Processing strawberries after fruiting for the winter. "Ambulance" and prevention for strawberries: how to get a healthy berry

Hello dear gardeners! It's time to harvest the strawberries. In order for this berry to retain its qualities and continue to give a bountiful harvest, it is necessary to properly care for strawberries after harvesting. Today we will talk about this.

Features of care

After harvesting, Victoria bushes need special care if you also want to enjoy juicy fruits in the future. At the end of the season it becomes weak, overgrown with weeds. The first question for gardeners: what to do?

1. Remove the mulch first.
2. Then get rid of the weeds.
3. Loosen the soil between the rows.

After initial activities, try to restore the strength of the green mass. How to care after picking berries? Immediately after fruiting, it is necessary to trim the mustache and bushes.

Proper pruning

Pruning is carried out at the end of August or at the very beginning of September. And before pruning, remove all dry and damaged leaves. When to cut the leaves is also an important question. If your plant has been “living” for the second year, then pruning of foliage is required. Seedlings of the first year go before winter uncut.

Pruning is carried out so that part of a bush 5-6 cm high. Take a sharp pruner and cut!

Some gardeners mow the entire victoria plantation. Do you need to mow! Of course not! You can mow the seedlings of the first year, and this is completely unacceptable.

When to prune offshoots? At the end of August, you need to trim the mustache, if this is not done, then they will greatly weaken the strawberry bush. Leave the strongest shoots. Do not leave much, otherwise they will draw all the strength from the mother seedling.

Do I need to trim the mustache at the root? Cut off the shoots with secateurs as low as possible to the ground.

How to water strawberries at the end of the growing season? During this period it is very important proper watering. Often watering is not worth it, once every 14 days is enough, but abundantly!

Pest control

In August or September, seedlings should be processed. Especially dangerous are viral and fungal diseases that stick to weakened plants. Conduct comprehensive disease prevention "Nitrafen".

Powdery mildew most often affects. What to spray powdery mildew. how additional remedy use "Topaz".

As a preventive measure at the end of the season should be treated karbofos or Aktellik.

If at least one berry saw gray rot, then do not wait for the spoilage of the entire crop or the transition of the disease to the next season. This is a very dangerous fungus.

When a smoky layer appears on the berries, immediate treatment for diseases is required. First, remove the spoiled, leaves, weeds along with the root. Burn it all, just don't lay it in compost heap! Then spray with the drug Alirin-B.

Treatment with the drug is carried out before flowering and after. A second procedure should be carried out 2 weeks after the first spraying. Dilute 2 tablets of the drug in 1 liter of water.

To save the plantation, carry out 2 treatments per season.

Plants are also treated with the drug before and after flowering with an interval of 7 days. Enough 10 g of funds for 5 liters of water. After harvesting, also spray the area with one of these products.

May be sprayed in autumn Bordeaux liquid so that next year your beds are clean and productive.

Folk recipes

Many gardeners are generally against the use of chemicals.

• From all diseases will protect the usual iodine- 15 drops per bucket of water. The procedure is carried out before flowering 2-3 times. At the stage of berry formation, it is not carried out, since there is no need.
• Milk serum-1 glass per bucket of water. Can be strengthened with 2-3 drops of iodine.
• Potassium permanganate- pink solution + 5-6 drops boric acid. Treat before flowering.
• + laundry soap. Grind a few cloves of garlic, cover with water for 7 days. After a week, pour water into a bucket, cut a piece laundry soap for better adhesion.
• Save strawberries from gray rot will help solution : 50 g powder per 5 l hot water. Let it brew for 48 hours, then add 5 liters of water. Use before or after flowering, and when the berries begin to fill with juice.

Preventive measures against diseases

• The first thing to do is choose correct plot for landing. Choose a well-lit, ventilated area. The best place- the middle of the territory with nutritious, loose soil.
• During the formation of berries, mulch the aisles thin layer straw, sawdust or needles so that the fruits do not fall on the ground.
• Powder the soil between the plants tree resin .
• Plant nearby.

These simple tricks will also help to secure the crop.

Top dressing is an important step in the care of strawberries.

What to feed after picking berries? A severely weakened Victoria especially needs to be fed. It is customary to feed this culture with organic matter in August - September. It can be chicken manure, mullein or horse manure.

Horse and cow dung you can simply spread out between the rows and under each bush. Autumn rains will soak the pieces of manure, delivering nutrients to the roots. But chicken manure will have to be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:20. Water in this way: a bucket for 8-10 seedlings.

Many gardeners choose mineral fertilizer. They simply scatter it over the planting area, then pass it with a chopper and water it abundantly. To prevent the formation of a crust, planting fall asleep peat or needles. Instead of organics, they often make ammophoska.

Important! In autumn, strawberries are fed only once, on any day after harvest.

Remontant strawberries - the love of gardeners

The remontant strawberry attracts by the fact that it gives 2-3 crops per season. Only one thing is depressing - it is too vulnerable to disease. No matter what, everyone grows it more number gardeners.

The first harvest can be harvested in July, and the second - at the end of August. But between these periods, you can also feast on ripe berries.

More often grown remontant varieties NSD. And if you want to make blanks for the winter, then choose DSD varieties. The disadvantage of this type of Victoria is its short lifespan due to severe exhaustion. But proper care will help you enjoy the fruits for 3 or more years.

If you decide to grow this culture, then planting will have to be done in early September to allow it to take root. It can be propagated by bushes and mustaches.

The famous agrotechnician Ganichkina helps to grow excellent harvest many cultures, so let's listen to her advice.

After fruiting, strawberries must be prepared for the next harvest year. Oktyabrina proposes to produce removal of foliage and shoots. When the bushes are free from fruits, it's time to trim the mustache. To do this, cut them at the very base of the bush, and repeat several times. This is done in order not to reduce the next year's harvest.

Which of the gardeners did not dream of harvesting a rich harvest of bright and juicy fruits strawberries. Strawberries are not only delicious. Red berries are a real source of vitamins and minerals that are so necessary for a person. However, you need to monitor the plant not only when it is covered with white correct colors. After harvesting, strawberry bushes also need care, which consists in the treatment of shoots with herbal remedies to prevent the development of diseases, in pruning old leaves that have grown over the summer mustache layering. If these activities are carried out correctly and competently, they will become the basis for a new abundant harvest next summer.

Why and how to mow strawberries in the summer?

How to mow strawberries in the summer and why should you do it? Mowing strawberries is becoming a habit. Every season, summer residents mow overgrown leaves and shoots on strawberry beds until the end of summer, without thinking about how the plant will react to this method and whether it is time to prune. Before taking on a braid, it is better to re-read articles about growing strawberries, look at gardening forums. The owners of strawberry plantations are often advised to mow the shoots. Immediately after picking the berries, seasonal processing of strawberries is carried out if the leaves on the strawberries are covered brown spots. Timely removal of infected shoots reduces the risk of further spread of the disease.

What to do with strawberry bushes in July, August?

Experienced gardeners It is advised to wait and look closely at the plant. As soon as the shoot begins to beat off new foliage and let out a whisker, then it's time to remove the old leaves and unnecessary whiskers. This process is carried out in compliance with certain rules:

• In July, early varieties of strawberries release shoots with young rosettes. For reproduction, layers with large rosettes are selected. Usually these are the first two on the run. They should be buried, without cutting the antennae, with which the process is connected to the mother bush. Unnecessary sockets should be removed. This process must be repeated regularly so that the bush does not become thickened by autumn. If time is missed, then it is better not to touch the plant, otherwise the growth of the plant will be delayed, and this will affect the future harvest.
• Drying and damaged leaves are cut off at a height of 5 cm from the ground, since pest spores can also be found on strawberry cuttings.
• If you remove the old leaves in time, then reproductive organs, peduncles, a lot is formed, and this is the key to a good harvest. It should be remembered that it is impossible to mow leaves on young shoots. Only after the plant gets stronger, that is, for 3-4 years of fruiting, you can mow the strawberry shoots.
• Pruning old shoots is a process that cannot be done with a Lithuanian scythe. In order not to damage the bush (strawberry shoots are very strong), you need to work with a sharp and clean pruner so that the tool does not cause infection.

In August, work on the strawberry beds continues:

• it is necessary to water the strawberry bushes well;
• separate the largest sockets, prepare them for planting;
• the soil between the strawberry beds should be dug up;
• mulch aisles using sawdust or straw, dried moss or leaves that have fallen from trees; mulching stifles the growth of weeds, prevents the formation of a crust on the soil, in winter time The mulch will act as insulation for the plants and will need to be raked away in the spring.

Mowing strawberries is not only cutting leaves, it is a whole range of activities that are aimed at increasing the future harvest. If you are late with pruning strawberries, then the plant will not be able to provide the necessary supply of trace elements. Young leaves will not have time to appear, the shoots will remain bare. The seedling will not endure the winter cold.

When to prune strawberries?

When and how to process strawberries? There is also controversy regarding the timing of pruning strawberries. Two options are being considered:

• the first is pruning in mid-June;
• the second - spring pruning

When can strawberries be processed after fruiting? Experienced gardeners are waiting for July, because July pruning does not violate the natural cycle, because it is at this time that the shoots that bear fruit die off, and dry foliage interferes with the further development of seedlings, it is only necessary to choose a dry, windless day. But pruning in the fall harms the plant. After the old shoots are mowed and removed, the soil around the plant should be disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate, fed, and insulated. Wood ash is suitable for this purpose.

Seasonal tips: what to do with strawberry bushes in July and August

How to care for the beds after pruning and mowing? Many gardeners are of the opinion that after picking berries on a strawberry plantation, you can ignore it until autumn. With this approach, next strawberry season you can not collect bountiful harvest. Garden strawberries simply need processing after harvest. In two months of summer, strawberry beds will be overgrown with grass, and the plant needs to replenish its strength, release new leaves, while the old ones still continue to hold on, lay flower buds. New strawberry shoots will be thrown out until autumn. Small sockets will require nutrients, which they will "pull" from the mother plant. All these reasons make the gardener take the time to care for the strawberry plantation.

Seasonal tips may be as follows. In July, the gardener needs to take the following steps:

• weed out all the weeds that managed to grow by the end of July;
• if strawberries have been growing for several years, mow the foliage, not forgetting to leave right amount rosettes for subsequent propagation of berries, rake out foliage;
• loosen the soil under the bush and spud each bush to prevent the roots of the plant that are on the surface of the earth from drying out; during hilling, it is necessary to ensure that the earth does not fall into the center of the bush;
• loosen the aisles and organize watering of the site, after each watering, you need to loosen the soil around the bushes.

Plantation spraying should also be done. The simplest and accessible way is the treatment of bushes and soil at the site with a solution of potassium permanganate or blue vitriol. At the end of the day, mowed plants should be treated with infusion of wormwood, garlic, tobacco dust. Mineral fertilizers, as a top dressing for strawberries, can also be used. Pruned strawberry plantations are watered with a solution of superphosphate or potassium sulfate.

Pruning strawberries after harvest

After the harvest of the strawberry plantation is freed from fruits, the gardener continues to care for the berry. Strawberry processing is necessary after harvesting strawberries in order to get a rich harvest next summer. Remove old leaves and weeds. They should not be used as mulch because the old leaves have pests that will start to multiply when they get into the new environment.

After fruiting on a plantation, the question arises of how to process strawberries. Among gardeners there are disputes about the advisability of pruning strawberries. Two opinions are put forward:

1. Many gardeners doubt the need for pruning and argue that the complete removal of leaves is stressful for the bush, and interference with the natural development of the plant can only harm it.
2. Others argue that the stress caused by pruning leaves, on the contrary, stimulates the bush to increase fruiting.
3. Still others advise you to become experimenters: choose two strawberry bushes and cut the leaves on one of them, do not touch the other. See which plant will yield the most.

Reasons for pruning leaves: pros and cons

Continuing the conversation about pruning strawberries after fruiting, we need to consider the arguments that convince the need for pruning, and the evidence that advises against it.

Arguments in favor are as follows:

1. Pruning leaves and stems accelerates the growth of the root system. There is an explanation for this: useful material and trace elements rush to the roots, because above-ground part plants are missing.
2. Pests that hide on the leaves of the plant will be destroyed along with the leaves. If you do not remove the old foliage after the harvest, then spring can bring new troubles. At first, the bush looks quite healthy, but after the first flowers appear on it, the leaves change color, become covered with brown spots. This indicates that the phytodisease affected the entire plantation. How to trim the leaves if the plants are affected by diseases and pests? To cut the leaves now means to be left without a crop. Leave everything as it is, ruin the strawberry planting completely. So the gardener scolds himself for not cutting the leaves last summer, but the scheme for trimming leaves and mustaches is simple: cut off all the shoots that begin to dry out, leaving stems up to 50 cm high.
3. Some gardeners claim that sloping strawberry beds do not suffer from frost. The argument is somewhat dubious, but it is not without common sense. For the winter: processing strawberries after fruiting consists in feeding and warming.

Arguments against are:

1. AT autumn period buds begin to set on the strawberry bushes - a harbinger of the future harvest. By cutting the shoots, the gardener can damage the generative and vegetative buds, because in the process of work, each bush is not inspected, so it is not worth cutting the plantations.
2. It is believed that the stress caused by the removal of leaves will slow down the further development of the crop, on which the fruits will form much later than in other plants.
3. As a rule, before the process of removing leaves, the gardener does not treat the plantation with poisons, considering this to be superfluous. It turns out that he simply shakes off the pests on the ground and forgets about them, but as soon as young leaves appear, the insects come to life again and crawl onto the young greenery.
4. Leaves are the respiratory system of plants. Thanks to them, photosynthesis occurs, which provides shoots and stems with oxygen. With the removal of leaves, the supply of oxygen decreases.

Why trim your mustache?

Any variety of strawberries has a mustache - long shoots without leaves, diverging in all directions from the bush. Why trim your mustache? When is the best time to do this? Discussions on this problem have been going on for a long time on horticultural forums. Finally, some rules about growing garden strawberry, in particular, trimming the mustache of garden strawberries after harvest is necessary. You can not bring the plant to the point where the mustache completely covers the entire mother bush. In this case, you can not expect a good harvest from a strawberry plantation. Mustaches are needed if you plan to increase plantations. And in this case, you should not be too lazy to cut out all unnecessary processes, leaving the strongest and largest. Gardeners are advised to leave a mustache - the first from the bush.

How to properly trim your mustache? The opinion of gardeners on this issue is again bifurcated. Some feel that the mustache needs to be trimmed as it develops. Another group of gardeners are relatively calm in observing the development of the plant and trimming it all at once. But there is no particular dispute about the time of trimming the mustache. it is better to remove unnecessary processes from mid-July to the end of August. It is important that the plant beat off new shoots by winter. Mustaches should not be pulled out: this can damage the mother plant. Shoots on the plant that are not needed are best cut with a sharp pruner or garden shears.

A few words about diseases and pests of strawberries

Pest control is a painstaking process. Pests of a strawberry plantation are simply difficult to see, so it is necessary to treat strawberries annually after harvesting from diseases. Their list is quite numerous:

1. If earlier the leaves of the plant were covered with brown spots, it means that the plant has settled fungal disease. How can you process strawberries after picking strawberries. Bordeaux liquid, preparations "Ridomil Gold", "Ordan" are effective.
2. Small holes in the leaves suggest that the strawberry plantation is under attack. raspberry-strawberry weevil. In such cases, insecticide treatment is needed, which is carried out regularly.
3. If a strawberry mite appeared, as evidenced by shriveled leaves that gradually turn yellow and die off, gardeners think about what can be done? How to spray strawberries is easy with the following preparations that destroy earth mites:

• "Fitoverm", "Titovit Jet" - concentrated solutions that must be applied at intervals of 5 days;
• "Aktellik", "Karbofos" - serious compositions;
• colloidal sulfur, Bordeaux liquid.

1. How to treat strawberries from diseases, if the berries have rotted, it is necessary to treat the available fungicides - Karate or Inta-vir. If there is no poison to treat, just water the bushes hot water: the tick will die.
2. If the bush has strongly thickened shoots, then the conclusion suggests itself that a nematode has settled on the plantation. You should know that no measures will help. It is better to immediately remove the bush completely, and spray the ground on which it grew with boiling water.

Processing strawberries from pests is carried out after harvest. Save named drugs. How to properly process strawberries, tell the instructions on the packaging.

Further care of the plant?

When should strawberries be processed after fruiting? This question is asked by a gardener who has finished picking sweet berries. When do you need to feed, fertilize, because the increased growth of leaves has already begun? Right now is the time to start a new plantation of strawberry crops or transplant old bushes if they have been bearing fruit for five years. To do this, prepare a new area: it’s good to find a plot where onions or legumes were grown.

On the site you need to scatter bird droppings or humus, and then dig and moisten. For planting, choose a young strong mustache, and it is better to throw out the old bushes.

If the transplant is not performed, then you must perform:

• weed the area;
• cut off all whiskers and yellowed leaves, but young shoots should not be disturbed;
• rake the foliage on the strawberry plot;
• treat plants with colloidal sulfur;
• loosen the soil on the site, observing a depth of 15 cm (you need to work carefully so as not to damage the root system).

It is important to feed strawberry bushes with mineral preparations (it is better to buy formulations intended for strawberry crops, because they contain phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, humus, compost). For summer dressings fit organic fertilizers(Pour any manure with water, wait until the fermentation process has passed). Wood ash has a good effect. The ratio is as follows: 1 kg of sol per square meter crops. Scattered ash is covered with a layer of soil. After fertilizing, you need to shed the soil well on the site. Strawberries do not tolerate chlorine. Preparations containing this element can destroy the entire strawberry plantation.

A little about watering a strawberry plantation

Well-known agricultural technicians believe that watering is the main event for caring for strawberries, which will be the key to good fruiting. Before starting to prepare the site, it is necessary to think over the irrigation system, otherwise the cost of subsidence will be unnecessary.

There are many irrigations per season:

• the first watering is done after the melt water has left;
• in the subsequent time, it is necessary to ensure that the soil under strawberry crops does not dry out, otherwise the development of the berry and the ejection of flower stalks stops, otherwise the aging process of the bushes begins, the leaves dry up and die.

In the age of application of new technologies, the watering of the entire strawberry plantations can be ensured by arranging drip irrigation. Plantations need watering in early spring, as well as in summer period, because the growth of plants after harvest depends on how much nutrients are supplied, and they are absorbed only in dissolved form. After watering, it is imperative to hill the bushes.

Conditions for successful strawberry cultivation

There is an opinion that strawberries - unpretentious plant, which bears fruit on its own and does not require any care. But growing garden strawberries on garden plot different from strawberries that grow in the forest. The bright red berry has adapted for centuries to natural conditions, and even then, not all young bushes survive, but only the strongest. Garden specimens are usually hybrids that the breeder has bred, so they require special conditions for growing. Without proper care, the crop will not produce a crop. Therefore, a gardener who decides to grow strawberry plantations will have to make a lot of effort:

• in order for the berry to pour and the vegetative process to proceed, the crops must be well watered;
• it should be understood that loosening prevents soil compaction and enriches the soil with oxygen;
• top dressing increases the yield and quality of berries;
• mulching protects crops from the hot sun and severe frosts.

Experienced gardeners advise not to confuse varieties of strawberries and set aside separate beds for a new variety, because there are varieties that bear fruit only once and remontant ones that bear fruit two or three times. All varieties of strawberries have a unique aroma, preserves, jams, compotes are a real storehouse of vitamins.

A few tricks for the care and processing of strawberries

Strawberry growers are gradually accumulating their own rules for growing this specimen, which make up practical advice. Here are a few of them:

1. When choosing a place for a future strawberry plantation, you need to choose a site that is not plowed and was sown with onions, carrots, beets, garlic, herbs. It should be a sunny area, because the plant will not bear fruit in the shade.
2. This variety prefers light soils; if the soil is dense and heavy, then peat and sand should be scattered, and then dug up.
3. The site must be prepared six months in advance. Before planting, manure should not be scattered, as it can burn the root system; it is better to do this in the spring so that the soil settles, and plant new rows of strawberries in the fall.
4. Strawberries are a moisture-loving crop. Gives a good effect drip system glaze.
5. A good top dressing for young bushes is a solution of potassium permanganate and boric acid.
6. Interesting options for natural feeding:

• It is necessary to cut the nettle shoots, pour boiling water over it, insist for several days. The nettle solution will cause shoot development and change the color of the leaves.
• The second recipe uses milk products. Pour whey or kefir (1 l) into water (3 l), mix. Pour the solution under the root of the plant. A hardworking gardener is not lazy to water the plants every 14 days.
• In subsequent years, it is necessary to make compost under the plants, which is convenient to close up with a flat cutter.
• In order for each bush to bear fruit, you need to pinch your mustache in time. During the period when the fruits are tied, the growth of shoots should not be stimulated.

An experienced gardener still plans all the activities for processing the crop in the winter. Strawberries will surely reward the gardener for their efforts with bright juicy berries.

Any gardener simply must know how to care for strawberries after harvest, otherwise you can’t even dream of large, juicy berries. Strawberries respond favorably to care and attention, endowing them with an abundance of tasty and tender fruits.

strawberry harvest time

Remontant strawberries begin to bloom from May, continuing until October. The first fruiting falls at the beginning of June, depending on the region of cultivation, the second harvest - in July, and the third - in August. Disposable early varieties may bear fruit as early as May. There are a lot of varieties, and each of them has its own fruiting period, for example, the Flamenco variety begins to bear fruit only in August and ends in December. Therefore, everything is rather conditional.

Care after the first fruiting

In order for strawberries (garden strawberries) to bear fruit well, almost all-weather care is necessary. It is a mistake to think that after harvesting strawberries do not need anything, it is quite the opposite here - the bushes need special manipulations for recovery. Proper Care for strawberries after fruiting contributes to an increase in yield by at least 15-40%. Thanks to properly performed preventive work, the fruits become larger, juicier and tastier.

Care after the first fruiting of strawberries

Care after harvest in July

Strawberries have fruited what to do next - one of the most common questions in gardening. Everything is actually quite simple. After picking strawberries in the summer, the following manipulations are carried out:

• weeding;
• mustache trimming;
• removal of dried, dry leaves;
• top dressing;
• hilling.

First of all, the beds are weeded from weeds, then the dry leaves are disposed of and the mustaches begin to be cut off. Red leaves are subject to mandatory removal.

Attention! In no case do they cut off the leaves, the mustache - the bush will be damaged and begin to get sick, for manipulations they use special garden shears, secateurs.

In the case of the presence of young curling leaves or their wavy configuration, the culture must be treated with anti-tick preparations, since these signs indicate the presence of Tarsonemus fragariae.

After they have finished trimming the mustache, the old mulch is removed, the soil is loosened, fertilized, watered. Near the plants, loosening is done at a depth of 5 cm, and between rows - up to 10 cm.

Then bushes are spudded, the roots of which must be completely covered, and the top should be above the ground. In particular, this applies to older plants, which over time root system has the ability to protrude above the ground.

Feeding and watering

You need to feed the bushes mineral fertilizers with added micronutrients. For one sq. m - an average of 30 g of fertilizer. Fertilizers intended for strawberries are suitable for this purpose: ammophoska, fertik. They are closed 6 cm deep. It is forbidden to use fertilizer, which includes potassium chloride, as it helps to slow down growth and worsen fruiting.

Well-rotted humus is also used, scattering it on top of the soil - it improves soil structural parameters and fertility. Chicken manure diluted in water (in a ratio of 1:15) is used with caution, avoid getting on the leaves, in order to avoid burns. A large concentration is detrimental to the bushes.

Watering is carried out until the end of the summer season, at least once a week (1 bucket per sq. M). The best effect is achieved drip irrigation- the soil does not swamp, the plants do not rot, getting required amount moisture.

Watering strawberries

Berry care in August

Proper care of strawberries after harvest helps to obtain bountiful harvest in future. August is the best in this regard.

Care in the last month of summer is:

• pruning leaves;
• mustache transplant;
• protection from diseases and pests;
• preparing strawberries for winter.

All old leaves are cut off (early, middle and late varieties are processed in turn). Overgrowing, bushes increase the chances of diseases and pests. When trimming the mustache, leave at least 10 cm at the base of the plant. For jigging use only healthy, strong antennae. To improve the fertility of strawberries, the strongest mustache is left on the bushes, from which a new mother bush will grow to replace the old one. This manipulation is carried out every 3 years.

In August, preventive and therapeutic measures are taken against fungi, pests and powdery mildew. It is necessary to treat the bushes with preparations of your choice: Actellik, Karbofos (protects against strawberry mites, weevil), Azocen, Topaz (fights powdery mildew). From rot, the use of a one percent solution of lime and copper sulfate is effective.

Preparing for winter

Top dressing in August increases frost-resistant qualities plants and promotes the formation of flower buds. At this stage, the plant needs nitrogen-containing fertilizers. Complex mineral fertilizers should include: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, in a ratio of 1:2:4. Ready-made ones will do: "Fasco", "Autumn", "Autumn". The latter, in turn, does not contain nitrogen, it can be used in later periods. Among organics, preference is given to peat, horse manure in granules, bone meal and humus.

"Fed" strawberries are mulched. Leaves, needles, straw, potato tops are used for shelter for the winter. The warming procedure is carried out in warm, dry weather, otherwise the layer will cake and will contribute to the development of diseases inside or rotting of the root system. The layer covering the plant for autumn and winter should be at least seven centimeters. In addition to mulch, it is used nonwoven fabric(spunbond, for example).

Important! Bird droppings are contraindicated, otherwise an excess of nitrogen is possible.

Preparing strawberries for winter

Features of caring for reusable strawberries

A conniving attitude towards strawberries after the first harvest is extremely unacceptable, otherwise further harvest will be under big question. The very first harvest, even if insignificant, deprives the plant of many nutrients and strength, and by the end of fruiting it is in a rather tangible depleted state.

After harvest:

• the site is well loosened;
• get rid of weeds;
• feed;
• mustache removed.

It is necessary to start these procedures as early as possible, until the strawberries have grown too much. The roots should not look out, be sure to cover them with earth.

top dressing

Strawberries respond well to herbal infusions and yeast nutrition. A good effect is given by nettle extract, which is prepared in the following way: 2/3 containers are stuffed with finely chopped nettle, dandelion leaves, common goutweed (flowers are removed to prevent weeds), then filled with water, corked and left in the open sun. The result is a mixture that is disgusting in smell and appearance, but at the same time very useful for the culture. The resulting consistency is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 and applied to the beds. Yeast is added to herbal infusion.

Watering is carried out until the end of the summer season.

Yellowed and dying leaves of the bushes are removed. controversial issue arises about young, intensively growing greenery: gardeners are divided into half, one of which believes that the removal of foliage contributes to a better formation of flower stalks, while the other, on the contrary, claims that the bushes noticeably weaken after such procedures, because photosynthesis is much reduced when greenery is removed.

Top dressing strawberries

Mustache removal

Mustaches after the first harvest grow with excellent speed and strength, while taking a lot of strength from strawberries. Rooted mustaches contribute to the formation of new bushes, which contribute to an additional crop. It is for this reason that the second fee is allocated large quantity berries. At the same time, summer residents emphasize that offspring should be expected only from the first mustache, which can be determined by size, subsequent processes will not produce a crop this year. Therefore, only the first tendrils are left, and the rest are cut off, to save the plant's strength for the formation of berries.

Removing bushes

Reusable strawberries have two divisions: LSD (long daylight hours) and NSD (neutral daylight hours). The first bears fruit for 2-3 years, the last - only one season, after which the bushes are changed.

Preparing for the winter season

DSD plants are covered with insulating materials (straw, grass, needles) for the winter.

NSD strawberries will need to be transplanted to a new place of residence. The procedure includes the following nuances:

1. old bushes are removed from the garden before the arrival of the first frost;
2. seedlings are transferred to the new territory no later than August - September, so that by the arrivals sub-zero temperatures young bushes are well rooted;
3. mustaches cut from mother bushes serve as planting material;
4. appearing flowers on the bushes are removed;
5. after the second frost, the strawberry bushes get rid of all foliage, the beds are covered with insulation (straw, fallen leaves, sawdust).

Spring care for remontant varieties

Caring for remontant strawberries in the spring does not have any special features; the berry, like at any other time of the year, requires: watering, regular loosening, timely disposal of weeds, feeding and treatment for diseases and pests.

In the early spring at last year's remontant strawberries remove dry, yellow and diseased leaves. Feed up ammonium nitrate soil.

The first fruiting is more poor quality berries, so gardeners recommend removing flowers at the first flowering, saving the plant's strength, then the second fruiting will be very productive.

spring care remontant varieties strawberries

Proper manipulations can increase the yield of berries at times. Simple, but very effective advice from experienced summer residents:

• Compliance with crop rotation: strawberry bushes are rapidly aging and losing productivity, it is not advisable to grow them in one area for more than 4 years. Optimally - annually change the bed.
• Cycle of varieties: systematic updating of the assortment with new species does not allow pathogens to adapt to the immune profile of varieties;
• Weedy strawberries are mercilessly removed: these varieties can have empty flowers, small unattractive berries or not bloom at all, are distinguished by powerful growth of greenery and mustache, muffle "good" bushes.
• Proper reproduction: a new bed is made up of part of their bushes and part of purchased ones.

What care you provide for strawberries, you will receive such a crop, since it is an important component for the formation of juicy, large and healthy berries.

In the second half of summer, all the berries from the strawberry beds have already been harvested, but you should not forget about the plants. How much quality care for strawberries will be after fruiting, so good harvest will be next year.

At the end of July or at the beginning of August, strawberry care consists of several activities:

1. Trimming. Usually, a month after picking the berries, strawberry leaves are mowed, and all mustaches are removed, if not required. planting material for propagation or rejuvenation of strawberries. Pruning of old leaves is done for the purpose of prevention. various diseases. It is recommended to cut the leaves manually with secateurs or scissors to avoid damaging the growing point, and young leaves in the center can be left.

After cleaning the ridges from the leaves of the iuses, the strawberry plantation looks neat, you can assess the condition of the hearts, the thickening of the planting. It is impossible to delay pruning until the end of August or carry it out in September, until autumn the plants should grow new leaves that will go into winter. Rushing with pruning strawberries is also not worth it, since the bushes, left without protection from the sun, will suffer from the summer heat.

2. Mustache removal on plantings of strawberries of the first and second years they do it regularly all summer. For propagation of strawberries, mustaches are left on three-year-old plants. 1 or 2 mustaches are left from each bush, and there should be two sockets on them, the rest of the length is removed, since only the first sockets are the strongest. For rooting, the sockets on the mustache are pressed to the ground or immediately into dug cups.

3. After pruning the strawberries, the ridges are cleared of mulch . Mulching for strawberries is done in the first half of summer to maintain moisture in the soil, protect against weeds, and the berries on the litter ripen clean. After harvesting the old mulch, the ground between the strawberry bushes is deeply loosened, the bushes are spudded a little, but the center of the hearts is not covered.

4. Fertilizing for strawberries after pruning is necessary to give impetus to the growth of new greenery. Fertilizing strawberries with complex mineral fertilizer can be done simultaneously with loosening; for this, fertilizer is scattered on the garden bed 20 g per 1 sq.m. and with loosening close up deep into the earth. For fertilizing strawberries, you can not use fertilizers that contain chlorine, for example, potassium chloride.

Can replace mineral fertilizer organic top dressing. Strawberries quickly begin to grow after watering with infusion chicken manure, for this it is bred 1: 15.

At the end of August or in September, strawberry beds are mulched with compost humus, this layer of mulch is necessary not only for nutrition, but also for protection from the first frosts, and also closes the exposed roots.

5. After pruning, strawberries are regularly watered abundantly once a week if the weather is hot and dry. It is useful to water strawberry beds 1-2 times with a pink solution of potassium permanganate, this will be a prevention against diseases and additional feeding plants.

6. After picking berries and pruning leaves, strawberries must be treated for diseases and pests . Actellik, Fufafon or Fitoverm will help get rid of the pest complex. When powdery mildew appears, spraying with a solution with Topaz is carried out.

The middle of summer is a hot time for harvesting strawberries (garden strawberries). It would seem that after collecting these delicious berries you can forget about caring for strawberry bushes until the next season, that is, until spring. However, this opinion is erroneous, because already this year after fruiting on garden strawberries flower buds of the next year's crop begin to form. Therefore, after picking berries, strawberries should be properly looked after. How to water and how to feed strawberries after fruiting in July, August and September, we recommend that you study in our article.

After harvesting, strawberry care includes the following procedures:

• regular watering;
• weeding;
• loosening and hilling;
• top dressing;
• removal of mustaches and dried leaves.

Weeding and loosening

After fruiting, strawberry beds should first be freed from weeds. If the soil has been covered with mulch, it is removed, as pests and diseases can accumulate in old straw or sawdust.

In order for air to enter the roots, the soil around the bushes must be loosened. This should be done carefully to avoid damaging the roots.

After weeding and loosening, strawberries are watered and spudded, covering new growing roots with soil. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the heart of the plant is not covered with earth.

Watering strawberries in July

Many gardeners are interested in - Should strawberries be watered in July?. Irrigation is a must. The frequency and abundance of watering depends on the weather. In dry and warm weather, strawberries are watered in July at least once every 5-7 days. If it’s cool outside and it’s raining, you don’t need to water the strawberry beds.

Attention! The soil must not be allowed to dry out. In the absence of precipitation in warm weather, use about two buckets of water per square meter of bed.

Pruning mustache and leaves

About 2-3 days after harvesting, remove old dried leaves from the strawberry bushes, as well as those that have red, red or white spots. These are dying leaves that take food from the plant. They should be removed with secateurs or sharp scissors.

Along with the leaves, unnecessary strawberry mustaches are also removed. For reproduction, you can leave the most productive and strong outlet, which is located immediately at the mother plant.

Attention! When removing leaves and whiskers, be careful not to damage the hearts and new leaves.

Old foliage is often infected with various diseases and pests, so be sure to remove it.

How to feed strawberries after fruiting

In July, after pruning leaves and whiskers on strawberry bushes, plants need nitrogen, which will stimulate the growth of new foliage. Can choose:

1. Nitrammofoska or nitrophoska. Any of the fertilizers is diluted at the rate of 1-2 tbsp. spoons per 10 liters of water. If you use only nitrophoska, add a glass of wood ash to the solution, which contains many trace elements.
2. Ammophoscu. Fertilizer contains a large number of trace elements. From it you can prepare a solution (for 10 liters of water - Matchbox top dressing) or use dry. Dry fertilizer scattered around strawberry bushes at the rate of 20 grams (matchbox) per 1 sq. meter plantings, after which the beds are watered.

In the second half of July - early August, mullein or bird droppings will be a good top dressing for strawberries. AT fresh they can not be applied, as you can burn the roots of plants. It is recommended to use solutions:

• chicken manure diluted 1:15 and water the bushes with it so that the solution does not fall on the foliage;
• mullein diluted 1:10, insist for a day and use as directed.

Chicken manure and mullein can be enriched with mineral fertilizers by adding to the solution wood ash(for 10 liters - 1 liter of ash).

Attention! Strawberries do not like chlorine, so potassium chloride and other fertilizers containing this element cannot be applied to strawberries. Otherwise, the plants will grow and bear fruit worse.

Caring for strawberries in August

watering

The last month of summer is often hot, so be sure to water your strawberry beds about twice a week. If the foliage begins to dry out and wilt, the plants do not have enough moisture.

Around mid-August, the soil around the strawberries can be covered with mulch. Pre-beds are watered abundantly (15 liters of water per 1 sq. M). Humus can be used as mulch, spreading it out in a layer of 2-3 cm. Such mulch will become a good top dressing and at the same time protect the soil from drying out. Strawberries can be watered less often.

Soil and bush tillage

Do not forget to remove weed grass from strawberry beds in a timely manner, which not only prevents strawberries from growing, but also takes food from the soil.

If the leaves on the strawberries are still drying and turning yellow, keep cutting them off. Each bush should have at least 3-4 healthy young leaves.

Cut off the newly appeared mustache, and transplant those left for reproduction to a new bed.

How to feed strawberries in August

In the last month of summer, foliage is not actively growing, so fertilizers containing a large amount of nitrogen are not used.

If you did not feed strawberries with mullein in July or bird droppings do it in august. Dilute bird droppings 1:20, and mullein - 1:10. One watering can (10 liters) will be enough to feed 12 bushes.

In August, strawberries are recommended to be fed with potassium and phosphorus. These elements are part of the Fasco fertilizer. Especially for strawberries, fertilizers Agricola, Ryazanochka, Rubin are produced, which are used according to the instructions attached to them.

After watering and top dressing, do not forget to carefully loosen and spud strawberry bushes.

Pest and disease treatment

Be sure to carry out preventive treatment of strawberries from various pests and diseases. To do this, water the soil with a weak solution of manganese and spray the foliage.

Strawberry leaves should be inspected regularly:

1. Brown spots on leaves may be a sign viral diseases. Treat the plantings with a Bordeaux mixture.
2. Damage to young leaves often indicates that strawberry patch an earthen mite has sprung up. Use Actellik, a solution of colloidal sulfur or Titovia Jet to destroy it.
3. If even before the harvest the berries rot Perhaps the plants are affected by the fungus. When all the berries are harvested, the foliage should be sprayed with a solution of copper oxychloride.

September strawberry care

In the first month of autumn, strawberries are prepared for wintering. If after harvesting the care of the strawberries was correct, flowers will still form on the plants. They should be cut off, as there will be no more berries, and flowering will take away the strength of the plant. You also need to cut off new mustaches and withered foliage.

Should strawberries be watered in autumn?

If the weather is dry, strawberry beds in September are watered 1-2 times a month. About 10 liters of water are consumed per square meter. Since autumn is already cool, frequent watering can lead to the development of fungal diseases. Therefore, it is better to water strawberries rarely, but plentifully.

Before sheltering plantings in October, water-charging irrigation is carried out.

How to feed strawberries in September

To survive cold winter, plants need strength, for which they are fed phosphate fertilizers. You can use superphosphate (50 grams) and wood ash (1 cup), which are diluted in a bucket of water.

Plants before winter can be "warmed" using top dressing from cow dung or chicken manure:

• cow dung diluted in water (1:10), add wood ash (1 cup) and pour one and a half liters under each plant;
• chicken manure diluted in water 1:15, after which each bush is fed with a liter of solution.

Mulching

In September, the soil on the strawberry bed is covered with mulch (if this was not done in August). As mulch, you can use dry chopped grass, needles, straw, leaf humus, sawdust. The layer of mulch should be about 5 cm.

You can cover the soil under the plants with a spandboard.

Shelter for the winter

AT additional shelter only weakened plants that have not received the necessary nutrition need for the winter. Bushes cover at a temperature of about -3 degrees and dry weather. In this case, the covering material will remain dry. For shelter, you can use dry potato tops, leaves, spruce branches, straw, raspberry branches.

When to cover strawberries for the winter depends on the climate of the region. It could be October or November when light frosts set in.

If all the activities were carried out when caring for strawberries after fruiting in July, August and September, next year the strawberries will thank their owners with a good harvest.