Every experienced gardener knows that if it does not feed the rich harvest can not wait. Well, more precisely the first year of the harvest will be good, but not much later. This happens because the strawberry draws from the soil all the nutrients, it is impoverished and the harvest will be meager.
On this basis, feeding should begin in early spring as soon as the snow melted.
2 basic feeding, form the basis of a rich harvest of strawberries:
1. first fertilizing. It is still the most important dressing, which should be made in the spring. In early spring the soil make nitrogen fertilizer. It is important that there were a lot of nitrogen fertilizer, since it is very important to restore the strawberries after winter. Options nitric feeding lot. The most popular among experienced gardeners - cow manure, but can not be used fresh.
The solution was prepared as follows to take ten liter bucket 2 kg decomposed manure. Thoroughly mix and leave for 2-3 hours in order to present a solution. Cow dung can replace rotted bird droppings.
It is necessary to remember only one thing, it is the most powerful fertilizer, if not properly prepare the infusion, the bushes of strawberries, you can burn. To prepare a solution for the feeding of poultry manure, you need to fill it with water at a ratio of 1: 1, and leave in a warm place for 7 days.
The finished solution is diluted in 15 liters of water. Fertilizing produce the rate of 0.5 - 1 liters in a bush. If none of the above is not possible to use urea. This complex dressing containing nitrogen. Dilute it and make fertilizer needed in accordance with the instructions.
2. The second top dressing no less important and do not want to miss it. Spend it before flowering. At this time, Strawberry loses a lot of energy on the formation of inflorescences. Therefore it is very important to feed it at this time.
Fertilizer is usually needed to produce complex mineral fertilizers, which in its composition contain large amounts of potassium. These include fertilizers NPK. The solution for feeding prepared as follows: 2 tablespoons nitroammophoska dissolved in 10 liters of water.
Even better would be if we add to the solution another tablespoon of potash. All stir until dissolved. The resulting solution was poured over the strawberries at the root of the rate of 1 liter per hive.
These 2 tips you should try to stick to, and then a big and tasty harvest will be in the garden each year.