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Alpine strawberries in the wild are famous for their excellent taste and aroma. Breeders crossed the plant with other forms and got an excellent remontant variety Ruyana. The culture immediately became popular among gardeners because of the ease of care, since the bushes do not form a mustache. Strawberry Ruyana is easily propagated by seeds, unpretentious in care, rarely affected by diseases.
Inference history
A remontant culture was bred by Czech breeders. The variety was brought to the territory of the Federation in the nineties. Ruyana’s parents are wild forms of alpine strawberries. Breeders managed to preserve the original aroma of wild berries. To date, the remontant variety Ruyana has managed to spread to the territory of Ukraine and Belarus.
Description
Remontant strawberry bushes grow compact with densely crowded foliage. The crown of Ruyana forms the shape of a ball. The maximum height of the bush is 20 cm. A feature of the remontant variety Ruyana is the high arrangement of peduncles, which is unusual for strawberries. Flowers on high legs protrude above the level of foliage. Gardeners called this feature a plus. The berries always remain clean after rain or watering, as the foliage closes them from below the ground.
The fruits grow in a conical shape. Occasionally there are twisted berries. The repairability of the variety already indicates that the fruits are large. The diameter of the berry reaches 1,5 cm. The fruit weighs about 7 g. The ripe berry acquires a bright red color. Small grains are located in deep depressions on the skin of the fruit. Inside is a pink berry. The pulp is not loose, juicy, saturated with forest aroma. Due to the high density, the fruits of the remontant Ruyana do not choke during harvesting, transportation and storage.
Young bushes of remontant strawberries Ruyan begin to bear fruit from the second year after planting in the garden. The stage of rapid flowering falls on May. In June, the first wave of the crop is harvested. Ruyana bushes bloom continuously in warm areas until the third decade of November. In cold regions, flowering lasts until October. A big plus of the remontant strawberry variety is its high yield. From 1 m2 beds collect about 2,5 kg of fruit.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
An overview of the positive and negative qualities of Ruyan’s remontant strawberries helps the gardener get to know the variety better. For convenience, all parameters are included in the table.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Long fruiting until cold weather | Grows well in light soil |
| Tall flower stalks are not polluted by soil | From lack of moisture, the fruits become smaller |
| No mustache | Every 4 years you need to update the bushes |
| Variety resistance to fungal diseases | |
| Berries are well stored and transported | |
| Mature bushes are able to winter without shelter | |
| Strawberries survive drought easily |
Methods of propagation of beardless remontant strawberries
The easiest way to propagate strawberries and strawberries is with a mustache. Since the remontant variety Ruyana is deprived of such an opportunity, there are two ways: by dividing the bush or by seeds.
By dividing the bush
If Ruyan’s remontant strawberry is already growing in the yard, then it is easier to propagate it by dividing the bush. The procedure is performed in the spring before flowering or in the third decade of August. For better survival of seedlings of the Ruyany variety, work is performed on a cloudy day. An adult plant is divided into 2-3 parts, so that each instance has a full-fledged root and at least 3 leaves.
The divided parts of the remontant strawberries are planted at the same depth as the entire bush used to grow. Seedlings are watered abundantly, shade from the sun. When the divided strawberries of Ruyan take root, the shelter is removed.
Growing Ruyana from seeds
You can grow seedlings of remontant strawberries Ruyan from seeds in any container. Suitable boxes, flower pots, plastic glasses.
On the video, the technology of growing strawberries from seeds:
Technique for obtaining and stratification of seeds
It is better to buy remontant strawberry seeds in the store. If the Ruyan variety is already growing at home, then the grains can be harvested from the berries on their own. In the garden, choose large, slightly overripe strawberries without visible damage. With a sharp knife on the berry, cut off the skin along with the grains. The prepared mass is decomposed on glass or a flat plate and placed in the sun. After 4-5 days, the remnants of the pulp will dry completely. Only strawberry seeds will remain on a smooth surface. Grains are packed in bags, sent for storage in a cool place.
Before sowing, the seeds of the remontant strawberry Ruyan are subjected to stratification. The procedure involves quenching the grains with cold. Usually gardeners use two methods of stratification:
- In an ordinary plastic bag, cotton wool is decomposed with a thin layer, moistened with water from a spray bottle. Seeds of remontant strawberry Ruyan are laid out on top of a cotton cloth. The package is tied up, sent to the refrigerator for three days. Cooled seeds after the completion of stratification are immediately sown in warm soil.
- Fertile soil is calcined in the oven, cooled to room temperature and scattered on a pallet. A layer of snow 1 cm thick is poured on top. Tweezers are needed to lay out small grains. Each seed of the remontant strawberry Ruyan is placed on the snow, observing an interval of 1 cm between them. The tray is covered with a transparent film, put in the refrigerator for three days. After this time, the crops are pulled out and placed in a warm room. The film is removed only after the emergence of shoots.
In nature, strawberries grow with melting snow. Such conditions are more familiar to her, therefore, for the stratification of seeds of the remontant variety Ruyana, it is better to choose the second method.
Sowing time
Sow grains of remontant strawberries of Ruyan begin from the first days of March to mid-April. In warm regions, the sowing time is shifted to the end of February. Seedlings of Ruyana must be equipped with artificial lighting, since daylight hours at this time of the year are still short.
Sowing in peat tablets
Sowing Ruyana grains in peat tablets can be combined with stratification:
- Peat washers are laid out in a plastic container. Pour melted or settled water, where a pinch of Fitosporin is previously dissolved. After the peat washers swell, the landing nests are covered with soil.
- From above, peat tablets are covered with a layer of snow 1-2 cm thick.
- On top of the snow lay the grains of remontant strawberries Ruyan.
- The container with crops is covered with a transparent film, sent to the refrigerator. The snow will gradually melt and the grains themselves will sink into the soil of the washer seat to the desired depth.
- After 2-3 days, the container is removed from the refrigerator, placed in a warm room. The film is removed after the emergence of shoots.
- Part of the grains of Ruyana will definitely sprout past the planting nest of the peat tablet. Seedlings can simply be removed, or transplanted after the appearance of three leaves. Each tablet should contain one fathom of remontant strawberry Ruyan.
Before planting, seedlings of the remontant variety are hardened, taking them out into the street.
Seeding into the soil
You can sow the seeds of Ruyana into the ground in a similar way, combining with stratification. If the grains have already been cold-hardened, then they proceed immediately to sowing. The soil is collected from the garden or bought in the store. For crops use any container.
Gardeners came up with an interesting way to grow seedlings of remontant strawberries in Ruyan in snails. A tape 1 m long and 10 cm wide is taken. Foamed polyethylene or a substrate from a laminate is suitable. The material must be flexible. Wet soil 1 cm thick is laid out on top of the tape. Stepping back from the side edge of 2,5 cm, Ruyan strawberry seeds are laid out on the ground in 2 cm increments.
When the entire section of the tape is sown with grains, it is rolled up. The finished snail is placed in a deep plastic container with the crops up. Rolls are made exactly as much as needed to completely fill the container. A little melt water is poured into the container, the snails are covered with a film and placed on the windowsill for germination.
Picking sprouts
The picking of seedlings of remontant strawberry Ruyan is carried out after the growth of 3-4 full-fledged leaves. The most acceptable and gentle method is called transshipment. With a small spatula or an ordinary spoon, a seedling of remontant strawberries is dug out along with a clod of soil. In this state, it is transferred to another seat, for example, a glass. After picking, the root neck of the seedling is not immediately covered with earth. Only after the rooting of the Ruyan strawberries, soil is poured into the glass.
Why seeds don’t germinate
The problem of poor germination of seeds of remontant strawberry Ruyan lies in their poor preparation. Often inexperienced gardeners ignore stratification. Sometimes the problem lies in the poor quality of the grains themselves, collected with their own hands from the berries of remontant strawberries. If the first crop does not rise, the procedure is repeated. However, it is advisable to take a new soil or disinfect it along with planting containers, since it is possible that the crops were destroyed by a fungus.
Landing
When it is warm outside, the seedlings will grow, and they will start planting Ruyan’s remontant strawberries in the garden.
How to choose seedlings
Further productivity depends on good seedlings of remontant strawberries. Seedlings are selected with bright green intact foliage. There must be at least three of them. Ruyana seedlings are suitable only with a horn thickness of at least 7 mm. The length of the exposed roots should be at least 7 cm. If the seedling was grown in a peat tablet or cup, a good root system will be braided all over the coma.
Site selection and preparation of soil
The beds for remontant strawberries of the Ruyana variety are located in a sunny place. Light shading by trees is allowed. The soil is dug up with compost at the rate of 1 bucket of organic matter per 1 m2. For looseness, you can add sand. If acidity is increased at the site, ash or chalk is added when digging.
Landing scheme
For remontant strawberries of the Ruyana variety, planting in rows is preferable. A distance of 20 cm is maintained between each bush. The row spacing is about 35 cm. The Ruyana strawberry variety is beardless, so plants can even be planted in the same row near the beds with other garden crops.
Care
The procedure for caring for remontant strawberries Ruyan is the same as for other varieties of strawberries.
Care in the spring
In the spring, after the snow melts, the beds are put in order. They remove the old foliage, loosen the aisles. Watering is carried out with warm water, adding 1 g of copper sulfate or the same amount of potassium permanganate to 1 bucket. With the advent of the ovary, strawberries are watered with a solution of boric acid at the rate of 5 g of powder per 10 liters of water.
Spring top dressing is performed with mineral nitrogen-containing fertilizers. Strawberries respond well to feeding with liquid organic matter: a solution of mullein 10 or bird droppings 1:20. During flowering, Ruyan is fertilized with potassium-phosphorus preparations.
Watering and mulching
Remontant Ruyana easily tolerates drought, but the quality of the berries is deteriorating. In dry summers, the strawberry plantation is watered daily, especially when the berries begin to set. For watering choose the evening, preferably after sunset.
To preserve moisture and get rid of weeds, the ground around the bushes is mulched with sawdust and small straw. As a mulch, gardeners practice covering the beds with black agrofiber, and cut a window for remontant strawberry bushes.
Feeding
Strawberries of the Ruyana variety begin to be fed from the second year of life. The first top dressing with ammonium nitrate (40 g per 10 liters of water) is performed in early spring before the formation of flower buds. The second top dressing with nitroammophos (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water) is performed when buds are formed. The third top dressing (2 tablespoons of nitroammophoska, 1 tablespoon of potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water) is performed during fruit set. Strawberry Ruyan responds well to feeding with biological products presented in the table.
Frost protection
During flowering, remontant strawberries are afraid of short-term frosts. Greenhouse shelters made of agrofibre help protect plantings. You can also use ordinary transparent film.
Diseases and methods of struggle
The remontant alpine variety is resistant to diseases, but during the epidemic they can appear. The most dangerous diseases and control methods are presented in the table.
Pests and ways to deal with them
Pests are not averse to feasting on the sweet berries of Ruyan’s strawberries. How to deal with them is shown in the table.
Harvesting and storage of crops
Strawberries are harvested regularly every 2-3 days. The best time is early morning after the dew has disappeared. The berries are plucked with a stalk and put in a small but wide container. In the refrigerator, berries can be stored for about a week. For long-term storage, the fruits are frozen.
Features of growing in pots
If desired, repair Ruyana can be grown in a room. Any flower pot 15 cm deep will do. Plant care is the same as outdoors. In winter, only artificial lighting is required. During flowering, artificial pollination is done with a brush with soft bristles. With the onset of summer, pots with Ruyana are put on the balcony.
Сonclusion
Any gardener can grow a remontant variety of Ruyan. A bed with beautiful bushes will decorate any yard.