Cultivating strawberries on the balcony is a great option for those people who don't have their own. plot, but there is a great desire to enjoy delicious, sweet and aromatic berries grown on one's own. Check out the list of strawberry varieties that do not take into account insufficient the amount of light and a limited area of \ u200b \ u200bfeeding, but at the same time give for a long time generous harvest.
Baron Solemacher
Small-fruited strawberries, powerful and spreading bushes with a small number of whiskers. Plants, due to their original appearance, are used to decorate alpine slides and look beautiful in boxes on balconies.
The plant is unpretentious, quite resistant to diseases.
Fruits reach a weight of up to 3-5 g, ripening occurs in May-July. One bush gives up to 500 g of berries per season.
Alexandria
Culture looks great in a hanging planter. Due to the ripe berries, foliage is practically invisible on the bushes. Fruits are heart-shaped, large in size, with a delicate aroma, well transported.
Berry weight is reached up to 8 g. Ripening occurs in June-October. Up to 1 kg of strawberries are harvested from one bush.
Seasons
The berries are elongated, bright red. The inner pulp is aromatic. Shrubs look spectacular in hanging pots.
Fruit weight varies from 4 to 7 g. The harvest ripens in June-September. Up to 300 g can be harvested from one plant.
Yellow miracle
The berries are hypoallergenic, they are used fresh and for the preparation of desserts.
Berries reach a weight of 2.5 to 3 g, the yield per plant is up to 500 g.
Regina
The culture is unpretentious, suitable for growing on the terrace. Regina is drought-resistant. The bushes are quite decorative. The palatability of the fruit is excellent.
Strawberry mass is about 2.5 g. Up to 300 g of berries can be harvested from one bush. Ripening occurs in June-August.
Sweet Evie
A remontant variety, forms ovaries in low light conditions. The fruits are sweet, with a honey aroma, the color is maroon. Berries are suitable for freezing, fresh consumption, for making excellent jam.
Strawberries grow to a mass of 25 g. Up to 2 kg per plant can be harvested per season. The berry ripens twice: in May and September.
Elsanta
The culture can grow in low light conditions. The crop can be harvested in May-June. The berries have excellent taste.
Fruits are large in size, weighing up to 45 g. One shrub gives up to 1.5 kg of aromatic berries. Ripening occurs in May-June.
Cultivation of strawberries on the loggia
To obtain a generous yield of fragrant strawberries, you need to follow a number of rules:
- Choosing a suitable place. Window sills located on the south side of the house are better suited. Do not forget about the mandatory ventilation of the room.
- Crockery for planting. Preference should be given to a deep container in which the substrate should be placed in a volume of at least three liters. Drainage is poured at the bottom, and drainage holes must also be made. When planting several bushes in one dish, seedlings must be planted at a distance of at least 17 cm from each other.
- Substrate. The soil should be loose and saturated with a slightly acidic reaction. You can purchase ready-made soil or prepare it yourself. Suitable options for this: sawdust or perlite, peat (2: 1); sand (1), turf (3), peat (6).
- Top dressing and watering. Once every two weeks with a complex preparation. Watering is carried out with the settled liquid in the amount of two times in seven days.
- Plant care at the end of the harvest. As the land dries up, watering is carried out, and mustaches and old foliage are also removed. It is necessary to insulate the pots with bushes with foam rubber or other available material.
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