If you set out to increase the harvest of strawberries, you have to work hard. Strawberry, strawberry It is considered the most common vegetable crops, which pleases its juicy fruits in late spring. Those, however, not everyone manages to summer residents grow a bountiful harvest. Why it happens and whether it is possible to influence the situation? The first thing to pay attention to the quality of planting material, the choice of planting sites and the rules of care.
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1. mulching beds
Mulching - a procedure that helps to ensure a generous harvest. You can use it to clean the soil from weeds and to maintain optimum soil moisture. In addition, the berries will remain clean and dry before the crop is harvested. Mulching has a huge benefit if it is not possible every day, monitor the condition of the beds. To start laying a layer of mulch is allowed after loosening and recharge. Mulch film can serve, nonwoven textiles, needles, peat, mixed with humus or compost. You can use cardboard or mown lawn grass.
2. Proper watering
If the strawberry ensure regular and proper watering, it is sure to have a positive impact on productivity. Many gardeners allow one mistake -prekraschayut watering after planting the crop harvested. The thing is that the flower buds of the plant is laying in the middle of July, why neglecting irrigation leads to an insignificant number of them in the next season. This means that the harvest will turn out poor. To avoid this, you need to water the strawberries throughout the summer season (at least once every 7 days).
In the initial stages of this procedure should also be given due attention, because culture does not react to the soil drying out. The best solution for these berries will drip irrigation system. Its principle is that the moisture reaches the roots, not getting on the leaves and fruit, as well as weeds growing nearby. Before flowering for irrigation can be used sprinkler (splinker).
If you overdo the watering, it will negatively affect the state of the culture. In the absence of severe drought watering is carried out every 7 days. During flowering and ripening of berries it speeds up (every 5 days). The best time for watering strawberries early morning or evening. On one bush need to 0.5-0.7 liters of water.
3. timely dressing
K fertilization should be a special approach. For a season berry should be fed at least three times. It is best to start fertilizing after watering or rain. The first feeding is made in the spring, after clearing bushes from the dried leaves and loosening the earth. At this point it is recommended landing urea feed solution for 1 hour. l.) or humus 2 cups diluted in 10 liters of water. Under a bush have to make 1 liter of the composition.
The second top dressing is carried out at the beginning of flowering. At this time, as a top dressing suitable nitrophosphate solution based on (1 tbsp. l. 1 bucket of water). The rate of application is the same as in the first case.
Complex mineral fertilizer to be paid after the end of flowering. This makeup guarantee that the berries are obtained larger. For this landing must energize solution of superphosphate (2 tbsp. l.) and 0.5 cup ash. This amount is to be dissolved in 1 bucket of water. It consumes the same amount as the previous fertilizer.
4. Protect strawberry from pests and diseases
Bushes strawberry can be affected by different diseases. They generally develop under conditions of low temperature and high humidity. To protect the plant from diseases, it is important to regularly check it and not ignore preventive measures. After the first loosening the soil spray and bushes recommended 1% solution of copper sulfate.
Before flowering is important to process the drugs, which resist pests. If malicious insects have already managed to settle in the bush, you need to spray their "Malathion" (active against mites, whiteflies, weevils). After treatment, the plants need to be film coated for at least 2 hr.
To repel slugs and snails will approach a folk remedy in the form of lime or ash. It's enough powder of the ground around the landing. Avoid the risk of disease can be achieved by compliance with the rules of care and spraying fungicides. Of chemicals suitable "Maxim" and "Planriz". At the time of fruit ripening by unnatural means it is advisable to give up. The alternative should be biologics. With the best side proved "fitosporin", "Alirin-B", "Bactofit" pr. Equally effective treatment folk remedies spraying infusion onion, garlic, mustard, dusting wood ashes.
Save succeed Culture health if renew planting at least once in 3 years. It is important to choose a new well-lighted place for her.
5. Remove extra leaves from the strawberries and mustache
Nutrients that plant extracts from the soil, are not only the formation of the fruit, but also for reproduction. Removal of whiskers stimulates profuse fruiting.
In the spring, strawberry mustache does not produce a lot, so they should be removed as they become available. You can also wait for their active growth and then to take up the crop. If they are not needed, even after the end of the fruiting shoots should be regularly removed. For seedlings is important to give an opportunity to build strong mustache outlet.
When there is a period of formation of ovaries need to remove an excessive amount of leaves. Ruthless elimination of those subject to that obscure berries. You can not worry and remove them one-third or more. Thus the berries will not be short of sun and delight immodest dimensions. During the preparation of the bushes for the winter, you need to remember about the leaves and strawberry mustache. All they need to be cut. On one bush is permissible to leave one copy. The following year, they released a new outlet, and soon will bear fruit. Before the arrival of frost days, the plant will have time to grow strong young leaves, successfully transports the winter, and when spring comes it will be possible to observe friendly shoots.
To get a generous crop adhere to simple rules enough. Nothing daunting in this case is not, however, have their own landing cherish the summer to collect more than one bucket of large juicy berries.
Article author: Maxim Anischenko 14/07/2018
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