Advantages and disadvantages of sapphire grape

Sapphire grape is a new grape variety emerging in recent years, and now it has a certain planting area in our country. Sapphire grape meat is relatively tight, delicious and sweet, although the price is also more expensive, but its market demand is still not reduced. However, sapphire grapes are not perfect, there are advantages and disadvantages when planting. The following editor will give you a brief introduction, let's have a look!

1. Advantages

The growth period is short

Compared with the common grapes in life, the growth period of sapphire grapes is relatively short. The time from planting to harvest is only about 4 months, while that of ordinary grape varieties is about 6 months. The propagation method of sapphire grape is mainly grafting, which begins in April every year. After the growth time from May to July, the fruit begins to change color in the early August, and the fruit basically matures at the end of the month.

Good fruit quality

The fruit quality of sapphire grapes is very high, each grain is very full, rich in fruit juice, and the body is oval, larger than ordinary grape varieties. Sapphire grapes are high in sugar, nearly 4 times higher than ordinary grapes, and taste sweet and delicious. And sapphire grapes have no kernels and are not as troublesome as eating ordinary grapes. These characteristics are unique to sapphire grapes and are not found in some common varieties.

There is less fruit drop.

Sapphire grapes not only have a short growth period, but also have a very high yield. Common grape varieties often have fruit drop phenomenon in planting, but sapphire grape fruit drop phenomenon is very rare. Basically does not fall after ripening, and the fruit rarely appears the phenomenon of rotten tip. Compared with ordinary varieties of grapes, the fruit will drop naturally about 7 days after ripening. Sapphire grapes can hang on trees for as long as a month when they are ripe.

Strong disease resistance

The disease resistance of common grape varieties is very weak, especially threatened by diseases and insect pests. The disease resistance of sapphire grape is very strong, under the normal planting management, there is very little bacterial infection. However, if you are exposed to high temperature and humidity for a long time, it is easy to produce downy mildew. Therefore, we still have to do a good job in building a shed, occasionally disturbed by aphids, when we can properly spray insecticides.

2. Shortcomings

As I just said, the growth cycle of sapphire grapes is relatively short, so we should pay attention to its planting density, not intensive planting. If large-scale cultivation is needed, then there needs to be more land. Generally, in the case of the same planting area, two common grapes can be planted with one sapphire grape. In addition, the price of sapphire grape seedlings is relatively expensive, and marketing is also a problem, so we must pay more attention before planting.

The above is a brief introduction to the advantages and disadvantages of sapphire grapes. The advantages and disadvantages of sapphire grapes are also their planting advantages and risks, so we must pay more attention to them and not carry out them blindly. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.