Strawberry represents perennial grassy plant with tasty and juicy berries. But sometimes the gardener, having planted bushes of strawberry on the site and having provided good care, celebrates rich harvest the first two-three years, then the fertility considerably decreases. It is caused by aging of bushes and their root system for this reason it is necessary to cut off strawberry every year.
Annually small roots and the lower part of rhizome of bush of strawberry die off, and new are capable to grow only from young part of the stalk located at kidney top. Every year there is partial loss of roots, up to full dying off of green bush. Therefore rejuvenation of strawberry is of special importance. This procedure consists in scrap of elevated part of bush therefore the sleeping kidneys on rhizomes and roots which and form further young plants begin to waken. Young bushes of strawberry yield excellent harvest.
It is recommended to start rejuvenation of bushes in the early spring prior to blossoming of plant or at once after all crop of fruits of strawberry, that is has been reaped approximately on the twentieth of July. If you did not manage to cut off strawberry in these terms, it is possible to make it to the middle of August, not later. But at the same time it is worth remembering that late cutting can lead to negative differentiation of kidneys as a result.
Elevated part of bushes of strawberry can be removed by means of normal braid, after that you proboronit landing at an angle in forty five degrees. Thus you loosen the soil and will provide access of oxygen to root system and also remove unproductive bushes. To direct all growing capacity to awakening of the sleeping kidneys, remove all mustache which have managed to launch sockets by means of scissors or secateurs and to take roots. It is not recommended to make cutting of stalks too shortly, leave stalks at the height of ten centimeters from the earth. After rejuvenation of bush and scrap of mustache are completely finished, cultivate the land protective equipment from wreckers and diseases, then fill up with ashes. Water plants before full fouling of bush with new leaves, powder beds with needle case. All these simple actions will help strawberry to winter without loss and to yield big harvest next year.