If you don’t put the strawberry plantation in order in August, it will turn into a solid green carpet until the end of autumn. And from the thickened plantings you will collect only a few handfuls of small berries. All plant power will go green.
New housing for strawberries
First of all, you need to make a decision - to plant strawberries in the same area or transplant. After all, culture will give birth well in one place for no more than 4-5 years. Then it begins to degenerate. Therefore, if your strawberry has not changed its place of residence for a long time, prepare a new plot for it. Desirable, sunny, but not completely open. It is good if some low bushes grow nearby, which will cover strawberries from the scorching sun for a couple of hours a day.
Often, gardeners place the plant between rows of young seedlings or grapes. At the same time, such plantations will cover this berry culture from drafts, which she really does not like.
Water must not stagnate in the territory intended for strawberries, or groundwater should be closer to the surface than by 1.5 m.
It is equally important to choose the site on which suitable predecessors grew. Best for strawberries are carrots, legumes, parsley, dill, onions and garlic, beets.
It is undesirable to transplant the culture to the place where cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, cabbage or pepper grew. Diseases of these plants can be transmitted to strawberries.
Fertile land
The culture loves loose, well-moistened soil with a slightly acid reaction. When preparing the land in advance, in the spring, you can fertilize it with compost, humus or chicken droppings. Directly before planting, concentrated fertilizers should not be given so as not to burn the roots.
You can add superphosphates with potassium chloride (respectively 30g and 10g per m² of land) or wood ash - 2 cups per 1 m² before digging. Even easier to use complex fertilizers for strawberries in accordance with the instructions. You can buy them at any specialized store.
If you have black soil or loam, it is advisable not to sprinkle the earth before digging big amount sand, better than river.
Digging to a depth of approximately 25-30cm.
The best varieties
Every 3-5 years, it is advisable to renew strawberries from their own mustache. Otherwise, it degenerates. But even if the berries become smaller, think about replacing the variety.
How to choose the right strawberry variety Vasily Ivanovich Lavrenyuk, agronomist of the private enterprise "Valentina" in the Vinnitsa region:
- Varieties are better to take different ripening dates. It is advisable to plant early, mid-ripening and late ripening. Then for most of the summer, strawberries will be on your table. Learn about palatability each variety, its yield and disease resistance. For example, among the early varieties, one can recommend Chisinau early, Cleri, Mashenka, Alba, ultra-early Olbia, the Honei variety is very picky about conditions. Very early and productive grade Elsanta, but this strawberry is sensitive to both drought and waterlogging. Among mid-season, one can distinguish Vityaz, Festivalnaya, Victoria. Late grades - Bohemia, Gigantella Maxim, Great Britain, Zenga, Malvina. There are good repair varieties that produce several crops - Queen Elizabeth 2, Albion, Monterey. Typically, such strawberries fruit more actively closer to the fall.
We form beds
The density of strawberry planting depends on whether it is in this place for the first year or not. If the plant sits on a new territory, between the rows should be at least 60 cm, optimally 80 cm, but between the bushes you can allow a little more density than usual - about 15 cm. When planting the berries in the old place, the distance between the tubers should be not less than 30cm, better - 40cm.
Young strawberry bushes choose well-developed, with at least three leaves.
Optimally, when the lobe of the roots reaches 5 cm in length. Plant strawberries in the evening when there is no sun.
We make holes with a diameter of about 15 cm. Do not water the hole cold water, at the rate of 500-700ml for each, put the strawberry bush carefully so that the roots do not bend. When the water is absorbed, we drop strawberries so that the root neck is at ground level. If it is lower, water will begin to stagnate and the plant may rot, higher - the roots will begin to dry.
After planting, it is advisable to mulch the earth around the plants with straw or freshly cut grass. Sawdust should not be used. They can be compacted over time, and air will cease to flow to the roots.
If there is heat, you need to water the bushes abundantly every other day - about 1 liter of water under each until the plants take root. If the weather is mild, but there is no rain, 400-500 ml of water every other day is enough.
Strawberry Glade
Transplanting strawberries is not much different. Just like strawberries, it needs updating. It is only advisable to plant the culture every 2-3 years. A small difference in planting strawberries is that it is advisable to raise the beds with it a little above the ground level. This helps to better save the berries in the summer from dirt, and the plant itself in the winter from freezing.
The distance between the rows is 60-80 cm, and between the bushes 25cm is enough.
Strawberries are unpretentious plants, but, like strawberries, they need regular watering.
After transplanting, it needs to be watered every other day - under each bush 400-500 ml of water warmed up in the sun until it takes root. During a drought, water 2-3 times a week at the rate of 500-700 ml of water per bush.
Aisles are recommended to be mulled. This will help to maintain moisture and protect the plantings from weeds. You can use agrofibre. You need to spread it on a prepared plot of land before planting strawberries or strawberries. The edges and aisles are applied with stones or plates. We make incisions where the bushes will be planted. This method allows you to retain moisture and save strawberry plantation from weeds, fungal diseases and freezing in winter.
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Strawberry transplant in the fall is one of the important stages of plant care. In order to properly plant seedlings in a new place, so that the bushes take root well and subsequently bear good fruit, you should know certain rules of agricultural technology for growing berry crops.
It must be remembered that for a stable and rich harvest, you should decide when to transplant strawberries to a new place, what kind of care should be carried out for the plantings.
Important information is that berry bushes should be planted annually, by any convenient way, and it is necessary to transplant to another place once every four years, otherwise fruiting will deteriorate significantly, the plant will often be exposed to diseases and pests.
Suitable time for planting and replanting bushes
Every beginner gardener would like to know optimal termswhen the seedlings are ready to plant or transplant. What is the optimal time for planting berry bushes in a new place of growth? You can plant or plant strawberries in a new place in mid-spring, in the second half of August or in autumn.
But most experienced summer residents prefer to plant seedlings in the fall. They argue that it will be better for strawberries, that leaving at this time is easier, since irrigation is carried out by rainwater, and the soil will not dry out like that.
A strawberry transplant in spring is also well suited for this plant, because at this time the berry bushes can better take root, quickly and correctly begin to grow and develop. But a significant drawback in planting seedlings in the spring is that this year the plant will not bear fruit, since the first buds of inflorescences will be formed only next year.
The optimal time for planting bushes correctly in the autumn is the second decade of September. Why is it better to land at this time:
- the soil still retains heat;
- the earth is moist, and watering is often carried out with rainwater, and this is better for plants than watering from other sources;
- even with low temperaturesah at night or in the morning, the soil maintains a warm temperature;
- before winter comes, seedlings garden strawberries will have time to grow stronger and grow leaves, they will be needed by the plant for optimal wintering.
Therefore, the time when transplanting strawberries, each gardener chooses for himself individually. But you need to remember that when transplanting in the fall, plants have the opportunity to gain strength before wintering, it is better to take root, so many summer residents prefer.
According to experts, seedlings, which are replanted in the autumn, tolerate the winter better, and will already bloom in the spring. The first fruiting will not be too plentiful, but next year it will certainly be possible to harvest a good crop.
What place does seedlings like
Before planting young bushes, you should determine the place of planting. Strawberry seedlings do not require special growing conditions, but they prefer light, loose, sandy-loamy or clay soil.
Before planting strawberries, you should fertilize with minerals, a mixture of peat and mullein, wood ash. Due to saturation with useful elements, the crop will be plentiful and stable. Such care is an important step in the cultivation of strawberries.
It is better to plant strawberries after legumes, onions, garlic, lettuce, parsley, dill, radish, carrots or beets. Care is not only about regular feeding and watering. Leaving involves regular weeding and loosening of the soil.
When planning an autumn planting of strawberries, you can pre-plant onion or garlic in the proposed area, green manure - lupine or cereal. Do not plant strawberry bushes in the place where solanaceous, cabbage, cucumbers previously grew.
How to plant strawberries correctly
When planting young seedlings, the crop can be harvested only after a year. To obtain abundant fruiting, you can plant two-year-old bushes. It is important to follow the planting algorithm - seedlings are dug up immediately before planting in a new place. If this doesn’t work out, root system wrapped in a cloth very moistened with water and left until the start of planting.
Each seedling should have well-developed roots, at least 5 centimeters long, it is better that there are 3 leaves on the bush.
The soil must be prepared 30 days before the start of transplanting. Carry out proper care, apply to the ground required amount fertilizers.
Can be used organic fertilizerspotassium sulfate, superphosphate. Or, instead of these ingredients, you can purchase a special complex composition for. After fertilizing the soil, it should rest for two weeks. After the earth settles a little, the beds are ready for planting seedlings.
It is recommended to transplant in the evening or during cloudy times. Plants can be planted in several lines, the interval between the bushes should be at least 30 centimeters, the row spacing - 40 centimeters. It is optimal to dig holes of a depth that matches the length of the root system.
Water should be poured into the prepared hole to the very surface of the soil, then a seedling is lowered into it. The root system is covered with soil and carefully tamped. After planting all the bushes, the beds should be mulched.
Young plants can also be planted using agrofibre. Only pre-spread the material, make holes in it, which will be located above the holes. After the done manipulations, young bushes are planted in the finished holes.
It is important to fix the covering material around the edges. Agrofibre will be an excellent protection against low temperatures, from sudden changes in temperature, to prevent the appearance of weeds and diseases.
Do not forget that landing under agrofibre also requires certain rules of care. Leaving consists in watering, top dressing, cutting a mustache.
Now you possess enough information. You have learned what strawberry care is needed and what time is better to choose in order to plant or transplant the bushes.
Strawberry is perennial plant with sweet and tasty fruits. They can be eaten in their pure form, as well as made for the winter. To achieve good harvest, the plant needs appropriate care. Periodic transplanting of bushes is also necessary, as is watering, top dressing, and pruning. It is important to choose right place, time for a transplant and follow the basic recommendations.
Why transplant
The main reason for plant transplanting to another place is a further increase in yield A necessary measure for rejuvenating the plantation and preserving the harvest is a strawberry transplant in the fall. It is important when moving to another place to divide the plant or plant with a mustache. It makes no sense to transplant a whole bush in a new place, because adult plant not so fruitful.
The main reasons for transplanting:
- Berries growing on one site for 3-4 years become small and lose their juiciness. The plant can completely stop bearing fruit.
- The soil is depleted in a few years. The necessary trace elements are not enough for the proper development of strawberries.
- Bacteria and fungi multiply in the ground over time. Timely relocation to a new place will help to avoid diseases and plant death.
- The mustache, which departs from the kidneys every year, rises higher on the stem. During winter period they freeze, which leads to rapid aging of the plant.
- The accumulation of groundwater and the formation of lowlands are the reason for moving the beds.
Time for transplant
The best time for transplanting strawberries to a new place is the autumn period. Start conducting garden work You can already in September, but experts recommend paying attention to the weather and climatic conditions in the region. If the autumn is arid and hot, then it is better to postpone the transplant for a month. When changing to a new place in autumn period, for the next season we can expect a rich harvest.
The benefits of a fall transplant:
- heavy and frequent rains will help to take root;
- cool temperature the environment;
- the soil is warm and with high humidity;
- the plant will be able to grow stronger to frost;
- after transplanting, flowering is expected by spring;
- lack of aggressive sunlight;
- seedlings will require less maintenance;
- reduction of the front of work at the end of the season.
Seat selection
The best place for plant transplanting is a small hill Strawberries are very demanding in care and susceptible to environmental changes. Therefore, in choosing a place for strawberry transplant in the fall, you need to approach carefully. The berry will develop well in the beds where it previously grew: legumes, mustard, garlic, radish, parsley and onions. These crops favorably set the stage for strawberry planting. On the contrary, cucumbers, tomatoes and potatoes deplete the soil. Also, these plants have the same disease. In the case when there is no choice, you need to pre-process the bed from bacteria and feed the soil well.
The place under the beds should be chosen with a slope so that there is no stagnation of groundwater. The permissible distance to the roots is 60 cm. Excessive moisture can affect the condition of the roots and lead to the death of the plant. The slope should be approximately 2-3 degrees. It will be cold in the lowlands because the soil warms there longer than on the plain.
It is recommended to prepare a plot for the plant from the south-west side. According to experience, the ripening of fruits there occurs earlier. The berry does not tolerate drafts. The most optimal will be a quiet, sunny place. In the shade, growth and flowering are also possible, but the taste of the fruit will not be so juicy and sweet.
Soil preparation
Right choice and soil preparation is necessary for subsequent plant growth and productivity. The berry will grow well in chernozem and loamy soil. Transplanting strawberries into sandy or clay soil will reduce the quantity and quality of the crop. In a wetland, the plant will die.
Before transplanting to a new place, it is necessary to prepare the soil. When clay soil, add peat or dung. Prepare sandy soils necessary several years before transplanting by planting legumes. To improve the composition and enrich with useful substances, it is recommended to add a mixture of humus, superphosphate and potash fertilizer. A feed bucket must be applied to each square meter surface.
On the bed should not be insect larvae. If pests are found, then urgently need to process the soil. After preparing the soil, the bed is dug up and well loosened. A day before planting, it is necessary to pour plenty of water. Well formation is not necessary in advance.
Seedling requirements
Seedlings must be selected correctly to get strong and healthy plants. Otherwise, a strawberry transplant will not give a good result.
Seedling selection criteria:
It is important to pay attention to the size of the root system. The root base should not be less than 6 mm, and the length of the roots is recommended to choose about 7 cm. Seedlings should have healthy stems without spots and altered appearance. It is required to give preference to plants with 3-5 leaves on a bush. Optimal option will choose sockets at the base of the plant. If the outlet is small and the root system is developed, then there will be no rooting problems. Strawberries should be preferred for no more than 3 years. The older the plant, the worse the yield.
If reproduction occurs with antennae, then this criterion is not taken into account.
Only the first two antennae must be rooted. Others are removed so that the plant is not depleted.
It is advisable to transplant seedlings immediately after digging. If there is no possibility or it is planned to transport the bushes, then the earthen lump must be wrapped in cellophane or a damp cloth. In the case when work will be carried out on the site, seedlings can be prikopat in a dark place.
Landing Methods
There are several ways to place holes in open ground:
Landing the most popular way. The distance between plants should be 25 cm, and between rows not less than 60 cm.
Two-row planting of seedlings recommended on a site with limited space. The only difference is the distance between the lines, it is 30 cm.
Staggered will require increased care and skill from the gardener. Previously, in order not to make a mistake, you need to outline the places of the proposed holes.
Each gardener chooses the best arrangement of bushes based on his personal preferences. The main thing is to observe the minimum distances so that the plants do not interfere with each other to grow and develop properly.
Transplant Instructions
A strawberry transplant is more effective with an earthen lump. In this case, the plant will take root faster in a new place. The whole process consists of several stages. It is important to adhere to the sequence.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Initially, it is necessary to prepare seedlings, fertilize the soil.
- The bed is watered abundantly with water a day and allowed to dry.
- Next they plan approximate location holes and dig them up.
- After this, the seedlings are placed in a mixture of water with manure.
- Seedlings are planted in the hole very carefully so as not to damage.
- The next step is to sprinkle the roots with earth.
- Then the soil under the bushes is compacted and watered.
- The final step is to mulch with sawdust or needles.
In the case of a transplant with bare roots, the plant can be soaked in a rooting solution or in a disinfectant. If there is abundant foliage on the seedling, then it is pruned. It is optimal to leave 3-4 sheets. The plant is able to grow stronger and take root within two weeks.
Strawberry Care
After planting, plants need to be provided good care. Proper watering, pruning and pest protection will allow the root system to get stronger. In this case, the plant will survive the cold and will delight with fresh berries for several years.
After transplanting, it is necessary to water each bush 3 times a week. Watering must be carried out under the root of the plant. It is better to choose warm water, which has stood for some time. Liquid is not recommended for leaves and a socket. After two weeks, the plant grows stronger and the number of irrigations is reduced. It is important to ensure that the soil remains moist and loose.
Leaf pruning is not required at first. It is necessary that the bush is formed. Attention needs to be switched to antennae and peduncles. They need to be cut off at the base. A weakened plant should direct all nutrients to the formation and strengthening of the root system. Additional sprouts will lead to depletion of the bush.
Pests and diseases can damage the root system and lead to death, so at the first sign it is important to take urgent measures. To get rid of larvae and insects, you need to prepare a mixture. The composition contains 10 liters of warm water and 3 tablespoons of malathion. With a solution, it is necessary to carefully process the garden bed and cover with an airtight material. From diseases and fungal infections, a solution of Bordeaux fluid is suitable. You can use copper oxychloride.
To prepare the bushes for winter, you must first mulch the soil. Needles are suitable for this procedure. It will scare away pests and protect against diseases. Next, the sprouts are covered with a protective layer of not more than 4-5 cm in height. As a material for shelter suitable: sawdust, foliage, straw, peat. Such a shelter will protect from frost, and also allow the sprouts to breathe.
The main tip when transplanting is to carefully handle the roots of the plant Planting is recommended approximately 3 weeks before the onset of frost. In this case, the strawberries will be able to get stronger. A strawberry transplant is best done on a cloudy day or in evening hours. sunlight can harm young plants.
During or immediately after rain, planting is not recommended. It is necessary to allow the soil to dry for several hours. If the plant is planned to be propagated with the help of a mustache, it is recommended to plan planting in early September.
The subsequent harvest of strawberries depends on the right place, soil and seedlings. Outlets from adult plants that previously bear fruit should not be chosen. They will not give a good harvest in the future.
In the absence of quality seedlings on the site, they can be purchased in nurseries or asked from neighbors. It is desirable to plant different varietiesso that the whole season has a delicious harvest.
Conclusion
Strawberry transplant in the autumn will be effective if all the rules and recommendations are followed. FROM simple process even a beginner gardener can handle it. In a new place, by the summer it will be possible to get fresh and juicy berries. Autumn planting is suitable for almost any climate, so it is more popular than transplanting at other times of the year.
The need for strawberry transplantation is caused by the peculiarity of its development: aging bushes hibernate worse and significantly reduce yield. Right selection The place and time of the year for transplantation plays a significant role in the subsequent development of culture. It is as important as fertilizing and protecting against diseases and pests.
What is strawberry transplant for?
A transplant is necessary to obtain a rich harvest of sweet and fragrant berries. Having strawberry plantings of different ages in the garden, you can provide yourself with a stable crop every year.
A transplant is necessary to get a good annual ripe strawberry crop.
Strawberries bear fruit in one place for 3-4 years, then the number of berries decreases and their size decreases markedly. The soil is depleted, diseases and pests are accumulating. Repair Strawberry, bearing fruit from the summer until the onset of sustained cold weather, consumes nutrients from the soil faster and requires even more frequent transplantation. For such varieties, an annual transplant is ideal.
This procedure can be carried out throughout the growing season, but flowering plants take root worse. It is also necessary to recover bushes after picking berries. Therefore, transplanted strawberries two to three weeks before flowering or two weeks after fruiting.
What bushes are used for transplanting
Most fruitful are young bushes growing in one place for at least two years. Experienced gardeners apply a transplant to a new place rooted mustache or split bushes.
Young (biennial) strawberry bushes are most fertile
In order for the soil to rest, after digging old bushes for two to three years, vegetable crops are planted.
Ideally, it is not necessary to give fruiting to those bushes that are planned to propagate, breaking off the peduncles. The uterine bush should be strong, with a large number of peduncles, fruitful.
Video: how to choose a bush for transplanting
Transplant Methods
Getting sprouts is pretty easy:
- use vegetative layers - mustaches,
- adult plants are divided into divisions.
Reproduction by seeds is rather laborious, the resulting seedlings do not always inherit varietal characters of uterine plants.
Rooting mustache
The vegetative shoots of strawberries are called mustache. They take root quite easily, forming new ones corresponding to the plant variety. One bush can give up to 15 shoots with rosettes. The procedure is carried out as follows:
- Choose a healthy mustache with root buds.
- They are laid on the ground at a distance of 20-30 cm from the uterine bush and squeezed a little into the ground.
- Or mustache is rooted immediately in pots with nutritious soil.
- In 2–2.5 months, seedlings will grow, which can be transplanted directly with a lump of land, which will accelerate the survival of sprouts.
Strawberry mustache can be rooted immediately in pots with nutritious soil
Bush division
Most often, by dividing the bush, strawberries are propagated, giving few mustaches or not giving them at all. This method is also used after a large winter attack of plants. Adult plants are divided into horns, from one bush, depending on its age, size and yield, you can get up to 10 seedlings. Too old bushes are not suitable for this method, they produce weak seedlings, and you can not wait for the crop at all.
Usually transplant on a cloudy day:
- Choose strawberry bushes no older than three years.
- The place is prepared well-lit, closed from strong winds.
- Dig up the earth a month before transplanting, fertilize with humus (1 kg per 10 sq. M). If the soil is acidic, lime is applied (from 350 to 500 g per 1 sq. M of medium-heavy soil, depending on the acidity of the soil).
- On the eve of landing, the ridges are shed with water.
- The bushes are dug out of the ground, washed roots in a bucket of running water.
The roots of the uterine bush must be washed with water
- Gently divide the roots with a knife or hands into several parts.
Strawberry roots are cut with a knife into pieces.
- Dig holes to a depth of 30 cm, make a knoll at the bottom.
- Holding the seedling with one hand, the second straighten the roots in the hole. Then they sprinkle the outlet with soil and press it with his hands so that there are no voids in the hole.
- The distance between plants in a row is not less than 30 cm, and between rows - 50–70 cm.
Separated bushes planted according to the scheme 30 to 50 cm
- Apply a one-line landing, two-line, as well as carpet, that is, solid.
- Planted sprouts need to be watered, and the soil should be sprinkled with ash or peat.
When is it better to transplant strawberries
For transplantation, take young, healthy seedlings with root buds or with an already developed root system, but without flowers, since flowering plants less likely to settle down in a new place. On bushes there should not be traces of damage by pests and diseases.
The best precursors for strawberries are legumes, onions, garlic, carrots, and herbs. You should not plant strawberries in the beds where potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage grew before it.
Spring strawberry transplant
The best time to transplant strawberries is spring:
- there is still a lot of moisture in the soil;
- young plants during the summer have time to take root, develop the root system, and also lay flower buds for next summer.
In spring, strawberries are planted in late April or early May, with the soil to be prepared in the fall. They dig a plot for planting on a bayonet shovel, carefully select the roots of weeds, add rotted manure, compost or humus. Humus, depending on the cultivation of the soil, may need up to 10 kg per 1 sq. m
In spring, strawberries are planted in late April or early May.
At first, you need regular watering to provide seedlings with moisture. Excessive moisture is not permissible, as it causes the development of mold and rot. In order to prevent the development of diseases, the soil around the seedlings is sprinkled with ash.
Video: spring strawberry transplant
In addition to disease prevention, ash is a source of potassium for plants.
Autumn Strawberry Transplant
You can plant strawberries in early autumn, in late August and early September. The undoubted advantages of autumn planting:
- close to completion summer season and, accordingly, the availability of free time for work;
- frequent rains during this period, which reduces watering.
Bushes with the most large berries. Seedlings are taken from healthy two-year-old mother plants that produce the sweetest berries and bear fruit abundantly. Many gardeners plant strawberries at the end of August or the beginning of September: the plants must have time to take root well before the onset of stable cold weather (seedlings stop developing at temperatures below 5 ° C). The soil is prepared no later than 15 days before planting.
Video: strawberry transplant in the fall
Strawberry transplant is best done in cloudy weather or in the evening at a temperature not exceeding 20 ° C: for young plants, the scorching rays of the sun are destructive.
What rules must be followed
In order for the plants to take root well and subsequently give a rich harvest, you need to know certain rules:
Strawberry Care after Transplanting
Planted bushes can be mulched with hay, rotted manure, freshly cut grass, sawdust or film. Mulching keeps the soil loose and moist, and accelerates the ripening of berries. In the first year, seedlings usually do not require additional top dressing.
Strawberries are grown in one place for 3-4 years. During this time, it absorbs a lot of nutrients from the soil, the number of pests and diseases increases. Therefore, the gardener has to periodically change the place of cultivation of this capricious, but such a delicious berry. A site is prepared in advance for planting young plants, and the vacant beds are fertilized and planted with vegetable crops.
When to transplant strawberries? If you want a stable crop delicious berries, then it is important to properly care for the plant and transplant in time. Why you need to change the place where strawberries grow and how to do it right, read below.
When to transplant strawberries - in autumn or spring
In one place, strawberries bear fruit for no more than 4 years, after which she needs a transplant.
The fact is that during this time pathogens, pests that negatively affect the development of the plant accumulate in the soil. amount useful elements also decreases, therefore seedlings are more often sick, and productivity decreases.
When is it better to transplant strawberries? Work can be done in spring, summer and autumn.
Keep in mind that with spring planting, the first flowering you will receive only next spring. Whereas when autumn landing berries will appear in the summer.
Here are the main benefits of an autumn transplant:
- Minimal care.
Warm moist soil, plenty of rain create optimal conditions for rooting the plant. In this case, you do not need to pay much attention to watering and weeding the beds.
- Good survival.
Before the first frosts, the bushes will grow stronger, take root, grow a new outlet. Therefore, a strong plant that will tolerate cold and frost will winter well.
If there are several beds on the plot, you can transplant one each year. The abundance of berries every season is guaranteed. In addition, it is important to identify a new location for strawberries.
The best precursors for berries are greens, legumes, radishes and carrots. Bad yield will be if you plant strawberries after potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers. These plants become infected with diseases, which then go to the berry bushes.
Strawberry transplant in the fall: terms, rules
There are three deadlines for planting strawberries. Here they are:
- Early landing is from mid-August to mid-September.
- The average runs from September to October (from the 15th to the 15th of the month).
- Late is calculated a month before the frost.
It is also worth focusing on the period of development of the bushes. Best harvests come out with early and medium periods of disembarkation.
To already in next year pick fragrant berries, pick strawberries for transplant biennial plants. Dig well-developed bushes before planting. If the seedlings are purchased on the market, then it is better to wrap the rhizome with a damp cloth or moss.
Learn how to properly prepare the soil:
- Pour into the ground in a week universal fertilizer for berry crops.
- After digging, let the earth rest and settle for 2-3 weeks.
To save on fertilizers and protect strawberries from pests, it is customary to plant green manure. It can be lupine or mustard, which is mixed with soil in the spring.
So, the soil is prepared and seedlings are selected. Here's how a strawberry transplant is done:
- Work in the evening or in cloudy weather.
- Prepare wide but not deep holes. Spill them with water.
- Plant the seedling in the hole so that the heart remains on the surface.
- Spread the root system, cover it with earth and lightly tamp.
- Keep a distance of 25 cm between the bushes.
- Water the planted bushes.
- Mulch the soil with sawdust or straw.
Now it remains to care for the plantings and monitor their growth. It is enough to water plants in a timely manner, weed off weeds, and loosen the soil.