Features of growing the variety
Apricot variety Success is quite common in central Russia, especially in the Voronezh and Moscow regions.
Since the variety is not included in the State Register, there is little information about it. Let us help gardeners become more familiar with the characteristics of the apricot Success. Apricot called “Success” is of medium height, with a slightly branched crown. The fruits reach a weight of 30-32 g and are characterized by an attractive yellow-orange color and the presence of a red spot tan at the stage of full ripening.
The ripe pulp of the fruit of this variety has a sweet and sour taste, very juicy and tender. The taste of the fruit is high. The seed in the fruit is small in size and can be separated quite well from the ripe pulp.
The “Success” variety belongs to the category of partially self-pollinating. Average yields, subject to cultivation technology, are about 33-35 kg for each adult fruit tree. The ripening of apricots when cultivated in home gardening in central Russia occurs in the second half of August.
In general, apricots of the Success variety are grown in compliance with standard rules of agricultural technology for this crop. Therefore, we list and describe them briefly.
An important point is choosing a suitable place for planting and growing a tree. If favorable conditions are created for Success, it will not be difficult to grow it. Apricots will grow best on a small sunny slope facing south or southwest. From the north or northeast, it is desirable to have protection from cold winds in the form of dense trees, a fence or the wall of a house.
Seedlings for planting are purchased in the fall, stored buried in the ground or in the basement, and planted in early spring before the onset of sap flow in a planting hole prepared in the fall. It contains a nutrient mixture of chernozem, humus, peat and sand, taken in equal parts. They also add 300–400 grams of superphosphate and 3–5 liters of wood ash.
Watering and fertilizing
As a rule, the first watering is carried out during flowering, the second - during the growth of fruits and shoots, and the third - after harvesting. In October, pre-winter moisture-charging irrigation is carried out. The amount of water should ensure that the soil around the tree trunk is moistened to a depth of 30–40 centimeters. Young trees may require more frequent watering, since their root system is not yet sufficiently developed. Then the soil needs to be loosened and mulched.
Apricots are watered rarely, but abundantly.
After harvesting the first harvest, when the food from the planting hole has already been largely consumed, regular feeding begins.
Success is unpretentious. But to guarantee a harvest, it is recommended to follow the advice of agronomists.
Place and time
Apricot is sensitive to northern and northeastern winds. In cold winters, exposure to icy air currents leads to the complete death of fruit buds. The gardener will not get a harvest this year. Therefore, Success should be planted in places protected from the winds.
The young seedling must have time to grow its root system before the onset of winter. It should be planted in early spring (before buds open) or autumn (3-4 weeks before the onset of persistent cold weather).
Soil selection
Success prefers loose, fertile soil with a slightly alkaline reaction. On acidic soils, liming is recommended.
You must first prepare the planting hole. If the apricot is supposed to be planted in the spring, the hole is prepared in the fall; if planted in the fall, in the spring. Its dimensions: 70 cm x 70 cm x 70 cm. The pit must be filled with soil mixed with mature compost and a mineral complex. Then the area must be covered with plywood or a sheet of metal and left until the tree is planted.
Before planting the Success leaf, you need to remove the leaf, open the hole and plant the tree in the planting hole. Its dimensions must be sufficient to freely accommodate the root system.
Advantages of autofertile varieties
- Having planted an autofertile apricot, the gardener does not have to select and care for pollinating trees. You can reap a rich harvest with significantly less time and effort.
- Compared to their self-fertile relatives, autofertile trees do not depend on the weather conditions observed during their flowering: cold, rain or hurricane winds.
- These apricot varieties do not require pollinators located in close proximity to them, so they can be grown as a single, single-varietal mass.
Buying a seedling
You should buy plants from trusted sellers. Nurseries offer 2-3 year old plants. The root system should be well developed, not dried out, without rotting; bark - brown, shiny, without lesions.
To increase the winter hardiness of apricot, it is grafted onto plum or cherry plum rootstocks.
When choosing a plant, pay attention to this
Recently, there are many seedlings with a closed root system (in a container) on sale. They cost more, but after planting they take root better
When choosing, pay attention to the condition of the bark and branches
Try to gently pull the plant out of the container. If it can be easily removed, then this is an ordinary seedling that was placed in a container before sale.
When the tree grew in a container, it will be removed with a clod of earth
If it can be easily removed, then this is an ordinary seedling that was placed in a container before sale. When the tree has grown in a container, it will be removed with a lump of earth.
Video: how to choose a seedling
Previously, apricots were planted in forest belts, and they were collected in the same way as currants. One day they found a young tree with large, beautiful fruits of amazing taste. The plant was already producing a harvest, therefore it was already 6–7 years old. It is about two meters high and has a trunk diameter of approximately 6–8 cm. We took the risk of transplanting it to the dacha. There was no complete confidence that the tree would take root, because when it was dug up, the roots could hardly fit into the trunk of the car. It was planted in early August. Our surprise knew no bounds when the apricot blossomed in the spring. It took root, grew and bore fruit for another fifteen years, until the February thaw and subsequent freezing rain destroyed most of these plants in our region.
Self-fertile apricots: what is their fundamental difference from ordinary ones
Looking into history, you can find out that most varieties of apricots that appeared in the first half of the 20th century are mostly self-sterile (for example, Musa, Hekobarsh, Seraphim). The emergence of cultivars capable of yielding crops without additional pollination, or with partial pollination, is a scientific achievement of domestic and foreign breeders.
Self-fertility is the ability of trees to produce fruit without cross-pollination with trees of other varieties.
The apricot harvest depends on compliance with agricultural technology
Experts say that this varietal trait of stone fruits can be traced differently in different climatic conditions. And also the yield of a fruit tree, the number of ovaries of which does not depend on pollination, is largely influenced by:
- age of the tree;
- compliance with the rules of pruning fruit crops;
- prevailing weather conditions.
The self-fertility of apricots depends on the specific region. It can be checked simply by putting a bag on a branch before flowering and counting the number of flowers in this bag and the resulting fruits.
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The fundamental difference between self-fertile apricots is that such trees are able to bear fruit without additional pollination. Their yield indicator will differ little from the average varietal indicators proposed by the authors of the cultivar. But the weather and compliance with agricultural practices no less influence the yield of the tree. Planting an apricot and forgetting about it until harvest is not possible. Without proper care, even a self-fertile variety will not produce abundant ovaries.
Most self-fertile apricots are precocious
Do not forget that the concept of self-fertility is relative. Absolute indicators (determined by varietal characteristics) of yield can be obtained with proper care, and they will not depend on pollination of the apricot. Indeed, self-fertilization will be productive in the absence of the possibility of cross-pollination. But the yield of the cultivar will be much higher if other apricots grow on the site and self-fertile varieties are additionally pollinated.
One of the first self-fertiles we had was Northern Triumph (planted in the spring). They chose it for the reason that they really wanted apricots, but the seedlings were a little expensive, and they dreamed of planting other trees. But it was not possible to check it for self-fertility - in the fall of the same year, Saratov ruby, another variety with an unknown name from friends from Rossosh, appeared on the site. The first fruits appeared simultaneously on all trees after 4 years. Perhaps the harvest would have been earlier, for example, on Triumph, but in past years there were return frosts in April, and we attribute the lack of ovaries in the 3rd year to this. This year (the 6th year of tree growth) there were a lot of apricots, but this was also an “apricot” year, despite the moniliosis that appeared in late spring.
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