The fact that the strawberries is very tasty and vitamin-rich berries, even children know. Following are five basic rules planting strawberries.
1. What is better to choose the land for strawberries and how to prepare it.
Strawberries, like other berry crops, requires careful preparation of the soil before planting. This berry culture prefers loose soil, preferably medium and light loam or sandy loam. Soil acidity should be close to neutral. If the soil is not suitable for its acidity, the berry harvest will be meager.
It is also a prerequisite for good growth and large crop of strawberries is the land fertilized plenty of humus or compost.
2. Neighbors and strawberries predecessors.
The most dangerous neighbors and predecessors of strawberries are the Solanaceae (tomatoes, potatoes). Thus, undesirable plant strawberries at the place where zucchini or cabbage grown and after Compositae plants.
And here is a good place will serve as a bed after garlic, buckwheat, onions, parsley, carrots.
3. Cooking ground.
To increase the yield of strawberries, prepare the ground in advance. A minimum of 7-10 days, the best option will be to prepare the beds, from October to November in order to have the beds were perepret time.
To begin, the soil should be dug to a depth of approximately 30-35 centimeters, and immediately remove the weeds and stones. If the ridges are prepared from the fall, the need to make the soil 7-8 kg of manure or compost, 50-70 grams of superphosphate, 20-25 grams of the potassium salt and 10-15 grams of potassium chloride.
If all the same bed preparing for a week, the amount of manure is reduced to 5 - 6 kilos and 20 grams of potassium sulphide.
All data is based on 1 square meter.
Soil before planting abundantly watered with water at the rate of 10-12 liters per square meter. Water is better to take to settle.
4. for strawberry light.
Strawberry is very light and even a slight shading will reduce its fruition. Therefore, if you want an abundant harvest, strawberries provide light.
5. Strawberries of different varieties on one the beds - it is possible or not?
Planting strawberries of different varieties next is not recommended, as there is a risk of cross-pollination. Also, another reason for the separation of sorts is something that a person can get lost in them.
If you stick to these basic rules when planting and fertilizing, processing of pests and diseases, a strawberry harvest will be plentiful.