Strawberries - the most favorite culture by gardeners - it is safe to say that the best place is given to her. And this is despite the fact that she is very demanding of care. To date, many varieties of this berry plant have been bred, and the work of breeders continues.
One of the most interesting, but not sufficiently appreciated varieties is a remontant
strawberry, planting and care of which have their own characteristics.
The advantages of this grade:
• With proper care, yields are 2-3 times higher than non-maintenance varieties.
• This variety is closest to wild strawberries and retains all its beneficial properties.
• The fruiting period lasts all summer.
• The variety is more resistant to pests and diseases.
In order for the fruit to bear fruit well, the following conditions must be met:
- strawberries should not grow in one place for more than 2-3 years - in the fourth year, its yield drops sharply;
- you can not plant it next to the garden (due to cross-pollination, the best properties of the variety are lost);
- it is impossible to plant plantations of this wild strawberry on that dream where potatoes were grown;
- To increase productivity, the first peduncles should be cut off.
Remontant strawberries, planting and care of which require the introduction of a sufficient amount of fertilizer, is very popular among gardeners.
If you need abundant fruiting, then choose the Ada variety: strawberry is remontant, reviews are only positive. It will bloom in the year of planting and in August will give the first berries. It is planted on strips with a width of 40 cm, and the distance between the bushes is 10 cm. But this variety gives a lot of mustache and requires additional work to remove them. Only young rosettes need to be rooted near the uterine plant.
Many advantages have not a simple remontant strawberry, planting and care of which is quite laborious, but a plant of the American Brighton variety. Large-fruited strawberries (berries up to 45 g), a high-yielding variety throughout the summer, gives few mustaches.
The Chesnokov variety is not inferior to the previous one in yield. Blooms profusely, giving up to 50 peduncles on the bush. By the second year of cultivation, a crop of 2 kg per square meter of cultivated area.
Strawberry remontant Elizabeth immediately began to be grown in Europe with the help of new technologies, under film shelters. Harvest, already from the first year of planting, reaches 10 kg per square meter of area. Landed in early spring under the film. Fruits in June – September, gives large berries (weighing up to 100–110 g). The film shelters from cold, frost, but during flowering it must be raised to ensure pollination of flowers.
Remontant strawberries, the planting and care of which are quite simple on fertile soils, are growing rapidly. Watering should be not abundant, but constant - drying of the earth should be avoided. To get rid of weeds, you can cover the soil under the buttocks with a black film or synthetic fabric. Such covering material well passes moisture and air, and weeds do not grow under it. In winter, insulation is required: spruce spruce branches, straw, snow, manure (on frozen soil). In the spring, you need to remove the shelter in a timely manner, not to remove the frozen plants - by the summer new leaves and peduncles will grow from the rhizome, plantation productivity will not be affected.