Garden wild strawberry – the most widespread country and garden plant which is often mistakenly called strawberry. However you will meet the real strawberry on garden sites quite seldom. The garden wild strawberry is unpretentious, rather winter-hardy and yields big harvest.
Instruction
1. Land garden wild strawberry at the beginning of May or is closer to fall (August-September). Choose for landing cloudy or rainy days that the plant has quickly acclimatized. Process the soil for landing in advance: spring prepare in the fall, and autumn - in the summer. Introduce on the site fertilizers – organic (manure) and mineral (special mixes). Then dig over the soil on full bayonet of shovel. Remove dry leaves from beds in the spring, loosen and hill the earth.
2. The garden wild strawberry suits the subacidic or neutral soil with good reserve of nutrients. If underground waters are located close to the surface of the soil, establish drainage or plant wild strawberry on high beds.
3. Plant wild strawberry not less than 30 cm, and between plants in the row – not less than 15-25 cm have to be ranks 5-7 cm of Distance high between ranks. The wild strawberry well takes root on plain surface or on the southwest slopes protected from winds. In the winter snow cover has to be not less than 20-25 cm, for additional protection cover beds with fir twigs branches.
4. When landing you watch that the heart (growth point) was at the level of the surface of the soil. But also do not press it into the earth, otherwise the plant will just decay. Excessively raised heart very quickly will dry up.
5. Then straighten roots of sockets and powder them with the damp earth. It is abundant water and lay peat or sawdust on the surface of the soil. Regularly water garden wild strawberry, especially in hot weather, but consider, the excess of moisture is undesirable, it reduces gray decay and mealy dew resistance (main enemies of garden wild strawberry).
6. Delete in due time mustache of garden wild strawberry as their growth and development exhaust plant. Cut off them accurately garden secateurs, but do not tear sharply not to damage maternal part zamlyanik. Regularly weed beds to get rid of weeds.
7. To reduce costs of fight against weeds and watering in hot weather, use black polyethylene film as the mulching material. Spread it on bed, powder from above with thin layer of the earth, make crosswise cuts in film and dig through in them holes that roots of plants were freely placed.