Repairing strawberries: growing and care

Growing remontant strawberry varieties has recently begun to gain momentum, as they yield several stages of the year. This increases the yield of bushes.

However, when growing remontant varieties have their positive and negative sides. Plants require regular maintenance and abundant watering. At the same time, it will be possible to harvest many times.

Remontant plants are classified into several categories.

Types of long daylight hours, or DSD. Peduncles are formed on plants, and fruits appear when the sun's rays fall on them for at least 10 hours. The bushes begin to bloom in the first half of summer, and in the second stage flowering begins in August. In early autumn, you can harvest a rich harvest. Berries are large, juicy and fragrant fruits. The main negative characteristics of this type of varieties are the depletion of bushes with frequent fruiting, because of which resistance to frost deteriorates.

Caring for varieties of strawberries DSD is simple: it is necessary to regularly fertilize and control the speed of growth of the antennae.

Types of neutral daylight, or tampering, give a rich harvest, regardless of the level of illumination. On the beds you can see both flowers, and fruits, and ripe berries. This variety produces crops throughout the year, and with careful and frequent care, fruits more than 3 years in a row. The varieties of the remontant culture derived by breeders are among the varieties of neutral daylight.

A classification of berries according to the presence of a whisker was also derived. Mustache plants multiply by separating rosettes, which are subsequently transplanted into the ground. Shrubs without a mustache breed by increasing the number of plants on which there are delenki.

A strawberry with a mustache at the same time differs depending on the location of the strings. Some of them appear on the mother bushes, while others - on the subsidiary. Their care also differs: in some species they get rid of antennae, due to which crop yield is increased, other types of this procedure are not required.

Experts recommend planting remontant plant varieties on the prepared surface. One of the important factors for this is the optimum level of light. In low light conditions, the bushes will not have enough light, which will lead to crop failure.

When purchasing seedlings must be guided following recommendations:

• seedlings should be strong;
• there should be at least three leaves of a saturated shade without dark points and punctures on the branch;
• roots of bushes must be longer than 6 cm;
• the middle kidney should be large and pinkish; Experts say the bigger it is, the richer the harvest will be.

Seedlings can be grown with the help of seeds. To do this, at the end of winter, fill the boxes for seedlings with peat and sand. This substrate is treated with water, after which berries are placed on its surface. Then the surface of the substrate is covered with a layer of sand. The boxes are covered with glass on top and left in a warm room with good illumination.

When shoots appear, they are sprayed with water using a spray bottle and are ventilated for a while. After the formation of one leaflet on the layout, the bushes are dived into new tanks. Next is the hardening of seedlings.

For planting strawberry remontant in open ground, it is initially prepared. A high yield level is achieved in black soil, loamy and sandy soil. In this case, it is necessary to take into account such a parameter as the level of occurrence of groundwater. This value should be higher than 60 cm. Also during planting, the level of soil freezing during the cold season is taken into account.

On the garden where the crop will be planted, there should be no wireworm larvae or Colorado beetles. With the development of shoots on mother plants and the formation of seedlings can be moved to the ground. To avoid the appearance of larvae in the ground before planting, you can plant a lupine plant or spray the earth with a solution of ammonia. It is also necessary to dig and loosen the soil. It is recommended to plant strawberries away from the potatoes.

It is necessary to plant the berry in the previously dug holes, where the roots of the plant are placed. Disembarkation should not be made in sunny weather, otherwise the seedlings will wither. You can plant strawberries with a root system that is no longer than 10 cm, or perhaps even a little cut off the extra length. To adapt the strawberries in the new garden, you can sprinkle its roots with “Root plant”.

The culture grown from seeds or ready seedlings on the garden is recommended to be arranged in a checkerboard pattern. The distance between the two plants should be more than 70 cm. The ground should be slightly moist. Before planting seedlings need to remove the weeds from the garden.

The most common method of planting the film, as well as mulching remontantnyh varieties of culture. Seedlings are located under the black polyethylene to provide the necessary conditions for rapid growth and the appearance of fruits. Moisture will linger for a long time under the film, so you can not worry about the daily watering of the beds. On a strawberry bed is placed a film of a minimum thickness of 0.05 mm, which is covered with earth. When planting seedlings on the film holes are made.

Terms when it is necessary to transplant remontant strawberries depend on the climatic conditions of a particular region. The root system of the bushes is actively growing twice a year - in the spring and summer periods. Therefore, most often seedlings are transplanted either in spring or in the second half of summer.

Remontny varieties best adapt when planting in the spring. In this case, the root system in them is well strengthened. When planting plants in late spring, fruits can be enjoyed in the last months of summer or early autumn.

There are several types of landing schemes of the Iago remontant variety.

When planting in order, the seedlings are seated in one row at a distance of at least 30 cm from each other. The aisle should be at least 70 cm. This method is recommended for those plant species that grow in breadth and let the mustache.

Carpet planting method is recommended for non-species of plants. Between two bushes there should be a distance of at least 25 cm for bushes with medium-sized berries, and for bushes with large fruits, the distance should be more than 40 cm.

In order to get a good harvest regularly, It is necessary to adhere to the following rules when caring for a crop.

• To conduct regular and abundant watering to ensure moisture of the soil during fruiting.
• Loosen the soil when the surface is dry to aerate the soil. To avoid rapid drying of the land near the bushes is mulch or agrofibre.
• Remove the antennae from the bushes, if no fruits are formed on them and reproduction does not occur.
• Mulch the soil with freshly cut grass, hay or sawdust. This allows you to avoid frequent watering beds, loosening. After the precipitation of the berries will not spray.
• It is necessary to fertilize the beds periodically for regular fruiting. The first stage of fertilization begins after the primary collection of berries in June, and the second time it is necessary to feed the seedlings in July during the formation of peduncles.Experts recommend fertilizing, which include mullein or bird droppings.
• When seated remontantnyh varieties of berries is not recommended to remove the leaves after fruiting. It is necessary to remove only dried foliage.
• After the last crop has been harvested and the plants have dried, it is necessary to cut the leaves. In severe climatic conditions, the procedure is carried out in the spring after the snow melts.
• In the cold season, strawberry beds are covered with agrofibre, which is removed immediately after the cold weather recedes.
• It is not recommended to violate the rules of agricultural engineering in order to avoid the invasion of pests and various diseases.
• After harvesting, it is necessary to reduce abundant watering, to carry out treatment as a preventive measure.

Since the roots of remontant varieties of strawberries are located superficially, they are not able to take the necessary moisture from the depths. Therefore, it is recommended to take care of the regularity of watering the beds. It is produced with warm water in the early morning or in the evening. After transplanting seedlings into open ground, watering the beds is recommended daily.

During periods of high temperatures and fruiting, it is also necessary to water the plants every day. At any other time, the bushes need watering every 4 days.

Irrigation beds are watering, hose or spray. For large areas, water should be watered through the hose or by drip. You can irrigate plants herbal infusion. Most often for these purposes are used yarrow and nettle.

Feeding beds with strawberries is carried out to increase the yield. During the growing season, the bushes are fed up to 3 times within 30 days. The frequency of this procedure depends on soil fertility and the level of soil preparedness for planting seedlings. Feeding is made with organic and mineral fertilizers. In the spring, you can make fertilizers with a high nitrogen content. In the summer when flowering plants are fed phosphate and potassium compounds.

Remontnye varieties of berries can multiply:

• seeds;
• rosettes located on the mustache of the mother bushes;
• the division of the bushes that have no antennae.

The most difficult is seed multiplication. With the wrong care of the beds in the next season, you can not wait for the berry harvest.

Reproduction with rosettes and division provides rejuvenation and renewal of the bushes. You can plant new bushes on empty plots and expect a rich harvest in the current season.

With the seedling method of growing remontant varieties of berries, seedlings can be purchased or grown from seeds. The plant prefers a more moist, fertilized and loose soil. It should be noted that the soil must be slightly acidic or neutral. Seeds will germinate only if the moisture level in the soil is more than 70%.

If it was decided to plant strawberries in spring, its seeds should be sown at the end of winter. During this period, the sun will not be enough seedlings for growth and nutrition, so you need to take care of special fitolamps.

Breeding with a mustache implies rooting. For these purposes, only primary antennae will be needed, the rest must be destroyed. With the rooting of the second crop in the current season should not be expected.

At the end of the summer all flower stalks are removed from the plants, otherwise the bushes will die. From the edge of the garden pits are made where the primary antennae are planted. After the appearances of shoots, it is necessary to remove all the shoots, except for 2-3 sockets.Small sockets should not be touched, they must grow on the mother bush to gain strength.

The division of the bush as a method of reproduction of remontant varieties is extremely rare, since plants are already weak due to multi-stage fruiting. But if the seedlings are not enough, you can use this method.

Initially, it is necessary to determine the strongest and overgrown bushes. It can be perennial plants with strong and branched roots. Strawberries at the age of 3-4 years have numerous ramifications, on which rosettes are formed.

With the arrival of spring, the bush is dug up and divided into horns. Then each plant is individually transplanted into an excavated furrow.

Violation of agrotechnical rules leads to the formation of various plant diseases. To treat infected bushes, it is necessary to treat the beds with fungicides. Insects also love to eat sweet fruits. Pests include strawberry mites, aphids, thrips and weevils. It is possible to get rid of vermin pests due to preventive measures and insecticide spraying. With abundant watering slugs may appear on the bushes, from which you can get rid of using mechanical processing.

Repair varieties of strawberries, like other varieties, are subject to the invasion of various pests and diseases: powdery mildew, black, gray and white root rot, wilt, mosaic disease.

Due to timely and regular prevention, you can not worry about the listed problems. Prevention measures include periodically moving the bushes and planting strawberries next to crops that repel insects and pests. You should also get rid of damaged plants, so that healthy bushes are not exposed to the invasion of parasites.

Chloride of copper oxide sprayed bushes in the formation of gray rot. The disease manifests itself during coolness and abundance of precipitation. In the event that the fruits of plants are affected, they should not be eaten.

Manganese solution will help get rid of powdery mildew. The disease manifests itself as follows: the leaves on the bushes twist into tubules and become brown in color.

The most significant problems that may arise when growing these strawberry varieties are mainly related to the violation of the rules of agrotechnical conditions.

If the strawberry does not bloom a second time and does not form fruit, the causes of this problem can be attributed.

• Degeneration, that is, after a couple of years, the strawberry stops blooming. Therefore, every few years the bushes need to be updated.
• Later transplanted into the soil in autumn, as a result of which the saplings cannot adapt until frost. In the next year, the peduncles will be small, and the fruits will be very small.
• Planting too deep into the ground also reduces the yield several times.
• The lack of mineral fertilizers containing nitrogen. As a result, the foliage of the bushes weakens. To prevent this problem, it is necessary to spray plants with ammonia diluted with water.
• The lack of coverage precedes the weakening of the crop and the sharp decrease in yield. It is necessary to grow a berry under a bright light.

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