Strawberry "Ducat": description of the variety, cultivation and care

Most gardeners plant strawberries in their summer cottages. After all, this berry has a great taste.From it you can make a variety of delicacies. In this article we will talk about strawberries varieties "Ducat".

To date, experienced growers give a detailed description of this variety of strawberries. It is considered an early variety. Bushes are characterized by rapid, intense growth, saturated leaf formation and absorption.

Flowers on plants are bisexual, they are medium in size and have a large number of stamens. The size of the berries in this variety is large. The weight of one fruit can reach about 50 grams.

Peduncles are distinguished by a special branching. They are located either flush with the leaf plates, or they are slightly lowered. These parts are also distinguished by the greatest length and power.

Strawberry "Ducat" has a bright scarlet beautiful colors. The surface of the berries is a bit glossy. Their flesh is juicy and dense. The aroma of fruit is delicate strawberry.

The shape of the fruit is strawberry round. Often they can grow in a wide-conical or rounded-heart-shaped variety. Fruits grow with a small but pronounced neck.

Shrubs varieties "Ducat" grow straight and large. Their mustache is very thick and has a bright green color. Leaf blades are large with slightly glossy skin and wide teeth.

The productive life cycle of this strawberry variety is 3-4 years. The ability to form a mustache in young seedlings is high. The yield level reaches 1-2 kilograms from one strawberry bush.

Variety "Ducat" can be diluted for commercial purposes. It appeared as a result of the development of scientists from Poland. It belongs to the non-reparative mind.

The variety "Ducat" has a number of important advantages:

• It differs in taste from similar varieties in its richness. Strawberry of this variety has a sweet pleasant taste. Often, it is made from jam, jams and other dessert dishes.
• Great flavor. The fruits of this variety of strawberries have a pleasant aroma of garden or even wild strawberries.
• Large size fruit. This greatly simplifies the assembly of such berries and their preparation.
• High level of frost resistance. Strawberries “Ducat” can easily transfer even sharp temperature drops (up to 10 degrees), while the bushes will not wilt, and the harvest will remain high. Many gardeners recommend building a special shelter for berries in the winter, and filling the soil with a layer of fallen leaves.
• Easy care. The variety "Ducat" does not belong to the fastidious variety, so it does not require special care.
• High yield. Even in adverse weather, the crop remains large (up to two kilograms from a bush).
• Early ripening observed in this species of fruit culture.
• Good drought tolerance. Even with a sharp increase in temperature, strawberries "Dukat" will be able to actively bear fruit and produce a high yield.
• Easily transfers transportation. Fruits easy to collect, store and carry. Because of the dense texture of the berries will not spoil.

Despite such a large list of benefits, strawberries "Ducat" has some disadvantages:

• It is prone to diseases such as black rot, nematode, white spot, powdery mildew.
• The soil with these strawberry bushes should be periodically mulched and loosened. You need to regularly clean the beds.

Strawberry bushes varieties "Ducat" can be both in spring and autumn. In the first case, be sure to prepare the soil before planting. In the second case, the soil is prepared in two or three weeks.

Before planting, you should choose a suitable place for this sort of strawberry. It is best to grow plants in places with a continental climate, but it is allowed to grow them in regions with more severe climatic conditions. The landing site of the variety “Dukat” should be well lit by sunlight.

It is better not to plant strawberries "Dukat" on soils with sand or clay, as well as too dry soils. In the soil with the content of limestone and salt marsh, the planting of this variety of strawberries is not recommended.

If you decide to plant strawberries of the “Dukat” variety in too wet soil, then you should add special substances to it. So, often there add river sand. This component will help prevent the formation and development of root rot due to excessive amounts of water.

Before planting, remove all weeds and excess grass from the soil. Dig the soil to a depth of 25-30 centimeters.

Planted strawberry bushes in rows. At the same time, remember that there should be a small distance between seedlings (60-70 centimeters). Pits for seedlings in depth should be at least 15 centimeters.

Carefully place the strawberry seedlings in the prepared holes. After that, straighten the root systems of plants. Then sprinkle it with a little earth.

This should be done carefully and with care so that air formations do not appear. Do not forget that too deep pits for planting seedlings will not allow them to develop and bear fruit normally.

After planting the bushes, the soil is immediately thoroughly moistened, the ground is recommended to be mulched. For this purpose, you can use straw or simple sawdust. The thickness of this layer should be at least five centimeters.

To grow high-grade strawberry bushes of this variety, you need to regularly carry out some necessary procedures:

• timely watering;
• introduction of dressings;
• pest control measures.

Plants require regular hydration. In the spring, this procedure can be carried out several times a week. In the summer, it is better to exercise more often (in two days).

If the air temperature is very high during the summer period, sprinkling is recommended. To carry out such a procedure, use a hose. Remember that water must be a little warm. On one seedling accounts for about one liter of water.

Strawberries "Dukat" should be fertilized during the whole vegetative period. In the spring it is better to carry out the introduction of ammonium nitrate into the soil. Fruiting plants strengthen the various compositions of mineral fertilizers.

Excellent effect on strawberry bushes using complex fertilizing. Such fertilizers contain various microparticles needed by the plant. Such components not only allow young seedlings to develop normally, but also protect them from many diseases and harmful insects.

Often gardeners in the role of feeding apply the masses with humus (about 10 kilograms of land is taken about 25 kilograms of humus). Do not forget to regularly apply to the soil fertilizers containing such important elements as potassium and phosphorus. This is done at the end of August after harvesting the entire crop.

Nitrogen compounds should be added to the soil. They are best applied only in the spring before the first loosening. They provide stimulation of growth and development of strawberries. Do not forget that with an excess of mineral compounds the growth and development of strawberry bushes can slow down significantly or stop completely.

If you notice damage on your fruits, you should immediately begin to treat them, otherwise the seedlings may quickly die. Often, plants of this variety are subject to black rot. In this disease, the berries become too watery, then they rot and completely darken.

To date, complete treatment for such a disease does not exist. So that it does not spread to healthy plants, you should immediately remove the already damaged seedlings.

Often, strawberries and powdery mildew. In this case, a white color appears on the leaflets of the seedlings. It will eventually increase in size.

To cure strawberries from this disease, you should use a solution with soda ash. In order to cook it, you need to dilute the soda with water in a bucket. On a bucket of water put 50 grams of soda.

Disease "Nematode" significantly affects strawberry bushes. This leads to the fact that the leaves on the bushes change their color (darken). Then they are strongly deformed, and spots of bright red color appear on their surface.

With this disease, the bushes should be subjected to special heat treatment. They are poured with pre-heated clear water. Her temperature should reach at least 45 degrees. Watering seedlings is better from a watering can.

Fruit plants of the variety “Dukat” practically do not undergo verticillary wilt. Gray fruit rot also rarely damages such plants.

Strawberry "Ducat" is in considerable demand among gardeners. Many of them noted that this variety is able to quickly form a large number of whiskers. This allows you to soon create a whole strawberry plantation on the land.

Some people have noticed a good frost resistance of bushes. They do not freeze even with a sharp decrease in temperature. To protect them in the winter, it is enough just to cover the soil with fallen leaves.

Most spoke about the easy transportability of fruits, and their excellent taste. After all, Dukat berries are valued for their sweet and pleasant taste, juicy flesh, bright color.

The beautiful appearance of strawberries “Dukat” was not left without attention. The berries are smooth without folds. At the end of the fruiting period, they may decrease in size.

According to some gardeners, strawberry bushes "Ducat" compact and dense. The harvest of this variety is almost always steadily large. Most often it is used for preparation of preparations for the winter.

On how to plant strawberries, see the following video.