Growing garden strawberries in the Urals in the open field allows you to get a rich harvest even from small areas. The key to a plentiful and high-quality harvest is the selection of varieties suitable for a given climatic zone.

Review of common varieties for the Urals

For each strawberry variety, such criteria are important as: frost resistance, short ripening period of berries, strong immunity to diseases and damage.

Strawberry varieties for the Urals

The most common and best strawberry varieties for the Urals and Bashkiria:

  1. Amulet - large-fruited remontant mustacheless variety with early ripening of berries (early - mid-June). Fruits are sweet, dark red, cone-shaped. Productivity - up to 2 kg of ripe berries from a bush. The variety is especially resistant to diseases, not susceptible to the attack of strawberry mites. However, it is very picky about watering. With insufficient watering, the berries become smaller and lose their taste.
  2. Daryonka - an early winter-hardy variety of Russian selection. Fruits are medium in size with a rich red hue. Pronounced strawberry sweet and sour taste. A feature of the variety are large, wide leaves of a slightly green color. The berries begin to grow and ripen when the soil is fully warmed up. Does not require special agro-technological conditions. Resistant to disease.
  3. Berdskaya early Is a non-refurbished variety with medium-sized matte red berries and a sweet and sour taste. High yield and good transportability make it possible to grow this variety both under a film cover and in the open field. Differs in increased winter hardiness, which allows you to grow and harvest in a zone such as Siberia. Resistant to gray mold, strawberry mite.
  4. Kama - a variety of Polish selection. A variety of the Black Prince variety. When fully ripe, the fruits acquire a rich burgundy hue and a sweet taste. Berries are large, regular rounded-rhombic shape with dense juicy pulp of pink color. Feature - the formation of a large number of dark green leaves and an almost absent mustache. The disadvantage is the variety's susceptibility to white and brown spotting.
  5. Omsk early - a hybrid variety of Russian selection (Sverdlovsk Research Institute), specially bred for cultivation in the West Siberian region. A distinctive feature is the early ripening of the crop, moderate disease damage. Berries of medium size, blunt-conical rounded shape, red or deep pink hue and with a sweet and sour taste. Resistant to fungal diseases.
  6. Festival chamomile - the brainchild of Ukrainian breeders, which has gained popularity in Russia. The first fruits are very large, sweet, bright red saturated color. The bush is large, with a lot of whiskers. Refers to varieties with an average ripening period (mid-July - early August).
  7. Sudarushka - the best high-yielding variety recommended for the Urals, Sverdlovsk region, Bashkiria. The plant forms a powerful, spreading bush with a lot of leaves, rosettes and whiskers. The berries are large, sweet, of the correct conical shape. Ural garden strawberry Sudarushka is resistant to fungal diseases, frost and drought. For long-term fruiting and an abundant harvest, planting is required in a well-lit area with fertile soil (black soil, peat). Mulching with straw and hay is recommended.
  8. Tanyusha... The variety was bred by the Novosibirsk zonal fruit and berry experimental station named after Michurina I.V. Particularly resistant to drought, fungal infections, ticks. Fruits are medium in size, sweet and juicy. The yield is average.
  9. Queen - a specially selected variety for the harsh Ural climate. The variety is resistant to frost and drought. The bush is able to bear fruit with insufficient watering and lighting. The berries are large, with juicy sweet and sour pulp. For successful and long-term fruiting, regular high-quality watering is required. The fruits are excellent for transportation and storage.
  10. Pandora - variety with late ripening of berries. The fruits are very large, sweet with a rich strawberry flavor. The variety is resistant to powdery mildew, fungal infections. Successful fruiting requires careful maintenance, regular weeding between rows and moderate watering.

Strawberry Queen

The above-mentioned most suitable strawberry varieties for the Urals allow you to get a generous harvest in a short time. For successful and long-term fruiting, it is important to choose the right place for planting, the soil, and provide the plant with timely moderate watering.

Also, the best varieties of remontant strawberries for the Middle Urals and Bashkiria can be distinguished: Maria, Vilenta, Junia Smides, Brighton, Temptation.

Repairing strawberry Love Storey description of the variety features allow you to get a harvest 2 times a season. It is distinguished by an especially early ripening period of fruits, especially large berry sizes, good yield, excellent taste, transportability and keeping quality.

Additional Information! The varieties are specially bred for growing in harsh climates.

Forest strawberry (wild strawberry) is a very light-loving and heat-loving plant. In case of insufficient lighting of forest strawberries, the plant does not bear fruit. Poorly tolerates frost and frost. Therefore, strawberries are less common for cultivation in a summer cottage in the Urals. The summer resident seeks to grow an early harvest with large fruits and good resistance to diseases and frosts, therefore he prefers proven varieties specially bred for the Middle Urals.

Forest strawberry (wild strawberry)

Agricultural technology of cultivation

For successful cultivation and long-term fruiting, strawberry bushes require a well-lit area with loose, fertile soil and sufficient moisture supply. Additionally, organic fertilizers, rotted manure, autumn foliage, organic waste can be added to the soil.

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Before planting, the ground should be dug up with 1 shovel bayonet, fertilized and thoroughly watered with water. After planting, the bushes are tamped, and the earth between the bushes is loosened.

Seedlings should be planted in holes at a distance of 30-40 cm between bushes and 50-60 cm in the aisle. Thickening between plants contributes to poor ventilation between seedlings and the development of root rot. The soil between the bushes can be covered with straw or hay.

Important! The greatest danger for early maturing varieties is spring frosts. Therefore, during this period, it is recommended to shelter the seedlings.

The best predecessors of strawberries are legumes, garlic, onions, beets, carrots, and green crops.

Cultivation of strawberries after potatoes, tomatoes, raspberries is not recommended.

Note! Every 2-3 years, the plants need to be replanted, while the mustache is removed.

Diseases and pests

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The region of the Urals and Bashkiria is a favorable habitat for insects and microorganisms that affect plantings of strawberries and strawberries.

The most common diseases are:

  1. Fungal diseases (developing due to rotting roots, poor ventilation of the roots, contaminated soil).
  2. Gray rot... The provoking factors of the disease are: fog, high humidity. Affected fruits wilt or become watery and rot.
  3. White or brown spotting... Most often it affects leaves and stems. If untimely processing, the plant withers and dies.
  4. Powdery mildew.

Powdery mildew on strawberries

Prevention of the formation of diseases, as well as the treatment of diseased plants is carried out by regular spraying with drugs such as: Alirin B, Fitosporin M, Bactofid, Planriz.

The most common pests include:

  1. Spider mites.
  2. Aphids.
  3. Nematodes.
  4. Slugs.

When damaged by pests, the bushes wither, the fruits stop growing, the leaves curl and fall off, the plant dies. For pest control, targeted drugs are used (Aktofit, Caesar, Fitoverm, etc.).

Important! A universal and decorative means of prevention and pest control is the planting of black-haired bushes (marigolds) in the aisles of strawberries. The sharp, specific smell of flowers scares away harmful insects, but at the same time attracts bees.

Garden strawberries growing and caring for the Urals allow you to get a generous harvest in a cool climate. If you take proper care of the plantings, the berries begin to ripen in early June (in early remontant varieties) and continue until late autumn.

Early maturity and yield depend on the correct choice of the variety, taking into account the agrotechnical characteristics of cultivation.

Repaired strawberries, the best varieties for the Urals, Bashkiria, and the Sverdlovsk region, have been selected for frost resistance, susceptibility of plants to diseases and pests, soil and air moisture. These varieties include: Love Story, Amulet, Pandora, Madam, Festival chamomile.