Features feeding strawberries during fruiting
To get a good harvest of strawberries, you need to properly care for her. To do this, you need to know all the features of feeding strawberries during fruiting.This period is considered the most important for the full development of berries. Only the correct approach to the implementation of this stage of cultivation is able to provide a high yield in the form of tasty and fragrant berries.
Why do I need to fertilize?
Properly performed the process of feeding during fruiting is the key to high yield. It is very important that the bushes in the period of ripening berries were as strong and saturated with useful substances. Healthy bushes of these plants are characterized by rich green color and fragrant red berries.
It should be noted that feeding strawberries during fruiting is allowed only with the use of components of natural origin.
At this stage of maturation, you can feed the bushes with organic matter. After such a fertilizer, strawberries bear fruit well, and the first berries appear already in early May. These care measures allow you to harvest a bountiful harvest until August.
How to feed?
Experts say that organic fertilizers of natural origin are best for feeding strawberries during fruiting. This kind of feeding is chicken manure, humus, wood ash, onion peel and yeast solution. Each of these components has a positive effect on the development of berries, contributing to high yields. It must be remembered that during the period of fruiting the use of mineral fertilizers is not allowed, as they may harm strawberries.
Any chemicals that are included in the composition of fertilizers of mineral origin, even in the smallest doses, can adversely affect the plants in this period of their development. That is why Experienced experts recommend refraining from such feeding at this stage.in order to provide full-fledged conditions for growing high-quality berries without the presence of nitrates in them.
Ways
Organic fertilizers, as well as mineral fertilizers, require adherence to a certain dosage. Only a correctly administered dose can positively affect the berries, improving their taste and appearance. A professional approach to this process during fruiting can have a positive effect on the development of fruits, as well as their even ripening.
It is worth noting the following most popular methods of strawberry feeding:
- wood ash - dilute 1 l of ash in 10 liters of water, after which it is possible to water strawberry bushes with this solution; after such feeding a high yield in the form of tasty and fragrant berries is provided;
- chicken litter - it is necessary to dissolve 2 liters of chicken manure in 10 liters of water and pour the bushes under the root with this composition;
- yeast solution - for 1 l of warm water, you must take 20 grams of yeast and infuse such a mixture until foam appears; immediately before feeding, it is necessary to dilute the resulting solution with water 1 to 5.
Each of these methods of fertilizer is characterized by an excellent effect, due to which it is actively used for feeding strawberries during fruiting. In addition, all these methods are absolutely safe, because they do not contain any harmful elements.
Root
To ensure the root system of strawberries full care, you need to timely carry out its feeding.
Fertilizers that are produced at the root of these plants are recommended to be produced using such organic substances as chicken manure, humus, yeast, ash, or compost. They are able to ensure the full growth and development of strawberries, enriching the berries with useful nutrients.
All of these options for feeding create favorable conditions for strawberries during the fruiting period. After making such fertilizers, berries are filled with useful nutrients and are characterized by excellent taste. In addition, they acquire a chic appearance, which makes the fruit most presentable.
Foliar
This type of top dressing is recommended to be carried out in a warm sunny weather that useful components had an opportunity to be fully absorbed into leaves of plants. It is best to fertilize using the foliar method in the evening, so as not to harm the leaves. It is best to spray bushes with whey or a solution of 10 liters of water and 10 drops of iodine. These two methods are the most popular, since they contribute to the full ripening of berries, as well as the formation of their taste.
Spraying strawberry bushes with this composition helps to protect it from the adverse effects of the environment and prevents the occurrence of various kinds of plant diseases. It is important to remember that the correctly chosen dressing is one of the main points for creating a high crop of strawberries.
In more detail about how to care for strawberries, you will learn from the following video.