Strawberries - a very tasty and healthy berry, widely used in the culinary and food industries. In natural and frozen form, in compotes, preserves, liquors and other types of products, it can be present on our table all year round and not get bored! This is probably why so many varieties of this wonderful berry were bred by breeders. We’ll talk about one of them now.
Zenga Zengana Strawberry Variety
Strawberry Zenga Zenga as such did not exist in nature. She appeared by crossing two different species - a merge’s self-seedling wild bird with a ziger garden plant. The birthplace of the new variety is Germany, more precisely, Germany. As a plant that has undergone careful selection, the berry is distinguished by many positive indicators: it tolerates frosts of
medium temperature , is resistant to dry, arid summers, and resists fungal diseases quite well. In terms of taste, Strawberry Zenga Zenga is superior to many other varieties. It is distinguished by a pleasant, pronounced sweetness with soft sourness. In berries that have reached full maturity, these taste shades are especially strong and leave the most positive impression. Moreover, the variety has one remarkable feature. When the strawberry Zenga Zenga is in your hands, you clearly feel, in addition to the aroma characteristic of this plant, the smell of pineapple. And when you put the berry in your mouth, then the taste of this fruit.
Here it is, the "visiting card" of the variety! Still, strawberries with the smell and taste of pineapple - you will not find such a thing in nature! Due to this amazing property, this garden culture is very popular with owners of small plots of land, as well as with farmers who grow products for sale. Strawberries Zenga Zenga is well sold out in outlets and is readily accepted by canning and processing enterprises.
The main characteristics of the variety
The variety in question refers to fruit crops ripening in the medium late period - in the second half of June. If the summer is not arid and warm, the crop can be harvested in early July. Each plant is a fairly tall and powerful bush, forming a small mustache, compact, well stretched to the sun. Zenga Zengana herself is a strawberry whose berries are shaped like hearts, i.e. rounded conical. The size can be different - from medium to quite large, weighing about 28-30 g. The color of ripe berries is saturated red, some can even notice a dark cherry hue. The fruits themselves are shiny, hard, the seeds of the pulp do not protrude. The pulp also has a characteristic
red tint, dense, so strawberries of this variety can easily tolerate transport. This culture is also pleasing with high productivity - up to 2.3 kg of berries can be removed from one bush. As for eating, the Zeng Zengan strawberry, the description of which you read above, is also best suited for jam and freezing.
Pests and diseases
Among the main enemies of this variety in the first place are strawberry ticks and gray rot. Therefore, before planting seedlings in the ground, and then during the care of the plant and other field work, the soil should be carefully treated in order to somewhat disinfect it and protect the plantings. You also need to regularly inspect the bushes to strip the web and cut off the diseased leaves.