Growing strawberries "Chamora Turusi": planting and caring for berries

Large strawberry varieties always attract gardeners. After thinking about planting such giants, many go over several species, which are usually widely heard by all. Surely everyone heard about the line "Chamora", and in this article we will look at what kind of berry and what are its advantages when grown in the country.

Features grade

This strawberry belongs to high-yielding varieties with late ripening.

Bushes are powerful and tall, with a dense mustache, which appear very quickly. The leaves are also large, dark green in color, with glitter, slightly soft to the touch. Differs in long fructification (10-12 years). In the first 2 years, one flower stalk appears with a large berry (up to 150 g), then the number of flower stalks grows to 12-15, and the fruits become a little shallow (50-80 g).On good soil with constant care, the weight of a berry per 100 g is considered to be the norm. Strawberry "Chamora Turusi" has another feature, without which its description will be incomplete. If, for various reasons, fertilizing was not carried out during the season, then the berries will reach 25-30 g (which is more than with some varieties during the care).

The berries are round or conical in shape, dark red in color, with a smell like that of wild strawberry. White core with vein, there may be small cavities near the stem. The taste is sweet, the fruit is very juicy. They are dense and elastic, which makes them suitable for transportation. The first harvest is taken in mid-June, while the main harvest falls on June 24-29.

Growing conditions

To achieve an impressive harvest, you will have to find a suitable place for Chamore.

The choice of lighting

The site should be open and lit 12-14 hours.When the daylight in half a day actively grow fruit buds. For normal flowering you need 14 hours. To provide such a regime, the ranks are allowed from north to south.

Shaded by strawberry trees or buildings for strawberries are not suitable. Berries, of course, will appear, but in this case, their size will be smaller than expected.

Type of soil for planting

Light, well-groomed soil on the south side is best. If there is no such area, the existing soil will have to be brought up to standard, remembering the "requirements" of strawberries. Here are the main ones:

• Trying to choose a flat platform. At the same time the groundwater level should be low (not less than 80 cm).

• If the site is located on a slope, it is better to choose the south-west side. It is noticed that the vegetation in this position of the bushes begins earlier. Rows at the same time direct across that helps to avoid an erosion.
• In the absence of a better preference is given to weakly acid soils, if necessary, lime supplements are added.
• Take into account how the land is protected from the cold wind.

• The "neighborhood" factor of cultures. Strawberries "Chamora" will take well, if earlier on this segment grew greens, carrots, garlic, spices or beans. But tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, cabbage and any solanaceous crops will be bad forerunners for her.

In addition, for a month and a half before planting, the soil is prepared: they dig, weeds are removed and fertilizers are applied (both organic and mineral). On 1 square. m take 6-8 kg of manure or 40-50 g of complex "mineral water". Superphosphate needs even less - about 30 g. Acid soils are pre-fed with river tuff, ground limestone and dolomite flour, mixing them in equal proportions. If the soil is highly oxidized, take quicklime (half as much as limestone).

Features planting strawberries "Chamora Turusi"

Competent planting is the key to proper development of the bush. Yes, and the berries will be tastier if you comply with the technology of planting seedlings.

Landing time

You can plant seedlings both in spring and autumn. The optimal time is the period between April 15 and May 5.

For summer-autumn planting will be suitable any day from July 25 to September 5. Planted later bushes do not always have time to put the antennae and get stronger to the cold.

Scheme

Because of tall bushes with actively growing shoots, the Chamora saplings are placed according to the scheme 50 x 50 cm. If space permits, it is better to increase the interval slightly (up to 60 cm). Some take less (40 cm), but this is the limit. The main thing - on 1 "square" of the area should be no more than 4 bushes.

If you plant them more densely, the whiskers will intertwine quickly, and care will be complicated and sometimes traumatic for young plants.

This procedure is quite simple:

1. Digging holes so as to fit the roots;
2. They are poured with water;
3. Prepared seedlings with 3-4 leaves are placed there, slightly crushing the roots and sprinkling with soil. The central kidney is left at ground level.

It is best to plant in the evening or at any time on a cloudy day.

Cultivation

The strawberry variety "Chamora" is considered unpretentious, although it requires constant supervision.Consider how it looks in practice.

Protection against diseases and pests

Strawberries are subject to both diseases and attacks of pests. This happens in violation of agrotechnology, although this attack can easily pass from other already infected cultures growing in the neighborhood.

Most often the berries are dark gray spots with light "hair". This is gray rot. The safest treatment in this case is a solution of iodine (5 ml / 10 l of water) or mustard powder (100 g for the same volume). Such compositions can be sprayed weekly. More powerful drugs such as "Teldor", "Horus" or "Fundazol" are used according to the instructions, but no more than 3 times per season. Verticillosis is recognized by yellow or reddened leaves. In this case, the roots become brown. Self-made remedies are powerless here - with the very first symptoms, the same "Fundazol" or "Benorad" is used.

Deformed whiskers and wilted leaves are signs of Fusarium. Here, the already mentioned formulations are used more often, with an interval of 9-10 days (for spraying or watering). If the infection has become widespread, take Nitrofen, choosing the dose according to the instructions.

Of the pests especially bake small strawberry mite. He does not tolerate weekly treatments with onion extract. After fruiting, resort to "heavy" means like "Fitoverma", "Karbofos" or "Neorona", which process leaves and buds.

The small lattice holes in the leaves and berries are a weevil's trace. You can fight with it in the simplest way: in the morning shaking off adult pests on the litter. It is laborious, and there is not always time. Garden beds are often sprinkled with mustard powder. Next come Metaphos, Actellic or IntaVir.

There is another method: in a container with a mash into the soil (100 g of sugar and 100 g of yeast are poured into 0.5 l of water).

Prevention helps minimize such manipulations. It comes down to the culling of diseased bushes and leaves, mulching and feeding.

Watering

This strawberry loves moisture. Watering is carried out every 3-4 days. For better retention of moisture, a thick layer of mulch (usually sawdust) is poured, which, if necessary, is changed. The first 2 weeks after planting the bushes plentifully watered 2-3 times a day, for each seedling goes up to 0.5 liters of water.

Before flowering, it is better to use a "drop". So the water does not fall on the sheet. Next come and watering. The soil should soak 20-25 cm deep. After watering it gently loosen.

The last seasonal irrigation is autumn. In October, 4-5 liters of water are poured under the bush.

Weed control

They are removed immediately, not allowing to grow. Regular weeding with a chopper is the most effective way.

The problem of many sites - actively growing wheat grass. It is desirable to remove it at a preparatory stage. It is useless to tear it, it is necessary to take a shovel and dig it out with its roots. If this is not done, they will intertwine with the "mustache" and will take away the nutrients.

Sideratnye species (mustard) perfectly cover the bushes, and if you plant them on the same site ahead of time, the effect will be even greater.

“Chemistry” according to the “Roundup” type is not suitable here: besides contact with harmful substances on the leaves and berries, many drugs can cause chemical burns.

Fertilizing berries

For a stable harvest need regular feeding.Annually make ash, manure, humus. Nitrogen-containing agents are used with caution - ammonium "drives" green mass into growth, but not berries. Therefore, it is better to stay on the complex composition.

Top dressing depends on the time of its introduction. So, before the appearance of the first leaves, they take mostly organic matter. Peat and humus contribute at the rate of 5-8 kg per sq. M. m. On the same area are scattered 2 buckets of humus mixed with a glass of ash. If the bushes immediately went into growth, pour a solution under each (for 10 liters of water add a tablespoon of sodium humate and urea) - this is enough for 20 seedlings.

When the leaves have already appeared, under the rhizome contribute nitroammofosku (2 spoons per 10 liters). The concentration of urea for spraying will be greater: half a cup of water will go to 2 liters of water. Nitrogen compounds will also help, if you calculate the dosage correctly.

Appeared ovaries - a signal to pour under the bush of potassium nitrate (2 spoons / 10 l). You can take the same amount of ash (but already for 1 l) and pour it, letting the solution stand for a day.

Funds in the shops a lot, and before buying it is better to clarify the dose and compatibility with strawberries.

How to care for strawberries "Chamora Turusi" after harvest: preparing the plant for winter

Having collected a lot of delicious berries, you can prepare plantations for the cold. In late August - early September, pruning of adult bushes is done: they cut the leaves and mustache (closer to the base). Stems do not touch. For seedlings under the age of 2 years, this procedure is traumatic, and it is abandoned.

Then the soil is loosened, cleaned from weeds and treated with a weak fungicidal solution. Closer to the frosts make feeding fermented manure with a small addition of ash. Nitrophoska in combination with ash and potassium sulfate also strengthens the bush (in proportion, respectively, 2 spoons, a cup and 30 g).

The final stage - laying a thick layer of mulch or manure. 5-7 cm will be enough. Needles, peat chips and finely chopped straw will do. Foliage can be compressed and "clog" the roots.

Materials like agrofibre will also preserve strawberries.But they necessarily pull on the bow. In this case, you will have to go to the country and in the winter at least once a month - the coating may subside, and it must be corrected.

The advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Giant berries have their advantages:

• excellent taste with a clear strawberry flavor;
• hard crust (convenient for transportation);
• high yields (from 1.5 to 2.5 kg per bush), which is achieved in the third year;
• seedlings quickly mastered in a new place and bear fruit for a long time;
• bushes are resistant to some diseases. Chamore is not afraid of powdery mildew and many fungal infections.

There are also disadvantages, but they are few. These include primarily the demands of the variety to the ground - light soils are not found everywhere, and the site has to be “fed” regularly. For hot regions with irregular irrigation, poor drought resistance may be a problem. As for diseases, there is another unpleasant nuance - brown spotting can instantly cover most of the plantation even from one infected shrub.

After learning all about this large line of strawberries, you can calculate all the risks and benefits. We hope our tips will be useful in growing, and the harvest will be a record. Good luck on the beds!