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Gardeners who grow garden strawberries on their plots, when choosing a variety, take into account the size and taste of the berries. Today you can pick up strawberries with different colors of fruits.
The honey summer strawberry variety is distinguished by bright red-orange fruits. This plant was created by breeders. A description of the variety, some characteristics, reviews of gardeners and photos of strawberries from domestic breeders can be found in the article.
Description
According to the description given by the authors of the variety, honey summer strawberry is characterized by large-fruited and super-early ripening. This is a repair plant.
When planting, plants are allocated a lot of space, since the mustaches of garden strawberries of the Honey Summer variety are long. One bush needs an area of 0,7 square meters. You can grow bushes in a greenhouse, in open ground or in hanging planters.
The plant is interesting because it has long brushes – up to 45 cm. It is this feature that designers widely use when creating original compositions. In a pot culture, thanks to the long inflorescences, the plant looks like an ampelous one.
The berries are aligned, large, super-sweet with the aroma of wild strawberries. The shape of the fruit is an elongated heart. The pulp is juicy, dense, without voids. The photo shows all the signs of berries.
Characteristic of the variety
According to the reviews of gardeners growing honey summer strawberries, the plant has clear advantages over other early varieties:
- Remontant strawberries are neutral day plants.
- An early-growing plant gives a harvest in the first summer after planting seedlings.
- Due to the continuous formation of flower stalks, the crop is harvested twice per season.
- The yield is high, about a kilogram of sweet berries are harvested from a bush.
- Dense berries of the variety can be transported over long distances, they retain their presentation.
Strawberries Honey Summer in the expanses are just taking root, gardeners have not been fully studied, perhaps that is why they do not write about the shortcomings of the variety in the reviews.
Reproduction
Garden strawberries reproduce in the same way as other representatives of the culture:
- seeds;
- mustache;
- dividing the root.
For beginner gardeners, the first method is not suitable, because the seeds germinate tightly. As a rule, they “sit” in the nursery for a month, or even two. Strawberry seeds of this variety are sold in many agricultural companies, for example, the Siberian Garden, Gardens of Our Country.
strawberry seedling
- Seeds are sown at the end of winter, in February and March. The soil should be loose, nutritious and breathable. When self-compiling the soil, sand must be added. Before planting, the soil is disinfected with Fitosporin or a hot solution of potassium permanganate.
- Strawberry seeds are not buried, but distributed over the surface of the soil. An experienced gardener tells how to sow strawberry seeds with snow stratification:Growing strawberries from seeds. Garden World site
- The containers must be covered with glass or film and placed on a warm, well-lit window.
- When the first sprouts appear, the film is not removed, but slightly opened so that the greenhouse effect remains inside.
- Seedlings dive when 1-2 leaves appear. In the future, plantings are carefully watered, fed with special fertilizers or organic matter. Seedlings with 5-6 leaves are planted in the ground.
Planting strawberries in the ground
For strawberries of any variety, choose a place on a hill so that groundwater does not come close. If the site is in a lowland, then the seat is raised, and drainage is laid on the bottom. Plants love the sun, so the bed should not be in the shade.
Before planting, the soil is well seasoned with humus, compost, wood ash. If the soil is heavy, river sand is added to it. During digging, weeds will be removed, all roots will be removed and holes prepared. As a rule, honey summer garden strawberries are planted in one or two lines.
Today, many gardeners cover the soil with a special black film and grow strawberries under it. This option is convenient in that there is no need for mulching, loosening the soil and removing weeds.
Each strawberry bush of the Honey Summer variety, according to the description and reviews of gardeners, occupies a large area. That is why the holes are made at a distance of 30 cm. Most often, strawberries are planted in a garden in two lines at a distance of 40 cm. The second ridge is placed after 60-70 cm. Seedlings or mustaches are planted in the center of the hole and sprinkled well with soil. The heart must be above the surface of the earth!
After planting, the plants are watered, and with the appearance of the first flower stalks, if strawberries are grown simply in the garden, they are mulched with straw or dry grass.
It is necessary to rejuvenate the beds after three years, since in the fourth summer the yield drops sharply. Mustaches on bushes intended for obtaining berries must be cut off, as they interfere with abundant fruiting.
If strawberries are propagated by dividing the bush, then the most productive plant is chosen, not older than three years. It must be healthy and strong. When dividing the root system, parts are selected so that each of them has a horn and a rosette with leaves and a heart.
Care for strawberries
During the vegetative period, plants require regular watering, fertilizing, loosening and treatment from pests and diseases.
Today, many gardeners refuse mineral fertilizers. From organics, you can use infusions of mullein, chicken manure, green grass or nettle, wood ash.
Strawberry Honey Summer responds well to foliar feeding with ammonia (at the beginning of the growing season), boric acid, potassium permanganate or iodine.
When the first frosts begin, the leaves are cut off on the plants. Landings are treated with Bordeaux liquid and covered for the winter.