Curly garden strawberries can act as both a fruit and an ornamental plant. With the help of such strawberries, you can get a rich harvest. and at the same time, it is quite unusual to decorate a plot, a greenhouse or even a room in an apartment.
Distinctive features of curly strawberries
In relation to other types of strawberries, curly varieties have a number of distinctive qualities:
- numerous mustaches fall down. They can also be fixed to a vertical structure;
- berries are formed not only on peduncles, but also on the mustache, thanks to which a very good harvest can be harvested;
- most varieties of this kind repairing;
- growing climbing varieties is much easier... She does not need frequent weeding, while picking berries you do not have to constantly bend down;
- the disadvantages of the species include the need for frequent watering and difficult preparation for the winter.
Curly garden strawberries are a real find for those who want to make their garden not only productive, but also beautiful.
Popular varieties
Queen Elizabeth
This variety bears crops throughout the season, from June to October. Average, from one bush of Queen Elizabeth you can get 2 kilograms of juicy berries cone-shaped with delicate pulp. The fruits are versatile in use.
Alba
An early maturing variety, resistant to recurrent frosts. 1.2-1.5 kilograms of fruits are harvested from one plant... Alba berries have an elongated conical shape, juicy and dense pulp. Suitable for any kind of use, do not deteriorate during transportation.
Homemade delicacy
With proper agricultural technology, you can get an early harvest of very tasty, medium-sized sweet and sour berries from such a plant. The fruits are colored deep red. A feature of the variety is long pedunclesthat greatly simplify harvesting.
Landing
How to plant curly garden strawberries correctly? There are many ways to plant climbing strawberries, each gardener can choose the option that is most suitable for him.:
- Planting strawberries in hanging pots or planters... This design looks especially beautiful during flowering and fruiting. For the plant to feel comfortable, the diameter of the container must be at least 30 centimeters. The presence of drainage holes is also required;
- To create an unusual berry fence, the bushes are planted in open ground, after which a grid, lattice or braid no more than 1 meter high is installed next to it. The whiskers of plants are tied to the vertical surface, thus creating the effect of a hedge;
- The most common way resembles a pyramid... They take three boxes 30 centimeters high with different sizes (100x100, 60x60 and 20x20) and put them on top of each other. On the beds, 4 bushes are placed in the two lower boxes, and only 1 in the upper one.
The best time for planting strawberries in pots is the end of April. Seedlings are moved to open ground in the middle of summer.
The first stage of planting will be the preparation of a soil mixture consisting of:
- 2 parts compost;
- 2 parts of meadow land;
- 1st part of peat;
- 1st part of rotted manure.
Regardless of the scheme for landing, you should adhere to the basic rules:
- distance between bushes should be at least 25-30 centimeters;
- the heart should be above ground level;
- after landing the earth is watered and mulched.
Curly strawberries can become the pearl of any garden, and the correct location of such a plant can always attract attention.
Proper care and cultivation features
Curly strawberries are easy to care for. It includes watering, feeding, pruning, winterizing and other work.
Unlike other varieties, such garden strawberries do not need frequent weeding, but still this procedure is necessary, so the land around the plant is regularly cleared of weeds.
Within a week after planting, the seedlings are watered very often, 2-3 times a day, using a small amount of water. Older plants are watered once every 3-4 days, in case of too hot and sultry weather, the amount of introduced moisture must be increased. After watering, it is recommended to mulch the land around the strawberries.
Every 7-10 days, the soil must be loosened. Such work is carried out immediately after watering.
Bushes are fed quite often. A liquid mixture of organic and mineral fertilizers is applied every two weeks.
Curly strawberries need a lot of nutrients... This is due to its abundant and widespread fruiting.
Pruning plants
In order for curly strawberries to give a rich harvest and retain their decorative appearance, they must be cut in a timely manner and correctly.:
- From plants of the first year of life it is recommended to remove all peduncles. This procedure will help the bushes to take root and accumulate strength for fruiting for the next season;
- In adult plants normalize the number of mustaches, there should be no more than 5 of them;
- After fruiting endsThe bushes are rejuvenated by removing all the foliage.
Preparing a climbing plant for the winter
To prevent curly strawberries from dying in the harsh conditions of the Russian winter, before the start of the first frosts, you must perform the following steps:
- If possible, the best way to winter such plants would be transfer to a cool room;
- When growing strawberries in hanging pots, they are removed, buried in the ground and covered with burlap, spruce branches, hay or other material;
- If strawberries grew on a vertical structure, it will be necessary to remove it and lay the mustache on the ground. Then she is also covered with any available material.
When tying the whiskers of plants to a trellis or fence, it is necessary to think over their mobility in advance, because if they remain to winter in an upright position, they will most likely die.
Diseases and pests
Curly strawberries are moderately resistant to both diseases and pests. Most often, you can find strawberry mites, nematodes or fungal diseases on it..
- Under the influence of a strawberry mite the berries become much smaller and gradually wither. You can get rid of such pests with the help of chemicals such as Nero, Fufanon, etc. For the best effect, three treatments are carried out with an interval of 7-10 days;
- With a nematode the berries become tough, and the stems are thick and short. In this case, the plant does not respond to treatment. It will need to be dug up and burned;
- In the fight against fungal diseases usually used various kinds of fugnicides.
To protect strawberries from various kinds of problems, it is necessary to properly care for it and twice a season (in spring and autumn) to carry out preventive treatments with Brodsky liquid.
The climbing strawberry is a very unusual plant., thanks to which you can give a new look to any garden area or room.