Strawberry varieties for giving Siberia
You can buy strawberries beautifully packaged in small containers almost at any time in the supermarket, but you really want to plant some of the best varieties in your summer cottages in order to enjoy the natural taste of unprocessed berries. The breeders took care of summer residents not only in warm regions, but also created amazing varieties of strawberries for Siberia. Now in this harsh climatic region, a large number of strawberries of different varieties are grown in the beds.
Requirements for strawberries for Siberia
In the southern regions, with proper planting and care, any variety of berries can be grown. Juicy fragrant fruits of different sizes delight kids for a long time. The choice of varieties for growing in Siberia must be approached more carefully, given that plants should:
- To be frost-resistant to withstand the harsh frosts of Siberia.
- Quickly restore the green mass of the bush.
- Resist fruit rotting and strawberry mite damage.
- To be distinguished by a plentiful harvest of berries with good taste and suitable for transportation.
Hard to find strawberry varieties fully corresponding to all the points described above, but you can always choose the best ones. To please the family with fragrant berries, you should plant several varieties with different periods of fruiting, taste, and size of berries.
Growing strawberries in Siberia
Growing strawberries in Siberia, subject to the regimes of watering, weeding, nutrition, removal of whiskers, mulching, will not cause any particular difficulties. The preparation of the beds and holes should begin in the fall. Before digging, a mixture of a bucket of humus, 0.5 liters of wood resin and 30 g of mineral is introduced per square meter of the garden complex fertilizer... If planting of remontant varieties is supposed, the amount of the applied mixture should be doubled.
For large strawberries, prepare beds no more than 50 cm wide.Leave the distance between the beds up to 80 cm. Repaired varieties best planted in wide beds in one row. The optimum width is 1 meter. A distance of 40 cm is left between the holes. In the fall, 1/5 of a bucket of humus, 0.5 glass of ash and 20 g of mineral fertilizer are added to each hole.
Planting seedlings in early spring. Cover the seedlings immediately with a covering material for 10 days. Do not open the repair strawberries until the first berries ripen. After three years, transplant the plants to other beds. You can add wood ash to strawberry beds at any time.
Recommended varieties for growing in Siberia
We have made a selection of the best varieties of strawberries for Siberia, early, medium ripening.
Berdskaya Early
Non-remontant variety pleases with matte red berries of a conical round shape, medium size, sweet and sour taste. Subject to the rules of care, the plants give a stable high yield. Recommended for under cover growing in Siberia.
Daryonka
The variety was bred by Russian breeders. On large bushes with wide large leaves of light color, red medium-sized sweet and sour berries ripen.The harvest is early and abundant. The variety is excellent for sale. To obtain a good harvest, timely feeding and watering is required. Low temperatures are not particularly dangerous for the plant. This variety is resistant to damage from harmful insects and fungal diseases.
Kama
The variety was bred as a result of crossing by Polish breeders of famous varieties: Kavaler and Zenga Zengana. Summer residents call this variety the Black Prince. During the period of technical ripeness, the berries have a bright red color and sour taste. Ripe berry has a burgundy color and a sweet taste. Fruits with juicy, dense pulp, rhombic rounded shape weighing up to 36 g. Dark green bushes yield up to 1 kg of berries. It tolerates low temperatures well, is particularly resistant to drought, but is often exposed to white and brown spots. Timely processing with special preparations will help preserve the quality of the crop.
Omsk early
The specially eaten strawberries for Siberia are the result of the work of Russian specialists. The high-yielding early variety is rarely affected by disease. On a medium-sized bush, small pink and red berries with an amazing aroma and sweet-sour taste ripen.
Amulet
Non-refurbished medium-early ripening variety. Refers to dessert varieties. From one bush, you can collect up to 2 kg of berries weighing up to 30 g. Ripening occurs together, and the berries taste sweet. Children just love these strawberries. The hostesses are happy to preserve it and freeze it. Plants practically do not get sick and tolerate frosts well. To achieve good yields, planting is recommended only in spring. Mustache formation is minimal.
Tanyusha
The variety of medium maturity is an excellent result of the work of the employees of the Novosibirsk Experimental Station. Powerful bushes are distinguished by a small number of rosettes and whiskers, bright foliage. Small juicy dark red berries develop on thin stalks.
Festival Chamomile
An excellent result of the selection work of Ukrainian scientists. The variety is distinguished by a medium ripening period, the first large harvest, rich aroma and special sweetness of the berries. This strawberry is suitable for transportation, fresh consumption, canning, juicing, desserts. The variety is resistant to various diseases, perfectly tolerates low and high temperatures.
Carefully selected varieties of strawberries for summer cottages in Siberia will delight you with their harvest, if you can provide them with good care. Regular watering, timely fertilization, transplanting plants to prepared areas will improve the taste of the berries.