Strawberries - this is a very juicy, tasty and healthy berry, containing a huge amount of trace elements and vitamins. Many gardeners are engaged in the cultivation of this berry culture, it is not difficult to take care of it, but the abundance of the crop depends on the care shown. Therefore, it is so important to know when to trim a mustache from a strawberry, how to protect it from frost, what fertilizers and in what quantities to add. Only with the observance of the agricultural technology of growing plants, you can admire a large number of large and juicy berries annually.
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varieties of strawberries have a mustache. They are one of the options for plant propagation. There is fierce debate among gardeners about when to trim a mustache from a strawberry and whether it should be done. Rosettes are formed on the emerging processes, they must be left only if it is necessary to obtain seedlings, and even then the first two bushes are considered the most powerful and suitable. If everything is left to chance, then the antennae with sockets will grow into the ground in inappropriate places and in addition weaken the mother bush. In this case, you can forget about the harvest, as an option, the berries may appear, but very small.
For this reason, if a gardener wants for many years to collect large fruits in large quantities, the annual removal of mustaches from strawberries should become a habit. Leave the shoots only for seedlings, and then the first two or three sockets. Those that go closer to the mother bush are considered the strongest, they fully correspond to the variety, adopting all its qualities. Mustaches usually appear after the first flowering, as well as after fruiting. They can be cut off gradually (as they form) or all at once.
Many gardeners are interested in the question of when to trim a mustache from a strawberry. You can do this in the spring (before the plant begins to bloom) or in late autumn, when the last crop is harvested (if this is a variety that bears fruit all summer). In no case should you tear off the mustache with your hands, because they are thick enough, removing them, you can tear out the entire bush, damaging its root system. The processes are best trimmed with strong scissors or a light secateurs. Strawberry mustache pruning should be done early in the morning or in the evening, the weather should be quiet, calm and dry. The processes cannot be removed when it is very damp or hot.
When the time comes to trim the strawberry mustache, you need to do it carefully and accurately, the processes do not need to be completely removed, they should rise about 10 cm above the ground. This is a very laborious, but necessary task. If the bushes are not put in order in a timely manner, then after a couple of years the harvest will noticeably decline, the fruits will become smaller. In this case, you will have to dig out the whole strawberry and replace it with a new variety.
In preparation for wintering, it is recommended not only to remove the mustache, but also damaged, wilting leaves. It is allowed to leave completely bare stems, but pruning under the root is not necessary. Also, disinfection from diseases and pests should be carried out, shrubs to be broken up and sprinkled with pine needles.