Strawberry - Queen of berries! Each gardener is looking forward to her harvest. For successful growing strawberries, it is necessary to choose the right seedlings, grade, plot, keep the planting technology and be ready to combat pests.
Strawberry Planting Rules - Selection of Places and Soil
Strawberry is growing better in black soil, sugal or loamy soil, on southwestern slopes and dark forest soils. On light gray, clay, peat, turf-podzolic or sandy soils, strawberry harvest will be much worse.
Landing Rules Strawberries - Plot Preparation
Wire, strawberry nematodes, Colorado beetle and other pests love such a delicacy as strawberry. Before planting strawberries, check the plot for larvae. In the spring, after drying the snow, all the remnants of vegetation are assembled and burned. If you find a lot of larvae - treat the soil with ammonia water, they die from it. In October, we will disappear to the depth of 30 centimeters. In the spring, the earth will fight and cultivated to a depth of 15 centimeters.
Rules landing strawberries - determine the quality of seedlings
Seedlings of good quality should have a root neck with a diameter of at least six millimeters, and the root system is whiter than seven centimeters. There should be 3-5 leaflets, a whole top of 3-5 centimeters long 3-5 centimeters.
The strawberry seedlings selected in place or the ones received on the side need to be as soon as possible. In case you are forced to postpone the landing, the seedlings can be stored until 3 days in the cellar, the roots should be wrapped in the wet cloth.
Ways to landing strawberries - landing in the ranks
Bushes in this case are planted at a distance of 15 centimeters in 1 row. In the aisle, it is necessary to leave a lane with a width of 40 centimeters, for free access to landings. When landing the soil must be loosened, removing weeds and mustache.
The advantages of the method: a strawberry planted in the ranks grow well and efficiently fruits 5-6 years.
Disadvantages of the method: the time-consuming planting process, the struggle of weeds, breaking the mustache mulching, frequent soil looser.
Ways to landing strawberries - landing with detached bushes
Strawberries settled on one bustle at a distance of 40-60 centimeters. The mustache should be regularly deleted. This is done in order for the bushes intensively and fruitfully fruit.
The advantages of the method: the fruits grow large, the planting material is saved, the likelihood of rotary diseases is minimized.
The disadvantages of the method: the same as the first.
Ways to landing strawberries - carpet landing
This is the cheapest and easy way to planting. In this case, the mustache must do not break down, which allows the berry to grow across the available area.
Thanks to this compacted method for placing the bushes, its special microclimate is formed in the surface layer. This allows you to restrain the growth of weeds and maintain moisture.
The advantages of the method: this is a very convenient way for those who rarely happen in the country. Berries practically do not need watering, loosening and fertilizer due to natural mulching.
Disadvantages of the Fashion: Berries will be fine with time.
Ways to landing strawberries - landing nests
The technology of this method is to fall around one plant for another 6 bushes at a distance of 5-7 centimeters. As a result, the correct hexagon should turn out. The distance between the nests in one row should not be less than 25 centimeters.
The advantages of the method: far more plants are planted than with the above methods, which provides a large harvest.
Disadvantages of the method: a lot of planting material is necessary.
After time, the gardeners begin to understand the growing of strawberries, and they themselves give advice to inexperienced summer houses. To planting strawberries should be treated as responsibly. It will not be superfluous to talk to experienced amateur gardeners and reread special literature. Note, only with strict observance of agrotechnical techniques can be hoped for a good harvest.