Growing curly strawberries: planting and caring for berries at the dacha

Fragrant, juicy, sweet berry, the favorite of children and adults - strawberries.

It is not easy to imagine that someone can not love her.

Strawberry is a reminder of the summer that you want to extend.

Is there a curly strawberry

The ability of certain varieties of remontant strawberries to produce crops not only on the main bush, but also on small rosettes is used by unscrupulous companies in order to increase sales. There are varieties of berries that give a long mustache on which sockets are formed, they soon also begin to bear fruit. If such rosettes are rooted on a vertical basis, then a complete illusion is created that the strawberry winds.

Popular varieties

Among the hundreds of plant varieties, the number of which is constantly growing, the following varieties of climbing strawberries stand out:

• "Tuscany" is a high-yielding variety, has an excellent taste and an unusual pink shade of flowers. Looks impressive on the balconies in pots, in pots and containers due to the length of the shoots that reach one meter.
• "Queen Elizabeth" - a variety of berries, which gives the harvest several times per season. The yield of the bush is 2 kg. Berries of the correct form with juicy pulp.
• "Queen Elizabeth 2" - an early large-fruited variety. The first berries ripen by mid-May. Fruits are juicy, dense and sweet.
• Ostara is a high-yielding ampelous variety. The berries are small in size with a rich taste, juicy, medium density.
• "Homemade delicacy" - remontant early variety. Fruits are saturated red color, sweet-sour taste, medium size. Often serves as a decorative ornament of loggias and balconies.
• “Alba” - strawberries are large, unpretentious and frost-resistant variety of strawberries.

Features of growing

It has long been observed that a self-grown berry has a richer taste than imported overseas.Not everyone has a plot of land for growing strawberries, and the idea of ​​growing in vertical beds - solves this problem.

• vertical beds do not need weeding;
• no weed seeds fall into the isolated ground;
• always clean berries, they do not touch the ground;
• rodents will not be able to eat berries;
• picking berries is easier, there is no need to bend down and squat, gathering the harvest;
• a cascade of hanging berries is an undoubted decoration of the site; they can decorate a house or an arbor.

How to plant strawberries in vertical beds

In a container, on the bottom of the bed, pour crushed stone with a layer of 15 cm, put a planting mixture on top. For the planting mixture it is necessary to mix in equal proportions turf, compost, peat and organic manure.

Fill the container with the planting mixture all the way to the top, then spill it with water when the soil settles, fill the missing volume of the soil.Seedling curling strawberries placed in the seats, strengthen them with the help of the earth.

Planting in vases

The advantage of planting in flowerpots, pots is high mobility - it will not be difficult for you to transfer containers with strawberries to the shelter in case of natural disasters, it is convenient to make decorative compositions of them. Seedlings are planted in pots in the second half of summer. A layer of drainage is poured into the pot at the bottom, after the soil is poured, the plants do not deepen much when planted.

How to grow berries on the grid

In the ground at a distance of 30 cm from each other, bushes are planted, the grown tendrils of the plant are tied to the grid in any order. It is desirable that the height of the lattice does not exceed one meter.

For winter, the mustache is untied from the grille, laid on the ground and covered with mulch.

How to care for curly strawberries

Basic tips for the care of sweet berries.

Watering rules

The land on vertical beds quickly dries out and needs frequent watering, it needs to be done every 2-3 days. Water only basal zone, in order to avoid rotting plants.

Lighting for growing

Choosing a place for planting strawberries, you must remember that she loves the light and does not tolerate drafts, there must be protection from the wind.

Proper feeding

Plants need frequent feeding, preferably once a week. Bushes strawberries, which bear fruit for the second year, must be fertilized before flowering.

To increase the yield and maintain the composition of the soil, it is advised to conduct regular fertilizing of plants and use EM-fertilizers.

Weeding and removing whiskers

Plant bushes need to systematically inspect, weed, remove old leaves. From young plants it is necessary to remove single stalks. On one plant there should be five antennae, the rest are cut off. For rejuvenation of the bushes, after fruiting, foliage is cut.

Features transplant plants

In the spring, a couple of strong tendrils are cut off from the healthiest flowering bushes and transplanted to another bed. When transplanting pay attention to the fact that the heart of the bush does not hit the ground.

Around the planted bush free space is mulched with straw or sawdust, so the earth holds moisture longer.

Transplanted bushes in two weeks need to feed.

Harvesting

Harvesting from vertical beds is much easier and more convenient than from ordinary beds - less physical costs are required.

Vertical beds combine beauty and functionality, solve the problem of planting strawberries in a small space.