Blackcurrant Good Gin

Blackcurrant Good Gin is in a special place. This subspecies has the most important difference in the excellent taste characteristics of the fruits and their large size when ripe. In this article, we will consider in more detail this subspecies of currants, all its positive and negative qualities, as well as all the features of growing and caring for this shrub.

Black currant Dobry Gin: variety description

Currant Good Gin: photo of the variety

Blackcurrant Dobry Gin can rightfully be considered one of the most modern results of Russian breeding. The development of this subspecies began in the 2000s, at the Sverdlovsk gardening station. The subspecies was bred as a result of crossing such varieties as Fertodi and Dikovinka. The subspecies received the best production characteristics from their "parents". In 2004, the variety in question was included in the State Register, and today this culture is cultivated successfully in various climatic zones of our country, even in the regions of Siberia.

Black currant Dobry Jin belongs to the representatives of crops with a medium-sized bush, as well as with an average spreading. This shrub can grow up to 170 centimeters. Shoots at a young age in this bush have an intense green color, and in adulthood, the shoots have a gray tint. These shoots do not have pubescence. The buds on these shoots have a single arrangement, the buds are endowed with a round, pointed shape, with a small proportion of pubescence. The upper bud of these shoots has a free position.

The leaves are three-lobed, of medium size and intense green color with a matte sheen. The surface of the leaflet is flat, has a wrinkled structure. The middle lobe is rather longer than the lateral ones, and it also has a sharp apical part. The lateral lobes also have a sharp apical part, which is directed to the side. The lateral surface of the leaflet is covered with very small denticles, with rather sharp edges.

At the Dobry Gin black currant bush, flowering begins at the same time, at this time the plant is completely covered with round flowers and small in size. They are collected in paired formations, due to which they create racemose inflorescences. The brushes of these flowers are short and of moderate density. The peduncle is of medium size, has no pubescence and has a green tint.

It is worth mentioning one more interesting fact: the homeland of this culture is the territory of present-day England. It was from there that this bush spread throughout the entire globe.

I would like to note one more important fact: on the territory of Ancient Russia, this culture was called "monastery berry", because it was on the territory of monasteries that this plant was first cultivated.

Black currant Dobry Gin: characteristic of the variety

Also, like other varieties of this fruit and berry crop, the Dobry Gin black currant variety has good frost and dry season resistance. Thanks to this distinctive feature, the subspecies is perfectly cultivated both in the southern territories of the country and in the more northern ones, where a difficult and unstable climate prevails.Although, in order for the yield indicator of this plant to be at a high level, as well as to observe good growth and development of the crop, it is required to perform a periodic watering procedure, as well as shelter for the winter, when growing in rather extreme conditions. Otherwise, the shrub can either get sick or die altogether.

Currant variety Dobry Jin is a representative of plants of this culture with an average ripening period. The first harvest of these berries can be obtained around the beginning of the second half of July. Ripening of fruits in Dobry Gin currants does not occur simultaneously, which is why usually the fruiting period stretches to about one month. The yield indicator averages 9 tons per hectare.

The fruits of this variety of currants have a round shape and a black tint. The inner part of the fruit is dense in structure, with moderate juiciness and many seeds of a very small size. These berries have a bright sweet taste, with a small amount of acidity, due to which the variety is considered the owner of a special dessert taste. Each berry can have an average weight of 1.3 grams, although the maximum weight of one fruit was recorded at 6 grams.

Like any other variety of black currant, this subspecies is endowed with its positive and negative characteristics. Its advantages include:

• Large fruit size.
• Excellent taste characteristics of berries.
• Has an increased keeping quality of fruits.
• High level of immunity to fungal diseases.
• Early ripening period.
• High frost resistance.

The disadvantages of this subspecies can also be highlighted, these are:

• Ripe fruits vary in size.
• The stems can lie under the weight of the fruit on them.
• The plant requires a constant pruning and thinning procedure.

It is worth noting that the Dobry Gin black currant variety is best suited for private cultivation, so take this fact into account if you are going to cultivate this crop on a production scale.

Black currant Dobry Gin: planting varieties

Black currant Dobry Gin: photo of the variety

Most often, a sapling of the Dobry Jin currant variety can grow and have good development without the use of a special technology for planting and further care. Although in order to achieve more successful and effective indicators, some rules must be followed. Otherwise, the shrub will only act as a decorative role for your personal plot. Let us consider in more detail the most important conditions for planting this plant.

Blackcurrant Dobry Gin can take root and adapt perfectly throughout the growing season, although special planting dates are required for best growing results. The best time for planting a seedling of this subspecies is the first decade of October. Thus, young plants are able to take root and adapt quite successfully before the arrival of the first frosts, and with the onset of the spring period they will be among the first to begin their active growth. Plus, the autumn planting is able to end up and sort out weak plants that will not survive wintering.

During the disembarkation period, certain conditions are required, here they are:

• For planting, only healthy and high-quality seedlings are used, without traces of damage, as well as damage by pests and various diseases of a fungal nature.
• It is important to follow all the rules of agricultural technology for preparing soil and young plants before planting.
• Disembarkation should be carried out in the early morning hours or late in the evening, as well as in cloudy and dry weather.
• For disembarkation, the optimal time is chosen, with an average daily air temperature from +11 to +15 degrees.
• Planting should be done only in soil that has been fertilized approximately two weeks before planting.To do this, five kilograms of humus or rotted manure and 100 grams of superphosphate should be added to the soil, per square meter.

It is very important to choose the right place for the future growth of this plant before planting. Although the Dobry Gin currant variety can grow well on almost any plot of land, in order to obtain abundant and high-quality harvests, you need to seriously approach the choice of the site, and be guided by some requirements. Only through this can you create the best microclimate for your currant bush. So, for this subspecies of currants, the landing site must meet the following requirements:

• The site should have its location on flat terrain, or on a small hill.
• The place should be fairly lit and have enough free space.
• Other tall crops and buildings should be at least three to five meters away from the landing site.
• The landing site should be completely protected from through and strong winds.
• The best soil for planting loam, moreover, well fertilized and with an acidity index from 7.5 to 8.5.
• The location of groundwater should not be superficial, it should be at a depth of at least one meter from the soil surface.

An equally important factor is the correct choice and preparation of a seedling for planting. First of all, you should carefully examine the appearance and general condition of the seedlings. They must have the following properties:

• The height of the seedling should be no higher than 40 centimeters, and its age should not be more than two years.
• The root system should be well moistened, and the tissues should have firmness and juiciness.
• A young plant should not have any traces of mechanical damage, and there should also be a complete absence of traces of damage by fungi and harmful insects.
• On the surface of the root system, at least three powerful and strong shoots should be present, and on the aerial part of the plant at least 4-6 buds, quite viable.

The process of preparing a Dobry Gin currant seedling for planting should include the fulfillment of several consecutive usual conditions. First of all, the seedling should be sprayed with bactericidal substances, for example, a solution of two percent copper sulfate or a solution of Fitosporin. After that, the young plant should be activated. For this, the rhizome of the seedling must be soaked in a clay solution prepared on the basis of one liter of water and 300 grams of purified clay.

It is very important to purchase a seedling only from trusted sellers, in specialized stores, or nurseries, since young seedlings from the markets are often affected by all kinds of infections, and also do not always meet the varietal characteristics that were declared by the breeders.

Disembarkation Algorithm

Planting a seedling of a black currant variety Dobry Jin is carried out using the following technology:

• At the very beginning, you should make a markup of the site for the future place of growth of the plant. For these purposes, along the perimeter of the soil, it is only necessary to distribute evenly space for the plant so that there is a distance of at least one and a half meters between neighboring plantings. At the site of future planting holes, it is required to drive small wooden pegs.
• In the marked area, holes are dug under each plant. The landing hole should have the following dimensions: a circumference of about 40 centimeters, a depth of about half a meter.
• A seedling is placed in the center of the planting hole, and in such a way that the trunk is located at an acute angle of 45 degrees to the ground. The root collar of the plant should be about five centimeters deep.
• The seedling is carefully covered with soil and carefully compacted, after which it is watered abundantly.

Neighborhood with other cultures

When planting a black currant of the Dobry Jin variety, it is imperative to take into account its proximity to other plants and crops. This is considered one of the important rules for successful cultivation, since it often happens that neighboring crops have a rather negative effect on each other. Plus, the wrong neighborhood can cause competition for micronutrients, which in turn leads to poor development of both plants. To avoid these problems and provide this subspecies of currants with good growth and development, you should not plant it close to raspberries, plums, cherries, cherries and sea buckthorn, and birch and pine will also be unfavorable neighbors. But a good neighborhood will be observed with crops such as hops, onions, gooseberries, honeysuckle. It is imperative to take into account the predecessors of this variety. You should not plant this plant on a site where absolutely all representatives of the Gooseberry family grew before it, as well as raspberries.

Blackcurrant Good Genie: care

Important conditions for caring for this subspecies of currants are: timely and correct watering, fertilizing, and pruning of the bush. Watering for this plant is carried out on a regular basis, since this shrub is quite moisture-loving. The number of waterings should be at least once a week. At the same time, the volume completely depends on the age of the given culture, and is approximately 5-12 liters for each bush. This shrub is also very demanding on the loosening procedure, so this procedure must be done at least twice every 7 days. Loosening of the soil is carried out extremely carefully, to a depth of a maximum of 7 centimeters, since most of the root system of the shrub is located close to the surface of the soil.

The main top dressing in the first three to four years of plant life after planting is a layer of mulch, introduced into the near-stem circle of the culture before the winter period. After that, the shrub of this subspecies is required in regular, every year, mineral dressings. At the very beginning of the spring period, even before the budding process, a solution of urea or ammonium nitrate is added as a top dressing, at the rate of 35-40 grams of substance per 10 liters of water, per bush. In autumn, the soil near the bush is fertilized with a solution of cow dung (in a ratio of 1 to 10), or chicken manure (in a ratio of 1 to 15), at the rate of 5-10 liters of solution per square meter.

It is very important to carry out the loosening procedure not earlier than the next day after the irrigation procedure, otherwise the effectiveness of irrigation will be greatly reduced.

For the currant bush Dobry Jin, the pruning procedure is very important. It is carried out according to the following scheme:

• In the second year after planting, the young plant is shortened to one height, by about one third. This is done so that from 2 to 4 of the most developed buds remain on each stem.
• The next year after planting, the shrub should be thinned and cleaned of overgrowth. After this action, only 4 of the most developed shoots should remain.
• In the next three to four years, the pruning procedure is performed in such a way that about 20 of the most developed stems are formed on the bush.
• From the 6th year of life after planting, only pruning is performed for the plant for sanitary purposes, that is, dried branches and with signs of damage are removed, as well as old stems.

Preparation for wintering

Preparatory measures for the winter period for this shrub are not mandatory, but these actions help the plant to endure wintering well, which undoubtedly has an excellent effect on the productivity of this fruit and berry crop. Actions to prepare for winter begin to be taken in the first decade of October. First, the remains of vegetation are removed from the site, after which the area is well dug up.After a few days, the place of growth should be watered abundantly and fertilized. Then you need to put a layer of mulch, which is suitable for humus, and the layer should be about 15 centimeters. If there is such an opportunity, then the crown of the plant is also covered. For this, the surface of the plant is covered with hay, spunbond, or other covering material.

Blackcurrant Good Genie: reproduction

Black currant Dobry Gin: photo of the variety

The most frequent and widespread method of propagation of this plant is cuttings. This procedure is carried out in the following ways:

• Layers. To do this, the edge of the two-year-old shoots should be dug to a depth of approximately 15 centimeters. With a regular irrigation procedure, after one year, the cuttings will take root and adapt. After that, they are separated from the main shrub and transplanted. In this case, a stalk should be formed, which has a length of about 20 centimeters.
• Lignified cuttings. In the spring or autumn season, lignified shoots must be cut into separate pieces, having a length of approximately 20 centimeters. The resulting seedlings are rooted in the soil, while watering abundantly throughout the growing season. After a year, the rooted cuttings should be transplanted to a permanent place of growth.
• Green cuttings. In the first decade of March, seedlings are cut from young stems, with a maximum length of 10 centimeters, with two or three full-fledged leaves. They are rooted in separate containers, at home, at an air temperature of +18 to +25 degrees. By the beginning of the second half of May, these cuttings will root quite successfully, then they can be transplanted to a permanent place of growth.

Does the Dobry Gin currant variety need other pollinating bushes?

Almost all varieties of such fruit and berry crops as currants are considered self-fertile shrubs. These are subspecies capable of self-pollination, and in order to get a high-quality and abundant harvest of tasty berries from them, you can plant only a few shrubs next to them. Although to obtain the greatest yield, possessing their superior qualities in full force is possible only with cross-pollination. This requires planting several bushes of any productive subspecies, the flowering period of which is identical to the time of flowering of the variety in question.

Diseases and pests

Harmful insects and infections do not so often affect such fruit and berry crops as currants, but the risk of contracting a disease or being attacked by pests is still present in this plant. The most dangerous and common diseases for this culture are: powdery mildew, rust, reversion, septoria and anthracnose. It is possible to treat anthracnose, septoria and rust by spraying the plant with Bordeaux liquid, and this treatment procedure is done twice with an interval of two weeks. Powdery mildew is treated with a solution of ferrous sulfate, in a ratio of 30 grams of substance per liter of water. When terry growth appears, infected shrubs should be dug up and disposed of by burning, prevent the spread of this disease by eliminating its main carriers - aphids and kidney mites.

The most common and dangerous enemies of this plant are considered to be such harmful insects as sprout gall midge, aphids, goldfish, spider mites. To combat gall midge and goldfish, a spraying procedure with Chlorophos is used, and kidney mites and aphids can be defeated by spraying the bush with Karbofos. Spider mites are fought by treating the plant with a tobacco solution or onion infusion. They are made in this way: for about one day, one part of the raw material is insisted in 10 parts of the liquid.This solution should be filtered before use, and then add about five grams of laundry soap (crushed) to it.

But it is better to prevent an illness than to fight it. Therefore, be sure to take preventive measures against harmful insects and various diseases, such as:

• For planting, only healthy young plants purchased from trusted sellers will be used.
• With the beginning of the spring period, a hot shower should be given to the shrubs. To do this, you need to spray the shoots of the plant with warmed up clean water (up to +80 degrees).
• In the autumn period, be sure to clean the planting site from tops, and before the winter period it is required to dig up the soil between the rows of plantings to a depth of at least 30 centimeters.
• Throughout the season, spray the shrub with a solution of Karbofos and Nitrofen (once every 30 days).
• Periodically prune the crown of the plant for sanitary purposes.

Harvesting and storage

Dobry Jin black currant is harvested several times within one month after the formation of the first ripe berries. The picking is done manually and the fruits are placed in separate, small containers (metal or plastic), then they are poured into common containers (wooden or plastic). Collect in the morning, or in the evening, in clear and dry weather.

This harvest of fruits is stored at a temperature regime of a maximum of +15 degrees, in a cellar, basement, or refrigerator. This will help keep the crop fresh for up to 15 days. For the longest storage, I subject the fruits to freezing, or high-temperature sterilization. When frozen, the fruits can retain their qualities for up to six months, and in the case of sterilization, the berries can retain their characteristics for up to two years.

Conclusion

Black currant variety Dobry Gin is rightfully considered one of the most competitive subspecies of table currant with dark fruits. The culture is not only considered unpretentious enough, but also has a high level of fragrant fruits. Due to this, Dobry Jin currant berries can be used both in unprocessed form and in processing, for various blanks. But it is also worth noting that the Dobry Gin black currant is best suited for growing in private plots, due to its uneven fruit size in most parts.