The decisive role in the maturity of strawberries belongs to the conditions of the climatic zone. In the central zone of Russia, it is harvested in the second decade of June, but early varieties can keep up at the beginning of the month. In the Siberian regions, this period is late for 2-3 weeks. In the southern regions, the berry ripened by the end of May.
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Strawberry ripening
To the beds with strawberries easily wintered, it is better to plant seedlings in July, August, but it is possible in September, depending on the weather. At this time, she will have time to settle down well.If this period was missed for planting, it can be carried out in mid-April, better under the film, and get a harvest even a little earlier than the deadline.
The time of ripening from the beginning of flowering and pollination of flowers is usually four to five weeks. The decisive role is played by weather conditions and the quality of care. In warm weather, maturation is faster.
According to the duration of fruiting, strawberries are subdivided into an ordinary one, with the berries ripening once a season, and the remontant one, which gives a crop from May to September-October.
Common varieties
Ordinary varieties of strawberries are classified according to the ripening period as follows:
- Early. Popular types - Kimberley (Germany), Clery, Olbia, Dawn, Honey, Anita (Italy), Czech Beauty, Alba. Competent care and favorable weather ensure that fruiting begins in the second - third decade of May;
- Medium early. Stand out - Stolichnaya, Elsanta, Corona (Holland), Festival, Red Beach (Belarus), Ellis (England). The period of fruiting in middle-early species shifts on average by a week, compared with the early one;
- Medium late. These include Present, Queen, Gigantella, Nightingale, Shelf, Asia, Arosa. Fruit another week later;
- Late. They are not very many. Famous - Malvina, Tarusa, Chamora, Adria (Italy), Pegasus ripen last.
Remontny grades
Repair strawberry varieties are increasingly leading in the garden and backyard areas. They are remarkable for the ability of multiple flowering and fruiting during one season. The plants have inflorescences 15 times more than ordinary ones, they give a crop 2-3 times during the vegetative period. Ease of cultivation is that it practically does not give a mustache.
Ripening berry occurs in waves. The first batch of the crop is harvested in June, the second stage of the ripening of berries begins in the beginning decade of July. In mid-August, you can harvest a third time. Fruiting continues until frost.
The favorite types of strawberry repair are Queen Elizabeth, Uralochka, Charlotte, Brighton, Lyubava, Primadonna, Tribute, Albion.
Remontant varieties are divided into long daylight hours (dns) and neutral daylight hours (NSD). They have different terms of ripening berries. To ensure continuous fruiting, it is recommended to plant both of these species.
How to speed up the time of ripening strawberries in the open field?
What are the ways to speed up the ripening berries. To speed up the ripening of berries in the open ground, gardeners recommend some simple tricks:
1The most common is growing under the cover of a nonwoven material - spunbond on a frame of arcs. It is possible to arrange such a shelter in early spring, when the air temperature will be established steadily above -5 degrees. In the middle lane is the end of March - the beginning of April.
It is permissible to simply cover agrofiber planting without a frame in the spread, but minus is the lack of airing.
Berry ripening and soil heating will be accelerated by the method of mulching between rows with lutrasil or black film.The spring sun will warm up the soil faster and create conditions for the beginning of the growing season. This technique will speed up the harvest 6 days earlier than usual.
Later, when the earth thaws, you need to cut all the old leaves with shears. In order to protect plants from spider mites, shed hot water with a temperature of 60-65 degrees in the middle of the bushes. Sprinkle the beds of ash and loosen to a depth of about 3 cm. To grind humus. Then close the planting with a light non-woven fabric stretched across the arc. On the day, during the flowering of bushes, shelters must be removed for pollination of flowers. The ripening period of the berries in this case will be shorter by 1-2 weeks.
It must be remembered that the earliest varieties are most suitable for obtaining early berries: Zarya, Alba, Honey, Clery, Kimberley and others.
Effective method of growing strawberries in greenhouses, but it is quite expensive.
Additional stimulation is needed for early harvest. fruiting in the form of dressings and protective treatments against pests and fungal diseases.The list of basic agrotechnical requirements also includes the removal of old leaves, regular watering, weed control, loosening between rows.
Conclusion
In central Russia, gardeners plant a considerable number of strawberry varieties domestic and foreign breeding. Today, there are more than 64 varieties in the State Register. From among other features, they differ from each other in terms of ripening berries.
Planting on the site of several varieties will extend the period of consumption of tasty and healthy berries.
The result of labor will be a good harvest!
I wonder where this confusion came from: large strawberries in the beds are called clybs, and small sweet fragrant in the forest is called strawberries? Well, everywhere they wrote a hundred times already what is what ... Gardeners have already retrained! So there is no! Wherever you go: strawberries in their gardens, large, 20-40 g.There are no large-fruited strawberries, only small forest and small selection, well, Baron Solemakher is large-fruited, but still it is far from him even to small-fruited strawberries. And only strawberries (the one in the garden) are small-fruited 12-30 g and large-fruited, right up to 110 g. Please, please correct. Such an absurdity causes a lack of confidence in the competence of the facilitators. Usually, if there are at least no reservations on traditionalism, I immediately “leave” to another place so as not to pick up other mistakes, not to type. Best regards, Olga.