Gooseberry Candy

Gooseberry Candy - this type of gooseberry is new, has a high level of resistance to drought, cold and adverse weather conditions. Officially, the Candy gooseberry variety was registered in two thousand and eight. With proper care, this shrub can bear about six kilograms of fruit annually. It is advised to grow the Candy gooseberry variety on the territory of Western and Eastern Siberia.

Gooseberry Candy: photo of the variety

Immediately before purchasing this shrub for further cultivation in your summer cottage, suburban or personal plot, you need to find out its characteristics. The shrub of the Candy gooseberry variety belongs to a group of plants with ordinary growth, shoots grow straight and densely. Brown buds are formed on the branches. It is impossible to say that the shrub has no thorns, because a small number of thorns are located at the base of the plant.

Gooseberry Candy: variety description

Gooseberry Candy has a high level of resistance to sudden changes in temperature. From shrubs growing up to one hundred centimeters, you can get from two to six and a half kilograms of fruit, which is why this variety of gooseberries is ranked among high-yielding varieties. The shrub begins to produce crops from the second year of life.

The gooseberry shrub Candy has some preferences when choosing a soil. Loamy soil with ample nutrients is a good option. You should not choose sandy and sandy loam soil, as it will not be able to provide the gooseberry with the necessary amount of nutrients due to its roots located directly at the soil surface. The main part of the roots is located in the ground up to thirty centimeters deep.

Gooseberry Candy: photo of the variety

Feature gooseberry varieties Candy can be read further:

• ranked among mid-season varieties.
• belongs to the group of plants with ordinary growth, with a small crown and weak shoots.
• thin thorns, located exclusively at the base of the gooseberry.
• one inflorescence includes one or two flowers.
• the berries are spherical and red in color.
• the taste is described as follows: it tastes sour and sweet at the same time.
• usually the weight of the fruit is three to six grams.
• the constituents of the fruit are ascorbic acid, sugar and other acids.
• it is possible to collect from each bush annually two kilograms four hundred grams - six kilograms five hundred grams.

Gooseberry variety Candy looks like a shrub of normal growth with thickened branches that are not thick or thin. The candy gooseberry variety has a high level of resistance to drought and cold weather. Shoots look crooked, with a small amount of brown spines. In the first half of the shrub, the presence of thorns is not observed.

The foliage of the gooseberry shrub variety Candy ordinary size. The leaves are divided into five parts, slightly pointed towards the end and round. The foliage is smooth, glossy, with a slightly concave midrib.

The middle part is elongated and pointed, surrounded by projections. The side pieces are placed at an angle to each other. The foliage is formed on a green petiole, of medium length and density.

The main specific property of the Candy Gooseberry berries is their suitability for inclusion in your diet during all ripening processes.Jam, jams, compotes, marmalades, and baking fillings are made from berries. The fruits of this fruiting shrub can be eaten.

Gooseberry Candy is one of the most delicious and sweet varieties of this plant.

Gooseberry Candy: photo of the variety

According to many photos on the Internet, it can be said that a completely ripe gooseberry of the Candy variety becomes large, and its weight usually reaches from three to six grams. The shell of the fruit is thin, pink in color, there is a slight roughness. There are not very many seeds in the gooseberry berry.

Numerous vitamins, useful microelements, sugar, iron and acids are the components of berries. The candy gooseberry gives the berries sour and sweet at the same time with a delicate aroma. It was rated by gourmets on four points on a five-point system due to its amazing taste.

Ripening season

In the middle of the first summer month, the process of ripening of the first berries, the Candy gooseberry variety, begins. When the fruit becomes soft, it is possible to pick it up. In a cool room, berries can be stored for about two weeks. And in modern refrigerated chambers, gooseberries can be stored for about thirty days.

Fruits that have reached full maturity do not need to be removed from the shoots immediately. Candy gooseberry berries can be on the branches for another fourteen to twenty days without losing their quality. Harvesting usually ends at the end of the summer season.

Selection of a further place for the growth of shrubs

In order for the Candyberry gooseberry shrub that you planted to bear fruit in the same quantity as in many photographs on the Internet, you should carefully choose the soil in which it will grow. It is better to give preference to soils, taking into account these criteria:

• soil composition
• enough sunlight
• close location of groundwater
• the presence of hard-to-remove parasites - insects.

It is better to give preference to loamy soil. For excellent fruiting of a shrub, it is necessary to plant it in an area where there is the right amount of sunlight. Growing in partially or completely shaded areas, the shrub will bear smaller fruits. It is worth taking care that strong and cold winds do not blow over the area.

Do not forget about such an important criterion as the presence of groundwater, which should be located seventy-five to ninety centimeters deep. With a higher level of moisture in the soil, the root system will begin to rot and the shrub will soon die. The main root system is stirred in the soil at a depth of thirty centimeters, therefore, with insufficient moisture, summer residents must constantly moisten the soil and use top dressing.

How to properly prepare the soil for planting?

To obtain a large amount of harvest, it is necessary to prepare in advance for changing the place of the seedling. In about twelve months, directly for planting a fruiting shrub of the candy variety, it is worth removing all weeds from the soil, which contribute to the death of a representative of herbaceous crops.

The soil must be endowed with nutrients. After some time, the gooseberry will absorb them along with the moisture. To determine the variety of dressings and portion sizes for a given variety, it is necessary to prepare a soil pH characteristic. For this:

• soil samples are taken from different levels - at a depth of about twenty centimeters and forty centimeters.
• the materials taken are taken to the laboratory of your choice.
• on the basis of the data given to you, documents are issued with advice on the varieties and portions of dressings for this fruiting shrub.

Not every top dressing responds well to other dressings.For example, fertilizers with a high calcium content should not be mixed with fertilizers with a high phosphorus content or organic fertilizers. But fertilizers with a high magnesium content interact well with potassium.

Good soil pH readings for growing this representative of herbaceous crops are considered to be six and two - six and seven.

Candy gooseberry seedlings should be selected according to several criteria: the absence of plant parts affected by fungus or mold, a dried root system. After purchasing, the branches must be moistened during transportation to a suburban, suburban or personal plot, as well as during storage.

Gooseberry Candy: planting and care

Gooseberry Candy: photo of the variety

For planting varieties of gooseberry Candy, these seasons have a positive effect:

• the spring season - before the buds swell, after the soil warms up.
• autumn season - usually fifty days before the arrival of cold weather.

The autumn season boasts the best results. The best time is the end of the second fall month or the beginning of the last fall month. In the presence of good weather conditions, the plant will have time to form new roots. This means that in the spring season they will definitely take root.

Planting process of gooseberry Candy

Fourteen days before changing the place of the plant, it is worth digging up the area you have chosen, removing all weeds and their root systems from it. An excellent option would be young seedlings (two years old) of a fruiting shrub with a well-developed root system.

The second stage is the preparation of young seedlings. All dried out processes are removed from the root system. It is also advised to remove the upper part of the branches, it is enough not to touch about five buds. Immediately before planting the Candy gooseberry, move the root system to the sodium humate solution for twenty-four hours. Usually, three tablespoons of sodium humate is used for five liters of water.

Then it is possible to go to the planting in the ground. Further instructions are attached:

• make a bucket-sized planting hole.
• fifty grams of superphosphate, half a glass of ash and forty grams of potassium sulfate are mixed with the garden soil obtained in the manufacture of the planting hole.
• move the gooseberry seedling into the planting hole, the root collar should be two centimeters below the surface.
• spread the root system gently and fill in the remaining soil.
• moisten the soil.
• make a layer of mulch three to four centimeters thick.
• the space between plants should be fifty centimeters.

Care instructions for Candy gooseberries

In the spring season, pruning is carried out before the juice moves along the shoots. Harvested adults, dried shoots, as well as frozen parts of the branches. You can remove the basal processes. Be sure to process the cuts with garden pitch.

Then follow the instructions:

• Loosen the soil to a depth of about seven centimeters.
• spray the shrub with boiling water.
• apply potash, nitrogen, or organic fertilizers to the soil.
• remove all weeds.

Gooseberry Candy: photo of the variety

Gooseberry Candy: reviews of gardeners

Andrei:

I planted a Candy Gooseberry in the country. I liked both my wife and me. The fruits are large and rough. The shell is tough. For all the time, gooseberries have never been sick.

Tamara:

We collect unripe berries with our grandchildren. And as they ripen, I make jam out of them. I fertilize with potassium salt.

Natalia:

My gooseberry variety Candy grows beautifully in the country. The taste is so sweet but not sugary. I like to make jams from berries. But fresh is also delicious.