Do you want to loosen almost never the soil around strawberry bushes, very seldom to water and weed it, and in exchange to receive harvest of sweet berries for 2 weeks before term? It is not utopia, but reality. It will be helped by bed which looks beautifully and originally. Unique author's development – at your service!
Since the end of August and all September in midland plant strawberry. On one place it grows 4 years. Of course, during this time ubiquitous weeds try to attack cultural plant. It is necessary to fight constantly against them to give the chance to grow to berry bushes. But all this in the past.
We prepare the place
Growing in the lowland, strawberry is in the habit to wet through in winter thaw and during spring flood. If you have such site, it is necessary to make ridges. The place has to be solar as in half-shade of berry will be sourish.
The ridge can be 30 or 60 cm wide. In the first case strawberry, in the fall put, will grow in 1, and in the second – in 2 rows.
If the earth on the site heavy, surely add on bed of peat or sand. Anyway, compost or humus are obligatory. As this culture very much loves such power supply. If at you a little rerotting organic chemistry, it is possible to add it directly to holes.
Preparation of the unique shelter
When ridges are cut, take roofing material or black film. These materials interfere with light penetration, and weeds will not be able just to become straight to grow.
Under such shelters, moisture remains longer therefore you should water strawberry very seldom.
For bigger durability it is better to put film twice. It is a pleasure to cut openings with a diameter of 8-10 cm in it. In roofing material it is better to do it by means of knife which is not a pity for soiling. Distance between openings of 35 cm. If you have two-line bed, cut out circles in chessboard order.
That landings of strawberry looked amazingly, spread blue substrate which is applied to laminate on grass. From above put roofing material or film and make the same openings in this beautiful building material.
How to fix wonderful covering
Lay preparations on bed upside-down: from below film or roofing material – from above – substrate. That all this well fastened to the earth, put on perimeter old rubber hose for watering, beat it big nails through substrate, roofing material to the soil.
If you have no such unnecessary country stock, can cut out from old linoleum small squares with the parties of 5 cm and beat by means of them. Thin rubber galoshes or narrow boards, rails will be put to use.
Landing of strawberry
Now dig in each cut deepening circle blade, fill in holes 0.5 tsps of special fertilizer for strawberry. If you have not brought humus, add it at this stage directly to dredging.
The soil mixes up blade, spills water and strawberry mustache are put. At the same time roots have to be filled up with the soil, and the point of growth needs to be at ground level.
Here landing of strawberry in the fall and at the end of summer is so made. In the spring when the soil thaws, bushes will begin to develop actively and will blossom for 2 weeks before the fellows put on normal beds. Therefore you will be able to feel aroma of strawberry and to try the first juicy berries earlier, than neighbors!