Early ripening varieties "Honey White" are distinguished by high yields, large large fruits that have a pleasant sweet taste and aroma. The variety is popular with many gardeners far outside the country. Let us analyze the main requirements of this tree for planting and care.
History of plum "Honey White"
The authorship of the variety belongs to the scientist of the Donetsk branch of the Institute of Horticulture UAAS, honored agronomist of Ukraine Lilia Taranenkowhich, from 66 years of her seniority, devoted 62 years to work at the Artyomovsk Experimental Nursery Station. The breeder was a bright personality in his field and left behind a significant mark.
From the seedling of the early home plum (Prunus domestica) she managed to bring a new variety that was characterized by good fruiting, and the commodity and taste qualities of the fruit were not much lower than the southern ones. Moreover, such trees are well adapted to droughts and cold. 
Soon the variety was improved by preparing it for the specific climatic conditions of individual regions. After that, he became desirable not only in the Ukrainian gardens, but throughout the post-Soviet territory.
Did you know? 100 grams of plums only 49 kilocalories, but in large quantities contain vitamins of group B, C, PP, A, E, iron, calcium, fluorine, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, magnesium, silicon, zinc, molybdenum, sodium , iodine, phosphorus.
Description of the characteristics of the variety
Plum "Honey White" is distinguished by a solid tree height, which under favorable conditions of cultivation can reach 7 meters. Accordingly, the crown in the measure of growth takes a lot of space in the garden. In order not to create a shadow for neighboring fruit and berry crops, the plant should be planted at a distance of 5 meters from them.
Despite the volume and height, foliage on the branches is not thick. Crohn's rounded openwork form, and the trunk gives a bit of skeletal sprouts. Trees are very resistant to diseases, low temperatures, easily tolerate droughts, winter cold and spring frosts, are characterized by generous fruiting. The external description of the plum variety "Honey White" is no longer different from the other counterparts.
Important! Plum pits contain amygdalin, which in the human body during a series of biochemical reactions turns into cyanide and in large quantities is life threatening.
The main advantage of this breed are fruits that ripen in the last July weeks. They are characterized by large size, oval shape, persistent aroma and excellent taste, which really resembles honey. 
Peel on the fruit - thin, white or slightly yellowish. Therefore, in everyday life there is a parallel name for the variety - "Honey Yellow".
The fruits are barely covered with a waxy coating. At the highest stage of maturation, they are poured with an orange-scarlet blush. On average, the weight of one plum ranges from 50 g. The flesh is thick yellow, very juicy, melts in the mouth, leaving behind a pleasant honey aftertaste.
The bones are small, easy to exfoliate. According to official tasting characteristics, White Honey Plum is estimated at 4.5 points.
In addition, among other varieties, it stands out for its versatility: it can be consumed raw, used to make jams, jams, marmalade, compotes, marshmallow and other all kinds of canned sweets.
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Honey White Plum Duster
In the reviews of this variety, gardeners talk about its self-efficacy. This means that if you plant one or more trees of the same species in a row, then you should not expect a generous harvest, which we mentioned above. 
It is possible only in cases where worthy pollinators will prove to be close to the White Honey plum. Experts advise to use as positive neighbors plums of Ukrainian selection: "Hungarian Donetsk", "Renklod Karbysheva", "Hungarian Donetsk Early".
Did you know? Artisans of the Middle Ages used resin from plum stems as an ingredient in the creation of clerical ink.
Rules for the purchase of plum seedlings
The development of the "White Honey" plum, regardless of the agrotechnology of cultivation, in the early years is 70% dependent on the quality of the seedling. Therefore, its purchase should be taken seriously.
Experts advise not to buy planting material on the Internet or on the market from questionable sellers, but in special nurseries. Main requirements To seedlings are a healthy root system and a clean, even trunk.
Important! Fruits of plums are stored much longer if they are put in the refrigerator, wrapped in a plastic bag with holes.
Take a closer look. The roots should be powerful, well-branched, without frost-bitten, dead ends, incomprehensible stains, rot, mechanical damage, galls, and any other formations and influxes. Be sure to check them for dryness by scratching one of the processes. In place of a wound in a healthy specimen, fresh wood will appear, and not a dried brown stain.
It is better to focus on low trunks, up to a meter and a half. Those who are taller create a false impression of their potential. In fact, they are poorly accustomed and for a long time "sit" in place.
After making sure that the roots are healthy, examine the root collar and stem. On a healthy planting material, an even trunk, with 4-5 skeletal branches and monotonous bark without abrasions and scratches. 
In specialized stores and nurseries, saplings are sold with foliage removed and rhizome-treated clay. If you have a long carriage, ask a sapling have prepared properly.
To this end, its branches are slightly tied to the trunk, and the roots are wrapped with a damp cloth and cellophane. It is possible to use as an alternative a package with wet soil, in which the tree is placed.
Important! People suffering from urolithiasis, plums are completely contraindicated for use.
Site selection and soil preparation
In the garden, the "White Honey" plum with proper cultivation will not cause you much trouble.
In order for its cultivation to be successful, select the site for planting correctly. This should be a flat area with good diffuse lighting and sandy or clay substrates. Although the tree is hardy, it will still grow better in a place protected from drafts and northerly winds.
You should not experience it with excessive moisture, so when planning the planting, ensure that groundwater is at a distance of 2 meters from the soil surface.
It is very important to find out acidity and soil composition, because in the process of rooting the seedling is recommended to make lime powder or wood ash. On loam the norm will be a pound half a kilogram of fluff per square meter of garden, and 200 g is enough for sandy land. At first, the site is lime, and then dug deep. 
The process of planting young plum seedlings
Many lovers of gardening and gardening affairs mistakenly think that planting all the trees is the same and simple: he dug a hole, put a sapling there, watered and dug. But in fact, not everything is so simple. There are many nuances in the fruit and berry group, which are simply necessary to know.
Did you know? All over the globe most plums grow Iran.
We will understand step by stephow to grow white honey plum:
- Planting of these trees can be carried out both in autumn and in spring, but it is best to do it in March. A preparation of the land is to do in October. If you have planned autumn rooting of seedlings, then scatter the lime and dig up the area to be 2 weeks before.
- For the tree to quickly take root and fully develop, it must be planted in a nutrient-rich soil. To do this, when digging a groove, the top layer of the earth is removed on a separate pile (no more than 30 cm). That we need it for burying the plum.
- The volume of the pit is largely dependent on the roots of the planting material. It should be a few centimeters wider. On average, experts advise to go deeper by 50-60 cm with an identical width.
- In the middle of the hole, drive in a peg with a pinned end.
- On chernozem plots lay the bottom of the deepening of expanded clay or brick chips.
- Mix nutrient soil (from the first pile) with two buckets of mullein, 100 g of superphosphate, 0.5 kg of wood ash and 85 g of potassium chloride.
- Pour a thin layer of prepared substrate onto the drain.
- Then examine carefully the roots of your seedlings, check them again for freshness. In the event of the appearance of rot or dead tips, cut the damaged areas to live wood. If the root system has not been treated with a clay mash, be sure to do it now.
- Only after all these manipulations, the tree can be lowered into the pit, but in such a way that the peg is on the south side and protects the thin trunk from its spring burns.
- Carefully straighten the roots.
- Water the seedlings until the earth stops absorbing moisture.
- Sprinkle the roots with the remaining fertilized soil, leaving a root neck elevated by 3-5 cm.
- Tamp the soil well and shake the trunk so that the voids formed between the root system are filled up. From above you can sprinkle the tree with ordinary soil from the second pile.
- Zamulchuyte perennial circle peat, as long as possible to retain moisture in the ground.
- Tie the branches to the peg.
Important! When filling up mulch pristvolnye holes of fruit trees, always retreat 10-15 centimeters from the trunk. This is done so that in the process of decomposition of the material the tree does not become infected with pathogens.
Rules of seasonal care for plum "Honey"
Yellow plum, both during planting and maintenance, requires certain knowledge. After all, competent agricultural engineering is not only regular watering, feeding, but also complex measures for the improvement of branches, the formation of crown, prevention of diseases and pests, and preparation for wintering. But about all this in order.
Gardeners will be useful to read about the nuances of growing another variety of yellow plum - "Morning".
Prevention and protection against pests and diseases
Despite the fact that breeders have cultivated a variety of disease resistance genes, but under conditions improper cultivation pathogens and pests can attack it.
Noticing brown spots on the foliage, which actively progress in growth and completely destroy the plant, be prepared to fight rust.
It is important, at the slightest manifestations of the disease, to remove all the affected parts of the tree and burn them, and to treat the healthy branches with a preventive purpose to treat with chlorine dioxide before the beginning of budding. In the absence of the drug, you can replace it with Bordeaux mixture, after disinfecting the crown after harvesting the fruit with a 1% solution. If brown spots were formed on the fruit, leaving gray-dirty fungal rings to the best of their growth, the tree should be saved from fruit rot. This is done by the immediate elimination of all affected specimens and spraying Bordeaux fluid.
In those cases when resin started to grind on the trunk for no apparent reason, sprinkling with 1% copper sulfate solution will be needed. Gototreatment will also stop pruning of heavily damaged shoots and spring treatment of wounds on the bark of garden pitch.
Did you know? Plum trees live up to 25 years, and only 15 bear fruit.
Among insects, plum moths cause the greatest harm to plums. You can notice their presence by dark points on fruits that become lethargic and fall prematurely. Experts advise to eliminate the attack with the help of chlorophos. The working solution is prepared with the calculation of 30 g of the drug in 10 liters of water.
Preventive care for yellow plum is the timely collection of fallen leaves and digging up the ground in the garden. Also do not interfere with anthills close. But this option is dangerous, because the aphid who came after will not give up on plum juice.
Its appearance is accompanied by twisting of foliage and young shoots, their lifelessness. You can get rid of parasites by tincture of wood ash in the proportion of 400 g per 4 liters of boiling water. To enhance the effect, you can add 3 tablespoons of tar soap and vinegar. As a preventive measure sprinkling is carried out before flowering with repetition after 2 weeks. Agrochemists advise at the beginning of budding to use the preparation "Iskra", and after the ovary is formed - "Kinmiks".
Did you know? Regular use of plums helps to improve the protective functions of the body and cell regeneration.
Another misfortune for the tree is the plank. On leaflets and sprouts, it is visible in the form of cartoid shields. As a result of the parasite's vital activity, the branches dry out, and the bark disappears on the trunk. To cope with the pest will help 3% solution of "Nitrofen", which is desirable to work before the disclosure of the kidneys. Matters whitewashing trunks in the fall.
How to conduct watering
Given the fact that the primordial plums are blackthorn and cherry plum, it is obvious: the tree is more prone to land. Therefore, overdoing with soil moisture is not necessary.
Gardeners admit to watering these plants from strength 4-6 times a year. For the first time this is done in spring, when the petals fall. The second time, when the greenfinches begin to form, then, watering is repeated, depending on weather conditions, at intervals of 20 days.
It is also important to carry out final irrigation after the removal of the fruit. One mature tree only needs two buckets of water, but it must first be defended and allowed to warm to at least room temperature. 
Professionals recommend final watering in October to harden the tree before the onset of cold weather. For similar purposes, up to 8 buckets of water should be poured under each barrel.
Important! The last watering of the plum should end up loosening and mulching the tree trunk with peat or manure.
How to conduct dressing
This event should begin at second year after landing tree. To provide him with a comfortable growing season, we need 15 kg of organic substances and about 50 g of phosphorus-potassium. You can do only by making chicken manure or compost.
Saplings who are already 3-4 years old, need 20 kg of organic matter, 80 g of saltpeter, 100 g of superphosphate, 50 g of potassium salt. Older specimens will need 30 kg of manure, 100 g of saltpeter, 150 g of superphosphate and 90 g of potassium salt.
The first feeding is appropriate in early May, the next should occur in 30 days. In general, agronomists believe that nitrogen-containing fertilizers should be applied twice: at the beginning of the growing season and during the formation of the ovary. And potassium phosphorus additives do not interfere with the tree in the autumn season. Mineral complexes are buried in the ground at the level of 18-20 cm when plowing the site. In addition, for plums, lime matters, which needs to be updated in the substrate every five-year period. As an alternative, you can use old plaster or dolomite: the substance is scattered half a kilogram per square meter of the stem of the well.
Some gardeners share the experience of unscheduled spraying of the crown with a weak solution of zinc sulfate, which has a very beneficial effect on young trees.
Did you know? According to experts, the modern plum appeared in the process of a long evolution, which began more than two thousand years ago with the crossing of other representatives of the Pink genus.
Cropping and crown formation
Plum "Honey White" needs not only in the annual sanitary pruning of old and diseased branches, but also in the regular formation of the crown.
You need to start this process on biennial trees, removing thickened sprouts. Also on the sapling should not be too protracted growth, competing branches (they need to cut off on 1 ring).
Shoots that rush up require careful bending. To do this, many gardeners simply bind any weighty items to a branch, until it consolidates at a certain degree. It is believed that the further the sprout from the trunk, the better the harvest will be. On older specimens, it is important to carry out rejuvenation cleanings. That is, cut all growths to the level of five-year wood. In addition, these plums often release root growth, which pulls all the nutrients to themselves. To the main trunk did not weaken, it must be removed before 5 times over the summer period. Just do not forget to sprinkle with soil the roots.
The variety is characterized by abundant fruiting, which at first may be beyond the power of the young tree. Therefore, immediately after its entry into the flowering phase, it is desirable to thin out inflorescences and greenfinchs.
Important! Thinning is done strictly with shears, so as not to damage the young bark during breaking.
Preparing for the winter
It would seem that it may be necessary for wintering cold-resistant varieties? Such delusions lead to freezing, especially young plums.
In addition to hardening irrigation in October and mulching pristvolnyh circles 15-cm ball of manure, you need to take care of the above-ground part of the tree. The trunk and skeletal branches are pre-cleaned from lichens and dead pieces of bark, and then whitened. 
The stem along with the base of the main shoots wrapped with sacking. Old trees also cover for protection against rodents.
Many gardeners prefer to grow columnar plums in their gardens. Despite the compact small crown, the tree is able to give a good harvest of fruits.
Harvesting
Eat ripe fruits "Honey White" can be in the second half of July. It is recommended to remove them from a tree in dry weather. If it is damp or dew outside, it is better to wait until moisture is gone, since the storage of a wet plum will be short. On average, under favorable growing conditions, up to 50 kg of fruit is harvested from one tree.
Make sure that they are ripe, because in unripe plums there is no sugar content and honey aroma. First, cut off the bottom of the plant, gradually rising up. It is necessary to act carefully, as the fruits easily choke, lose their juice, and then they cannot lie for a long time. Be sure to pick them together with the stem.
Another advantage is the high transportability of the White Honey plum. Harvest the crop neatly laid out in a paper-laid box. At a temperature of about + 2 ° C, fruits will be stored approximately two months. 
For the minimal attention of the plum, "Honey White" will generously thank the hosts with wonderful tasty fruits. So do not regret the time to care for her.
