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Strawberries are healthy and aromatic berries that delight adults and children with their taste. You can go to the supermarket for a meal. However, there is another option: strawberries on a balcony or windowsill are quite real. Gardening enthusiasts are interested in how to properly grow strawberries from seeds in order to enjoy delicate fruits in winter.
Container for growing strawberries at home
Sprouted strawberry seeds are planted in boxes. A wooden or plastic container with dimensions of 50 by 30 cm is suitable. Individual cassettes for indoor cultivation are used for seeds.
For planting seed material, suitable containers for flowers: pots or flowerpots.
Growing strawberry seedlings
Varietal variety
Old strawberry bushes degenerate over time. Therefore, it is important to update the strawberry varieties.
For growing strawberry seedlings in an apartment, remontant, undemanding to temperature and daylight hours is desirable. Ampelous bushes that are located in suspended containers look elegant on the loggias.
In the presence of strawberry varieties, which differ in small berries and year-round fruiting. Homemade strawberries are grown both in summer and winter. In the cold season, it is unusual to see potted strawberries at home. Indoor cultivation of garden strawberries is a new occupation for Russian gardeners.
Strawberries on the windowsill
Benefits of growing strawberries at home:
- decorates windows;
- harvest year-round;
- contains the same amount of nutrients as wild berries.
Small-fruited remontant strawberries are grown by American breeders. Ornamental shrubs are very attractive during flowering in the garden and at home. The color of the flowers is white, green, pink. A feature of balcony varieties is the absence of a dormant period. It is smaller in size than large-fruited varieties, however, it is twice as large as wild strawberry. The color of small-fruited berries varies from rich red to raspberry, you can even enjoy yellow and creamy fruits.
A few varieties are conventionally divided into 2 subgroups:
- mustardless strawberries;
- strawberries with a mustache.
Repairing strawberry varieties without a mustache
Alexandrina
Variety "Alexandrina"
It is considered a promising variety. Alexandrina berries are characterized by juiciness and aroma. On average, 1 fruit weighs 3 g.
Baron Solemacher
Bred by German breeders. The weight of Baron Solemacher's berry is 4 g. Fruit color is bright.
Yellow miracle
The variety is distinguished by the power of the bush. The fruit has a yellow color, pleasant and sweet taste. The berry weighs up to 6 g.
Strawberry variety "Yellow Miracle"
Varieties of remontant strawberries with mustaches
Seasons
The semi-spreading bush has many peduncles, forms a mustache with rosettes.
Distinctive features of intense red berries:
- cone shape;
- sweetness;
- tenderness and aroma of pulp.
They weigh an average of 3 to 5 g.
Pollination
To get a good harvest, strawberries are artificially pollinated:
- Fan. The device is placed in the morning near each strawberry bush so that the air flow is directed to another bush and slowly moves from plant to plant.
- With your hands. All flowers are manually pollinated with a thin brush made of natural bristles.
Growing strawberries on the balcony
Suitable for growing strawberries on the balcony withamerizing varieties of hybrids:
- Corona and Florence;
- Bolero and Honey.
Strawberry breeding methods
Culture reproduces:
- seeds;
- mustache;
- dividing the bush.
Sowing strawberries for seedlings
In mid-February, you can sow strawberry seeds for seedlings. But the lack of sunlight provokes poor development and fruiting. Therefore, you have to use the backlight. Use a daylight lamp in the morning and evening as advice.
Sowing strawberries for seedlings
If the seeds are planted in the second decade of March, there is no need to highlight the strawberries. The timing of flowering will fall in the third month after planting, in the fourth - ripening of the fruits.
Due to the slow germination rate, the seed is germinated. Do not use gauze - the seedlings are difficult to get.
Sowing soil is bought at the store.
If desired, the soil is prepared independently from:
- turf soil (2 parts);
- 1/2 peat;
- river sand (1 part).
Soil preparation for sowing
Prepared containers with earth are disinfected by spilling potassium permanganate. The seeds are treated with Phytosporin to protect the roots and seedlings from damage by bacteria and fungus.
The seeds are spread on moist soil.
Disembarkation scheme:
- the interval between seeds is 2 cm;
- distance between rows - 5 cm;
- seeding depth - 0.5 cm.
The container is covered with foil and placed on the window. To prevent the collection of condensate, pierce the coating with a needle. If the optimum temperature is maintained at + 20 ... + 22 ° C, seedlings will appear in 7 days.
The formation of 2 leaves signals the removal of the film. The shelter is raised on one side, after 3 days - from the other corner, until the container is opened.
Strawberry seedlings in a glass
The picking of seedlings is carried out in glasses to grow. Transplantation into decorative pots is possible. With good germination, some of the seedlings are sent to the dacha to be placed in the beds.
Watering is carried out carefully, when the top soil layer dries. Top dressing is applied once every 10 days.
Dissolve in 1 liter of 1 g of preparations:
- Kemira Lux;
- Aquarine;
- Solution.
If strawberries have 5 true leaves, gardeners will plant seedlings in an open area. Before transplanting, hardening is carried out for 2 weeks on the veranda or in the yard.
Landing in open ground
When it's mid-May on the calendar, summer residents plant strawberries in open beds. For planting seedlings, choose an illuminated, wind-protected area with loose fertile soil. Refrain from planting strawberries on calcareous, alkaline soil with a pH of 7.
They dig up and loosen the soil a month before the planned planting of strawberries. Before planting seedlings, the surface is leveled and loosened again.
Landing in open ground
Top dressing is applied per 1 m2 of area:
- humus (6 kg);
- ash (500 g);
- superphosphate (25-50 g);
- potassium sulfate (15-20 g).
Planting scheme:
- the distance between the rows is 50-60 cm;
- the interval between the bushes is 15-25 cm.
When the roots are deepened, the growth point is on the surface.
It is advisable to plant plants in the beds after vegetables and tinning.
Not the best strawberry precursors:
- tomatoes;
- potatoes;
- legumes;
- alfalfa.
If the soil is sodding naturally, then the danger to the strawberries is the wireworm and the growth of weeds, which drowns out the plantings.
Care
Further features leaving are in:
- Watering. After 2-3 days, taking into account the weather.
- Loosening. Be sure to loosen the soil after watering to prevent compaction and subsidence.
- Weeding.
- Insecticide treatment for pests and diseases.
- Top dressing. When the first crop is harvested, fertilize with a solution of liquid chicken manure (2 tablespoons) per 10 liters of water. In the spring they are fed with urea: a matchbox on a bucket of water.
- Insulation. At the end of September, the bushes are covered with a 1 cm layer of humus. Fallen leaves, sawdust, straw are used.
- Pruning. On seedlings, which were grown from seeds, the first flowers are cut off. It is not required to pluck flower stalks on strawberries that are bred from seedlings. When they do not intend to expand home plantings, and there is no need to replace adult bushes, the mustache is cut. Lack of light is a reason for cropping. When cutting crops, you do not need to spend energy on the formation of unnecessary outlets, they will saturate the berries with nutrients.
Strawberry care
Answers to common questions
Growing strawberries in a pipe with your own hands
The cultivation of strawberries in a pipe with your own hands is an innovation. The technology involves the use of plastic pipes for horizontal or vertical landings. The preparation of the bed includes making windows in the pipe for planting strawberries. The holes on the side are closed with plugs. Earth is poured into the container pipe and bushes are planted.
Advantages of the method:
- beauty;
- saving space;
- garden decor;
- ease of collection and cleanliness of the crop;
- mobility of strawberry beds;
- there is no need to process the soil, to fight pests.
Growing in a pipe with your own hands
Growing strawberries in containers
Many are interested in how to properly grow strawberries in containers. To get a harvest in a container, in the fall, several specimens are taken from the strawberry plot, the roots are disinfected, pruned, if necessary. This procedure is also done with leaves. The bushes are transplanted into dishes on the windowsill. Soil requirement includes humus and wood ash. For the fastest rooting, the first peduncles are plucked.
Delicious strawberries are grown on the windowsill all year round, if provided:
- systematic watering and spraying;
- organic feeding.
Growing strawberries in a greenhouse with tomatoes
Tomatoes are a good neighbor for strawberries. The crops are grown together in a greenhouse. Both plants do not tolerate increased moisture. To avoid fungal infections, they are regularly ventilated. In addition, the draft is an assistant for pollination of plants. Strawberry seedlings alternate with tomato bushes in a 60 x 45 cm pattern. In addition, the feeding area of strawberries is at least 30 x 15 cm per bush.
Growing strawberries in a bottle
Growing strawberries in a bottle
When growing strawberries in plastic bottles, it will help step-by-step instruction:
- For the unity of the composition, bottles of the same type are chosen on the site.
- Before planting the seedlings, drainage is done: the bottom is pierced with a nail from below. The poured layer of crushed stone will provide moisture waste.
- The dishes are tinted with light-colored paint, lined with non-woven material from the outside or from the inside to avoid overheating of the roots.
- The bottles are filled with soil, the seedlings are planted. The operation is performed when there is no sun outside.
- The vertical bed is placed on the wall or fence, but not on the shady side.
Getting a strawberry harvest at home is within the power of a novice gardener. The main thing is to observe agrotechnical techniques and plant care. Which variety to give preference depends on personal taste.
