Although we can easily buy strawberries in a store or market during the outbreak, it is worth growing them in your own garden.Older varieties still have the best flavor, usually not very resistant to the hardships of transport.Besides, the picked fruit will not change the degree of ripeness anymore, and the best aromas have those that have been harvested at the optimal time. If we plant early, medium-late and late varieties, the harvest period will be extended to several weeks.
Repeating varieties bear fruit from June to autumn. This does not affect their taste values, which are completely inferior to the forms that bear fruit once a season.An example is the strawberry 'Mara des Bois', very popular and appreciated in France. Among the new forms, it is worth noting the lively 'Rimona', which bears exceptionally large fruits.Tirelessly long-flowering varieties can be successfully planted not only in the bed, but also in balcony boxes and hanging containers.
It is an ideal solution when there is a shortage of space and also allows the cultivation of many different varieties. Such variation is recommended for another reason as well.All new varieties are self-pollinating, but cross-pollination gives almost 100% certainty that the fruit will be of good quality, good-looking and aromatic.
Sowing strawberries in the bed and in the box
1. The seedlings are obtained from the runners of abundantly fruiting mother plants.Place the end of the shoot in a pot filled with soil.When a young plant has rooted well, cut it off and plant it in a designated place.
2. Sowing seeds is especially profitable when you need a lot of seedlings. Before watering, press the seeds scattered in the cuvette. Pick the seedlings in small pots when they have 2-3 leaves.
3. Strawberries can be planted more densely in a balcony box than in a flower bed.Remember that the heart of the plant with leaf buds should always be just above the ground.
He althy seedlings planted on a flower bed until mid-May, in boxes or pots, bear fruit after 6-8 weeks. Usually, there won't be too much fruit.If we start growing strawberries from the end of July to the end of August, the first harvest will be the next year.When the weather is good, the harvest will be abundant. We must follow certain rules when growing strawberries. We set up a new bed in a completely different place. The seedlings can only be planted in the same place after 3-4 years. In this way, we will avoid many fungal diseases that threaten strawberries.
The varieties that bear fruit once a season are fed three weeks after planting and the second time at the end of summer with compost, horn meal or organic fertilizer for berry plants.Strawberries repeating in containers and boxes have a big appetite. Every 14 days, we water them with water with organic liquid fertilizer (1/3 of the dose for balcony plants according to the manufacturer's instructions). The excessive amount of nutrients causes the plants to release a lot of leaves at the expense of flowers and fruit.
Aromatic strawberry varieties with abundant yields
1. 'Schweizer Rot' produces sweet fruit from May to September. Dark pink flowers decorate flower beds and balconies.
2. 'Elan' produces large and sweet fruits on long runners throughout the summer. Suitable for amplias.
3. 'Polka' is a variation on heavy soils and upland areas. The fruit is dark on the outside and light red on the inside, which also retains its appetizing color after processing.
4. 'Senga Sengana' is a viable and fertile variety. She has been valued for over half a century.
5. White strawberries are regaining popularity. The fruits of the 'Tubby White' variety ripen from June to October. The plant also thrives in semi-shaded places.
