You can feed strawberries during ripening. What is allowed to do when the fruits are formed? Complex fertilizer for strawberries in spring

The process of growing strawberries is simple, although very responsible. One of the most important conditions for full growth and development berry bushes it remains regular top dressing during flowering. Here, both ready-made purchased drugs and those obtained at home can be used.

How to water and feed

During flowering, strawberries need root feeding. Very effective will be organic and mineral compositions.

mineral

For root feeding of strawberries during its flowering, it is worth using the following effective recipes:

1. Take 20 g of urea, 200 g of ash, a pinch of manganese and boric acid . Mix all these components in 10 liters of water. Watering with the resulting solution is carried out under the root. Thanks to this composition, it is possible to simultaneously disinfect and saturate strawberry roots with useful components. But is it possible to feed urea, and how to do it correctly, is set out

   Urea for strawberries

2. Take 15 liters of water, send 40 g of potassium there, 60 g . One bush will take 0.5 liters of solution. e

   

   Nitrophoska

3. For execution foliar feeding you have to take 1 liter of water, add a pinch of potassium sulfate, manganese, boric acid. Process strawberry leaves with the resulting composition, paying attention to close attention their bottom. But how boric acid is used for strawberries in the spring is described in great detail in this

   

   Potassium sulfate

4. To process the aerial part of the plant, it is worth using a 0.02% solution of zinc sulfate.
5. Take 10 liters of water and dissolve 10 g of boric acid there. Use irrigation solution berry bushes.
6. Dissolve 40 ml of ammonia in 10 liters of water. The resulting solution is used for watering under the roots. Mulch the soil under the bushes with meadow clover. These actions prevent the growth succulent grass, and also create reliable protection strawberries from pests such as the cockchafer and weevil. It would also be useful to know how

   

   Ammonium chloride for feeding

7. To activate the development of the ovaries, it is worth fertilizing the bushes with potassium compounds. To do this, take 200 g of ash and scatter it over the surface of the soil. This amount is enough to process 1 m2.

On the video - how to feed strawberries during flowering:

Ready fertilizers

Ready-made preparations can be used to fertilize strawberries during flowering. Their range today is large, but it is worth highlighting only the most effective:

Fertilizers, presented in the form of granules, should be diluted in water, following the instructions. A 1 kg bag will be enough to process 40 m2 of plantation. For processing remontant varieties strawberries, all the same preparations are used as for ordinary ones. But only the frequency of top dressing increases by 2 times.

home remedies

Some gardeners, when caring for strawberries during flowering, use homemade natural remedies. The following recipes remain effective:

What to spray

During the flowering of strawberries, you can not only use root top dressing, but also spray berry bushes. Useful components are absorbed by the leaf mass, and especially its lower part. This point should be taken into account when processing plants. During flowering, the following recipes are used:

1. Ready mineral compositions. The most effective are Rubin, Hera, Agros. To prepare the solution, you must use the instructions.

   

2. Zinc sulfate. It is necessary to use 0.02% for spraying bushes.
3. Potassium nitrate. You need to take 10 g of the drug and dissolve in 5 liters of water.
4. Yeast. Take them in an amount of 1 kg and dissolve in 5 liters of warm water. Insist for a day, and then use to process the aerial parts of strawberries.
5. Nettle infusion. Finely chop the grass, put in a bucket and add hot water. Set for a day, and then dilute the finished solution with water in a ratio of 1:10.

   

   Nettle infusion

6. Boric acid. Take 10 liters of water, add a pinch of the drug. Mix the mixture and process the bushes.
7. Dairy products. Thanks to them, it is possible not only to feed the bushes, but also to acidify the soil. This is very important for those areas where the earth is acidified. Even this kind of top dressing will perfectly protect the bushes from ticks and aphids. It is necessary to take yogurt with water in equal proportions and process the bushes. But this recipe has a downside. It is not able to provide adequate nutrition for plants during the flowering period. So you have to add processing with nettle infusion.
8. For this composition, you need to take 10 liters of water, add 2 g of potassium sulfate and potassium permanganate, 1 g of boric acid and a bag of any complex top dressing for garden strawberry.

   

   Potassium permanganate

Feeding strawberries during its flowering allows you to saturate it with useful components and improve the formation of ovaries. Regularly using foliar or root top dressing, it is possible to increase the yield and resistance of plants to various pests and diseases. But you shouldn't overdo it either. An excess of fertilizer can adversely affect the development of bushes and fruiting.

Highly milestone cultivation, which cannot be ignored in any way, is top dressing of strawberries in the spring. Properly fertilizing the berry, you can get bountiful harvest and lots of planting material.

How to feed strawberries immediately after winter

Before you start fertilizing, you need to clear the strawberry plantation from last year's garbage. As soon as the snow melts, a layer of old mulch, dried leaves, mustaches and twigs are removed.

feeding garden strawberries after the snow melts, you can make cow dung. To do this, 1 liter of well-fermented mullein is diluted in a bucket of water. Pour 500 ml of solution under the bush.

After applying the nutrient solution, each bush must be mulched. thin layer ash.

Ash is best protection from insect pests and excellent prevention of the appearance of various diseases.

After scattering the ashes all strawberry patch mulch with rotted needles.

Spring before flowering and during flowering

Be sure to feed blooming strawberries and it is important to make necessary fertilizers before flowering, so that the berries become larger and sweeter.

Care and feeding with iodine

Iodine is a common folk remedy that can be used to feed berries in early spring. With just a few drops of this cheap pharmaceutical preparation into the water for irrigation, you can prevent the appearance of various strawberry rots, because this drug is an excellent disinfectant.

Often iodine is used to spray the leaves, but very carefully so as not to burn the plants. It is best to feed the bushes at the root.

1. First, the beds are abundantly shed with water.
2. Then literally 15 drops of iodine are diluted in 10 - 12 liters of plain water and 300 ml are added to each outlet.
3. It is very useful for strawberries to add 1 tsp to an iodine solution. boric acid.

This fertilizer can be further improved by adding 50 g of brown laundry soap chips to the solution.

Feeding strawberries with chicken manure

Very useful before the start and already during flowering various organic top dressing, which at correct use 100% safe for both plants and humans. One of these folk remedies- chicken manure.

The fact is that in its composition, in addition to a huge amount nutrients, there is also harmful uric acid, which can kill bushes very quickly. Also, chicken manure is a concentrate, in which there is a lot of nitrogen, phosphorus and other trace elements. The introduction of litter in its pure form will necessarily lead to an excess of nutrition and the inevitable death of the berry.

To lower the concentration of uric acid, the litter is dried outside and stored for a long period. Sometimes the litter is mixed. Gradually, all excess will evaporate from the fertilizer, and it will become usable. Usually, chicken manure is stored in the air all winter, and in the spring they begin to fertilize the garden with it.

Many experienced gardeners know that it is best to make an infusion of chicken manure, and then pour it garden plants. You can see literally a few days after making the infusion that the plants become stronger, grow green mass faster and bloom more profusely.

Cooking infusion on chicken manure does not take much time.

1. First, the litter, which has rotted during the winter, is poured with water. It is enough to take a bucket of water for 1 liter of fertilizer.
2. The bucket is left open and placed in the air.
3. The solution should be stirred daily. The color of the infusion should be very light.
4. The fermented solution is diluted additionally clean water at the rate of 1:20 and add 500 ml to each bush.

It is advisable to shed the beds well the day before fertilizing.

Spring care with boric acid

Feeding strawberries with boric acid in early spring is very common.

Boron significantly improves the quality of the crop - the berries become larger, fleshy, the leaves of the bushes do not dry out and do not deteriorate.

It is impossible to bring boric acid into the soil in its pure form. It is necessary to prepare a nutrient solution. Strawberries are watered with this fertilizer only under the root. It is also possible to spray the bushes with nutrient solutions, but in this case they should be very weak.

Spraying with boric acid is carried out only before flowering. If a strawberry plantation is treated with boric acid during flowering, it can harm the bees.

For top dressing prepare such a solution:

1. Dissolve 2 g of acid in 10 liters of tepid water.
2. Add 1 g of manganese to the nutrient solution.
3. Stir the mixture.

On average, one bucket of such fertilizer is enough to add about 30 bushes.

There is another recipe for making strawberry fertilizer based on boric acid:

1. Dissolve 2 g of boric acid in 10 liters of water.
2. Add 20 g of urea and 3 g of manganese.
3. At the end, pour 100 g of ash into the solution and mix well.

This nutrient composition should be added to the bushes before flowering. The recipe is also suitable for fertilizing strawberries during the ripening of berries. For a good harvest, many gardeners feed berries and ammonia by adding a few drops of the drug to the prepared nutrient solution.

We feed with yeast

Mineral top dressing before and during the flowering of berries can be successfully replaced with fertilizers made from baker's yeast.

Yeast nutrition is safe and effective method get a generous harvest of berries.

Preparing a nutrient solution for fertilizers is very simple: dissolve 1 kg of yeast in 5 liters of warm water. After a couple of days, dilute 500 ml of the yeast solution in a bucket of water and add 500 ml to each bush.

You can substitute baker's yeast for powdered yeast. Dilute a bag of dry yeast in 5 liters of warm water and leave for a day. In the fermentation solution, add 2 tbsp. l. Sahara. This solution does not need to be diluted, it is immediately used to fertilize the berries.

We fertilize strawberries with urea

1 tbsp follows. l. dissolve the granules in 10 liters of water. Consumption rate - 500 ml per outlet. It should be taken into account that urea increases the acidity of the soil, therefore, if the soil is already acidic, ground limestone is added to the nutrient solution at the rate of 0.8: 1.

Complex fertilizer for strawberries in spring

It is possible to fertilize an already blooming berry bush with special complex mixtures. use ready-made formulations and in May before flowering.

Complex fertilizers can be of two types - highly mobile and with a low mobile composition.

• Highly mobile compounds contain a lot of nitrogen, which is necessary for rapid growth and proper development of bushes.
• Low-mobility mixtures contain a lot of copper, boron and iron, which do not give such a quick result, as they are slowly absorbed by plants.

If strawberry leaves turn pale, then it lacks nitrogen. In this case, you should choose fertilizers with a high content of this element. One of the common fertilizers for berry growers is urea.

Kustam in the period of formation flower buds need a lot of potassium. It is from its presence that the taste of the fruit depends. You can fertilize strawberries with potassium sulfate, potassium magnesia.

Mineral supplements, which contain a lot of sulfur, are necessary to increase plant immunity and protect against pests. One of the most popular fertilizers is superphosphate. Also, many use ammophos.

foliar top dressing

Spray the bushes only in the early morning or in the evening to avoid burning the leaves. Yeast infusion or iodine can be used as nutrient solutions.

Popular foliar top dressing with saltpeter. It is necessary to dissolve 1 tbsp in a bucket of water. l. saltpeter and spray plants.

Often gardeners feed berries with nettles. As part of this plant, there are a lot of trace elements that are well absorbed by strawberries.

To prepare a nutrient solution, you should:

1. Pour 1 bucket of chopped nettle into a barrel of water and leave for a week.
2. After the allotted time, 500 ml of top dressing is diluted in a bucket of water and the bushes are sprayed.

This infusion is also used for pouring rosettes. In this case, 500 ml of infusion is diluted with 10 liters of plain water and each bush is poured with 300 - 500 ml.

Growing strawberries on your own personal plot This is a very rewarding job. For attention and care, the gardener receives a generous harvest of juicy and fragrant berries.

Much is known about the benefits and taste of strawberries. It contains a lot of vitamin C, folic acid, fructose. In order to receive good harvest this delicious berry from his suburban area, you need to take care of top dressing. The land on which garden strawberry bushes grow is depleted over time. This happens within two years if no extra strawberry fertilizer is applied.

Types of fertilizers for strawberries

Differences in the feeding of new bushes and those transplanted a year or two ago are due to the need for nutrients: some more - others less. When transplanting new plants, it is necessary to ensure the growth of the root system and safe wintering. In the old bushes autumn period the laying of buds and inflorescences begins, so they need a different composition of fertilizers, which will be aimed at the development of future fruits.

Fertilizer for strawberries can serve as mineral mixtures, in which the composition of substances is balanced - nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, and organic solutions cooked at home.

mineral

During the period of growth of green mass - leaves and shoots, strawberries or strawberries need nitrogen. It stimulates rapid growth and allows further abundant fruiting. Urea for strawberries is the safest substance, but dosages cannot be exceeded, as sugar will leave the fruit.

This is how we sprinkle urea on a strawberry. The main thing is not to overdo it

Complex mineral fertilizers are the basis of plant life. For flowering and fruiting species, more nutrients are needed.

Before and during flowering, the berry bush consumes a large amount of potassium. Depends on its presence in the soil taste qualities. The source of potassium can be mineral supplements - potassium sulfate, potassium magnesia. Fertilizers for strawberries with sulfur are more preferable, as they also protect the bushes from diseases and pests.

Video: We feed strawberries during flowering. Author's recipe from Ekaterina Snytko, an experienced gardener

In autumn, after harvesting, plants need to recuperate before wintering. Potassium mixtures are applied before wintering along with organic matter.

Organic matter also contains potassium, so you should calculate required amount additives. It is better to save a little than to oversaturate the soil and damage the roots.

Phosphorus affects the growth of the root system, so you can’t do without superphosphates and ammophoska. Superphosphate for strawberries - autumn dressing. It is not washed out of the soil during the winter months.

Many summer residents prefer ammophos for growing strawberries, as it contains nitrogen and phosphorus. At the same time, phosphorus is in an easy-to-digest form, it quickly dissolves in water. It can be used urgently for root and foliar top dressing - at the first sign of a lack of nutrition in plants. Ammonium phosphate is especially effective in combination with nitrogen nutrition, as it simultaneously stimulates the growth of green mass and roots. Ammofoska for strawberries and humans is harmless, but dosages must be observed.

Phosphorus-potassium fertilizers for strawberries acidify the soil, making it suitable for this plant.

As a result, such berries grow

When feeding berries, minerals should be used strictly according to the instructions so that they do not cause poisoning when eaten.

Except mineral fertilizers, it is necessary to introduce a complex of microelements once during the fruiting season. The main trace elements are iodine, boron, copper. It is best to apply these elements foliarly, because the solutions protect the leaves from diseases and are absorbed faster. Strawberries love milk supplements, so gardeners sometimes use diluted milk. How to feed strawberries - milk, whey or kefir - is not difficult to decide. What is there can be used. The berry prefers slightly acidic soils, and dairy products maintain a pH level that is favorable for plant growth.

organic

The best fertilizer for fertilizing strawberries is organic - manure or chicken droppings. There are some rules for using mullein and manure so as not to damage the root system of plants.

1. In the spring, you can not use fresh manure, as it has not passed heat treatment and may contain weed seeds, insect larvae, bacteria.
2. chicken manure- a very strong additive that can burn the roots of plants, so it must be diluted many times.
3. Fresh manure can be applied to the soil in autumn. During the winter, it will decompose by soil bacteria and will be available to the root system. In this case, manure performs the function of heating plants.
4. A fresh solution of organic matter should not get into the sockets and leaves. This is especially true for chicken manure.

Wood ash as a fertilizer for strawberries is used by almost all amateur gardeners. This top dressing is a source of potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen, which is used in the fall to restore soil fertility, in the spring for irrigation in the form of a solution. Feeding strawberries with ash also enriches the earth with microelements, but it must be applied in large quantities – up to 500 g per square meter.

Feeding with your own hands

At home, you can prepare top dressing with your own hands - an infusion of greens, compost, mulch.

For green fertilizer, you can use mowed grass. Nettle is the most useful, as it contains many vitamins and minerals. The grass is filled with water in a large barrel and infused for up to 10 days. Next, water the strawberries or spray the leaves. The remains of plants serve as additional top dressing.

Although it does not look very attractive, it is an excellent fertilizer for strawberries.

Hay or straw, as well as tree bark, are suitable for making mulch. Such a layer protects the bushes from freezing in winter, from overheating in summer and from the growth of weeds. Bark mulch has other useful qualities:

• creates conditions for the reproduction of earthworms that loosen the earth;
• serves as an additional power source;
• bark phytoncides protect the soil from pests and fungal infections;
• maintains a slightly acidic soil pH.

And the strawberry gives excellent harvest, being mulched

Mulching is carried out in spring in May or in autumn in September. Before this, fertilizing is introduced, and the plants are also watered.

The bark must be heated in the oven before use to remove the fungus.

Can be cooked at home the best fertilizer for strawberries - based on baker's yeast, which contain proteins, potassium, nitrogen, and trace elements - iron, copper, iodine, calcium, zinc.

Yeast is useful for young, newly transplanted bushes, as it stimulates root growth and accelerates survival. Feeding strawberries with natural fertilizers increases yields and improves the taste of berries.

To prepare a yeast solution, you need to take 1 liter of water and dissolve 50 g of yeast. Then dilute the concentrate in 5 liters of water. To bring under bushes on 0,5 liters. AT green manure you can also add yeast.

Foliar Supplements for Strawberries

Foliar feeding of berry bushes is best done in the morning or evening, when the sun's rays do not burn the leaves and the solution can be completely absorbed.

With the help of spraying, microelements are introduced: manganese, iodine, calcium, copper, boron. Trace elements protect berry bushes from diseases and fungal infections. Use ready-made formulations or homemade solutions.

Foliar feeding is carried out in the intervals between the introduction of the main mineral or organic substances.

Signs of a Nutrient Deficiency

With a lack of nitrogen, the leaves are small, yellowish. Bushes grow poorly, antennae do not form. Nitrogen is important to introduce at the stage of growth of green mass - in the spring. During the fruiting period, nitrogen supplements are not applied, as this reduces the number of berries and their quality.

Potassium deficiency affects primarily fruiting. Plants are more often affected by rot and insect pests. The foliage dries up and turns yellow at the edges.

Phosphorus deficiency is more common in acidic soils. small leaves purple hue – main feature phosphorus deficiency. Chalk or lime should be added first, and then phosphate fertilizers. In this sequence, the nutrients will be better absorbed by strawberries.

It is difficult for a non-professional to determine the deficiency of microelements in plants, because it is in many ways similar to the lack of basic nutrients. Therefore, for prevention, it is best to use complex additives of microfertilizers in the form of sprays.

Nutrient application calendar

The main period for fertilizing for berry plants is autumn. If the question arises, what kind of fertilizer to feed the strawberries after fruiting, then in the presence of manure or litter, of course, organic. The soil after strawberries is depleted faster and needs to be recharged, and organic matter is an easily accessible form of nutrition.

Top dressing of strawberries is a desirable procedure for the formation of the ovary and active fruiting. Especially it concerns remontant strawberries. Get big and sweet berry It is possible only with additional nutrition of the bushes.

Why feed strawberries during flowering and fruiting

Throughout the development cycle, the plant needs nutrients and minerals. During the period active growth, flowering and ovary formation, fruiting and after harvesting - strawberries need various additives and top dressing. Even the most fertile soil, after a few years, it tends to deplete, as a result of which the yield and size of fruits decrease, and their taste qualities decrease.

During the period of flowering and the formation of strawberries, bushes need additional feeding, but is it possible to feed strawberries during fruiting? There is an opinion that during the period of active growth and ripening of berries, it is not recommended to make any additives, since the fruits tend to absorb everything that the bush feeds on.

This is true, but it is during this period that plants need support. Therefore, you need to carefully choose: how to feed strawberries during fruiting, and fertilizers that can be applied under the berries.

How to fertilize strawberries during flowering

In addition to planned seasonal dressings strawberries, you need to take care of her proper nutrition at the beginning of flowering. Depending on the climate of the area, the appearance of the first flower stalks falls at the beginning or end of May. During this period, strawberries need in large numbers potassium. Top dressing can be carried out by the root method, or by spraying.

How to feed strawberries: root dressing recipes

The simplest and fast way feed flowering bushes strawberries - use a solution of potassium nitrate: you need to use a teaspoon of the substance per 10 liters of water, 0.5 liters is enough for one bush.

The special preparation "Ovary" contains all the necessary substances to increase the number of peduncles and the active formation of the ovary. When using, you must strictly follow the instructions.

Many gardeners, when caring for strawberries, prefer to use only natural substances. Before feeding strawberries, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the most popular folk recipes.

wood ash solution

For 1 liter of water use a glass of ash. It is poured with boiling water and mixed thoroughly. When the solution has cooled, it is filtered and used for feeding (0.5 l per bush).

Bird droppings or cow dung

For a 10 liter bucket, take 2.5 kg of manure, add water to the top and leave to infuse for a day, after which it is thoroughly mixed. So that there is no smell before insisting, Baikal humate is added. 1 liter of ready-made infusion is diluted in 20 liters of water. It is enough to use 0.5 liters per bush. The substance is quite caustic, so it is necessary to water carefully, without getting on above-ground part plants.

Yeast fertilizer for strawberries

1 kg of fresh yeast is dissolved in 5 liters of water, let it brew for a day. Then 1 liter of the mixture is diluted in 20 liters of liquid, and the plants are fed - 0.5 liters per bush.

Foliar top dressing of strawberries during the flowering period

Foliar top dressing of strawberries consists in spraying the bushes with nutrient solutions. It is important to handle carefully lower part leaves, since it is she who is responsible for the absorption of nutrients.

Among the finished products, the most effective and recognized are "Agros", "Hera" and "Rubin". It is necessary to strictly observe the dosage norms indicated on the package.

You can also use the following substances for spraying:

• 2 gr. potassium permanganate and potassium sulfate, 1 g of boric acid per 1 liter of water. The bushes are carefully treated with the resulting solution;
• Potassium nitrate: a teaspoon per 5 liters of liquid.

For the treatment of bushes, the same yeast solution recipe is used as for root dressing.

Nettle tincture for spraying strawberries

It is necessary to collect fresh nettles and chop them finely. Fill a 10 liter bucket with chopped nettles and pour hot water, plus 50-60 degrees Celsius. Insist during the day. The finished infusion is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10. Bushes are sprayed with a solution during the flowering period.

Feeding strawberries during flowering: video

Feeding strawberries during fruiting

In search of an answer to the question: is it necessary to feed strawberries during fruiting, pay attention to the recommendations of gardeners. It has been empirically confirmed that strawberry fertilizer during this period allows you to grow abundant, large and sweet harvest. Also, top dressing stimulates the ripening of berries, which is very important in case of bad weather. weather conditions and early frosts.

How to feed strawberries during fruiting at the root

During the period of formation and ripening of berries, you should not use chemical preparations, since the berries absorb and accumulate substances harmful to the body. You should use natural remedies available to every summer resident:

• Processing strawberries during fruiting with compost: 1 kg of rotted fertilizer is diluted in a bucket of water, and the bushes are watered;
• Chicken manure is insisted in water at the rate of 1-2 kg per bucket of water, 2-3 days. It should be used in the proportion of 1 part of manure infusion to 10 parts of water;
• Cow dung is infused for 3-4 days in warm water at the rate of 2-3 kg per bucket of water. 4 liters of the finished infusion are diluted with 10 liters of water, 0.5 liters are used to water 1 bush.

Foliar top dressing of strawberries during fruiting is prohibited

Spraying strawberries during fruiting is not allowed. During this period, it is recommended to feed and water the bushes only by the root method. rainy weather and improper watering- can lead to the death of an entire plantation.

How to fertilize strawberries during fruiting: video

It is important to know not only how to process strawberries during fruiting, but also when it needs to be done. Root top dressing of strawberries chemicals, and organic matter - must be carried out in moist soil after watering or good rain. Foliar - on the contrary, in dry and sunny weather, since the beneficial substances must be absorbed into the leaves.

For spraying and watering with fertilizers, it is worth choosing the evening time when the sun sets. Daytime processing is unacceptable, as the leaves of the plant will burn if liquid enters.

Any top dressing, root or foliar, is carried out once in a certain period of development of the strawberry bush. For example, during flowering, and the next - during fruiting.

Standard dressing recipes are ideal for light loamy and sandy soils with a low salt content. You can find out exactly what plants need only by analyzing the soil into components.

Outcome

Top dressing of strawberries during flowering and fruiting is necessary procedure. The quantity and quality of the crop depends on this. It is necessary to strictly separate root and foliar top dressing, and observe the norms of fertilizing.

Many people know that strawberries should be fed three times a year, including during flowering. This period is the most significant in the life of the plant, since at this time the fruits are tied and the final formation of the crop occurs. Following the basic rules, advice and recommendations of experts, you can get a good harvest of berries.

Why is nutrition needed?

During the period of fruit set and during flowering, when budding occurs, strawberry bushes should be taken care of in a special way. Some gardeners believe that in the phase of active flowering, it is not necessary to feed and generally touch the fruit ovaries, and all attention should be switched to watering, loosening, weeding and trimming the mustache. Therefore, fertilizers are applied only in early spring and in autumn.

But the plant needs nutrition throughout the growing season. Strawberries are on permanent place, gradually soil reserves of nutrients are depleted. For this reason, it is recommended to renew and feed the berry bushes on the ridge every two years. During the period when strawberries bloom, they especially need additional substances and care. The quality of the crop and the saturation of the fruits depend on this, which is especially important for preserving the varietal qualities of this plant crop.

Berry bushes should be fed several times: in the spring during the budding phase, during the period of the ovary of fruit buds, in the active phase of flowering and in the summer - before and after harvesting. And both just planted and already fruiting bushes. All stages are interconnected: in the period after winter frosts the plant needs to recover, form and preserve fruit and flower buds, and also distribute the necessary substances for fruit ripening.

In order to feed the plant thoroughly and approach this process with all responsibility, you need to find out how best to do this.

What is the best way to fertilize?

Strawberries bloom in spring, in May. In the northern zones, the flowering period may be delayed until early June. Fertilizing should be done using various kinds fertilizers.

There are several types of fertilizers: mineral-based, organic and mixed, as well as biostimulants and hormones. Minerals include potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium. All these substances are involved in the formation of buds, the formation of ovaries and fruits. The classic fertilizer for this period is nitroammophoska.

Complex compounds contain all necessary elements for feeding strawberry bushes. Properly chosen balance of phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium contributes to the full distribution of nutrients. They are introduced, like mineral compounds, directly into the soil, under abundant watering.

The method of feeding berry bushes can be made on the basis of quality indicators and soil characteristics. Gardeners often use ready-made fertilizers and compositions on the ridges. They are balanced in composition and are well absorbed by the plant through the soil. But you can fertilize them with folk remedies.

The application of mineral fertilizers to the soil during the flowering of berry bushes is an important stage in the care and laying of yields.

You should not be afraid that the fruits will be saturated with chemicals and suffer from this. Against, timely watering with nutritional compositions normalizes the metabolism of berry culture.

The choice of top dressing should also be carried out taking into account the need during this period. useful elements, which must include potassium. As you know, it is contained in wood ash and bird droppings. Therefore, it is necessary to feed with complex compositions with the addition of these products.

Common yeast and boric acid are in demand. Boron increases the quantitative composition of the ovary, improves the taste of fruits, making them sugary and large. Acid can be applied to the root zone in the usual way, as well as spray flowering strawberry bushes with a spray bottle.

Yeast during the flowering period of strawberries has been used for a long time. The vitamins and minerals that make up their composition provide nutrition for the bushes, which, in turn, has a positive effect on the quality of the berries: they become sweet and juicy, and significantly increase in mass. For use, prepare a sourdough: take one bag of yeast for five liters of water, add two tablespoons of sugar and insist for a while. Then the composition is diluted based on one part of the sourdough two parts of water. On average, watering 10 bushes will take 5 liters of yeast top dressing.

Bread composition is an alternative to yeast. This method is very convenient in terms of savings. Housewives can dry the bread pieces, and soak the finished crackers with water and leave them to ferment properly. This process takes an average of a week. The fermented composition is squeezed out, crumbly thrown away, and the liquid is diluted in a ratio of 1 to 10 and the bushes are shed under the root. One plant will need half a liter of bread top dressing.

During the flowering period, strawberries are treated with iodine to prevent dangerous diseases. Prepare the composition: blue vitriol and boric acid, half a teaspoon per bucket of water, plus 30 drops of iodine. This composition can be equally effectively watered under the root or sprayed on the plants.

Saltpeter is another means for fertilizing strawberries during flowering and the appearance of the ovary. The composition is prepared simply: add a teaspoon of potassium nitrate to a bucket of water, mix thoroughly and pour half a liter into one bush.

Being a biostimulant, the drug increases and accelerates the formation of a healthy ovary. During the flowering period, the introduction of the drug protects the plant from the effects of adverse factors, which are sudden changes in temperature and humidity. The active substance of the drug restores the balance of nutrients, preventing their loss. Before irrigation, a solution is prepared from one gram of the drug per liter of water. Spray the bushes at the very beginning of the formation of peduncles.

Ash from trees conifers is an excellent means of feeding garden strawberries. In the absence of conifers, any other types of wood will do. The main thing is to dissolve it in a bucket and add it to the soil only in a diluted form. A liter is taken moderately per glass of composition warm water. The steamed mixture is repeatedly diluted with water before watering.

one more effective tool fertilizing strawberry berry bushes is rotted cow dung. An infusion is prepared for use: a bucket of water is taken for two liters of mullein, insisted for a day. Before use, a pinch of potassium humate can be added to the composition. A strawberry bush accounts for half a liter of such a solution.

When adding organic fertilizers avoid contact with leaves and flowers.

Fertilization methods

In total, there are two types of top dressing - basal and foliar (leaf). Before carrying out the procedure, a number of preparatory activities, among which the main ones are the release of the root system of the plant from debris, branches and mulch, the removal of weeds and the loosening of the root zone of the plant. This will provide access fresh air to his vital organs and create favorable conditions for fruit formation.

Timely root spraying of the crown of the bush with fungicides and insecticides will keep the plant healthy and protect it from insects, fungus and pathogenic bacteria.

Root

Root top dressing during the flowering of strawberries is a convenient and familiar way of fertilizing. Useful material are well absorbed through the root system of the plant, spreading through all its branches and parts. Fertilizers must be applied with caution, strictly for their intended purpose - under the root, otherwise young strawberry leaves can be burned.

There are uniform rules and the sequence of fertilizing and fertilizing:

• mineral compositions during the period of bud binding are introduced only once;
• chemicals are not used at this time;
• focus on the introduction of potash compounds, since potassium contributes to the formation of the crop;
• with the onset of the appearance of inflorescences, they are fed with the mood of mullein, ash and potassium salt;
• as soon as the buds are formed, they switch to the introduction of saltpeter.

Foliar

This method consists in irrigating strawberry bushes with nutrient compounds during flowering. You can buy them ready-made or you can make your own. It is only important to adhere to the basic rules of foliar feeding:

• irrigation with compositions should be carried out in calm weather, when there is neither rain nor wind;
• in the process and the latter, direct sunlight should be avoided;
• irrigate the leaves of the strawberry bush, focusing on their lower part, since it is there that the greatest absorption of nutrients takes place;
• for spraying use special spray guns - manual or mechanical, and also apply security measures, which consist in putting on protective masks and gloves.

For irrigation, drugs and formulations "Rubin", "Agros", "Hera" and others are used, strictly following the instructions and rules for use.

• Immunostimulator "Ruby 7" contains necessary set useful elements, promotes the formation of the ovary, ensures the growth and development of strawberries, and also protects them from premature wilting and disease. The complex is designed for three applications. The composition is placed in a spray bottle, after diluting it in three liters of water. Use the prepared mixture immediately, as it does not store much. Re-irrigation should be carried out after about two weeks.

• Zinc sulfate (white vitriol) before spraying, dilute in water at the rate of several grams of the drug per bucket of water. This will promote the formation of a healthy ovary.
• For foliar feeding potassium nitrate two small spoons of the composition are dissolved in 10 liters of water. Ready solution berry bushes are processed.
• Boric acid solution and yeast diluting these compounds in the same proportions as for root dressings. Such top dressing multiplies the inflorescences and increases the quantitative composition of the crop.
• Infusion of young nettle leaves. To do this, finely chopped greens are poured with hot water (not boiling water), infused for a day and then strawberry berry bushes are irrigated with a diluted (1: 10) composition.

• Milk whey. It not only nourishes the plant, but also provides an acid film that can protect the plant from aphids and insects. Before irrigation, an aqueous solution is prepared on a one-to-one basis.

Often, one top dressing is not enough, so experts recommend using complex formulations. For example, irrigate bushes with compositions of several components: potassium permanganate, potassium nitrate and boric acid in equal proportions, approximately one gram per 10 liters of water. Such a healing solution is supplemented with a bag of any fertilizer for this type of plant.

In order for strawberries to remain healthy throughout the growing season and give a good harvest, agricultural experts advise during the flowering period to adhere to the basic rules.

• Preference should be given to natural, environmentally friendly compositions with the addition of organic matter: litter, ash and mullein.

• It is best to develop and use any one A complex approach applicable for a given type of soil, taking into account the varietal characteristics of plants. The use of multiple fertilizers in various combinations can do more harm than good.
• When carrying out top dressing, it is important to consider that strawberries love organics most of all, but only in moderation.
• Berry bushes should be fed on moist soil for the full distribution of the nutrient composition. The best time for this is the period after the rainfall.
• Do not touch the bushes in the heat, otherwise the leaves may burn in the sun. For this reason the best time for this - early morning or evening.

• It is necessary to follow the instructions and prepare the compositions for top dressing during the flowering period strictly according to the recipe. Please note that the data is subject to overall indicators loamy soils. Therefore, before applying fertilizers, study the composition of the soil in your garden.
• It is not recommended to carry out enhanced feeding during the formation of flower stalks, otherwise you can overdo it and lose part of the crop.
• Before applying fertilizer to the soil, water well and loosen the soil in the root zone, as well as throughout the ridge where the berry is planted.
• Strawberries during flowering must be cut, removing excess tendrils and dry leaves, as well as limiting its contact with the ground. It is best to line the root zone with a layer of mulch.

Loosening the soil, timely watering and irrigation are the key to proper plant care and provide good flowering and bountiful harvest berries.

Among other things, it is necessary to remove the very first flower stalks of strawberries. This procedure is necessary so that subsequent inflorescences become larger than their predecessors.

An important point is the watering of flowering bushes. superficial root system unable to cope with the nutrition of the plant, so the bushes are moderately watered, avoiding an excess of moisture. AT hot weather It is enough to water the strawberries once every three days. During the rainy season, watering is carried out much less frequently. Watered blossoming berry strictly under the bush, avoiding contact with flowers and ovaries. You also need to make sure that the roots of the plant remain under the cover of the soil. After irrigation, the soil around the bush is best loosened to improve air exchange and normalize root respiration.

In the process of caring for the plant during flowering and the formation of the ovary, pollination methods are also used. Insufficient pollination leads to the degeneration of color segments with subsequent fall off. Therefore, in order to avoid these consequences, it is necessary to help the plant by pollinating the flowers with a brush method. To do this, take a soft brush and transfer pollen from flower to flower. It is preferable to do the procedure in the afternoon.

For large territories use special fans. Natural honey is used for natural pollination. Bees are known to be the best pollinators of all insects. To attract them, dissolve a large spoonful of honey in a liter of water. The resulting composition is irrigated with flowering strawberry bushes. additional effect self-pollination can be achieved by growing several different varieties strawberry bushes.

By implementing proper care and feeding berry bushes during the flowering period, you can significantly increase the yield and quality of berries. The time spent will pay off with interest, and beautiful fragrant berries ripe strawberries decorate the beds on your site.

For information on how to feed strawberries during flowering, see the following video.