Strawberry variety Crapo 10: photo, description and reviews

Strawberry Crapo 10 (Fragaria Crapo 10) is an ornamental variety of a berry plant that pleases gardeners not only with tasty fruits, but also with a beautiful appearance. The variety can be grown both in the garden and as an ampelous culture in the front garden, on a balcony or an alpine hill. The plant is unpretentious, with abundant fruiting and promising prospects.

Krapo 10 actively blooms and bears fruit on the mustache without rooting

History of origin

Strawberries of the exclusive variety Crapo 10 are new. The variety was obtained thanks to the work of Italian breeders. In 2019, after successful tests in Eastern Europe, it was brought to Our Country. Despite the fact that it is too early to judge the merits of the variety, many gardeners appreciated the culture, and, having made trial plantings, they spoke well of it.

Characteristics and description of strawberry variety Crapo 10

Crapo 10 is a remontant strawberry of a neutral light day. The fruiting of the variety is long and continuous, it lasts from early June to September. The variety has a very high yield. Both mother bushes and daughter rosettes give fruits. From one plant for the entire period of fruiting, you can collect up to a kilogram of ripe strawberries, not counting the harvest from the mustache. The first wave brings offspring, in which the weight of each berry is about 50 g, the next one becomes smaller. The bushes of the plant are spreading, with tall, erect, multi-primate peduncles, which slightly loll as the fruits ripen. The foliage is beautiful, jagged, rich green color. There are few mustaches, but they differ in power, the type is semi-spreading. With the advent of heat, many inflorescences form on the bushes. Each peduncle is able to form up to 10 ovaries.

Krapo 10 is a universal berry. It is eaten fresh, frozen, used to make jam, compotes and preserves. According to the originators of the variety, the culture is suitable for growing in any regions with different climatic conditions. The variety has excellent transportable properties. Berries retain their presentation during transportation: they do not crumple, do not flow and are not damaged. They have a long shelf life.

Krapo 10 is grown indoors and outdoors

Appearance and taste of berries

Crapo 10 strawberries have a sweet taste with spicy sourness and a pleasant strawberry aroma. The first berries are large (up to 50 g), trapezoidal or oval in shape with a small neck. By the end of the harvest, the weight of the fruit slightly decreases (up to 30 g). The color of the berries is bright, scarlet, the skin is glossy, even, the pulp without voids, medium density, tender and juicy in taste.

Ripening time and yield of strawberries Crapo 10

With proper care, Krapo 10 strawberries show very high productivity. On average, each bush gives at least 1000 g of crop. To increase the number of offspring and the duration of fruiting, you can grow a variety in protected ground.

Frost resistance

It is too early to judge the winter hardiness of the crop, but, according to the originators, the Krapo 10 variety is able to tolerate frost favorably. Warming the plant is required only if it is grown in regions where the temperature in winter is -10 degrees and below. As a covering material, cardboard, straw, mulch or spruce branches are usually used. In the case of using spunbond, it should be laid on arcs installed above the bed, and not on strawberries, since the bushes freeze out when in contact with the material.

If strawberries are grown as a potted plant, they are brought indoors for the winter.

Disease and pest resistance

Breeders note the high resistance of Crapo 10 to various misfortunes in the form of diseases and pests. The plant has excellent immunity to the most common diseases, is moderately resistant to various forms of rot, and is relatively immune to powdery mildew. As a preventive measure for these ailments in the spring, it is advisable to treat strawberries with Horus.

To protect the plant from infections, you should:

1. Sprinkle the beds with wood ash.
2. Spray plantings with infusion of garlic.
3. Spray the foliage of Crapo 10 with slightly diluted potassium permanganate.

To avoid the invasion of insects, it is recommended to place beds with strawberries away from thickets of currants, raspberries and gooseberries.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

In the short period of cultivation since the appearance of the Crapo 10 variety, it has shown itself on the good side. The variety has many pluses compared to minor minuses.

Landing

Grade Krapo 10 is undemanding to the landing site. But, like other varieties of strawberries, it prefers to grow in sunny, windless and draft-protected areas. It is desirable that the soil is neutral, light and fertile, groundwater is deep. A crop is planted in April or May; planting is also allowed towards the end of summer or in September. Before the procedure, mineral and organic fertilizers (manure, humus, superphosphates) are added to the wells. Plants are planted, maintaining an interval between them of 30 cm, and in rows – 80 cm.

Krapo 10 is often planted on alpine hills for the convenience of removing berries from rosettes.

How to care

The variety does not need special care, but for good results, elementary growing rules must still be observed. Strawberries should be moderately but regularly watered, especially for young plantings. In hot weather, moisturizing is carried out every 2-3 days.

It is necessary to weed the beds in time and direct the mustache in one direction, thereby protecting the site from overgrowing. Thin out shoots from time to time.

Since Krapo 10 bears fruit continuously, it needs to be fertilized regularly. Feeding must be done at least twice a month. Ready-made complexes, such as Gaspadar, Gumi-Omi, Rubin, are best suited for this.

How it breeds

The agrotechnics of propagation and cultivation of Krapo 10 strawberries does not differ from other remontant varieties. You can breed a plant in traditional ways: with a mustache, seeds, dividing the bushes.

The easiest way to propagate the culture is with a mustache. Young sprouts are cut off from the mother bush in late summer – early autumn and planted in a new place.

The division is carried out in spring or autumn. Each bush is dug up, cut with a sharp knife into pieces so that everyone has a root system, then they are seated.

Strawberry seeds for seedlings are sown in February – March, planted in open ground in early May.

Seed germination of the variety is low – no more than 60%

Conclusion

Strawberries Krapo 10 with proper care gives a wonderful harvest of delicious berries. The fruits are of high quality, they are harvested throughout the summer. Plant bushes have an attractive appearance and can serve as an excellent decoration for a terrace, balcony or gazebo.

Reviews of gardeners about strawberries Crapo 10