How to make backups for strawberries with your own hands?
Strawberries can give people a lot of happy moments. But to grow this tasty berry is not easy. A very important task in many cases is to support bushes that are not strong enough by themselves.
Main option
Most often used a kind of pyramid, built of boards filled with soil. In appearance, the design being created is invariably attractive, and yet it is done quite simply. Grown inside the berries vertically, the roots are oriented downward, but raised above the surface. Such a support is good in that the lower tiers do not overlap the upper from solar and electric light. The device of beds in the form of steps is perceived as if each of them is an independent horizontal ridge.
Dozens of strawberry roots can easily fit in the pyramidal block. It therefore makes it possible to plant a large number of plants in a relatively small area. The structure looks exotic and original.
The main advantages of pyramidal execution are also:
- minimal risk of decay;
- prevention of ailments;
- no danger of parasites;
- easy care;
- external attraction.
In this case, you can make your own props for strawberries from:
- tires;
- wooden boards;
- galvanized steel panels;
- plastic bottles;
- bags from building materials;
- sets of pipes of various sizes;
- unnecessary packaging.
The main part of gardeners prefer boards or long length logs. Wooden stands are made mainly in the form of triangular or quadrangular structures. Important: you should not chase after the great height of the pyramid, because then you will have to carefully calculate the rigidity of the building and other engineering parameters of it.
If there is enough space on the plot, there should be no particular difficulty in finding a place. Otherwise, you will have to form a bed directly in the yard and think over its design.
Strawberry holder on the balcony
On balconies and loggias, it is advisable to use the most compact solutions. Suit small racks of pots. The smallest in size frames are easy to put even on window sills. But in this case it is necessary to ensure that the vertical flower bed was oriented to the south or south-west. In extreme cases, if this is not possible, care must be taken of artificial lighting.
How to prepare and perform work
It is recommended to make drawings in advance to eliminate errors. Redoing the work "in a living form" is much more tedious than fixing the scheme on paper. Nails to connect the boards take a length of 2-5 cm. Boards should be planed with a plane, and when combined, use a spirit level for control. In polymer or asbestos cement pipes, holes with a diameter of 1 cm are made. In order to fill the flower beds, a combination of sand, chernozem, humus and peat is used.
It is recommended to soak all surfaces with linseed oil.
But from the use of other synthetic means it is better to refrain, because they are harmful to the berries, impair their quality. The highest tier in pyramidal structures is 20x20 or 20x25 cm. At the first level, the recommended dimensions are 220x220 cm.
Hardening of the product occurs due to screws and metal angles. In the lower tier lay compost. Leave there necessarily a gap of 60 mm so that you can feed the plants. Then the earth is compacted and assembled sequentially the floors of the pyramid. There may be at least 3 and not more than 9; it remains to cover the fertile soil and plant bushes.
Arrangement of props on ordinary beds
With all the attractiveness of the multi-tiered structures, a considerable part of gardeners prefer the usual ridges. But with the rapid growth of strawberries lies on the ground. There it rots or becomes easy prey for insects. If you make the simplest stand of plastic bottles, the berries will not touch the ground, their rotting and mold damage are excluded.No need to fear that the support will be located in the wrong place - it is easy to mount, even after the rooting of the bush.
In some varieties, such as Mormolada, rooting outlets is bad. In such cases, the plant can be assisted by wire clips. It is better to take aluminum, which is not prone to corrosion and is characterized by high ductility.
If need be, rearranging the staples is very easy. You do not even need to buy them, it is enough to bend the cut wire 120-140 mm long.
Fork support
There is another option - the use of disposable plastic plugs. It is necessary to break off a pair of medium teeth, plug the cutlery into the ground and hang a bunch on it. This technique allows you to protect the berries from pollution, even when the rain cloud is close, and nothing has been done yet. When the need is no longer necessary, the forks are also taken out of the ground. It is noted that they also protect against insect attacks.
Additional recommendations
Worn out and useless car tires because they allow you to create a significant area of support pedicels. It is necessary to make a cut at an angle of not 90, but 45 degrees, counting the angle from the vertically located pedicle. The larger the footprint, the lower the risk of bending. Before using the tire, it is required to pull out the ring formed from it by the steel part of the cable. The standard wheel from the car allows you to build an average of 21 stand.
For your information: tires with a cotton cord are suitable for this purpose, but a metal cord spoils the whole thing.
It is impractical to use a lining of plastic film. It is very easy to tear and get dirty during normal garden work. If such material is used, then not before the end of spring, so that it lasts at least one season. The best film - black color.
How to make holders for strawberries with your own hands, see the following video.
