Strawberry at the dacha – quite whimsical culture. It requires a lot of care and attention. Most often wrong leaving is the reason of unimportant harvest.
Processing of strawberry on sites begins with early spring. Right after snow thaws, it is possible to turn to work.
What actions for care for strawberry can be
Time of holding the looking after actions can be defined depending on climate of the region. In the south of them begin in the early spring, at once, as the soil on ridge will dry up. In Moscow area, midland start works on the third or fourth week April. In the Northwest, in Siberia, in the Urals the bushes begin to clean at the beginning of May.
The main events for leaving are held such:
- Removal of the winter shelter.
- Cutting of plants.
- Loosening of the earth and weeding of culture.
- Adjustment of the mode of waterings.
- Mulching, application of fertilizers.
- Carrying out processing from diseases, insects.
After bushes are open after winter, they should be evaluated at once on availability of damages, diseases which can be determined by spots on leaves. The leaves all damaged, dried are removed. The parts of plants affected with disease should be removed and burned.
To carry out cutting as it is possible more accurately. It is necessary to use for this purpose sharp scissors or secateurs. The heart of plant and young plates have to be preserved, otherwise it will be difficult to plants to be restored.
Loosening and weeding are carried out for aeration improvement. It is worth taking into account that roots of plants are located at depth no more than 5 cm. It is not necessary to cover with earth young leaves.
Mulching and fertilizing
For decrease in evaporation of moisture from surface of ridges and prevention of emergence of weeds after cleaning of plants carry out mulching. For it fertile soil can be used, opit or straw. The berries lying on mulch layer more attractively externally, decay less.
Garden wild strawberry feed up, using complex structures. That the effect of fertilizing was better, use extra root and root fertilizers. In the early spring nitric fertilizing is more effective – they help to gather green material. Use ammonium nitrate, urea and so on. It is necessary to bring them only on the damp soil.
When growth of escapes begins, for laying of kidneys it is necessary to introduce potassium-phosphorus fertilizers. They are added before blossoming of plants.
If owners of the site prefer organic fertilizers, it is possible to use chicken dung or ashes for fertilizing preparation. Three quarters of bucket to fill in dung in quantity with water, to insist on extent of three days, to add to water for waterings. On ten-liter bucket – solution half of liter. From ashes it is possible to prepare solution too or to pollinate it, having carefully sifted, on bushes. Cindery powder will provide to strawberry protection against insects wreckers and diseases.