Practically all inveterate summer residents and fans of country rest grow up on the kitchen garden tasty and useful berry – strawberry. It is loved by both children, and adults. And whether you know that it is not difficult to grow up large and juicy strawberry from seeds at all how it seems at first sight? Observing all subtleties and nuances in cultivation, in the first summer you receive excellent harvest of berries.
Instruction
1. Most often seedling grow up large-fruited remontant strawberry. Its seeds can be bought in shop of seeds or from gardeners. Seeds from shop do not need to be disinfected, they have already passed all stages of preparation for landing. If seeds have been bought privately, then it is worth wetting them for 20 minutes in weak solution of potassium permanganate. Seedling is planted since the end of January and till summer. On kitchen garden she can be imprisoned till fall at any time. The main thing that she has managed to gain strength for the winter. Also strawberry it is possible to put houses and since November. Even the outgrown seedling perfectly "will move" to kitchen garden.
2. Take two cotton pads, moisten them with warm water or solution of humate of potassium. On one disk put all seeds, having covered at the same time with the second. Also leave in cup or in saucer for one or two days. You watch that disks did not dry.
3. Prepare soil. Let it will be easy and air pochvosmes for seedling to which nothing is added. Lay the earth in container with cover in which several holes are made. The container has to be filled half. On soil fill snow 1.5-2 cm thick. And accurately toothpick lay seeds on snow. They do not need to be dug in to the earth at all! Close container cover and remove in the fridge at least for week. This process is called stratification - when you independently arrange "winter" for seeds.
4. In 7-14 days it is possible to pull out container with seeds from the fridge on light windowsill. You watch that beams of the sun did not get on strawberry, otherwise seeds will dry. Do not open cover from container. There the humid climate is created that will promote germination of seeds. You watch moisture on cover. If too much – open it and wipe cover, air container. If moisture is not enough, then it is worth sprinkling a little the earth from spray.
5. When sprout seeds, sprouts need to be aired every day gradually. Open container, since several minutes and before full cleaning of cover. If to open at once for the whole day, then seedling can die from sharp change of climate, air much more to the land at home. Water seedling in process of drying, but it is careful. It is better to water with teaspoon under each bush not to flood all earth. During this period it is necessary to wipe cover dry – sprouts do not love drop watering.
6. When strawberry has 3 real leaflets, it is necessary to raspikirovat it in separate pots. Let they will be small, of the size of small yogurt glass. Lay drainage on bottom of glass – small stones, bank sand or nutshell. Has well proved to be aquagel which everywhere is on sale in flower shops. Then fill universal soil. Humidify the earth a little and make small deepening. And then, match or toothpick, replace bushes. Do not deepen plants. You watch that the kidney with leaves was above the ground.
7. When on the street it is already rather warm, you take out seedling on the street. Begin from o'clock and increase time every day. If at night there are no frosts any more, and temperature does not fall lower than 5 degrees, then it is possible to leave seedling and for the night.
8. It is possible to replace strawberry to kitchen garden since the end of May and until the end of August. The mustache formed during growth can be torn off and put separately. So you will divide your strawberry, forming the whole plantation of berries.