Strawberry almost right after blossoming begins to release mustache - escapes on which young bushes sockets are formed. Before many beginning gardeners there is question - whether it is necessary to cut off mustache at strawberry and when it is better to make it.
For what strawberry needs mustache
Reproduction by mustache is characteristic of garden wild strawberry which is often called strawberry. Right after the beginning of blossoming some grades release long escapes with 3-5 sockets which take roots then and new bushes grow. And if you do not want to receive planting stock for further expansion of the plantation of strawberry, all mustache need to be cut off.
How to cut off mustache at strawberry
On forming of mustache the bush gives many nutrients therefore during maturing of berries they need to be cut off. It is difficult to monitor every day emergence of new escapes, in garden and kitchen garden it is full of other work. Therefore it is better to wait for mass emergence of mustache and to remove everything with time. But it is necessary to make it correctly. First, mustache cannot be torn off, it is only necessary to cut off. Secondly, surely leave a little escape, do not delete too shortly. Thirdly, you carry out cutting early in the morning or in the evening, but in any way not in crude day.
Preparation of strawberry for the winter
If you have not managed to cut off mustache in the summer, make it in the fall. In order that your strawberry well fructified the next year, cut off leaves, at the same time remove also mustache. But do not cut off under the root, it is enough to remove the withering leaves. At the same time carry out processing against diseases and wreckers. If in your region severe winter, warm landings by sawdust or pine needles.