand that the main and main advantage of the variety is its unpretentiousness in care and at the same time the ability to obtain consistently high yields. Wall cultivation allows you to collect up to 40 kg of berries from one bush, which contain a large amount of vitamins and microelements, this is a home storehouse of essential substances that are so necessary for the human body. After eating 2 bunches, you will quickly get enough, because the berries are very high in calories (70-75).
The description of the advantages will be incomplete, if not to say that the plant has a good tolerance for frost and low temperatures. Those summer residents who live in warm southern regions may not worry about sheltering the vine for the winter. Growing Lydia, you do not have to deal with diseases such as mildew and oidium. The variety is highly resistant to these insidious diseases. Also, he is not afraid of waterlogging of the soil – a very useful characteristic for those who like to “fill in” plants.
Disadvantages
It is generally accepted that this variety is already significantly outdated. The berries that the vine brings are quite small. Their taste is original, but may not be to everyone’s liking. The plant often suffers from grape aphids (phylloxera). This pest can cause significant damage to the plant. Grape aphid affects not only the green parts of the bush, but also the root system of the plant.
Lydia also suffers from such a difficult physiological disease to treat as calcareous chlorosis. The disease develops with a lack of iron in the soil. First, this will lead to a violation of the synthesis of chlorophyll and there will be a violation of the metabolism of vital substances. The leaves will begin to change from a healthy green color to yellow, the shoots will stop growing and the bush will die. If you are the owner of a summer cottage on the Black Sea coast, then know that calcareous chlorosis is characteristic of the soils of this area and it will be quite difficult for you to grow Lydia.
If you are the owner of a summer cottage on the Black Sea coast, then know that calcareous chlorosis is characteristic of the soils of this area and it will be quite difficult for you to grow Lydia.
Those who decide to plant the Lydia grape variety in their area need to know that during the ripening period, the fastening of the berries to the stalk weakens. This leads to the fact that with significant winds the berries will begin to fall off. And if you live in areas where strong winds are common, then do not forget about this feature and do not let ripe grapes hang on the bush for a long time.
Of course, Lydia has flaws, but they are more than covered by the unpretentiousness of the variety as to natural conditions. Grapes forgive many mistakes in agricultural technology and always please with a good harvest, from which fine wine is obtained.
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