Feeding of strawberries

Strawberries are a dietary product growing in the garden, which not only perfectly quenches thirst, but also promotes digestion. Fresh berries are useful for diseases such as atherosclerosis, peptic ulcer disease, salt metabolism, hypertension. In these red succulent berries, there are many salts of iron, calcium, phosphorus, manganese, carotene, etc.

Strawberries grow in almost every garden or country plot, its cultivation gives a lot of pleasure, although gardeners have to work hard before filling the baskets with this beautiful and tasty berry.

Top dressing of strawberries, as well as other garden plants and berries, depends at once from several factors: on the type of soil, on the season, on the weather. In addition, young seedlings require much more fertilizer during the formation of the green part, and adults - in the formation of the crop. Additional support for this plant is also necessary after harvesting berries, when new roots and buds begin to grow, storing necessary substances for wintering.

Top dressing of strawberries can be carried out both with root and foliar fertilizers, but you should know exactly when and how to carry out such activities.

In order for the strawberry bushes to develop normally and bear fruit, they need not only mineral substances, but also microfertilizers and organic substances . Complex preparations that contain trace elements, as well as peat compost or humus, are the best for this. At the same time, gardeners know that organic fertilizers need to be fed in autumn or spring, and nitric fertilizers - before loosening of the soil, at the very beginning of spring.

Feeding strawberries is paid from 15 to 25 kg for every ten square meters. The exact amount is calculated based on the fertility of the soil, the climatic zone and the state of the plant itself.

In the first year, when the tubers of strawberries are only planted, it is necessary to manage exclusively the mulching of the land, without applying fertilizers, since during the planting the fertilizing has already been carried out.

As for other plants, the spring top dressing of strawberries is very important. As soon as the snow layer descends, and the soil dries up, experienced gardeners free the bushes from old and dry leaves, and also loosen the soil under them, mulch it with humus, moss or sawdust. This minimizes the number of pests that survive in winter, and the root system heats up from the sun's rays. At the same time they spend feeding each plant: in 10 liters of water two cups of Mullein and a tablespoon of ammonium sulphate are diluted , at the rate of 1 liter per jar for each bush.

Sometimes, in order to bookmark the flower buds for the harvest of the next season, complex strawberry dressing is carried out: in ten liters of water a glass of ash and two spoons of nitrophosphate are bred. Fertilizer is applied from both sides of the bed along previously prepared grooves, having a depth of up to five centimeters. The solution pours out into them, at the rate of one bucket per four meters, and then the grooves are closed by the soil. At the very end of the garden they water abundantly.

In many gardens you can observe the following picture: the strawberry bushes have a very lush green part, a huge number of antennae and absolutely no flowers, and accordingly, there will be no harvest. The reason for this situation is the excessive fertilization of the berries with manure or nitrogen fertilizer. In such areas, it is not advisable to carry out fertilizing.

Adding strawberries in spring is one of the most important factors for obtaining a plentiful harvest.

However, it is very important to know that the less chemistry there is in fertilizer, the better will be your collected berries, which will be enjoyed with pleasure not only by adults, but also by children.