Strawberry variety Marisol: description, photo, video and reviews

Strawberry Marisol is a productive and easy-to-care variety of horticultural crops. Before planting a plant in a summer cottage, you need to study its characteristics and features.

History of origin

Marisol is one of the newest strawberry varieties from the Italian company Nova Siri Genetics. In the selection process, parental varieties with high resistance to fungal diseases and adverse conditions were used.

Marisol strawberries entered the wide market in 2017-2018

The cultivation of Marisol strawberries in their homeland in the Mediterranean started in 2015. The variety showed good yields, so the area under it was significantly expanded already in the next season.

Characteristics and description of Marisol strawberries

Marisol is a tall plant up to 30-40 cm with strong and durable sprawling peduncles. The leaves of the variety are dark green, large.

The variety produces an average amount of whiskers during cultivation. Most of them are located at a distance of 5-10 cm from the mother bush.

Appearance and taste of berries

The Marisol variety produces bright red berries with an elongated conical shape. The mass of fruits is 25-30 g, while the harvest is quite uniform. Between the berries collected from one bush, there are no sharp differences in weight and size.

Strawberries of Italian selection emit a pleasant fragrant aroma. The pulp of the fruit is dense and fleshy, without voids, bright red. The berries are very sugary, with dessert properties, while they have good keeping quality and endure transportation over considerable distances.

In hot weather, Marisol fruits become darker in color.

Ripening time and yield of strawberries Marisol

The Marisol variety ripens in medium early terms and yields from early June to mid-July, depending on the growing region. In warm areas, strawberries develop faster; in temperate climates, they enter the fruiting phase later.

The yield of the variety is quite modest. In a warm Mediterranean climate, Marisol produces an average of 800 g of berries from one bush. But in most regions of Our Country, the figures are lower – up to 500 g of fruits.

Frost resistance

At home, in the Mediterranean, Marisol is considered a cold-resistant variety that can withstand temperatures down to -10 ° C. With good root warming, the plant suffers little from frost and shows a minimum of attacks.

At the same time, Italian strawberries cope poorly with severe cold snaps in Our Country and often die. It is recommended to grow it in the southern regions or in closed heated greenhouses in temperate climates.

Disease and pest resistance

Strawberry Marisol was bred by breeders based on varieties with high immunity. The plant rarely suffers from fungal diseases and insects, although adverse external conditions can adversely affect the development of berry bushes.

The danger for Marisol in the garden is:

• powdery mildew – a fungal disease that leaves a light dry coating on the leaves;
  
  

  Powdery mildew often develops on strawberries in high humidity conditions.

• root rot – on poorly drained soil, Marisol can suffer from botrytis and late blight;
  
  

  Strawberry root rot can be recognized by browning of the leaves and wilting of the stem.

The health of the Marisol variety is also harmed by parasitic insects. Especially often berry bushes affect:

• weevil – the pest eats out the buds of the plant in late spring and early summer;
  
  

  When affected by a weevil, the fruiting of strawberries worsens

• root nematode – an insect often appears on depleted “tired” soils;
  
  

  Nematode quickly provokes the death of strawberry roots Marisol

• aphid – a garden pest feeds on the juice of the green parts of strawberries and leads to their deformation and wilting of flowers;
  
  

  Aphids on Marisol strawberries often appear when there are ants on the site

• slugs – gastropods eat low plant leaves.
  
  

  Slugs infect strawberries in wet and warm weather

The fight against diseases of the strawberry variety Marisol is carried out with the help of potassium permanganate and systemic fungicides. You can remove pests with an infusion of mustard or a solution of laundry soap. To prevent diseases, it is necessary to plant a crop in sunny places with well-drained soil and regularly mulch the soil.

Pros and cons of the variety

Strawberries Marisol are valued by gardeners for good immunity and excellent taste. But at the same time, the variety has drawbacks, which are especially pronounced in a temperate climate.

Especially often the Italian strawberry Marisol dies from recurrent frosts. In spring, it is recommended not to rush to plant the variety in open ground.

Rules of landing

Marisol strawberry seeds are sown for seedlings in early March. The landing algorithm is as follows:

1. For strawberry grains, a nutritious but light soil is prepared, consisting of humus and sand with the addition of garden soil.
2. The seeds are laid out in the soil at short intervals and placed in a cool place under a film for three days.
3. The box is transferred to a well-lit room and, with regular moistening, germinate until green seedlings appear.
4. They remove the shelter and rearrange the seedlings on a warm sunny windowsill.

The grown seedlings are transferred to the ground in May after the passage of recurrent frosts.

Marisol’s flower stalks are long, so it is recommended to grow the variety on raised beds.

Features of care

When growing the Marisol variety, attention must be paid to several nuances.

1. Watering. Italian strawberries are abundantly moistened 2-3 times a week during the drought period, as well as during flowering and fruit formation.
2. Top dressing. In the spring, Marisol is treated with a solution of bird droppings or cow manure, in May it is sprayed with an infusion of nettle tops, and after fruiting, phosphorus-potassium mixtures are added to the soil.
3. Loosening and weeding. In order for the Italian variety to develop well, weeds must be regularly removed from the beds. After each watering, loosen the soil, this should be done with caution, to a depth of no more than 3 cm.

When breeding the Marisol strawberry variety, it is important to regularly remove growing mustaches from the bushes. With the onset of autumn, wilted leaves are cut off on the plant and plantings are thinned out, and then the beds are covered with agrofiber and spruce branches.

Methods of reproduction

It is possible to increase the Marisol strawberry population in a summer cottage not only by seeds, but also by vegetative methods.

1. Mustache reproduction. Several healthy plants are selected in the garden, flower stalks are cut off and strawberries are fed with nitrogen during the season. When the mustache grows, rosettes of the first and second order are left. They are dug in and watered abundantly, and after rooting they are separated from the main bush.
2. Reproduction by division. Overgrown strawberries Marisol can be cut along the rhizome into 2-3 parts. Each delenka with developed feeding processes and several leaves is transferred to prepared new places.
   Advice! For breeding with a mustache, it is recommended to leave free space between the beds in advance.
   

   Reproduction by division is carried out for bushes older than three years

Conclusion

Strawberry Marisol is a young Italian variety with dessert taste qualities. The variety is highly immune to fungi, but often freezes out during wintering in the open ground of the middle lane.

Reviews of gardeners about strawberries Marisol