How to care for strawberries to get a big harvest

It is difficult to find a person who does not like these beautiful, juicy and fragrant berries. Not one garden plot does not do without several beds with strawberries. She gives special pleasure to children. To always have a good harvest, you need to know how to look after strawberries correctly.

If you create favorable conditions for plants and carry out the necessary cycle of work in time, you can get not only a rich harvest, but your own healthy seedlings. Let's consider how to properly care for strawberries from the initial stage and before replacing it with new plants.

To begin with, it is necessary to determine the location of the berry beds on the plot of land. Good growth, development and fruiting, are possible in a sunny place. The illumination of the ridges should be kept for 70% of the day's light. You need weakly acid and well-fertilized soil. Preparation of beds for planting seedlings should take place in May-June. To the end of July, you already had cultivated ridges.

Even if you know how to care for strawberries, but have chosen clay, sandy soils or groundwater level is very close to the surface, then you can not even count on a good harvest.

The ideal period for planting new strawberry bushes is 20-25 July. By this time it is necessary to prepare your own seedlings. You can buy seedlings in any garden supermarket or garden fairs. When purchasing seedlings in any place, pay attention to its appearance. The plant should have a well developed root system and a heart. It should be present at least 3-4 leaves with a bright color and without traces of twisting, drying or blotchiness.

Own seedlings should be planted on the prepared bed with a clod of earth. Purchased bushes should be processed in a slightly pink solution of manganese, for at least 1 hour, flushing at the same time with an earthen lump. Thus, you will secure your landing from accidentally introduced diseases.

Make holes according to the scheme 20x20. In the middle of each, fill a small mound of earth. Planting seedlings, gently spread out the roots on the mound and make sure that the seedling's heart is not raised or buried into the soil. And in either case, this will have a bad effect on the development of the plant. Fill each well with moist soil and water from the watering can. From the moment of planting to frost, the strawberry bush will get well, which will enable it to winter without damage.

It should be remembered how to care for the strawberries of each year fruiting. You should have at least 4 beds with berry bushes on the site, one of which is constantly updated. The biggest harvest is given by bushes 2 and 3 years. Seedlings of the first year will bring many berries only when thickened planting. A plant after 4 years should be replaced, otherwise the berries are ground and their number will be much less.

How to care for strawberries after planting? In the first few days you need to take care of a little pritenie landings. This can be done with the help of newspapers or small plywood boards. Watering in the morning and evening, moisturizing the soil well. After 3-4 days, we switch to watering at a frequency of once a week. With a strong heat, we increase the moisturizing of plantings of strawberries to 2-3 times a week.

Particular attention should be paid to the preparation of bushes for winter. Caring for strawberries in the fall is easy, but all activities must be done on time. At the end of August, sweep between the rows to a depth of about 7 centimeters. Be sure to wallow the soil in the beds with sawdust, bark or peat at least 5 centimeters. Carefully cut off the foliage and remove it from the garden at the end of September. This precaution will not allow the overwintering of numerous pests under the bushes and will save you from cleaning the beds in the spring.

In late October, you should cover the planting of strawberries with spruce paws. They will help protect it from severe frosts and will delay snow. Make sure that when frosts are 8-10 degrees, all strawberry ridges are covered with a layer of snow.