Dream of any gardener, so that the strawberries are plentiful, and that it be fruitful until the frosts. Breeders try to translate dreams into reality, and each year they present new and new varieties with some necessary qualities. The vast majority of these varieties are remontant.
What does remontant strawberry mean?
Repairs are the ability to bear fruit all summer. If strawberries give a mustache, then in the same year on the young mustaches appear berries. Well, just a dream, embodied in life.
Repaired strawberries can be of several types:
- continuously fruiting (for example, bezusaya);
- fruit bearing twice a season.
The wild strawberries are rightfully enjoyed by the gardeners' love:
- do not have to trim the mustache;
- long time can grow in one place;
- Fruiting from June to September:
- more resistant to diseases;
- can be planted anywhere, even between trees;
- multiplies by sowing seeds, and dividing the bush.
Repaired strawberry - planting and care
Crop of remontant strawberry
Sow remontant strawberries need early - in February or early March. It is very convenient to sow strawberry seeds on moistened blotting paper in a container, such as a Petri dish with a lid.
When the strawberry leaves the root and grows, open the jar, and put it in a well-lit place.
Periodically pour a light soil to the roots. When three real leaves appear, the plants are dived.
Planting of strawberry remontant
The grown seedlings are planted immediately, as the threat of frosts passes to a constant growth site, observing a distance of 30 cm between the bushes.
Plant plants in the holes. The roots are straightened and covered with earth. Then the earth is compacted around the bush. Ensure that the heart was at the level of the soil. Watered. Mulched with humus.
Cultivation of repairing strawberry, which gives a mustache, is complicated by the fact that it lays flower buds at a high temperature. Fruits such strawberries twice a summer, so there is a risk not to get a second crop due to frost. Exit the situation as follows: in April, cover the ridge with cover material in two layers. And once again cover the ridge in early August, with a low night temperature.
How to care for strawberries?
Care for patchy strawberries is:
- regular feeding;
- timely detection and destruction of infected bushes;
- mulching soil with straw or other materials that prevent the contamination of berries;
- control of weeds and pests;
- planting thickened bushes every 4 years.
Garden reindeer strawberry is good because when multiplying by seeds, berries can be started to harvest in the same year in the summer.
Repaired strawberry - reproduction
As mentioned above, the patch of strawberries is propagated by seeds, mustaches and bush division (if this is a strawberry without weight).
Top dressing of wild strawberry
- in March, directly on the snow, you can feed strawberries with nitrogen fertilizers;
- In April, mineral and organic fertilizers are introduced as mulch;
- the last time strawberries are fertilized in September.
Diseases of wild strawberry remontant
Strawberries - the plant is rather tender and prone to a number of diseases:
- leaf spot;
- powdery mildew ;
- fungal diseases;
- gray rot ;
- stem nematode;
- late blight.
To combat disease, clean the beds from old leaves and diseased plants. Spray the bushes with Bordeaux liquid and infusion of garlic. Fight pests.
From each disease there are a number of effective drugs. It is worth carefully observing the instructions and not eating berries for several days after treatment. The number of days must be indicated in the annotation to the drug.
Garden reindeer strawberry - the pride of gardeners, a joy for children and adults. Aromatic sweet and healthy berries until the very frosts - what else can you dream about?