Wegierka Śliwkais one of the most popular fruit plants. You can meet her in almost every allotment garden. Its fruits are tasty and irreplaceable in the kitchen. The more and more interestingvarieties of the Hungarian plumand the ease of growing it make us willingly plant it in our gardens. Find out about thecultivation of Hungarian plum , learn about the diseases that attack it and how to fight them. Choose with us the bestHungarian plum varietiesfor your garden!
Hungarian Plum
Hungarian Plum - varieties
The Hungarian Plumbelongs to one of the four subspecies of the domestic plum called Oeconomica. Plum species result from the habit of trees, the structure of shoots, leaves, flowers and fruit.Hungarian plumsare characterized by elongated, sometimes ellipsoidal fruit, narrowed at the stalk. Their skin is navy blue or navy blue. Hungarian plums are very popular. Meet 5 irreplaceableHungarian plum varieties !
Wczesna Węgierka Śliwa- is a self-pollinating, early variety of plums, resistant to frost and diseases. It produces tasty, navy blue fruit, easily detached from the stone, with light flesh.
Śliwa Węgierka Dąbrowicka- early variety, giving abundant crops. It needs a pollinator to bear fruit. She is sharka tolerant. It bears fruit in the middle of August, giving 40 g of fruit, with an intense blue coating and greenish flesh, sour and sweet peeling away from the stone.
Plum Valjevka- abundantly and early fruiting plum variety. It does not require pollinators. Not very sensitive to the scarlet. Its fruit is ovate with an intense blue bloom. Vajlevka is a variety of Hungarian plum with juicy, extremely tasty flesh.
Śliwa Valor- this is a medium-early variety that ripens in the middle of September. It is characterized by very tasty fruit with a navy blue skin. Valor is a foreign pollinator, moderately sensitive to shark.
Hungarian Ordinary Sliwa- this is a late variety, abundantly yields without pollinators. It bears fruit in the second half of September, giving 20-25 g of fruit, slightly elongated, brown-navy blue, covered with an intense, waxy coating. Hungarian Plain has very tasty fruit, with a light flesh that goes well with the stone, but it is not very resistant to shash.
Hungarian Plum - cultivation
Wgrowing Hungarian plumsremember that this tree prefers warm, wind-sheltered positions. It may freeze at temperatures below - 30 ° C. Likes the southwestern and westward exhibition, avoid frost pits. On vegetative rootstocks (eg Pumiselect) it requires fertile, abundant and airy soils. On generative rootstocks (e.g.Ałyczy) can be grown in lighter soils. The ideal pH for this species is between 6.7-7.1. Through the disk-shaped root systemWęgierka plumtolerates excess groundwater well. In the first years of growth, we perform a forming cut.
Newvarieties of plumsbear the best fruit on young, long shoots. The crown, regardless of the rootstock, should have a spindle shape and a lot of one-year-old shoots. You should also not forget about the preventive spring spraying of plum fruit trees, thanks to which we will protect the plants against diseases and pests.
Incultivating the Hungarian plumit is also important to fertilize it. The plum tree requires abundant nitrogen fertilization, preferably in the dose of 100-150 kg N / ha.When growing the Hungarian plumit is worth mulching it with manure or compost.
Hungarian Plum - diseases
Węgierka plumlike other fruit trees, she sometimes gets sick. However, properly selected varieties of plums and the use of preventive spraying will help us prevent diseases. Learn about the most dangerousdiseases of Hungarian plumand methods of fighting them.
Sharka - plum blotch
Sharka is aviral disease of Hungarian plums , transmitted by aphids. Yellow spots on the leaves and fruits are symptoms of plum pox. As the fruit ripens, the spots darken and form furrows. The fruit drops prematurely from the tree. Unfortunately, the infested plum must be removed from the garden. When planning planting, it is best to take into account varieties resistant to this disease.
Brown rot of stone trees
Brown rot of stone trees is a dangerous fungusHungarian plum diseaseSymptoms appear on flowers, shoots, leaves and fruits. We will recognize it by the characteristic browning of flowers and drying of shoots with fruit buds. A brown putrid spot appears on the plum fruit, where clusters of fungus spores form. To protect our plums against this disease during the so-called of the white bud, we spray the plums with Topsin M 500 SC or Signum 33 WG.
Holes in stone tree leaves
Symptoms of holes in the leaves of stone trees are dark, round spots on the leaves that flake off over time. As a result, the affected organs fall prematurely. Sometimes spots also appear on fruits and shoots. In the fight against thisHungarian plum disease , it is recommended to spray with Topsin M 500 SC before flowering.
MSc Eng. Joanna Białowąs
