All gardeners agree that the treatment of the strawberry after the harvest - is not only useful, but necessary procedure.However, few can say exactly what steps you need to perform.What is included in the autumn processing of strawberries?Weeding, hoeing, pruning mustache or maybe all at once?
Situation Analysis
first step is to assess the condition of the bushes after the harvest: how much they have grown over the season, how many dry and damaged leaves no visible signs of the presence of any pests or diseases.Still need to analyze the crop: it will give information on the amount of content in the soil of nutrients and quality once again will assess the presence of pests or diseases.Correct handling of strawberries in the winter is simply not possible without this information.
So, you first need to decide whether to leave the berry in the same place, or more appropriate to move it to a new one.Strawberries growing in the same place from 3 to 7 years, so that at the end of the three-year period, namely the state of berry trees and yield determines whether the plants need a transplant.
Topping and fertilizer
If you decide to leave the berries in the same place, you should first take care of the cleaning of extra leaves.Some gardeners do not consider this a mandatory procedure, and some believe that the foliage protects the roots from freezing.Other ruthlessly removed all the leaves, even cut their beds a lawnmower.However, most gardeners choose the middle option: removal of the old leaves, removing unnecessary mustache, other than those needed for reproduction, and weeding.This procedure must be done immediately after collecting the last berries.
autumn strawberries, if necessary, treatment includes spraying the plants and the earth from pests and diseases.Removing the old foliage and the sick and the infected plants will not help get rid of harmful larvae and spores, as they still remain in the soil.It is therefore necessary to use special preparations, such as from transparent karbofosom tick metaldehyde from slugs and snails, copper oxychloride from botrytis, and so on. N.
strawberries in the autumn of processing involves loosening and fertilizer.Loosening - this is the best way to make the soil more easily, which will contribute to good growth of plants in the spring.Fertilize strawberries after harvest it is necessary, but it is important not to exceed the dosage.This berry is very sensitive to the concentration of salts in the soil, so it is important not to exceed the amount of fertilizer.
Shelter for the winter
last thing you want to do - is to hide strawberries in winter.Protection is required, if the winter will be cold and little snow.As a covering layer using a layer of mulch thickness of 20 cm. It can be the straw (but without seeds, or zavedutsya voles), needles, Stipa or dry maize leaves.You can also hide the beds agrovoloknom, although it is rather expensive material.But the film can cover strawberries only when no other options - it prevents air circulation, so the foliage rots and rots.It creates an ideal environment for the development of fungi and bacteria, and plants are easily affected gray and brown rot.
Autumn strawberry processing takes time, but it ensures a high yield for the next year.
