Rules and features of strawberry transplantation in the fall

Over time, many gardeners notice that the strawberry harvest has decreased dramatically. Therefore, everyone is concerned about the question of why this is happening, and whether strawberry bushes should be transplanted in this situation. In this article we will consider in detail the main reasons, rules and methods for transplanting berry crops in the autumn period.

The peculiarity of the strawberry bush is that it grows actively every year. If in the first year there is only one horn, then next season there will already be 2-3 horn. It is in such numbers that the bush has a good yield, where there is a large number of large fruits. In the third year, the bush grows to the presence of 6-9 horns, while the yield is significantly reduced.

There are varieties of berries that bear fruit and more than three years, but this will happen if you properly care for the bushes and regularly feed the plants with special additives. Some gardeners do not transplant strawberries even for 4-5 years of life, using small berries in the preparation of jam.

Experienced gardeners recommend transplanting strawberries in autumn:

• strawberry harvest will be next year;
• If the transplant is done correctly and in time, then the strawberry root system will actively develop, thereby providing the plant with sufficient nutrients.

There are several ways of breeding strawberry bushes, consider the most popular ones.

At the time of gathering strawberry harvest, you should choose a bush, which will later be used for dividing. After harvesting the selected shrub need to pile up, using compost or humus.

After this procedure, the root system will begin to actively develop, and by the autumn the planting material will be ready for transplantation.

• A grown adult plant is dug along with the earth. You need to act very carefully so as not to damage the root system.
• After you need to remove all the old leaves and shoots, as well as get rid of a clod of earth.
• The prepared bush is placed in a large container of water.
• When the plant is slightly soaked, you can begin to divide the horns from each other.
• If you have left the horns, which themselves are not divided from the main stem, they should be cut with a knife.
• Each separated horn needs to remove dry leaflets, peduncles, and the old root system. There should be two young stalks on one delinka and only light roots.
• In order for seedlings to settle down better in a new place, the root system should be treated with disinfectant, which can be purchased at a specialty store. There is an old proven method using clay dung masters. For its preparation will require clay, manure and water in the ratio of 3 to 1, and the liquid must be taken so much that the consistency of thickened sour cream is obtained.
• At this stage, the seedlings are ready for planting in open ground.

This is another breeding method, which is also used by gardeners.

• The first thing the bush removes all flower stalks, leaving only new sockets, which should be buried in the ground and lightly watered with liquid.
• Watering the outlet should be 1 time per day, but if the weather is hot, then the number of irrigation measures should be increased, the soil should always be slightly damp.
• After 1-1.5 months, 5-7 true leaves will appear on the new plant. Now you can cut off the socket from the main stem with a secateur. The plant is ready to transplant to a new place.

Before transplanting strawberry bushes, it is necessary to determine the place for transplantation.

The selected site must have certain indicators:

• sunshine;
• protection from winds;
• the soil surface should be perfectly flat or with a slight slope;
• groundwater should be at least 1 meter.

It is strictly forbidden to plant strawberries in lowlands or marshland, constant moisture and insufficient amount of sunlight will lead to the death of seedlings.

To get a good strawberry harvest, you need to prepare the soil before planting seedlings:

• the plot should be cleared from weeds and other existing crops;
• They dig up the soil in such a way that the digging depth is equal to the length of the spade bayonet;
• per 1 square meter of soil, you must enter a certain amount of additives: manure (2-3 kg), superphosphate (30-50 g), humus (6-8 kg), peat (20 kg), potash fertilizers (10-15 g), ammonium nitrate (10-20 g);
• after fertilization, sprinkle the soil with ashes and level with a rake;
• the bed must be digged again and watered with plenty of water.

In central Russia, it is necessary to replant berry bushes from August 1 to September 15, but in the southern regions of the country you can perform transplantation in the last days of September. This period is most favorable for the normal acclimatization of the plant. Due to the fact that it is constantly raining in the fall, you will not need to spend time and energy on watering activities. The temperature and humidity of the air will be ideal for the normal development of the plant.

Autumn planting of strawberry is divided into 3 types:

• early - from August 15 to September 15;
• medium - the last days of September and the beginning of October;
• late - 30 days before the first frost.

To choose the optimal time for transplanting strawberry bushes, it is necessary to take into account the main cycles of cultural development. Most varieties of strawberries tend to be antennae at the beginning of the summer period, full rooting of the plant occurs in the middle of the summer season, and buds are formed at the beginning of autumn. Such nuances will help to further determine the time of planting strawberries.

To properly transplant strawberry seedlings, should be taken into account the method of reproduction of the bush.

Consider a more detailed transplant of strawberry seedlings, which was propagated by a mustache.

• In the previously prepared soil, the wells are dug to the size of the plant root system.
• The wells should be watered with a sufficient amount of liquid.
• The excavated seedlings should be placed in the hole so that the point of growth of the bush is at ground level. If you deepen the seedlings too much, it will start to rot. But you shouldn’t bare it either, freezing will destroy the root system of the seedlings, which will further lead to the death of the plant.
• The soil is mulched using straw or sawdust.

Sequential actions of transplanting divided strawberry bushes:

• choosing a new site, and preparing the beds for planting;
• digging holes to the size of the seedlings;
• abundant watering holes;
• In the prepared hole, you need to install a bush and sprinkle a little with the ground, while the growth point of the plant should be at the level of the ground surface, and the roots stretched in an upright position;
• abundant watering of planted shrubs;
• mulching.

When the strawberry transplantation is completed, it is necessary to take measures to care for these plants, to continue to get a rich strawberry harvest.

• After the first watering you need to loosen the soil around the seedlings.
• Within 7 days it is worth watching the transplanted strawberry bushes. If there is dried seedlings, then it should be removed, and a new one should be planted in the same place.
• 30 days after the first loosening of the soil, the procedure must be repeated.
• If the weather is dry, then watering activities are carried out once a week with warm, settled liquid.
• It happens that the seedlings begin to bloom, in this situation, flower stalks need to be removed.
• Before the first frosts occur, the bed should be insulated. As a heater, you can use the branches of conifers.
• In the spring, as soon as the soil warms up, mulch can be removed.

Using the advice of professionals, You can maximize the correct transplant strawberries.

• If you live in the northern regions of Russia (Ural, Siberia), then it is better to leave the transplant of strawberry bushes in the spring. In such areas, frosts come too early, so the planted seedlings in the fall will not have time to settle down.
• When using seedlings purchased in a specialty store, the root system should be disinfected before planting. For this purpose, it is necessary to dip the bush in hot water for 15-20 minutes (+50 degrees), and then immediately lower it into cold water and hold it for about 10 minutes.
• Old bushes should not be transplanted to a new place, such a plant will not be able to normally take root to the new conditions.
• After planting the seedlings should be watered with warm water (at least +15 degrees).
• Strawberry bushes during transplantation should be located at a distance of 25 centimeters, while the distance between the beds should not be less than 80 centimeters.
• You should not use superphosphate as fertilizer if you have an acidic soil. In this case, it will not bring any positive effect.
• There is the easiest option of transplanting strawberry bushes to a new site, where you do not need to multiply the plants. Such events are held in the last days of August or in early September (2 weeks after the final harvest) or in spring (when the bush has not yet formed flower stalks).
• Allowed to replant flowering strawberry seedlings, but in this case it should be transplanted along with a clod of earth. If you expose the root system, it will not take root to the new place, and in the future the plant will start to hurt and die.

A great way to transplant strawberries is given in the following video.