One of the first berries ripening in the garden and expected with impatience is strawberries. To get a good harvest, you need to determine in advance which strawberry variety is best for planting.
Among garden crops, there are more than two and a half thousand varieties and hybrids of strawberries bred in Russia, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland and the USA. A huge offer can cause difficulties in choosing seedlings, especially since all the proposed hybrid crops are positioned as good varieties of strawberries.
The right choice of planting variety will help knowledge of some of the subtleties of growing berries and a preliminary overview of the most popular varieties.
Breeding varieties are divided into early ripening, mid-ripening and late. Early strawberries are a favorite treat of adults and children; late and remontant are used for harvesting.
How to determine the best varieties of garden strawberries :
- Each species is adapted for cultivation on certain soils. Good varieties of strawberries grow on all soils except marshy and acidic.
- Some plants can be grown vertically, which facilitates the collection of berries and allows the use of strawberries for decorative purposes.
- Good strawberry varieties are resistant to various diseases and high humidity, frost-resistant, which is especially important for residents of Russia.
- Taste when deciding on a variety is decisive, sweet berries are often preferred, and someone will like sourness or astringency.
Strawberries of such varieties proved to be excellent: Elizabeth, Gigantella, Regiment, Kent, Mashenka, Kamarosa, Anapolis, Victoria, Albion, Desna and others.
It is worth stopping your choice on strawberry varieties Elvira, Festivalnaya, Khoney.
Strawberry Honey is bred in America and belongs to the early varieties. Berries of this type are sour-sweet dark red in color, wide, conical in shape and dense, which makes their transportation convenient. The advantages of strawberry Honey include resistance to cold, which is especially important during spring return frosts, and the disadvantage is susceptibility to diseases of the root system.
Another early ripening strawberry variety is Elvira, bred in Holland. The berries are large and dense, round in shape. An excellent variety that successfully grows on moist soils, tolerates cold and abundant fruiting, and is resistant to fungi. Elvira's strawberry pulp is unusually sweet and aromatic.
Strawberry Festival bred in Russia, but is also successful abroad. Berries of bright red color and sweet taste, oblong conical shape. The variety is mid-season, frost-resistant, but sensitive to gray rot. A plentiful harvest and a long fruiting period make it preferable to freeze the berries and use for home harvesting.
Harvest and fruiting duration depend on the quality of care for garden crops. It is better to grow strawberries on slightly shaded slopes, thin out, getting rid of weak plants, and propagate strong ones by rooting rosettes. Whatever good strawberry varieties you plant, you can’t do without careful care and care.