Plum Honey white - a generous variety with a very tasty name

Breeding history of the variety

The homeland of the white plum is Ukraine. The authorship belongs to the talented scientist LI Taranenko. Due to the amber color of the fruit, it is also called the honey yellow early plum, and there is also such a name as White Ukrainian. When registering, the breeder designated the crop as Honey White. Other names are considered folk. The plum has spread throughout all the republics of the former union and took root in private gardeners' plots.

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Advantages and disadvantages - table

Honey white plum - high yielding variety

Description of plum variety White honey

The home plum Medovaya is found in all the republics of the post-Soviet space. Most of all the culture is grown:

• Farms throughout Ukraine. The yellow honey plum has taken root even in Transcarpathia.
• White plum gardens are common in the Central Black Earth zone.
• Suitable plum Honey white for the Moscow region, took root in the Belgorod and Kaluga regions.

The variety can be characterized by the following features:

• The main difference is the size of the crown. The maximum height of the honey plum tree can reach from 4 to 7 m. The culture is vigorous with a spreading crown.
• A large area is required to grow yellow plums. The crown grows up to 5 m in diameter. However, the tree does not experience thickening. The branches of the yellow plum grow in moderation, there is nothing superfluous.
• The fruits are large. The mass of one yellow plum reaches 55 g. The fruit is spherical, even. The skin and pulp are white when unripe. A fully ripe fruit is considered when it turns yellow with an amber tint. The pulp tastes sweet. Slightly acidic. The ripe yellow pulp is saturated with a delicate plum aroma. According to the tasting score of 5.0 points, the yellow plum received 4.5.

In order for the description of the White plum variety to be complete, let's consider other features of the culture.

Harvesting and storage of crops

The honey plum is harvested from mid-July to early August. Harvest in the evening and in dry weather, starting from the lower tiers. The fruits are placed in wooden boxes and stored indoors at a temperature of 0-1 degrees and an air humidity of 86-90%. The shelf life under such conditions is 2 months.

Plum Honey is an excellent solution for regions with severe frosts. Growing a plentifully fruiting tree is not so difficult if you follow the basic planting and maintenance guidelines.

Variety characteristics

In all the descriptions of the White plum that are encountered, the unpretentiousness of the variety, resistance to bad weather conditions, is emphasized.

Winter hardiness of honey plum

The yellow plum variety has good winter hardiness. Drought resistance can also be added to this quality. Regardless of climatic conditions, the yield and taste of the fruit do not change.

Advice! Despite its high drought tolerance, the variety loves abundant watering, like all other plums.

Plum pollinators White honey

Plum yellow honey begins to bloom in early spring. In the south, the fruit ripens in July. Residents of the northern regions harvest in August. The variety is considered self-fertile. You need pollinators to harvest. The best variety is Vengerka and Renklod Kuibyshevsky. Ukrainian gardeners often call the white plum Medova Artemovskaya. For pollination of the crop, any related plum trees are planted nearby.

Attention! Frost and drought do not affect the quality of pollination.

Productivity and fruiting

On average, the honey plum begins to bear fruit in the fourth year from the moment of planting. It all depends on compliance with the rules of agricultural technology, climatic conditions. Up to 35 kg of the crop is harvested from the tree. The weak point of white plum is wood. With a bountiful harvest, branches break. The barrel may even crack. Supports made of sticks help to save the crown.

Attention! With improper planting, fruiting of plum Honey yellow 4 years of life may not come. If the seedling is initially deeply buried, the bark is mated. The plum will grow slowly and yield poor yields.

Scope of berries

White and yellow fruits are considered to be of universal use. The fruit can be frozen, eaten fresh, and used for all types of processing. Due to the beauty of the yellow pulp and the dessert taste, plums are used to decorate banquet tables for the celebration.

Disease and pest resistance

Numerous reviews of the White Honey plum say that the variety is not afraid of moniliosis. Hole spots, rust, as well as fungi that cause fruit rot are of great danger to the culture. Preventive spraying with fungicides helps prevent the spread of diseases.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The honey yellow plum variety was bred during a difficult period, when the inhabitants of the country were in dire need of vitamin food. These were the post-war years. Breeders have tried to make the variety productive under any growing conditions.

The following points are distinguished from the advantages:

• The variety is not afraid of temperature extremes. The yield indicator is preserved in the event that the plum suffers from recurrent frosts or droughts.
• The yellow plum variety adapts to almost all weather conditions of the post-Soviet republics.
• Early ripening of fruits, delicate dessert taste of the pulp. The yellow fruit of universal purpose is suitable for making desserts, preserving, tolerates long-term transportation.
• It is considered a great advantage that when pollinated with other varieties of plums, the quality of the fruit does not change in Belaya Medovaya.

The only drawback is the large crown size. To limit growth, gardeners resort to frequent pruning. Folk breeders are trying to cross White Honey with dwarf varieties in order to get a small tree, but not at the expense of the quality of the fruit.

Harvesting: Sea of ​​Yellow Fruit

Honey white begins to bear fruit 3-4 years after planting. The tree reaches its maximum yield (40–50 kg) at the age of 10–12 years. The variety belongs to the early maturing, the harvest ripens, depending on the region, in late July - early August. Collecting plums begins from the lower branches, carefully fold the fruits into a prepared container. The shelf life is up to 2 months.

Honey white is used fresh and for canned preparations

The use of Honey fruits is very diverse: they are consumed fresh, processed into jams and marmalades, and drinks are prepared. Large and fragrant berries are good in any form.

Planting and caring for honey yellow plum

You don't need any special knowledge to grow Honey White plums. However, a seedling just planted on the site may not bring the desired yield. To get a good fruit tree, you need to follow simple rules of agricultural technology.

Recommended timing

It is better to propagate honey early plum by seedlings. The best time for planting is early spring, starting in March. The site has been prepared since October. Gardeners of the southern regions prefer autumn planting of plums. The plot is prepared at least two weeks in advance. The procedure consists of scattering lime and humus, followed by digging up the soil.

Choosing the right place

The early honey plum grows well in a sunny area with clay or sandy soil. The main requirement is a large free space. Neighboring trees should be at a distance of at least 3 m, and it is better to withstand 5 m. The yellow plum variety does not like swampy areas.

What crops can and cannot be planted nearby

The White Honey variety gets along well with cherry plums and other plums. In addition, they are pollinators. Gardeners in colder regions recommend planting Honey White Plum with Opal Plum because of the similarity of some characteristics. Both crops are frost-resistant, tall, and have a spreading crown. The Opal variety is self-fertile and is a good pollinator for Honey White plum.

The culture gets along well with cherries, cherries, apple trees, apricots, and peaches. An elderberry growing nearby will protect the plum from aphids.

Bad neighbors include all types of currants, birch, pear, walnut. Close location of coniferous trees is undesirable.

Selection and preparation of planting material

Experienced gardeners strongly recommend buying white plum saplings only from a nursery. The main requirement for good planting material is a developed root system, an even trunk with intact bark. Be sure to have live fruit buds. Plum saplings Yellow honey is better to buy up to 1.5 m high.Taller trees will not take root well. A seedling with a closed root system is planted with a clod of earth. If a white plum with open roots was purchased, they are soaked for a couple of hours in a bucket of water before planting, adding the drug Kornevin.

Landing algorithm

Numerous reviews of summer residents about the Honey plum say that planting is carried out according to generally accepted rules. You need to do the following:

• They begin to dig the hole from the removal of fertile soil with a thickness of about 30 cm. It is set aside. All other infertile soil from the pit is removed. In the future, it will not be useful. The size of the hole depends on the root system of the seedling. Usually 60 cm of depth and width is enough.
• If the Medovaya plum sapling has open roots, a wooden peg is driven into the bottom in the center of the hole. This will be the support for the tree.
• Chernozem and clay are characterized by poor drainage. If there is heavy soil on the site, the bottom of the hole is covered with a small stone.
• A nutrient mixture is prepared from the fertile soil set aside. The earth is mixed with 2 buckets of cow dung and 500 g of ash. From fertilizers add 100 g of superphosphate, 85 g of potassium chloride.
• A thin layer of the finished fertile mixture is poured onto the bottom of the pit. The seedling is carefully immersed in the hole. If the root system is open, it is gently flattened along the bottom.
• Backfilling is carried out with a fertile mixture. The root collar is left not covered with earth by about 5 cm. The seedling is watered abundantly. After the soil subsides, the earth is filled up. The trunk is tied with a rope to a peg.

The final planting is the mulching of the trunk circle. Better to use peat. The mulch will retain moisture, creating favorable conditions for root engraftment.

The video tells about the rules for planting plums:

Planting features, pollinators

Plum can be planted in spring and autumn. Spring planting is preferable: young trees will be able to get stronger over the summer and winter safely.

It is advisable to purchase seedlings for planting with a closed root system or, if there are none, carefully examine the roots.There should be no build-ups or dry areas on them.

Plum seedlings with a closed root system take root better

The landing pit is prepared in advance: from autumn or a month before the intended planting. This is necessary so that the earth has time to compact, and the seedlings do not deepen below the required level. The depth and diameter of the pit is 50–70 cm.

The pit is prepared long before planting so that the earth has time to settle.

Step-by-step landing instructions:

1. Pour in two buckets of organic fertilizer (you can add 0.5 kg of ash and 0.1 kg of superphosphate).
2. Drive a peg into the hole.
3. Place the seedling so that the grafting site is 5-10 cm above the soil level, straighten the roots.
4. Fill the hole halfway with earth, slightly compact the soil around the trunk.
5. Pour out a bucket of water.
6. Fill the hole with earth to the desired level and water again.

Video: planting a plum sapling

Since Honey White is self-fertile, you need to worry about pollinators, which can be the varieties Vengerka early, Vengerka Donetskaya, Renklod Karbysheva. When planting several trees, the distance between them should be at least 5 m.

Plum follow-up care

The variety is considered drought-resistant, but it will not refuse plum water. The seedling needs frequent watering until it takes root. Further - it all depends on the weather. Gardeners usually make sure to water the white plum in the spring after the tree has faded and while the fruit is being poured. If the weather is dry, further watering is carried out every 20 days. After harvesting, 2 buckets of water are poured under the tree. The last watering is carried out in October. 8 buckets of water are poured under the tree.

Attention! After the last watering, the soil around the trunk is loosened, covered with dry manure.

Young seedlings are not fed. There are enough nutrients that were introduced during planting. At the 4th year of life, Plum Honey is fed 20 kg of manure. From fertilizers, 100 g of superphosphate, 80 g of nitrate, 50 g of potassium are applied. For older trees, the amount of organic matter is increased to 30 kg. Mineral substances are added by 40-50 g. In the fall, the plum must be fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizer.

Pruning a young seedling is done to form a crown. From the second year of life, excess branches are cut off from the seedling, creating thickening, and also the elongated shoots of the growth are shortened by one ring.

Rejuvenating pruning is done on old trees. All growths over 5 years of age are removed. The Honey White variety gives a lot of growth. It is removed at least 5 times per season. Launched shoots will draw juices from the tree.

Preparation for winter begins with moisture-charging irrigation. The near-trunk circle is covered with dry manure 15 cm thick. The bark in the lower part of the trunk is cleaned of lichens, whitewashed with lime. Coniferous tree branches or special nets are used as protection against rodents. The protection is tied with wire, securely wrapping the lower part of the barrel.

Growing conditions, pros and cons

Like most plum trees, Yellow (White) Honey is not demanding on the ground. The main condition is the looseness of the soil and the absence of nearby groundwater.

Planting a young tree is best done in a pre-prepared hole, at least 0.5-0.7 m deep, with a garter peg driven in the middle. You need to complete the planting with abundant watering - at least one bucket per seedling.

Maintenance, although minimal, is needed not only for the tree itself, but also for the crop. Watering the tree is not prohibited during the ripening period: from 5 to 10 buckets of water under one tree, depending on the age of the plum. Then your chances of getting a tasting fruit of 4.5 points (out of 5 possible) will increase exponentially!

Medova has only two disadvantages:

1. This variety does not tolerate shade well. Can reduce the quality of the fruit, or even discard them altogether.
2. Takes up a lot of space on the site.Add that it is necessary to plant pollinating trees to it, and the occupied area will increase by the amount of land needed for pollinators.

Diseases and pests, methods of control and prevention

According to the description, honey plum resists diseases and pests well. However, sawflies, aphids, scale insects, weevils love to feast on the culture. For the prevention and control of pests, Nitrafin, Chlorophos and Karbofos are used.

Of the diseases, the variety is rarely affected by rust, fungus, and perforated spotting. Bordeaux liquid or a solution of pure copper sulfate is considered the best drug for prevention and treatment.

Pruning plum

An important element of plum care is pruning, which is necessary to form the crown and remove old and damaged branches. This procedure should be performed 3 times a year. For young trees, spring pruning is carried out in late March - early April. In the first year after planting, the central branch should be shortened to 1.5 meters, and side shoots should be removed at a level of 50 cm from the soil surface.

In June, the lateral shoots should be trimmed again, this time to a length of 20 cm. In the fall, you should rid the tree of damaged and dry branches.

When the tree reaches 15 years of age, a complete rejuvenation of the tree should be carried out by removing old and dry branches.

Preparing for winter

Before the onset of winter cold, it is important to protect the tree, despite its natural cold resistance. The trunk and skeletal branches need to be whitewashed, and the stem and bases of the skeletal branches must be wrapped in burlap or paper.

Plum White honey, the description, the photo of which is familiar to many gardeners, is an early ripening variety. Ripening occurs in the last decade of July - early August. One tree per season is capable of producing about 35 kilograms of high-quality, aromatic fruits.

To preserve the freshness and good transportability of the crop, plums should be harvested only in dry weather, since fruits that have gained moisture will not be stored for a long time. It is not recommended to harvest fruits after rain, watering, or in the morning when dew drops remain on their skin.

Way out

Try to find the Yellow (White) plum in its miniature copy - columnar, but keep in mind that the White Honey columnar» does not exist. It's just that all the yellow "columns" are united under the general name "White (Yellow) Plums".

The sweetest variety among the columnar plums, as close as possible to the taste of Medovaya, is the Mirabella variety, which is often called so and is called "Honey".

In any case, both this and this plum will have to be protected from common diseases and pests of plum trees. The plum moth and sawfly do the heaviest damage.

But there are a lot of other very good yellow plums that we wrote about in this article, including those of Chinese breeding.

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