Bushes of garden wild strawberry costs expensive. It is optional to spend for them means if the nobility as to grow up this culture from seeds in the seedling way. In the spring it puts on kitchen garden, having chosen the suitable place, look after, reap crop.
Choice of grade
Grades of garden strawberry there is set. Not all gardeners know that botanists call so not only wild strawberry, but also strawberry. Therefore you should be defined what berries you want to grow up. It is possible to put both of these cultures.
If you want to grow up wild strawberry, then and several grades have this appearance. There are berries of the round, extended shape. Put grade not only with red, but also with white berries. They too fragrant, but even ripe and remain light.
Usually garden wild strawberry without mustache therefore it is not necessary to spend forces and time for their removal in the fall. There are also "moustached" grades, if desired you can get such.
Subtleties of landing and cultivation
After grades are chosen, it is necessary to buy in the same shop special soil for cultivation of seedling of garden wild strawberry. For these purposes it is impossible to take the earth from the garden or in the yard of town house at all. Such soil contains disputes of dangerous fungal microorganisms and it can be pernicious for shoots. It is better to make secure and calcinate the soil bought in shop within 10 minutes in the microwave oven, having placed it in fire-resistant bowl. Wash up landing containers with laundry soap, rinse with boiled water. When everything is ready, at the end of February – the beginning of March fill soil in capacity, spill it warmish boiled water. Scatter seeds on earth surface, slightly press down them fingers. Cover tanks with cellophane, leave on warm windowsill before germination. You watch condition of the soil when it dries up, sprinkle it from spray. For this purpose always use boiled water with temperature +30os. In week after emergence of shoots slightly open cellophane from the room and leave it in such look. Let from window it protect shoots from drafts. In month replace seedling in separate glasses.
Disembarkation to the constant place
In 2 weeks prior to landing of garden wild strawberry to kitchen garden prepare for it the place. This culture well feels on South side of the site if northern is blocked by high plants, fence, wall. Dig over the soil, carefully choosing roots of weeds. Level it rake. You can plant wild strawberry on crests between which distance of 50 cm. For economy of the place it is possible to make holes on bed in 2 rows with distance between them 30х30 cm. Put in each hole on: - 0.5 tsps of fertilizer for strawberry; - 50 g of ashes; - 100 g of peat; - 200 g of humus. Plant seedling on the constant place on May 20-25. Before drawdown water holes with pink solution of potassium permanganate, lower in everyone on plant, bury to the first present sheet. In the first year do not fertilize wild strawberry, since the following, since the end of April until the beginning of June, time in 3 weeks add mullein solution in the ratio with water 1:10. Cut off dry leaves in the fall. Podsypte of peat to prevent destruction by frost in the winter.