Interest for gardeners is a landing at the dacha of berries growing in natural conditions. The most delicious is the fragrant strawberry, which is everywhere found in the territory of Eurasia. And this plant is brought to the American continent and north of Africa, where it adapted well.
Strawberries (Photo Used by Standard License © azbukaogorodnika.ru)
Positive characteristics
Summary, already having experience in growing forest strawberries, mark the following advantages of this plant:- Unpretentious. Plants are well adapted in different conditions.
- Soil capacity. Strawberry landings quickly grow in a solid carpet that prevents the development of many types of weed grass.
- Resistance to pulling. Some gardeners use a forest strawberry when creating lawns.
- Attraction of bees. Blooming bushes make a honey fragrance. It lures the bees in the garden necessary for high-quality pollination of many cultures.
It is recommended to explore the places in which the forest strawberry is found in natural conditions, which will help to properly place it on its site.
Choosing a place landing
Plant thickets with fragrant berries are found in the forest on the edges, glades, cutting. Strite strawberries under shrubs and next to the trees.
Despite the high adaptability of plants to various conditions, on sunny places, berries are matured earlier. They are larger than the fruits developing in the shade, differ from them more pronounced aroma.
Landing strawberries (photo used by standard license © azbukaogorodnika.ru)
Although the plant can develop on various soils, pay attention to the nutrition of the soil. If he is depleted, it is advisable to make fertilizers recommended for garden strawberries, before the beginning of the appearance of buds, during the flowering period, as well as after collecting berries.
It is not suitable for landing sublime areas subject to strong wind streams. In winter, there is no sufficient snow cover here, protecting the plant from freezing, and in the summer of plants there are deficit of moisture. Avoid low-rise wetlands.
Landing time and technology
Forest strawberries can be planted at the site at the end of the spring period or in the last decade of July - the first few days of August. Separate bushes digs carefully, keeping the earthen com. If we thickets solid, then cut slices of turf with strawberry bushes, leaving most of them in untouched.
Separate plants are planted with a 40-60 cm interval. Slices of turf are laying out without separation. Thanks to the developing ussam, strawberries quickly fills the reserved area. In the future, it will be easy to propagate a forest beauty independently. Using mustache, forming outlets near the maternal bush.
The care of the forest strawberry in the early years includes a weeding, timely watering, loosening, introduction of fertilizers if necessary.
If there is an opportunity to dig in the nearest forest several bushes of strawberries, then it is worth it. When growing on the plot, this plant will delight very tasty incredibly fragrant berries.