How to choose the ground under a gooseberry, tips!
For planting gooseberries isolated fenced from the prevailing winds, well-lit area in the garden, or the land between rows of fruit trees. This plant is much better than other berries makes hypoacidity land. Not suitable find areas with neighboring soil waters. On gooseberry inclined surface arranged in the upper or middle part. On site space allocated to a separate plant (about 0,9-1,6 m), deep digging up investing approximately 19-21 kilograms of organic or mineral composts.
Hole prepared for planting in advance (1,5-3,5 weeks). The most favorable time to precipitate – the third decade of September – beginning of October. Digging a hole 35 cm in depth, with a diameter of 60 cm so that the upper and lower balls were ground on opposite sides relative to the fovea. Fill the pit top ball fruitful soil mixed with organic and mineral fertilizers (1,5 buckets of compost or compost, 1.5 buckets of peat, 250 g of superphosphate, 50 g of potassium salt, 400 g of wood ash, dolomite 250 g – for acid soils).
Before you plant, roots envelop an additive in a mixture of clay and dung. Additives are thrown perpendicular, while straightening the roots, the soil must be sealed. Be sure to water at least 1-2 buckets of water. Cover with dry earth, peat, humus, rotting sawdust layer of 7-11 cm. The bushes are planted in a row by 0,9-1,6 m.