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Fertilizer for strawberries - how to increase productivity simple ways?

In order for strawberry fertilizer to benefit, experienced gardeners advise not to neglect important rules and observe the agrotechnics of cultivation, both in spring and summer, and in autumn. Top dressing for garden strawberries are necessary immediately after waking up, during flowering, during the formation of berries, and also after harvesting, when the buds of the future crop will be laid. To do everything right, read the article in full ...

Fertilizer for strawberries in the spring - we activate growth!

The long Cold winter, the plants have spent all their reserves nutrients, now the deficit needs to be filled. Before you fertilize strawberries in the spring, you need to prepare it for this process - remove the beds and process.

Plants of the first year of life do not require top dressing if it was produced in the spring of this year and was fertilized, because. has not yet used up the fertilizing introduced into the planting holes. The culture of the following seasons must be fertilized in order to get a generous and tasty harvest. Strawberry feeding is divided into three stages - strawberry fertilization in spring, after fruiting, when planting in summer or autumn, and when preparing strawberry bushes for winter.

It should be noted right away that each gardener independently determines the need for feeding strawberries, taking into account previously applied fertilizers, the condition and growth of plants, as well as the structure and composition of the soil.

On a note: garden strawberries oversaturated with fertilizers in spring will give good foliage, but in this case you should not expect a rich harvest of berries, because. an excess of trace elements will not only lead to the active growth of the green part, but will also be a good help in order to appear. In simple words, the plant will need to get rid of unnecessary elements, so the internal processes will be disrupted, the immunity and protective functions of the strawberries will decrease, and the result of the huge efforts of the summer resident is a plant disease.

Fertilizer applied in time will be a good growth stimulant for strawberries, and it is imperative to feed both the aerial part and the roots, i.e. carry out foliar and root top dressing. Before fertilizing strawberries after winter, you need to make sure that the soil is dry and that the bushes are restoring after winter. If you know how to clean the garden and what to do next, let's go directly to top dressing.

fertilizing strawberries with potassium permanganate - in the photo

The first fertilizer for strawberries must be applied after loosening has been completed, this will be the beginning of a new season of the battle for the harvest. Feeding strawberries with iodine has become popular with many summer residents, but not everyone knows what effect this feeding will have, let's figure it out.

First of all, the antiseptic protects the plant from diseases. Strawberry bushes treated with iodine practically do not suffer from gray rot and powdery mildew. For ten liters of water, take 7-10 drops of iodine, and with the prepared solution, treat the plants on a leaf from a watering can with a shower head immediately after cleaning the beds, and in order not to burn the leaves, follow the dosage.

Processing strawberries with iodine should be carried out in cloudy weather, or in the evening, when there is no bright sun, so as not to burn the leaf plates. In total, there should be 2-3 such treatments with iodine before the appearance of berries. And remember, in this case, iodine acts more as a prophylactic against diseases.

5-7 days after spraying with iodine, strawberries are fed with urea, which is diluted with water in the ratio of 1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water. Pour 0.5 liters of the finished solution under each plant. In addition to urea, of course, they are used, which are prepared with their own hands and certainly do not contain any chemistry.

If everything is done correctly and on time, nitrogen-containing fertilizers are used, then the leaves and shoots will grow well, you will get a delicious bright red berry in the summer. With a lack of nitrogen, the leaves will turn pale, the berries will be born small, and the taste will be poor. Also in early spring strawberries can be fed with Gumi-Omi Berries, Zdraven for strawberries and raspberries, Bona Forte, OMU Universal, Humat +7, Robin Green, etc.

On a note: you need to start feeding strawberries when the soil warms up to + 8 ° C, with more low temperatures roots of garden strawberries do not absorb fertilizers.

fertilizing strawberries with nitrogen-containing fertilizer - in the photo

Top dressing of strawberries during flowering can be done as follows homemade fertilizer, which is used by experienced gardeners - take 1 cup of wood ash, pour 2 liters of boiling water, let it brew for two hours, then add 1.5-2 grams of potassium permanganate, 2.5-3 grams of boric acid, 10 drops of iodine here and pour 10 liters of warm settled (non-chlorinated) water and mix thoroughly. Pour 1 cup (250 ml) of this fertilizer under each strawberry bush.

In addition to the above fertilizers, fertilizing strawberries with yeast is a great success among summer residents, which is prepared as follows - a pack of fresh store-bought yeast is taken (or a bag of dry, 10 g), laid in 3 liter jar, 100 g of granulated sugar (1/2 faceted glass) is poured there, and all this substance is poured with settled water up to the shoulders of the jar, so that during fermentation it does not overflow over the top.

feeding strawberries during flowering - in the photo

Mix the yeast solution well and leave it in a greenhouse or other warm place for a day or two, until the fermentation subsides. When the fermentation process is over, 1 glass (250 ml) of the resulting concentrated mixture must be diluted in 10 liters of water and poured ready solution 0.5 liters for one bush.

Fertilizing strawberries with yeast should be carried out no more than 3 times during the entire growing season. Fertilize strictly on wet ground, i.e. First you need to water the bed well! And remember, when using yeast-based fertilizers, you need to replenish the potassium in the soil, which is very strongly absorbed from the soil by strawberries (fertilize with wood ash after 14-15 days, sprinkled between rows or using a liquid solution). Fertilizer for strawberries, introduced in the spring, activates growth, leads to a decent harvest.

Feeding strawberries during fruiting - we extend the harvest

With the onset of summer, the beginning gardeners again face the question - what should be the top dressing of strawberries during fruiting? To improve fruiting, prolong the collection of fruits, the plant must be fed again.

At the beginning of summer, the culture forms the first fruits, so potassium is especially needed. As soon as the first berries begin to appear, wood ash is introduced between the rows (1 handful under a bush, or 0.5 liters of liquid solution - pour 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours and dilute with 10 liters of warm water).

feeding strawberries with chicken manure - in the photo

If you use mineral fertilizers, then strawberries during the fruiting period can be given Potassium Monophosphate (1 tablespoon / 10 liters), Kemira Lux or Universal, which must be bred strictly according to the instructions. Fruiting lasts about two to three weeks, but even at that time the plant needs additional substances.

Feeding strawberries with a solution of mullein in water (1:15) is the most versatile, and you can also use a solution of chicken manure (1:10). In addition, fertilizers that were applied in early spring can also be applied and rotated during fruiting.

Do not forget that after harvesting the strawberries you need to feed, loosen and water, because it is after harvesting the berries that the leaves and roots begin to actively grow, the buds of the next year are laid, so you should not abandon the garden until autumn. And if you decide to mow strawberry leaves, then do it immediately after the bushes have fruited, otherwise the plants may not have time to fully recover.

How to fertilize strawberries when planting?

Spring, summer and the first half of autumn are the time when strawberries are planted, it depends on the season how to fertilize strawberries during planting. Fertilizers that can be used in the spring may not always be accepted in autumn period.

strawberry harvest with proper feeding - in the photo

spring planting considered successful, exactly like autumn and summer. The land, before planting, must be dug up, watered and fertilized. In order to bear fruit and grow normally, the bushes need mineral and organic fertilizers. Complex preparations that contain nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, have a greater effect, the successful use of manure and humus. Three types of fertilizer mixtures are especially popular:

1. A bucket of soil, the same amount of compost and manure, 1 liter wood ash;
2. A bucket of humus, 20 g of potassium salt, 40 g of superphosphate;
3. A bucket of compost, 40 g of superphosphate, 0.5 l of ash.

For a bed of 10 m², you will need 2-2.5 buckets of the mixture. If planting is carried out in the spring, then you need to add urea to the mixture, or immediately after landing on the garden, feed it with green liquid fertilizer. When planting in summer, it is better to use full complex fertilizer with a low nitrogen content, nitrogen is not given in autumn so that the plants have time to get stronger before the onset of frost, and do not grow lush foliage in the winter.

Fertilizing strawberries in the fall - preparing the bushes for winter

An important role is played by fertilizer for strawberries in the fall. In which month to do this depends not only on the variety, but also climatic conditions cultivation, because in the Kuban at the end of September it is still quite hot, and in the Urals and Siberia, Leningrad region, The suburbs may begin to rain and the temperature drops quite low, so the time for fertilizing strawberries in the fall will be different.

Each gardener decides for himself when to feed the strawberries in September or October, given weather and plant health. Do not forget, when the soil temperature drops below +8 ° C, strawberry roots stop absorbing nutrients.

autumn top dressing of strawberries - in the photo
feeding strawberries in the fall - pictured

In autumn, strawberries must be given potassium and phosphorus so that the plants get stronger for the winter. Agronomists still recommend using mineral complexes in the autumn period, and not home-made compounds, in addition, top dressing in accordance with the instructions will not harm either plants or humans.

Many summer residents use Autumn, Fertik, etc. fertilizer in the fall. Instead of using minerals, you can do the following - loosen the bed, add humus or compost from above under the bushes to close the roots for the winter and pour 1 tbsp under each plant. wood ash and mix with the ground.

Use liquid fertilizer based on ash (pour 2 cups with a liter of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours and add 10 liters of water), pouring at least 0.5 liters under the bush. The ash solution can still be used as a foliar top dressing in the fall, you need to water the strawberry bed well from a watering can with a shower head.

And remember, dear summer residents and gardeners, no matter how many options for top dressing and fertilizers for strawberries exist, agronomists recommend feeding ordinary garden strawberries 3-4 times per season, and remontant varieties recharge every 7-10 days. Have a good harvest!

There is no such person who would not love strawberries - the first berry that summer indulges us with. But to get good harvest she needs to be looked after. And most importantly - to carry out top dressing both during the flowering period and during fruiting.

First feeding (before flowering)

It is carried out in the spring, when the first young leaves appear on the plant. You can use this composition: pour dry chicken manure with water (1:10) and let it brew for 3 days. After that, water each bush, trying not to fall on the leaves.

Top dressing during floweringand I

During the period of formation of strawberries, a large amount of potassium is required. That is why at this time it will be especially useful to introduce chicken manure, ash, or potassium nitrate in the form of infusions.

Foliar top dressing

Spraying with solutions rich in trace elements at the beginning of flowering will allow the plant to gain additional strength. This will certainly affect the future harvest, because the berries will turn out to be larger. To carry out feeding on a bucket of water, you need to add a pinch of boric acid.

You can also use fully prepared fertilizers, which are designed specifically for garden strawberry. Feeding with the use of such complex preparations will increase the yield by up to 30%.

You can use the following composition:
- potassium sulfate (2 grams);
- potassium permanganate (2 grams);
- boric acid (1 gram);
- complex fertilizer for strawberries.

Dilute the mixture in a bucket of water and carefully process the bushes, giving Special attention inside leaflet. The fact is that it is its lower part that absorbs the greatest amount of fertilizer.

Yeast top dressing during flowering


Relatively recently, gardeners have discovered the new kind top dressing - ordinary yeast. Fertilizer is universal and can be used not only for strawberries.

You can feed the bushes twice during the whole season. To prepare the composition you will need:
- fresh pressed yeast (1 kg);
- water (5 liters).

Just dilute the yeast with water and leave to infuse. Before feeding, take 0.5 liters of the finished infusion and dilute it again in 10 liters of water. For each bush, 0.5 liters of fertilizer under the root is enough.

You can also use instant dry yeast if you like. In this case take:
- dry yeast (sachet);
- granulated sugar (2 large spoons).

Mix the sugar with the yeast and pour in a little warm water to start the yeast. Dilute the resulting mixture in a bucket of water and leave for 2 hours. After that, water the strawberries, adding 0.5 liters of fertilizer per watering can.

Feeding during fruiting


Do not refuse top dressing during the fruiting period of strawberries. As practice shows, only the first berries are especially large. The second and third crop stream is no longer so beautiful. Feeding will help to fix such a nuisance. Of course, to feed the bushes or not, it's up to you.

You can use the following compositions:
- dilute compost (4 kg) with water and water the plants under the root;
- dry mullein (3 kg) pour water and let it brew for several days, then water the bushes;
- dilute chicken manure in water, observing the proportion of 1:10, let it brew for 3 days and water the plants without touching the leaves and berries.

Helpful Hints

Summer top dressing of strawberries during flowering and fruiting has importance if you really want to get a quality harvest of berries. But it is important to remember:
- top dressing blooming strawberries can be carried out only once, with any of the selected compositions.
- Top dressing using organic matter allows you to get not only a high-quality, but also a completely safe crop. After all, the berries do not receive any "chemistry".
- Any fertilization must be carried out on moist soil. Ideally after good rain or watering.
- If you carry out the usual top dressing, then try not to get the solution on the berries and leaves of the plant.

Ash represents universal view top dressing. It is used as a fertilizer for a variety of crops. It contains potassium, calcium, phosphorus and many other useful trace elements necessary for the development of plants. Fertilizer is a natural ingredient that is used as an additive for strawberries. Especially the plant needs top dressing in early spring. Top dressing with ash strawberries should take place during a certain period of plant development and in accordance with the norms.

Useful properties of wood ash

Ash top dressings have a number of advantages:

• They are easily digestible and are natural products;
• They contain many useful trace elements necessary for strawberries, such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, boron, iron;
• The use of this particular fertilizer has more useful qualities than the use of expensive drugs.

Did you know! When mixing ash fertilizers with nitrogen fertilizers, ammonia is formed. It is poorly tolerated by the berry, so it is not recommended to use such dressings at the same time.

Another advantage of this type of supplement is long term storage. Fertilizer is placed in a tightly closed container. Water must not get inside, otherwise the fertilizer will lose its medicinal properties. After the ash has been introduced, its effect lasts about 3-4 years.

In order to neutralize the soil from high acidity, wood ash is used. But even here there are some peculiarities. When applying the additive to areas with alkaline soil, the crop may not receive nutrients at all or absorb them in small quantities.

Features of the use of ash dressings

How to fertilize strawberries? There are several rules that must be strictly adhered to. This will allow you to get a rich harvest of strawberries. First of all, this concerns the timing of the introduction of additives. Top dressing of strawberries with ash is produced in different time, which depends on the type of soil. For sandy and peaty soil, ash additives are used only in spring period. If there is clay on the site, then fertilizers are recommended to be applied in the fall.

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How much top dressing from ash is required is not difficult to determine. It all depends on the area of ​​the treated area. If it is small, it is enough to prepare 1-2 buckets of ash. To grow berries for sale, it will need a lot more. Approximately 15 kg of fertilizer is used per 1 hectare of land.

How to prepare an ash solution

Ash top dressings are universal and suitable for all types of crops. If gardeners do not have enough time, for cooking different kind additives, ash is often used to peel various vegetables and berries. To prepare a miracle solution, you must do the following:

1. Take a bucket of 10 liters.
2. Fill it up with water.
3. Add 1 cup wood ash and stir.

It is necessary to water under the root of each plant. In addition, the ashes are used in the preparation of compost. This will significantly increase the amount of useful substances that are formed in the future.

When to Fertilize Strawberries

It is necessary to feed strawberries 3 times during the growing season. The first will be needed in the spring, the second - after harvesting, the last - during preparation for winter. When the strawberries begin to bloom leaves, wood ash is poured under the bush and the soil is carefully loosened. Fed bushes develop better, and shoots appear faster.

During flowering, spraying of bushes is often used. Use preparations containing boron and zinc. When the harvest of strawberry berries is harvested, they are fed a second time. The last time is necessary to stimulate the formation of new roots and leaves. This happens in preparation for winter.

Did you know! For top dressing take only wood ash. Left over from incineration of garbage household waste not used.

Why do you need to feed strawberries in the spring?

After a long winter, strawberries need nutrients. They are necessary for the normal growth and development of the plant, as well as for the bushes to grow stronger and gain strength for good fruiting. For feeding at this time, nitrogen supplements are used. They contribute to the growth of greenery, which is necessary for the further development of the plant. At this time, top dressing of strawberries with urea will be the best. Bushes also need supplements containing potassium and phosphorus.

Strawberries should be fertilized at the time when the snow melts. During this period, the soil is moist, which helps the roots quickly absorb the supplements. In order for the earth to warm up, it is necessary to remove old leaves, mulch, cut off the excess. If granular substances are used, they are embedded in the ground. When fertilizing strawberries in the spring, it is important to follow the norms, since an excess of nitrogen only contributes to the growth of leaves, and there are fewer berries.

Top dressing during flowering

Top dressing of strawberries with ash during this period is not used. The following additives will help to achieve maximum flowering:

• Boric acid;
• Sulphurous potassium;
• Potassium permanganate.

Process the plant when it begins to bloom. The exact timing depends on the region of growth. It is important to make fertilizing on time. If fertilizers are applied early, they simply will not work. With a delay, the harvest will be significantly reduced.

Did you know! It is possible to achieve an increase in yield by almost 25-30%. To do this, it is necessary to spray the bushes during flowering. It also contributes to an increase in the mass of berries.

Supplements during the fruiting period

Organic fertilizers will help increase the yield. As a rule, the first wave of berries is the largest. After that, the berries become smaller. To avoid this, make an infusion of mullein, bird droppings or compost.

Feeding strawberries with ash

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1. As soon as the snow has melted and the earth has dried up, clean the strawberry beds. Rake last year's leaves with a fan rake.

2. Trim old leaves from bushes. Remove plant debris: mustaches, flower stalks, dry berries. They may be sick.

3. Thoroughly loosen the ground so that the roots breathe and the soil warms up better.

4. After loosening, strawberries need to be fed. Any water soluble product or organic fertilizer can be used.

5. An important procedure for caring for strawberries in early spring is watering the plant. hot water with the addition of potassium permanganate. Use 250 ml of liquid at a temperature of 60 ° C per bush. This solution fights insects and pests.

6. Very often strawberries are exposed to diseases, especially suffer from spotting. It is better to deal with this in early spring with the help of special preparations. It is also recommended to use ash, because it copes well with pests and diseases. For prevention, sprinkle it with strawberry leaves.

7. Sprinkle compost under the bushes and aisles.

Feeding strawberries during flowering

During the period of formation of strawberries, a large amount of potassium is required. That is why at this time it will be especially useful to introduce chicken manure, ash, or potassium nitrate in the form of infusions.

Foliar top dressing

Foliar top dressings have proven themselves well. When color appears massively on the bushes, it is recommended to spray the plantation with a 0.02% solution of zinc sulfate.

Spraying with solutions rich in trace elements at the beginning of flowering will allow the plant to gain additional strength. This will certainly affect the future harvest, because the berries will turn out to be larger. To carry out feeding on a bucket of water, you need to add a pinch of boric acid.

You can also use ready-made fertilizers that are designed specifically for garden strawberries. Feeding with the use of such complex preparations will increase the yield by up to 30%.

You can use the following composition:
- potassium sulfate (2 grams);
- potassium permanganate (2 grams);
- boric acid (1 gram);
- complex fertilizer for strawberries.

Dilute the mixture in a bucket of water and carefully process the bushes, paying special attention to the inside of the leaf. The fact is that it is its lower part that absorbs the greatest amount of fertilizer.

Strawberry yeast nutrition
Relatively recently, gardeners have discovered a new type of top dressing - ordinary yeast. Fertilizer is universal and can be used not only for strawberries.

You can feed the bushes twice during the whole season. To prepare the composition you will need:
- fresh pressed yeast (1 kg);
- water (5 liters).

Just dilute the yeast with water and leave to infuse. Before feeding, take 0.5 liters of the finished infusion and dilute it again in 10 liters of water. For each bush, 0.5 liters of fertilizer under the root is enough.

You can also use instant dry yeast if you like. In this case take:
- dry yeast (sachet);
- granulated sugar (2 large spoons).

Mix the sugar with the yeast and pour in a little warm water to start the yeast. Dilute the resulting mixture in a bucket of water and leave for 2 hours. After that, water the strawberries, adding 0.5 liters of fertilizer per watering can.

Feeding during fruiting
Feeding strawberries during fruiting
Do not refuse top dressing during the fruiting period of strawberries. As practice shows, only the first berries are especially large. The second and third crop stream is no longer so beautiful. Feeding will help to fix such a nuisance. Of course, to feed the bushes or not, it's up to you.

You can use the following compositions:
- dilute compost (4 kg) with water and water the plants under the root;
- dry mullein (3 kg) pour water and let it brew for several days, then water the bushes;
- dilute chicken manure in water, observing the proportion of 1:10, let it brew for 3 days and water the plants without touching the leaves and berries.

Helpful Hints

Summer top dressing of strawberries during flowering and fruiting is essential if you really want to get a quality harvest of berries. But it is important to remember:
- Top dressing of blooming strawberries can be carried out only once, with any of the selected compositions.
- Top dressing using organic matter allows you to get not only a high-quality, but also a completely safe crop. After all, the berries do not receive any "chemistry".
- Any fertilization must be carried out on moist soil. Ideally after a good rain or watering.
- If you carry out the usual top dressing, then try not to get the solution on the berries and leaves of the plant

The rules by which spring dressing strawberries

Additionally, fertilizer for strawberries in the spring is permissible to dig in between the rows. The depth of such a hole is supposed to be 8-10 cm. After fertilizing, all the bushes must be well watered.

Foliar top dressing of strawberries in the spring will be the most effective. Since during this period the leaves are actively growing and there will be practically no loss of fertilizer. Moreover, such top dressing is supposed to be done three times. Young people first green leaves, then at the beginning of flowering and such top dressing should be completed on green ovaries.

Moreover, spraying is carried out only after watering, so as not to wash off the fertilizer. And choose a dry day for this. It has been experimentally established that the lower part of plant leaves absorbs 10 times more fertilizers. Therefore, processing is recommended on both sides of the leaves.

Foliar top dressing of strawberries in spring

As an option, you can bring the following solution for spraying: take 3 g of potassium permanganate and 2 g of boric acid for 10 liters of water, add the fertilizers that were used during planting. Such a mixture is suitable if the question is how to feed the strawberries in the spring before flowering.

When the first flowers have already appeared on the bushes, the indicated values ​​​​for fertilizers are supposed to be halved. Plus, the use of potassium sulfate is allowed. It will take 2 years.

The main purpose for which the spring feeding of strawberries is carried out is to strengthen the bushes and accelerate their growth. So that then strong ovaries form on them. Therefore, spraying with a solution of a mixture of trace elements is effective. There is no excess urea.

How to feed strawberries in the spring without chemistry?

As a fertilizer for strawberries to increase yield, you can use folk remedies. The first on this list is wood ash. It serves as a source of potassium. Moreover, this is a fertilizer that does not require preliminary preparation. It is enough just to sprinkle the soil with ash and loosen it. The optimal consumption is considered to be from 200 ml of ash (this is approximately the volume of one glass) per square meter beds. Such strawberry fertilizer is carried out in early spring, when flowering has already begun.

Mullein continues the list

It requires advance preparation. First, pour manure with water in a ratio of 1 to 15, that is, take one manure for 15 liters of water. Leave the mixture for two weeks. Add urea to the infusion in the volume of a matchbox and wood ash (100 g) for every 10 liters of the mixture. Before feeding strawberries in the spring, this infusion must be diluted.

Half a liter of such a mullein must be poured into a bucket of water and pour over strawberries. It is recommended to carry out such top dressing during flowering. Repeat the procedure after 10 and 20 days. The third point is the feeding of strawberries in the spring with chicken droppings. It is necessary to prepare such fertilizer in the same way as mullein. Only the proportion is supposed to change a little. So for 30 liters of water you need to take 1 liter of litter. Everything else is repeated without changes.

The next worth remembering is nettle infusion

It has a beneficial effect on the growth of strawberries. You need to prepare fertilizer like this: cut nettles; put it in a bucket; pour warm water; to cover with a lid; leave for a few days. This top dressing of strawberries turns out to be most useful during the period when the crop has already been harvested from the bushes.

Fifth point natural fertilizers- rye crusts. It is recommended to put them in a bucket, filling it 2/3. Pour into a bucket of water and leave for a week in a warm room.

When applying fertilizer for strawberries, dilute it with water in a ratio of 1 to 3. The last to be mentioned is whey or any other sour-milk product. To fertilize strawberries, it must be diluted (it is recommended to take 3 parts of water for one part of whey). It is worth noting that if organic mulch is regularly used on the site, then a large number fertilizer is not required, sometimes top dressing of strawberries in the spring is not needed at all.

Monitor the condition of the foliage. Because strawberries are more susceptible to the quality of the soil, rather than the presence of nutrients in it. Mulch and compost contribute to the fact that the soil is loose, worms actively multiply in it. In such a situation, it is enough to add a new layer of compost or humus in the spring.

Almost every dacha grows strawberries. True, not everyone is pleased with abundant harvests, although it is considered an unpretentious culture. Descriptions modern varieties garden strawberries guarantee from 2 to 5 kg of berries per square meter.

How to feed strawberries during flowering to make it a reality.

Why supplements are needed

Strawberry - perennial, usually it is grown in one place for 4 years. When planting, organic matter (humus, compost) and mineral fertilizers are introduced into the soil, this stock is enough for strawberries for 2 years. But if you do not carry out annual top dressing, the earth will quickly be depleted, the berries will be crushed.

Strawberries need additional nutrition in different growth phases:

• in the spring, when the aerial part of the bush grows;
• during flowering;
• at the very beginning of fruiting, when the berries are just beginning to form.

The first spring dressing also has great importance. It is carried out immediately after restoring order in the garden. The soil around the bushes must be cleaned of plant debris, mulch removed, loosened shallowly. Feeding activities are simple, but thanks to them, most of the pests, fungal spores and other infections are removed from the garden.

At the same time, old bushes damaged by frost are dug up and removed. Every plant needs to be examined. The growth point of each plant must be freed from the ground. A small amount of snow in winter, when melting, moistens the soil. If at a depth of 30 cm the earth is wet, then the ridge is not watered.

Reference! At proper watering the soil is moistened to a depth of 40 cm.

In early spring, before flowering, strawberries are fed with fertilizer containing nitrogen. During this period, the bushes are actively overgrown with leaves and the plant needs it. Strawberries can be fed with the following nutrient solutions:

1. For 10 liters of water add 1 tbsp. l carbamide (urea).
2. Take fresh manure(300 g), pour water (10 l), leave for 2 days, before fertilizing, add a tablespoon of ammonium sulfate to the bucket.
3. Put 200 g of bird droppings in a bucket, add water, leave for a day.

Thanks to this top dressing, the bushes will grow up, overgrow with foliage, release flower stalks and pick up color.

Top dressing during flowering

The flowering period and its duration in ordinary garden strawberries depends on the variety, it can begin at the end of May and in any of summer months. This type of berry blooms once. Many people prefer to grow a different variety in the country. berry culture- remontant strawberries.

Remontant varieties bloom twice, the first flowering is the end of May - the beginning of June, the second - at the end of summer. The nutrient requirement of remontant strawberries is higher than that of regular strawberries due to the double fruiting. It takes more nutrients out of the soil. It is clear that feeding strawberries during flowering plays an important role in maintaining soil fertility and increasing the yield of berry crops.

The summer resident has ample opportunities when choosing a means for carrying out additional nutrition. You can follow in the footsteps of supporters organic farming and use only organic and biological preparations for feeding strawberries during flowering. You can adhere to grandfather's traditions, using only folk recipes which are very popular right now. Most prefer complex use chemical, biological and natural preparations for feeding strawberries.

Feeding chemicals

Mineral fertilizers as top dressing are used to feed 3-year-old strawberries. For the first two years, she has enough reserves of trace elements incorporated into the soil during planting. The main nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and trace elements (magnesium, boron, calcium) in the form of mineral fertilizers are applied in the spring before flowering. It is better not to use chemistry during the active release of peduncles and fruit set.

Important! Apply strawberry fertilizer when average daily temperature above 15 ° C. At low temperatures, strawberries do not absorb nutrients.

Urea and ammonium nitrate perfectly fill the need for strawberries in nitrogen during flowering.

• berries may not be tied;
• the taste of the fruit deteriorates, the pulp becomes unsweetened.

Feed the strawberry bushes with a solution of urea (ammonium nitrate) before flowering.

With signs of potassium starvation, top dressing of strawberries during flowering is permissible. To replenish potassium in the soil, you can use:

• potassium sulfate;
• potassium nitrate;
• potassium magnesia.

Important! Potassium relieves stress from high summer temperatures, stimulates the immune system.

Poor nitrogen absorption, slow growth, blue-green with a purple tint, leaf color, spots on sheet plate colorless or brown - signs of potassium starvation. You can save plants with a solution prepared on the basis of potassium nitrate. It is enough to dilute only 1 tsp of potassium nitrate in 10 liters of water. Pour one 0.5 liter jar of liquid fertilizer under each bush.

The following recipe is suitable for ardent opponents of chemistry as a top dressing for strawberries. In its composition, ash is a natural element. If you do not know how to feed strawberries during flowering, then use this instruction:

• bring 1 liter of water to a boil;
• sow 1 glass of ash;
• pour the ashes with boiling water.

With a cooled infusion, you can water the strawberries during flowering. The consumption rate for 1 bush is 0.5 liters. With a deficiency of nutrients during flowering, many summer residents prefer complex mineral fertilizers: "Rubin", "Agros", "Hera". It is not difficult to observe the dosage, it is indicated in the instructions for the drug.

With a lack of trace elements

The lack of trace elements will help make up for foliar feeding of strawberries during flowering. It should be carried out when most of the flowers bloom on the bushes.

To prepare the working solution, use natural products:

• boric acid;
• yeast;
• fresh nettle.

Yeast

Take any kind of yeast: dry fast acting, fresh pressed. Fresh yeast, take 1 kg per 5 liters of water. When using dry yeast, the proportions are different: yeast - a bag, water - 5 liters, sugar - by eye.

Place the fermentation container in warm place. Sourdough with dry yeast is ready in 2 hours, fresh yeast lasts longer. Concentrated yeast water is diluted before use, 20 parts of water and one part of sourdough are taken.

We get universal fertilizer. It can be used as a foliar top dressing and watering strawberry bushes under the root. For root dressing, 0.5 liters of working solution is enough.

Fresh nettle and boric acid

These solutions are very easy to prepare. Fresh nettles must be crushed and pour hot, but not boiling water. Optimum temperature water 50 °C. A bucket of infusion is kept for a day in a dark place, filtered, sprayed with strawberry bushes in evening time from the sprayer.

Feeding strawberries during flowering boric acid improves pollination, stimulates the formation of ovaries. It will take 2 g of acid, in cold water it will not dissolve, so take a small amount of hot water and dissolve the white crystals in it. Pour the concentrated solution into 10 liters of water with complete dissolution of the powder. Processing is carried out according to the sheet in the evening.

Organics as a feed

Strawberry bushes intensively consume potassium during the period of berry setting. At the time of the appearance of buds, top dressing of strawberries during flowering with chicken droppings will not interfere. summer residents in major cities it won't be hard to buy it. Granular litter is sold in packaging convenient for transportation (10-20 kg).

To prepare the infusion, take 2 kg of chicken manure. Insist top dressing for three days in 10 liters of water.

Dilute the resulting concentrate with water in a ratio of 1:10 before use. Top dressing is carried out the next day after the planned watering.

Prevention of strawberry diseases

During flowering, symptoms of gray rot may appear on strawberry bushes. Especially quickly the botrytis fungus multiplies in wet weather. Bushes and berries suffer, spots of brown flowers and a gray coating appear on them. There is no need to talk about the quality of the crop. Berries affected by the fungus do not store well. The pulp loses elasticity, becomes watery, rots.

Late blight is dangerous during the flowering of strawberries. A plant infected with phytophthora can live for about 3 years. A sick strawberry shows the following symptoms:

• strawberry whiskers do not grow well;
• the leaves are deformed, smaller, acquire a gray tint;
• bush growth below normal;
• peduncles shortened;
• berries are not tied.

To avoid this scourge, use folk recipes for fungal diseases during strawberry flowering. Only natural substances are used, so the quality of future berries will not suffer.

Advice! Use helper plants to protect strawberries from pests and diseases. Plant onions and garlic between rows.

Dusting the bushes and the space between them with ashes is the easiest way to prevent fungal diseases. Processing should be done after each watering. Use wood ash, sifted. Keep in mind that the ash contains potassium and many other useful trace elements, using it during flowering, you will not only protect it from infection, but also feed it with useful elements.

Garlic is another useful and safe remedy top dressing for processing strawberries. Take for cooking 500 g of cloves. They need to be crushed in a mortar and pour 10 liters of water. The infusion can be used after three days. Before work, it must be filtered and diluted with water (1: 1). Preventive spraying should be carried out in the system. Start from the end of May, observing an interval of 10 days.

Watch a helpful video on how to feed strawberries during flowering:

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