Proper care and growing curly strawberries

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Curly garden strawberries can act as a fruit and ornamental plants. With the help of such strawberries you can get a rich harvest. and at the same time it is rather unusual to decorate a plot, a greenhouse, or even a room in an apartment.

Distinctive features of curling strawberries

In relation to other types of strawberries, climbing varieties have a number of distinctive qualities.:

• numerous mustaches fall down. They can also be mounted on a vertical structure;
• berries are formed not only on peduncles, but also on the mustache, so you can harvest a very good crop;
• most varieties of this kind remontant;
• growing frivolous varieties is much easier. She does not need frequent weeding, during the collection of berries will not have to constantly bend down;
• the disadvantages of the form include the need for frequent watering and difficult preparation for winter.

Curly garden strawberries are a real find for those who want to make their garden not only productive, but also beautiful.

Popular varieties

Queen Elizabeth

This variety brings harvest throughout the season, starting in June and ending in October. Average, from one bush Queen Elizabeth available 2 kilograms of juicy berries cone-shaped with tender flesh. The fruits are universal in use.

Alba

The early ripe grade steady against returnable frosts. From one plant is collected 1,2-1,5 kilogram of fruit. Berries Alby possess an elongated cone-shaped form, juicy and dense pulp.Suitable for any kind of use, do not deteriorate during transportation.

Homemade delicacy

With the right farming techniques from such a plant, you can get an early harvest of very tasty, sour-sweet berries of medium size. Fruits are colored rich red. Feature varieties are long flower stalkswhich greatly simplify harvesting.

Landing

How to plant curling strawberries? There are many ways of planting climbing strawberries, each gardener can choose the option that is most suitable for him:

1. Planting strawberries in pots or pots. This design looks especially beautiful during flowering and fruiting. For the plant to feel comfortable, the diameter of the tank must be at least 30 centimeters. Also, the presence of drainage holes;
2. To create an unusual fence of berries, the bushes are planted in open ground, after which a grid, grid or braid with a height of not more than 1 meter are installed nearby. The mustache of the plants is tied to the vertical surface, thus creating a hedge effect;
3. The most common way resembles a pyramid. They take three boxes with a height of 30 centimeters with different sizes (100x100, 60x60 and 20x20) and put them on top of each other. On the beds in the two lower boxes they place 4 bushes, and in the upper one only.

The first stage of planting will be the preparation of a soil mixture consisting of:

• 2 parts of compost;
• 2 parts of meadow land;
• 1st of peat;
• 1st part of reclaimed manure.

Regardless of the pattern of landing, you should follow the basic rules.:

• distance between bushes must be at least 25-30 centimeters;
• heart must be above ground level;
• after landing the land is watered and mulched.

Curly strawberries can be the pearl of any garden, and the competent arrangement of such a plant can always attract attention.

Proper care and growing features

Care for curly strawberries is quite simple. It includes watering, feeding, pruning, preparing for winter and other work.

Unlike other varieties, this garden strawberry does not need frequent weeding, but still this procedure is necessary, so the land around the plant is regularly cleaned of weeds.

During the week after planting, the saplings are watered very often, 2-3 times per day, using a small amount of water. More mature plants are watered 1 once in 3-4 of the dayIn the case of too hot and hot weather, the amount of moisture introduced must be increased. After watering the land around the strawberry is recommended to mulch.

Feed bushes often enough. Every two weeks, make a liquid mixture of organic and mineral fertilizers.

Curly strawberries need plenty of nutrients. This is due to its abundant and ubiquitous fruiting.

Pruning plants

In order for curly strawberries to give a rich harvest and to retain their decorative appearance, it must be timely and properly cut.:

1. With plants of the first year of life It is recommended to remove all flower stalks. This procedure will help the bushes to take root and accumulate strength for fruiting for the next season;
2. In adult plants ration the number of whiskers, there should be no more than 5 of them;
3. After fruiting is over, bushes rejuvenate by removing all foliage.

Preparing for the winter climbing plant

In order for curling strawberries not to die in the harsh conditions of the Russian winter, the following actions should be performed before the first frosts:

1. If possible, the best way to winter these plants will be transfer to a cool room;
2. When growing strawberries in hanging potsthey are removed, instilled in the ground and covered with sacking, spruce, hay or other material;
3. If strawberries grew on a vertical design., it will need to be removed and put the mustache on the ground. Then it is also covered with any material at hand.

Diseases and pests

Curly strawberries are moderately resistant to both diseases and pests. Most often on it you can find strawberry mite, nematode or fungal diseases..

1. Under the influence of strawberry mite the berries become much smaller and gradually fade. It is possible to get rid of such pests with the help of chemicals, such as Nero, Fufanon, etc. For the best effect, carry out three treatments with an interval of 7-10 days;
2. With nematode the berries are stiff and the stems are thick and short. In this case, the plant is not treatable. It will need to be dug up and burned;
3. In the fight against fungal diseases usually used various kinds of fungicides.

To protect strawberries from various kinds of problems, it is necessary to properly care for them and twice a season (in spring and autumn) to carry out preventive treatments with Brod's liquid.

Curly strawberry is a very unusual plant., thanks to which you can give a new look to any garden plot or room.