The key to a great harvest is timely feeding of strawberries in spring!
Every gardener knows that strawberry fertilizers are a very necessary and necessary food! This berry is sensitive to deficiencies of nutrients, and this is very quickly reflected in its development and fertility. What to choose among dozens of plant fertilizers? How to use them correctly?
Positive aspects of spring feeding
After the snow has melted and the plant has begun to grow, it should feed the berry... This will speed up the vegetation processes, form new buds faster, improve flowering and fruiting.
In this case, the main thing is not to overdo it, so that the strawberries do not grow and stop bearing fruit.
Fertilizers for strawberries increase the yield by 30-40%, and with perfect plantation care, up to a kilogram of berries can be harvested from one bush!
Before starting preparatory work on processing plants, you need to familiarize yourself with some of the feeding rules:
- fertilization of strawberries in the spring is carried out 2 times;
- third time bushes are cut after harvesting;
- in mid-April, the first stage takes place, mineral fertilizers are applied;
- ash or potash nitrate is used a second time;
- the feeding of strawberries itself is carried out during the ripening of the berries.
Fertilizers for strawberries
Organic
Slurry is produced at the rate of 1 liter. excrement for 8 liters. water. With this fertilizer, you need to carefully water the strawberries so that the mixture does not fall on the leaves. And solid manure humus is used in the fall, after complete harvesting and in the spring, before planting bushes in the soil. Subsequently, the strawberry root system will be protected from parasites and temperature conditions.
Chicken manure is sold in the store or easily made at home. The concentrate is diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 10. The solution is kept for several days, and then poured into the soil.
It is important not to overdo it with the main ingredient, so as not to "poison" the strawberries with nitrogen.
The humate substance is laid out between the rows on dry grass, which improves the taste of the berries. It is made from the extract of peat, manure or plant residues.
Wood ash is a worthy substitute for piece fertilizer for strawberries; it is used in powder form in a proportion of 150 g per 1 sq. m. area.
Mineral fertilizers
This kind of feeding is necessary to achieve a high-quality harvest, the berries are large and bulk. Strawberries are fertilized with urea in early spring, 0.5 liters per plant bush. Promotes rapid growth and development of the stem.
Supplements of micro-complexes are effective, for example, Zircon, it is not only harmless, but also helps to remove harmful substances from the fruits of the plant. Ash is suitable for starting treatment to protect the bushes from pests.
Strawberry fertilization stages
Spring. To fertilize strawberries, many summer residents use highly diluted poultry manure, which will be effective throughout the year. During the second feeding, you can use the mullein, it contains all the elements necessary for the life of the plant.You can water the beds with fresh manure, for this you need to dilute it with water and insist for several days.
You can also feed the product with a complex mineral fertilizer - ammophos, 15 g per 1 sq. m. It is not recommended to fertilize with urea in the spring, the composition will not be able to have a beneficial effect on the soil and developing strawberry bushes, since it will not dissolve in the ground that has frozen after winter.
In the fall, it is important to feed strawberries from the first days of September, you can add Kemir Autumn, 50 g per sq. m. It is forbidden to pour the composition into the center of the plant, only around the bushes. In October, a second run is made, the leaves are cut off, and the strawberries are fertilized with potassium humate. At this time, it will be useful to use superphosphate, which refers to fertilizing with a long dissolution period in the ground. It is better to add it in advance, and until the end of March, do not disturb the plant.
Nettle fertilizer will have a positive effect on feeding the bushes after harvest. For these purposes, you need to cut the shoots of the grass and pour boiling water for three days. Then pour biofertilizer around the strawberries. And it is best to use an organic composition - bean green manure and manure. It goes well with other mineral fertilizers.
Attention: over-feeding can lead to a deterioration in the yield and the death of the entire plant. In everything, measure and sound time must be respected.
Have a wonderful harvest and delicious strawberries!
The article describes in detail and in detail the feeding of strawberries with organic matter. However, in practical cultivation in the country, I had to see many wonderful plantations, which delighted with lush healthy foliage, and the harvest fit into a plate. When questioned, the owners told in detail how well they feed the strawberries. Perhaps my strain was so special. But I grew a plantation, running it into a continuous meadow. In the spring, after the snow melted, it was covered with non-woven material until stable warm weather. On a cloudy windy day, with an ordinary household broom, I knocked down all the dry foliage, and it was carried away by the wind. During the season, she fed and watered Baikal with the addition of EM-1. It is a biological stimulant for soil and plants. During fruiting, she only watered, putting the hose on the ground. After that, she mowed all the leaves, treated the meadow with strong potassium permanganate and on a hot day tightly wrapped the plantation with a film. All the evil spirits burned out in a day. Then I fed the rosette for quick growth. By October, a blanket of healthy green leaves was ready. Strawberries left for the winter uncovered, and this is in Eastern Siberia. The harvest was always excellent, the berry was ecologically clean.