Plum Angelina (Angelino) is a popular variety that is in demand by many gardeners and gardeners who prefer to grow fruit trees. The article discusses the general characteristics of plants and fruits, offers step-by-step recommendations for planting a seedling and caring for it. Helpful pest and disease control tips are also provided.
Plum Angelina (Angelino)
Angelina plum fruits have a blue coating
“Angelina” grade yield indicators are consistently high
How was the selection of the variety?
California breeders managed to develop a late variety of Angelina, obtained by crossing two types of plums - wild and Chinese plums. The plant in its appearance resembles cherry plum, but its fruits indicate that it is a plum. The advantages of this variety include the possibility of universal use and transportation over long distances.
Description and characteristics of Angelina
A tree can reach a height of three meters. The crown has a pyramidal shape, the base is wide. Formed from powerful, slightly sprawling branches. The tree is characterized by medium density of foliage. The leaves have an elliptical shape with a slight sharpening at the apex. The flowers are white, gather in ordinary umbrellas. Flowering occurs in early May, begins a year after planting a tree.
Fruits are barrel-shaped or round, large. Some may weigh about 120 g. The average weight of the fruit is 60-90 years. The pulp is juicy, sweet and sour, amber. The peel is dark purple, has a blue coating with a light silver tint. The stone is small, easy to detach.
Plum Angelina - a variety characterized by increased resistance to most fungal diseases and pests, also adapts well to adverse environmental conditions.
Productivity and year-round fruiting
This variety attracts gardeners with high productivity and regular fruiting, which makes Angelina a promising variety. Plum enjoys widespread implementation in various fields of activity. One tree manages to get about 50-80 kg of fruit.
Fruiting occurs annually at the end of September. After planting a seedling in the soil, the crop begins to form already for 4 years.
Frost and drought resistance
Compared to other plum varieties, Angelina has good resistance to frost and drought. But to ensure quality fruiting for next year, the gardener needs to prepare the tree for winter and choose the right place for planting.
Do pollinators need pollinators?
Plum of the Angelina variety has only female flowers, therefore, for the formation of an ovary on a tree, plants with male or bisexual flowers should be nearby. In addition, their flowering period should coincide with the flowering of this variety.
As pollinators for Angelina, a columnar cherry plum, plum varieties Black, Amber, Friar are suitable.
Advantages and disadvantages
This variety has both advantages and disadvantages, but emit more positive points. Of the advantages of gardeners note such features:
- the use of fruits for various purposes;
- good taste and appearance;
- good yield indicator;
- long shelf life;
- resistance to high and low temperatures.
The minuses include the average resistance to diseases, the difficulty in choosing a pollinator and the slow growth of a plant in the Central Black Earth region.
The gardener reviewed the Angelina plum in the video below:
Features of planting a seedling
An important process for each fruit tree, which will subsequently affect its growth and development, is planting. To obtain the maximum amount of harvest with good taste and appearance, the gardener must follow certain recommendations for planting a plum of this variety.
Landing requirements
It is permissible to plant a plant in both spring and autumn. Be sure to choose a sunny place, protected from the winds. When landing, take into account the power of the crown. Soils are desirable loose, fertile.
What crops are best planted with?
Any tall trees will negatively affect the active growth of Angelina plum, protect the plant from the penetration of sunlight. This can cause a slowdown in plant development, affect the amount of yield in a negative direction. Planting next to the plum of apple trees, pears, raspberry bushes and black currant will negatively affect the culture. For Angelina, maple will be the best neighbor.
Preparation of soil and planting material
When buying a seedling, be sure to pay attention to the root system: it must be carefully packed in a film and fertilized with peat, which contributes to reliable protection from mechanical damage and moisture loss.
A few weeks before planting, prepare a planting pit 60 cm deep and 70 cm wide. Planting mixture is enriched: add a few buckets of organic matter (humus or compost). From mineral fertilizers, take about 400 g of superphosphate. For resistance of the seedling, tie it to a peg stuck in the center of the pit. Pour the seedling with four buckets of water.
Step-by-step instructions for landing
When planting a seedling, the gardener will not have difficulties, but following the recommendations will ensure better plant growth. Follow this pattern:
- Dig a hole and inspect it so that the dimensions correspond to the root system of the plant, it should fit freely in the recess.
- Mix fertile soil with organic matter and mineral elements, lay the composition on the bottom of the pit.
- In the center of the recess, form a hill and install a peg in it, which serves to support the plant, and protects from gusts of wind.
- Compact the earth and water abundantly.
- After the moisture is absorbed, mulch the seedling with sawdust. More information on proper soil mulching can be found here.
- The last stage is the strong binding of the seedling to the support.
We also recommend that you read a detailed article on how to plant and grow plums.
Grade Care
Caring for Angelina's plum does not require much time and physical effort. For good growth and development, mandatory activities are watering, feeding, pruning trees and preparing for the winter period.
Watering
The tree needs stable watering. The soil must be saturated with moisture by 35-40 cm. At the beginning of summer, more stable watering is required - about 5-6 buckets of water per plant. But you can not fill the tree, since an excess of moisture can cause the development of fungal diseases.
Fertilizer
Until the plant is 5 years old, feed it according to this scheme:
- In the spring. Contribute 40 g of ammonium nitrate per 1 square. m
- In the fall. Fertilize the plant with 40 g of potassium salt and 80 g of superphosphate per 1 square. m
Fertilize in a year. For adult plants, follow the same pattern, but double the number of top dressings. Once every three years, apply organic fertilizer: one bucket of humus.
Tree pruning
Young trees require constant pruning in the summer - this helps to accelerate fruiting. Already adult plants will need shaping pruning, which is considered an easy type of such procedure.
During pruning, the gardener will be able to thin out the crown to avoid thickening, and prune the main ones to stimulate the growth of growing branches. During fruiting, be sure to remove diseased, deformed and broken branches. Perform sanitary pruning every fall.
Rejuvenating pruning is carried out only at a time when it is clear that growth has slowed and the plant produces a small amount of yield. During the procedure, remove the branches that have grown in 3-4 years. Further pruning is done after 4-5 years.
Winter preparations
Preparation for winter begins with the fact that the soil is well-compacted around the tree. If necessary, you can water the plant and make fertilizing. They also paint the tree trunk with lime in order to avoid damage from severe frosts, spring frosts and severe temperature extremes. Mulch the plant with humus. After the snow falls, form a snowdrift from it around the tree.
Tie young plants with burlap or agrofibre - this will be a reliable protection not only from frost, but also from rodents.
Diseases, pests, treatment and prevention
Plum of the Angelina variety is characterized by high resistance to weather changes and undemanding care, but has an average resistance to various diseases and pests, which can negatively affect yield indicators.
To avoid this, check out prevention and treatment:
Disease / Pest | Symptoms | Treatment / Prevention |
Fruit rot | Dark spots form on the fruits, gradually spreading to all fruits. | For prevention, do not allow mechanical damage to the fruit, spray it with iodine solution every three days. To combat the disease, collect all the affected fruits and burn them. |
Rust | Between the leaf veins brown spots with a rusty tinge form. By autumn, the spots become darker. | Fungicides that are applied to problem areas will help fight the disease. For prophylaxis, treat the seeds with fungicides before planting or make cuttings exclusively from healthy plants. Feed trees with micronutrients. |
Chlorotic ring spotting | Yellow rings and stripes appear on the leaves, the fruits are covered with dark spots. | As a preventative measure, remove weeds and use healthy planting materials. To combat the disease, it is necessary to carry out disinfection only in special laboratory conditions. |
Plum sawfly | In early summer, the upper side of the leaves is covered with small brown spots, and a powdery pink coating appears on the lower part. | To eliminate the pest will help the burning of damaged parts of the plant. For prevention, regularly loosen the soil, abundantly water the tree during the flowering period. |
Plum moth | Caterpillars feed on the pulp of fruits, destroying and polluting them with their excrement. This leads to premature ripening of fruits and their decline. | Prevention consists in timely cleaning of the territory from the fallen drain and loosening of the soil. Control measures are as follows: clean the tree from extinct bark and remove the affected fruits. Use a chemical sprayer. |
Reed aphids | When aphids settle in dense colonies on the lower surface of leaves, the pest causes significant damage to the plant. The edges of the leaves are bent down and discolored along the veins. Young fruits inhabited by aphids are deformed, do not ripen completely. | To get rid of the pest, spray the crown with pyrethroids, insecticides, including nicotine or mineral oils. |
You can see a complete overview of plum diseases and learn about the methods of their treatment from our other article, which is located here. Timely elimination of the problem will positively affect the quality and quantity of the crop.
Collection and storage
Harvesting takes place at the end of September. This variety is characterized by high keeping quality. Plums can be stored for about three weeks at room temperature. When stored in the refrigerator, the terms are extended to four months. At the same time, the taste and external qualities of the fruits do not change.
Suppose the collection of unripe fruits. In this case, they will ripen in the refrigerator, and their taste will be better.
Scope of Angelina
The fruits are widely used due to their taste and unique property of long-term storage. Fruits are consumed fresh, frozen, in order to enjoy their taste in the winter, which remains the same, and plums do not lose their beneficial properties. The product is also used for winter preparations: jam, compotes, jams are cooked from them. Dried fruits are made from plums.
Gardeners reviews
Most gardeners respond positively to the plum of the Angelina variety, citing the unpretentiousness and undemanding care.
Nadezhda, 36 years old, beginning gardener. A few years ago I bought my own house, I thought for a long time what to initially plant in a plot next to it. I heard from friends about the plum Angelina, and I had no doubt. I bought a seedling, after a few years, large fruits began to form on the tree, pleasing not only with their appearance, but also with a sweet-sour taste. I prepare jam and jam from plums.
Ivan, 62 years old, an experienced gardener. I have been cultivating plums of the Angelina variety for many years. I have a lot of trees on the site. I sell seedlings. Initially, I was attracted by the high yield, I like the plant during the flowering period. For me, plum is a source of income, undemanding and resistant to weather changes.
Valery, 41 years old, a summer resident. He planted several plums of this variety at his summer cottage, two maples grow nearby. I like that it is easy for Angelina to grow, and she needs minimal care: to water, to plow up the soil, and to top dress several times a year. My family and I like the taste of fruits - they are sweet and sour and not cloying.
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Plum Angelina is a plant that is chosen by many gardeners who are convinced of the low requirements for cultivation and care. Compliance with the recommendations for planting a seedling will ensure good growth and development of the plant, increase productivity indicators.
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