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Would you like to yourself a beautiful fruiting vine as a hedge? Delicious, sweet bunches will delight not only the eye, but also the stomach. Today we will talk about Amur grapes, which will not be difficult to plant and grow
The Amur grape is a large liana that reaches 35 meters in length and up to 20 cm in diameter. It grows entangling the trunks of trees and shrubs, it can be thrown from one trunk to another. The bark is red (when the vine is young) or brown (at a more mature age) in color. It has shoots with knots and whiskers. The leaves have a roundish or oval shape, but there are also heart-shaped leaves, up to 20 cm in diameter, arranged in two rows. The flowers are creamy or yellowish, grow in inflorescences, male and female flowers are on different plants, there is a large amount of nectar in the inflorescences, which attracts bees and butterflies, which pollinate the plant. Fruits in clusters, round, black with a bluish bloom, up to 15 mm in diameter with seeds inside. Amur grapes are not afraid of cold weather and even frosts down to minus 18 degrees.
Disembarkation rules
When choosing a place for your future vineyard, pay attention to sunlight. Light and warmth are one of the factors for the harmonious growth of this type of grape. Black soil is well suited for grapes, in which it will bear fruit perfectly. The seeds are sown in mid-fall after the harvest has been harvested. The grapes love watering, often moisten the soil underneath. Otherwise, it is very unpretentious. Fruits will begin to bear at the age of 3-5 years, as an ornamental plant is used only in summer, because it blooms quite late, in the middle of spring, but begins to bear fruit in the fall.
You can also plant grapes with seedlings and cuttings.
Beneficial features
The leaves and fruits of grapes are used as medicinal raw materials. The fruits contain many useful substances, among them tanning and pectin, many sugars - fructose, sucrose, glycoside, quertecin. Acids - tartaric, malic, salicylic, phosphoric, succinic, silicic and others, enzymes, calcium, magnesium, iron, as well as some vitamins. Also, the fruits are useful in that they remove toxins from the body, in case of poisoning with arsenic or nitrates. The fruits themselves are taken as a means of strengthening the immune system. With diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, with chronic constipation, anemia, metabolic disorders, gout, lung disease, with hypertension, with problems of the central nervous system.
It is also believed that freshly squeezed juice is a dietary product. A decoction of seeds acts as a diuretic, you just need to boil the seeds in a ratio of 1 tablespoon to one and a half glasses of water. Juice from green grapes is used in the treatment of sore throats, mouth ulcers and even as an antipyretic agent. An infusion of leaves will help with increased pressure, you need to pour two tablespoons of the dry product with boiling water and let it stand for 15-20 minutes. Take all the resulting liquid throughout the day.
There is only one BUT! The grapes must be taken fresh, then you will get rid of a number of health problems. Tore off a bunch, eat it during the day, then all the nutrients will be delivered to your body as a whole, and not in a dilapidated form. Do not eat skin or bones. Eat no more than 1-2 kg per day, and also, do not combine grapes with dairy products.
Wine is also made from this type of grape. The wine is tasty, sweet and viscous, amber or ruby color. This wine contains more than 300 types of useful components.
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