Strawberries are one of the most delicious, aromatic and healthy berries.
I recommend reading: June and July protective spraying of tomatoes to increase yields
Collecting a rich harvest of berries from each strawberry bush is the dream of every summer resident. However, this is not as easy as it might seem to a novice summer resident. In order to collect a large number of berries, you need to know and follow the rules of agricultural technology at all stages of garden work. Today we will tell you how to choose the right plant variety, decide on the place of the future strawberry garden and prepare it, and also talk about the procedure for planting seedlings.
Selecting a crop variety
In order for the berry bushes to bear fruit abundantly, experienced summer residents recommend not saving on planting material and purchasing elite varieties of plants. This should be done exclusively in specialized stores, checked nurseries in July or August.
Do not buy seedlings on the market or from hands "cheaper" - it is unlikely that you will be able to get a harvest from such plants.
For planting strawberry seedlings in August, specimens with a developed root system are chosen. The roots should be at least 5-6 cm in length. Pay attention to the number of leaves on the seedling - there should be three or more developed leaf plates. In order for strawberry seedlings to take root in the ground, young plants should be planted in August, without delaying this process.
A specimen suitable for planting can be found in your own garden. If you find one, carefully dig it out of the ground and, placing it in a plastic bag, store it in a basement, cellar or other cool place.
When choosing a strawberry seedling, carefully examine it - there should be no visible changes on the leaves, stem, roots that can be caused by pests or pathogens. When buying ready-made seedlings grown in proper conditions, such problems will not arise.
The procedure for preparing the beds
Strawberries thrive and bear fruit in sunny beds. Suitable for planting berry seedlings and sloping terrain with small slopes. Pay attention to the depth of the groundwater - they should not be close to the surface of the earth.
Pre-treat the beds for planting with insecticides to get rid of pests and spores of bacteria, fungi and other infections. Remove weeds from the area. No later than 2 weeks before planting seedlings, fertilize the soil layer with humus - 1 sq. m you will need about 3 buckets of organic matter.
Be sure to consider which vegetable or berry crops were previously grown on the site.
Planted in the place where potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes were previously grown, strawberries will not take root. But if the predecessors of the queen of berries were beans or peas - a favorable factor affecting the yield of berry crops.
Sequence of planting seedlings
When planting, young specimens should be deepened so that the center point of the plant rises slightly above the soil layer. It is allowed to plant not one, but several seedlings in one planting hole. In order for the seedlings to take root and develop well, the roots of the berry culture should not bend when they enter the hole.
Trim long roots before planting to avoid bending them.
Water the young plants abundantly after gardening. In order for the strawberry seedlings to take root well, create a greenhouse effect for it by covering the garden with special material.
In the future, regularly water the plantings to avoid drying out the soil and the death of berry bushes.
Young bushes need to be fed for yield. The autumn watering of the beds with a solution of urea diluted in water at the rate of 30 g of carbonic acid diamide per 10 liters of liquid will cope well with this task. In late autumn, strawberry beds are covered, thus protecting them from low winter temperatures.
Compliance with the rules for planting strawberries in August affects the formation of flower buds, flowering and fruiting of the plant in the next season.
Do you plant strawberries in August?
Original articleand many other materials, you can find on ourwebsite.
Read about how to get rid of snakes in the following article: How to effectively get rid of snakes at their summer cottage