Good afternoon, my reader. Strawberry typically plant early spring. In order to get an excellent strawberry harvest, it is important to comply with some simple landing rules.
What is worth paying attention to when choosing a place:
- Choose a sunny and not windy side;
- The surface of the beds should be flat either with a slight bias;
- It is better to consider the direction from north to south;
- The best option for the soil for strawberries - black soil with the addition of ash;
- Do not choose the soil with a sandy or clay composition;
- Consider the amount of groundwater: too wet or dry soil hurt strawberries;
- Pay attention to the acidity of the soil. Optimal numbers are 5.5-7.5 pH. Under reduced acidity, add a limestone solution is recommended;
- Consider the previous cultures that were grown on the site. A good harvest will be collected if you put a strawberry where I had previously grew by carrots, pumpkin, garlic and onions, legumes, as well as cereal cultures;
- You should not be able to plant a strawberry where they grew pasty, the soil after them can be infected with fungus;
- In order for the soil resting, it is worth changing the landing site of strawberries every two or three years;
- It is not recommended to plant strawberries in lowlands, as well as next door to forests or a field, where may be May beetles may appear.
Preparation for planting strawberries begins at the end of the summer period. The main actions that need to be implemented:
- Remove all weeds (especially odds and drinking).
- Distop the beds for planting.
- Process with herbicides.
- Add compost to the soil and disseminate agrofiber. Later, strawberries can be planted in finished holes. This method will allow you to forget about the weeding.
- Pre-check the ground on the larvae of pest beetles. In case of detection, the treatment of ammonia water or landing of alkaloid lupine is necessary.
Next, you can prepare the rows of landing.
There are several efficient strawberry landing options:- Bustard: When complying with the distance between them from 65 to 70 cm. After the growing it is necessary to not forget about the tear of the mustache to influence the strawberry harvest. This method is quite difficult in terms of labor cost: you will have to often loose soil and fight weeds.
- Rows: One or two rows. Strawberry is planted in autumn or early spring. The distance between the strawberry bushes is from 15 to 20 cm, between the rows - 60 cm. In the case of landing in the summer, two rows can be obtained in the first year: the gaps between the bushes are 15-20 cm, between the rows - 70 cm, between the lines - 30 cm.
- Carpet landing: After disembarking, the mustache is not removed, allowing the plant to be located along the entire surface of the Earth. This method greatly simplifies care, in particular, the fight against weeds and the need for frequent irrigation.
When choosing seedlings, pay attention to the following points:
- The puff of the root system, about 8 cm;
- A sufficient number of green sheets without darkening and lesions on the surface. The number of leaves from 3 to 5, with a diameter of at least 5 mm;
- Try to choose elite varieties.
Before planting seedlings, it is placed in a cool place and is there for several days. During the landing, more than once again inspect the roots of the plant, straighten them and shorten up to 8-10 cm, dip in the saline solution for 20 minutes or into the clay tank.
To land the strawberries, it is better to choose a cloudy day or evening when there is no sun. Before planting the ground, it is necessary to abundantly moisturize or choose the landing time immediately after the rain. Strawberry puts out in small wells in a strictly vertical position. After landing, it is necessary to seal the land around the bush, it is once again to pour it out and process around a mustache, sawdust or humus.
From the right care will depend on the amount of crop that you can collect from bushes. Immediately after landing, it is important to water strawberries in a timely manner to support soil moisture. It is advisable to do it every day or every other day, but at the same time not to forget that strawberries do not like excessive moisture as well as drought. The optimal option is to conduct watering early in the morning.
At winter, strawberries need to provide snow cover at least 10 cm.
If these simple landing and strawberry rules are met, the high yield of delicious and ripe berries will not make himself wait and will delight for several years.