Plum Renklode Soviet, Kolkhozny, Green, Tambov, Early

The Renclode plum is of particular interest to gardeners due to its unpretentiousness, attractive appearance of trees, harmonious taste of fruits, as well as resistance to adverse weather factors and climatic conditions. If you want to grow a culture on your site, you need to study in detail all the information about it and the intricacies of growing.

Origin of the Renclode group of varieties

Renclaude is a subspecies of home plum. In the wild, the plant can be found in Italy,

Plum Renclode

Spain, Germany. The French were the first to grow the culture. It got its name in honor of Claudine, daughter of King Ludwig XII. Renclaude was bred on the basis of the Verdicchio plum.

Breeding history

How Renclaude differs from other varieties

All Renklods have distinctive features by which trees can be easily identified:

• The height of the tree in many varieties reaches up to 6 m. The crown is rounded.
• The branches are painted in a gradient shade, starting with a reddish-brown color, and ending with gray. With age, the color becomes less colorful.
• Veins are visible on the leaves. Their shape is ovoid, tapering towards the ends on both sides.
• Ranglet plum fruit can vary in color from green-yellow to red-violet. Their surface is covered with a waxy coating, which can be easily washed off. The fruits have a sweet juicy pulp.

The most popular varieties and their characteristics

The Renclode group includes many varieties of plums. In order for a gardener to choose the most suitable variety for his site, he needs to know its features, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.

Plum Renklod Kharitonova

The tree is vigorous, it is distinguished by a pyramidal raised crown of medium foliage. The plants are decorated with dark green leaves of medium size, broadly ovate with a pointed top and an oval base. Round-oval fruits weighing 40 g attract attention. The main color is dark purple, almost black, with a thick waxy bloom. The pulp is light green, firm.

Pros:

• stable and high yields;
• good taste;
• versatility in the use of the crop;
• excellent transportability.

Minuses:

• winter hardiness of wood is below average;
• vigor of the tree.

Plum variety Renklod Kharitonova

Plum Renclode Tenkovsky

The tree is undersized, 2.5-3 m high, forms a spherical crown of medium density. Its fruits are small, weighing 18-20 g, rounded, purple-red. The skin is bitter, thin, and separates well. The pulp is yellow, sweet and sour taste.

Positive aspects of the variety:

• early maturity;
• suitability for use in fresh, processed form.

Altana and Soviet

The Altana variety is a fast-growing tree that can reach a height of 6.5 m.The crown first grows upward, forming an elliptical shape, then it grows and becomes spherical. The culture is valued for its pink fruits weighing 40-50 g, which can be eaten fresh and made into delicious compotes. The pulp is golden, juicy, tender. The shape of the fruit is flattened on the sides. The skin is colored light green with a lilac shade, has a bluish-blue bloom.

Pros:

• self-fertility, can serve as a pollinator for plums Ulena, Victoria, Peaches, Gigantic;
• frost resistance, drought resistance.

Plum Renclode Altana

Plum Renklode Sovetsky grows up to 3 m. Crohn of sloppy appearance, sparse. The culture is popular for its large fruits weighing 40 g, round in shape. On the dark purple skin with an inky tint, there is a pronounced waxy bloom of a bluish-blue color. The amber pulp is characterized by juiciness. Plums are not inherent cloying, but a refreshing sourness is well felt.

The Soviet variety demonstrates the ability to withstand temperatures as low as -30 degrees. Plum is distinguished by its early maturity and stable fruiting.

Grade Renclode Soviet

Among the disadvantages can be noted the susceptibility to the effects of polystygmosis.

Kuibyshevsky and Presidential

A tree of the Kuibyshevsky variety, up to 6 m in height, has a spreading, non-thickened crown. Fruits weighing up to 25 g. Small spots are visible under the skin of a lime shade. A whitish bloom forms on the surface. The pulp is light, medium density, juicy. The taste is slightly sour.

The variety is valued for its winter hardiness and productivity. Trees do not need pollination. In case of drought, it can give abundant gum flow. But the plant is not afraid of the moth.

Plum Renklode Kuibyshevsky

The tree of the Presidential variety is capable of growing up to 4 m. The culture is valued for large fruits weighing 60 g, therefore it began to be called that. Plums are elliptical and flattened. The purple skin is shaded with a brownish tone. The pulp is characterized by density, juiciness, yellow-orange color. Light acidity on the palate is perfectly balanced with sweetness.

The advantages of the variety include:

• early maturity;
• regular fruiting;
• cold resistance.

Presidential grade

Among the shortcomings, it should be noted susceptibility to moniliosis, attacks of aphids, moths.

White

The plant is vigorous, capable of growing up to 5 m. Crohn of medium density, spherical shape. The fruits differ in size, their weight reaches 40-45 g. They have a sweet, sour taste with a honey aftertaste. The skin is yellow-orange in color with a pink blush that appears as spots. The surface of the fruit is smooth.

The variety boasts winter hardiness, high productivity, drought resistance, and transportability.

Renclaude White

The only negative is that the plant is affected by the moth.

Green

Renklode Green is presented in the form of a tree with a spreading oval shape, flattened at the bottom. It grows up to 6-7 m in height. A typical representative of the group, which served as the basis for the development of other varieties. Fruits are small, weighing up to 20-30 g, rounded, colored green-yellow with a thick bloom. The yellow pulp is characterized by juiciness and sweetness. Green plum is suitable for preserving compotes, preserves, and also for fresh consumption.

Grade Renclode Green

Among the main advantages of the variety are excellent taste, undemanding soil, frost resistance.

Tambov

The hybrid is obtained from Skorospelka red and Renklode Zeleny. A tree 4 m in height forms a spreading crown in the form of an oval, growing in breadth. Fruits are medium in size, weighing up to 20 g. Skin color has a dark purple tint with many subcutaneous points and a bluish bloom. The pulp is juicy and has an orange color.The taste of Renklode Tambov is sweet and sour, so it is recommended to prepare compotes from this variety of plums for the winter, make tincture, liqueur, and create your own wine list.

Pros:

• early maturity;
• the ability to withstand temperatures as low as -30 degrees.

Minuses:

• weak resistance to clasterosporium disease;
• the need for trees for pollinators, the best among which are the Kolkhozniy rents, Skorospelka krasnaya.

Variety Tambovskiy

Beauvais and Early

Bove plum, medium vigor. The crown is sloppy, the branches grow quickly and are arranged chaotically. The fruits are tasty, aromatic with nutmeg notes. The plums have a strong and thin rind of yellow-green color with crimson-pink blotches of blush. The shape is spherical, flattened on the sides.

The variety is self-fertile, so there is no need to look for pollinator trees. The fruits are not affected by the moth. In rainy weather, unripe plums crack and start to rot.

Beauvais prefers a warm climate, good lighting

Plum tree variety Early medium-sized with a rounded crown, can reach a height of 6 m. The crown is dense, regular spherical shape. Large fruits reach a weight of 40 g. The color of the peel is pale yellow. The taste harmoniously combines acidity and sweetness, with hints of honey and aroma characteristic of Granclet plums.

The main advantages of the variety:

• unpretentiousness;
• early maturity;
• drought resistance;
• abundant fruiting.

Renclaude Early

Michurinsky

Medium-sized tree with straight shoots of medium thickness, covered with brown-brown bark. The dark foliage is broad-oval, smooth, matte. Fruits weighing 26 g, round in shape. The skin is violet-red in color with many brown subcutaneous spots. The pulp is orange, characterized by juiciness and sweet and sour taste. Plums for table and technical purposes.

The advantages of the Michurinsky variety:

• stable yield;
• excellent winter hardiness;
• early maturity;
• good taste and technological qualities of the fruit.

Variety Michurinsky

Renclaude Blue

A tree of medium vigor. He has beautiful, even fruits with juicy pulp and dessert taste, weighing up to 35 g. The color of the skin is dark red, lilac, or yellow, there are blotches of burgundy. The variety is self-fertile, can serve as a pollinator for Renklod Kursakov, Victoria.

Pros:

• high annual yield;
• good disease resistance;
• transportability;
• fresh storage for about 1 month.

Renclaude Blue

The main disadvantage is average frost resistance.

Planting rules for seedlings

To get a rich harvest with excellent taste, you need to familiarize yourself with the rules for planting Renclode plums. Planting work should be done in the spring before the flower buds begin to swell. For plums, it is better to choose an open area well-lit by the sun, since the plant is light-loving and grows strongly. The soil should be loose, well fertilized with organic matter and minerals.

Having correctly determined the coordinates, you can safely start landing:

1. Dig a hole 60 by 80 cm in size. The roots of the seedling should be freely located in the recess, without bends, root creases.
2. At the bottom of the hole, put a soil mixture containing organic matter, mineral elements, fertile soil.
3. In the hole in the center, form a hill and drive in a peg for reliable support of the seedling.
4. When the tree is immersed in the hole, the root collar should be 5 cm above the soil level.
5. Compact the soil and pour it over with warm, settled water.
6. When the moisture is absorbed, mulch with compost, sawdust, straw.
7. At the end of the planting process, tie the seedling to the peg.

Planting seedlings

Rules for caring for Renclode plum

Caring for the Renclode plum consists of a set of measures aimed at ensuring the survival of trees after planting and creating comfortable conditions for their growth and development.

Fruit tree care

Top dressing and watering plums

Watering the tree is necessary depending on weather factors, soil type. Plum requires moisture during the growth of the ovaries and during the dry season.

You should also provide the plant with nutrition from the moment it enters fruiting, by feeding:

• In the spring, before budding, fertilize with nitrogen. Add urea in the amount of 1 tbsp into the zone of the trunk circle. l. for 1 sq. m. When the soil thaws, pour the mullein infusion.
• At the budding stage and before flowering, a complex of fertilizers is needed, consisting of potassium and phosphorus. Wood ash is recommended.
• When flowering, carry out foliar dressing using a boric acid solution.
• After fruiting, to improve growth and strengthen the roots, add superphosphate, a potassium salt that does not contain chlorine.

Plum loves moisture

Crown formation and sanitary pruning

The procedure is recommended to be performed before the appearance of the first leaves and at the beginning of June. It is important to remove all dry, diseased and improperly growing branches. The tree should not be thickened.

Correct tree pruning

Wintering a tree

Although the plum is characterized by frost resistance, at the initial stages of development, in the presence of severe winters, it needs shelter. Young seedlings can be covered with needles, spruce branches. Whitewash mature trees, cover the roots with sawdust.

Preparing the tree for winter

Snow poured into the area of ​​the trunk circle will protect the tree from frost in winter and saturate the plant with moisture in early spring.

Soil care

After each moistening, the trunk circle should be loosened and mulched. This will maintain the necessary moisture level in the soil under the tree, and also prevent the spread of weeds.

Disease and pest control

Plum varieties Renclode show resistance to diseases and pests. But if the plant lacks nutrients, moisture, suffers from frost, then it can be affected by moniliosis, gum flow and attack by aphids, plum sawfly, moth. Therefore, so that the tree does not get sick and does not become the center of the accumulation of pests, it is important to take protective measures that will minimize the risk of such phenomena.

Fight against diseases, pests

The Renclode plum is appreciated by gardeners for its regular yield, unpretentiousness, resistance to low temperatures, beautiful appearance and excellent taste characteristics. Its tantalizing aroma and exquisite taste will not leave anyone indifferent.