One of horticultural crops, pleasing beautiful and tasty berries is strawberry.A favorite among the variety of species is fairly considered sort of Victoria, cultivation and care which does not constitute a difficulty for experienced gardeners.If you have no experience of this kind of cultivation of berries, do not despair, you can get a good harvest, by following some simple tips.
carry out proper care for Viktor help our recommendations.
- key to successful cultivation will choose the right place for landing.It is best to stay on the sunny slopes or glades, which is not desirable to obscure, as even moving shadows can negatively affect the taste and size of berries.
- should be repotted every 4-5 years strawberries to a new location to increase soil fertility and renewal.In addition, transplant the plants will help get rid of pests.
- Care Victoria should include thinning plantation.You should carefully inspect the bushes, and remove plants, which are small berries or dried, and the flower stalks are not bearing fruit.So you get rid of the weed varieties, accidentally listed, along with seed material.
- correct reproduction - a procedure which does not manage care of Victoria.Taking root tendrils best during flowering and fruit ovary.To do this, choose the outlet of the first order.Note the number and value of berries on the bushes.Smooth fruit not damaged diseases - a pledge of healthy plants are suitable for vegetative propagation.
If you selected remontant strawberries Victoria, leaving her to be more careful.
This variety is different from the ordinary strawberry continuous flowering and fruiting long period, which can last until September when weather conditions are favorable.
Care Victoria remontant type includes some features:
- large number of berries and a long period of flowering and fruiting need to provide abundant irrigation and timely reinforced feeding plants with mineral and organic fertilizers.
- bushes should be planted at a sufficient distance from each other.This is necessary to provide enough nutrients.The minimum distance between plots should be 80 cm as from the time the plant is actively growing.The optimum gap between the bushes - 40 cm in the presence of 3-5 outlets.You can put them closer, reduce the distance to 20 cm. However, this is only possible if you reduce the number of outlets to 2.
- To maintain soil moisture and protect it from pests and weeds using mulching, covering materials for which can be peat,compost, last year's leaves or a special non-woven fabric, breathable and moisture.
- To increase the second and subsequent harvests remontant Victoria spring flower stalks can be cut.
Remember that, regardless of the class, all for the successful cultivation of strawberries is necessary to pay much attention to and enrich the soil with fertilizers.Surround strawberry attention and care, and plants will thank you with a good harvest of tasty berries.
