Rowan sweet garden: varieties
Rowan sweet is a tasty and healthy berry. It is suitable for preparing compotes, teas, pastries and other goodies. It is important to choose the right variety and plant it in the garden.
Description of sweet rowan varieties
Fruits of sweet varieties can be red, red, yellow, black.
Rowan sweet is suitable for fresh and processed consumption
The most popular options are:
- “Bead”. The height of the tree is less than 3 m, round crown, medium in density. The flowers are white. The berries are red, round, average weight – 1,9 g. Inside, the berry is creamy, without bitterness and astringency, sweet and sour, juicy and not too dense. The yield is good. Excellent transport tolerance.
- “Likernaya”. Height up to 5 m, thin crown. Fruits are round, light black, with dark juice. The taste is sweet, with a light tart note. Fresh berries can be stored for a month.
- “Vefed”. Height 4 m, round crown, rare. Berries weighing 1,3 g, slightly pointed, can be bright red and pink-red. The pulp is yellowish, sweet and sour, tender.
- “Solar”. The tree is medium-sized, the crown is scanty, in the form of a panicle. Fruits are elongated, bright red. Average weight – 1,8 g. The taste is delicate, without astringency and bitterness. From one plant, you can get up to 90 kg of harvest per season!
Many varieties of mountain ash do not have the most pleasant taste. If you plan to grow it for food, not beauty, give preference to the options described.
Growing sweet garden rowan
The best soil for this tree is light. It can be slightly acidic. It is important that there is no soil salinity and stagnant water at the planting site, since the root system of the tree is superficial and such inconveniences will destroy it. Ideally, choose a sunny area of the garden for the seedling, but it will grow successfully in the shade.
Planting time is fall or early spring. In the second case, you need to have time to plant the tree before the end of April, since it starts growing early. The depth of the planting pit is 60 cm, the diameter is 1 m. Before planting, add at least 20 kg of organic matter to the pit, as well as a little superphosphate, potassium fertilizing, ash.
If the soil is acidic, add lime to the planting hole.
To obtain the maximum yield, it is better to plant several rowan trees of different varieties on the site. The distance between trees is 3-5 m. Rowan trees need standard care, the same as any other fruit trees.
Grow mountain ash according to all the rules to get a consistently high yield. Choose one of the varieties described and plant it in your garden.