The difference between remontant strawberries and ordinary strawberries. What is remontant strawberry (raspberry, wild strawberry)

Growing remontant strawberries has its own rules and nuances. Caring for it requires a competent approach and constant work. All efforts will pay off with the fact that the berries can be harvested several times a year, and the bushes will not lose their ability to bear fruit for 3-4 years, which is considered a very high indicator.

Types of remontant strawberries

Remontant strawberry varieties can be grouped into several types.

• Varieties of long daylight hours (LSD)- this group includes those that form flowers and set berries only when daylight hours are set at least 10 hours. The first flowers and ovaries appear in mid-June, and the berries become ripe in late June - early July. The second wave of flowering occurs in mid-August, and berries can be harvested almost all of September. The berries are large, the pulp is fragrant and sweet. The disadvantage of this type of strawberry is that it becomes very depleted during the year, because of this it winters badly, and sometimes requires a complete renewal in the next season. Caring for her consists in constant feeding and monitoring the growth of mustaches.
• Varieties of neutral daylight hours (NSD)- these varieties bear fruit no matter how long the day is. On one plantation, you can see flowers, ovaries, green and red berries at the same time. This type of strawberry is more adapted to fruiting. all year round, and if care is regular, then one bush can be harvested for at least three years. The main modern varieties belong to this type of strawberry.

Strawberries are also different in that some varieties produce a mustache, while others do not. In the former, reproduction can occur due to the separation and transplantation of rosettes formed at the ends of the whiskers. The latter reproduce by dividing the bushes, on which several divisions are formed with a separate growth point.

Varieties of strawberries that form a mustache also differ from each other: in some, most of the berries are tied on mother plants, while in others, on daughter rosettes. The care of these varieties is different - in some, the mustache is removed, which increases fruiting, while in others it is not.

When planting remontant strawberries, one must responsibly approach the choice of variety, take into account all its features, so as not to make mistakes in growing and caring.

Methods for propagating remontant strawberries

There are several ways to propagate remontant strawberries:

• seeds;
• rosettes formed on the mustache that the mother plant produces;
• dividing the bush (more often used in those varieties that do not have a mustache).

The method of propagation by seeds is more laborious, and on next year berries can not wait. But it is suitable if you want to plant a new variety on the site.

Reproduction by mustache and division of the bush is effective, it allows you to quickly rejuvenate the garden completely, plant bushes in those places where strawberries have not overwintered, and get a crop this year.

To pick berries all year round, it is recommended to plant several types of strawberries in one area: ordinary, which bears fruit in early summer, varieties of the NSD group and several bushes of the DSD group. Berries will be on your table from the first days of June until the end of September.

Reproduction by seeds

When propagating remontant strawberries with seeds, they are used. The time of sowing seeds is February or the first days of March.

You can choose a later date, but then the seedlings will have to be planted in the summer, and in hot weather painstaking care will be required: frequent watering, protection from the scorching sun, spraying. The survival rate of seedlings will not be one hundred percent.

If you were late with sowing seeds in February, then it is better to grow seedlings in the summer, and plant them in the garden in early September, but not later.

Sowing seeds

Seeds are sown in loose, moist soil, sprinkled with dry earth and covered with cellophane. Put on a sunny windowsill - the place should be warm. At a temperature of about + 20 °, the first shoots will appear in three weeks.

The cellophane is immediately removed, the container with the seedlings is transferred to a cooler place, but the lighting should be bright. It is advisable to install additional lighting, then the bushes will not stretch.

seedling care

Seedling care is easy:

• watering;
• lighting control - it should be at least 10 hours a day;
• room ventilation.

At this stage, strawberries grow slowly, picking is carried out no earlier than two months later.

When the seedlings have 4-5 true leaves, it is necessary to transplant them into separate cups. For good development the root system is enough volume of a cup of 200 ml.

When transplanting seedlings can not be deepened. The growth point must be at ground level.

After picking, seedling care should continue in the same way as before.

Landing on the garden

Young strawberries are planted in the garden when the weather is consistently warm - without night frosts and cold morning fogs. IN middle lane this time falls on the middle of May, in more northern regions- at the beginning of June.

Before planting, be sure to accustom strawberries to the sun's rays. Start with a few hours, increase the hardening time daily.

When transplanting, it is necessary to ensure that the center of the bush (heart) is not buried. He also should not rise above ground level, because this will lead to the fact that the roots will dry out and the seedling will die.

At spring planting berries this year can be tied, but only closer to autumn.

Planting bushes is carried out according to the scheme 25x25 cm in a checkerboard pattern, while only 4 rows of strawberries are possible on one bed.

Can be planted in rows in two rows. Between the bushes in the line leave 20 cm, and between the rows - 60 cm.

Mustache breeding

After the strawberries bear fruit for the first time in a season, the most powerful mustache is left, and all the rest are cut off. When several sockets are formed on the mustache, the largest one is chosen, which is usually located closer to mother plant. All others delete so they don't take a part nutrients.

When roots appear on the sockets, they are dug into the ground, but they are not separated from the main bush. This can be done only in August, two weeks before transplanting to a permanent place.

At autumn transplant young bushes quickly take root and adapt to new conditions. The berries on them are formed the next summer, and the harvest all year round takes place without interruption.

Division of strawberry bushes

For division, a large healthy bush is chosen, in which several divisions with separate growth points are noticeably visible. It is desirable that the strawberries are 2 or 3 years old. The bush is carefully dug up and divided using a sharp, clean knife. Those parts that have good roots are transplanted to a new place - at least three pieces.

When dividing a bush, berries are formed on it the very next year, regardless of what time of the year the division was carried out.

Site selection and garden preparation

In order for the yield to be high all year round, and the care of strawberries to be easy, you need to choose a suitable place for it. Strawberries prefer loose, light soils that include sand. The soil is preferably slightly acidic or neutral. The site should be lit by the sun all day. On heavy, strongly acidic soils, strawberries will not grow, even if competent care is carried out.

Although strawberries are a moisture-loving plant and most large quantity ovaries are formed with sufficient watering, it does not tolerate stagnant water and dies.

A place for strawberries is prepared in advance. If planting is supposed to be in the spring, then the garden bed is prepared in the fall, if the seedlings are planted in September, then the garden bed should be taken care of in May:

1. the bed is cleared of weeds, their roots are selected;
2. organic fertilizers are applied: for 1 m 2, one bucket of well-rotted manure or decomposed compost and half a bucket of ash is enough;
3. digging is carried out on a full spade bayonet;
4. in order to prevent weeds from growing in the garden in the summer, it is covered with black agrofibre and left like that until planting begins.

15-20 days before planting is planned, a complex of mineral fertilizers is applied. You can buy ready-made, or you can cook it yourself using just two components

• potassium sulfate - 1 tablespoon;
• superphosphate - 2 tablespoons.

Caring for remontant strawberries

Care for remontant strawberries is more laborious than for ordinary ones. It includes many mandatory activities.

• Frequent watering to keep soil moist.
• Loosening the soil as soon as it dries out a little after watering.
• Removal of whiskers in the event that berries do not form on them and reproduction by child rosettes is not planned.
• Mulching with hay, straw, grass clippings, sawdust or pine needles will reduce the frequency of watering, the need for loosening will disappear, and the berries will not be splashed with earth after rains.
• In order for the remontant strawberry to bear fruit all year round, it must be fed frequently. Fertilizers are applied after the first harvest, and the next time - when new peduncles appear. Top dressing with infusion of mullein (1:10) or bird droppings (1:20) has proven itself well.
• In remontant strawberries, the foliage is not removed after the first fruiting. Cut off only those leaves that have begun to dry out, become stained or heavily thicken the plantings.
• The leaves are cut in the fall after the last berries have been picked and the foliage has begun to dry out. In regions with cold winters, it is better to postpone this procedure to spring and remove the leaves after the last snow has melted.
• In cold winters, it is advisable to cover the beds with white agrofibre, but it must be removed at the first warming.

Output

Remontant strawberry with competent permanent care bears fruit regularly, but its lifespan does not exceed three years, and plantings require updating. Autumn is best for planting, because most of the seedlings take root at this time, and next season, in the second half of summer, you can already pick berries.

Such garden plant, as a remontant strawberry, began to be found on the garden beds of non-professional gardeners quite recently. In view of its recent introduction into wide use, not all gardeners know how to properly care for an unusual varietal berry, and out of habit carry out the same manipulations with the plant as for ordinary strawberries. However, in this way, gardeners do not allow the potential of the plant to be revealed, and as a result, they do not receive a potential harvest. In this material, we will tell you what kind of treatment a remontant strawberry requires, care in the fall, as well as manipulations performed at other times of the year, we will discuss in detail separately.

What is a remontant strawberry and how is it different from a traditional garden berry

First, let's look at the meaning of the word "repair". This term refers to horticultural plants that have the ability to bear fruit multiple times during one growing season.

Yes, in this case we are talking about strawberries, however, some varieties are also characterized by such a high yield:

• strawberries;
• raspberries;
• home flowers (multiple flowering);
• other garden plants.

Strawberries are a large-fruited berry, which we are all used to designating in this way, however, if we talk about its scientific name, then in this material we will talk about large-fruited garden strawberries. However, for ease of understanding, we will focus on the designation "strawberry".

Agrotechnics of cultivation

All varieties garden strawberry, available today to gardeners and gardeners, can be divided into two groups:

• ordinary;
• remontant.

Despite the serious differences in the mode of their vegetation, the methods of cultivation and care for each of the species are similar in many ways, because, in fact, these plants are the closest relatives. However, in this article we will not talk about in general terms, but on the contrary, about the differences that must be taken into account in order to obtain a solid harvest.

On average, the number of fruits of a remontant berry in one season is two units, however, under certain conditions, a crop can be obtained 3, or even all 4 times. The final amount will depend on when the so-called fruit barrels are laid in plants.

Yes, normal garden berry the process of formation of the mentioned barrels produces only in that period of the year when the daylight hours become short, that is:

• at the end of the summer season;
• at the beginning of autumn.

The remontant variety of the plant successfully carries out this process:

• during the period of long daylight hours (bud laying at a temperature of + 15 ° C and a day length of 14-17 hours);
• during the period of neutral daylight hours (bud laying by periods, every 5-6 weeks at a temperature of +2 to +30°C).

Remontant strawberries of neutral daylight hours must be present in every berry lover, since in the conditions of a “failed” season, which is not so rare due to the severity and unpredictability of Russian climatic conditions, ordinary strawberries may not bear fruit, and the mentioned remontant variety with comfort will continue to gain ovary. And will continue to do so until the onset of frost.

The second crop of traditional remontant strawberries is the most abundant, depending on the age of each bush, it can be up to 90% of the total harvested in growing season harvest.

Note: Unfortunately, remontant strawberries, which have been especially actively fruiting in a particular season, may not be able to withstand the load, and die off by autumn. You need to know this feature, and be ready to replace obsolete bushes with new ones.

Rapid chopping of berries is a minus of the considered strawberry variety, however, it is more than offset by abundant primary harvests.

One more interesting feature remontant strawberry is that it can form fruits:

• on mother plants;
• young rooted mustache.

This is a great opportunity to get more berries than you expected, however, provided that the beds are covered with garden film, the mustache will have to punch the road in the literal sense: making holes in the fabric.

No wonder the strawberries of the variety we are considering are considered large-fruited. One berry of such a plant can reach 75 grams, record-breaking varieties sometimes delight gardeners with berries weighing 100 grams.

In the table below, we have systematized for readers who are passionate about gardening information about the features of the remontant variety of berries, which should be taken into account when deciding whether to grow it. Let's consider them.

Table 1. Features of growing remontant strawberries

Nuance	Description
Accelerated growth and fruiting cycle	Unfortunately, due to the high load (active fruiting), strawberries of the variety under consideration cannot bear fruit for as many years as ordinary strawberries. So, its shorter time will be: no more than three years for varieties of long daylight hours; no more than a year for varieties of neutral daylight hours.
Harvest sacrifice	Another feature: in order to get a second crop of remontant berries a little earlier and in a larger volume, you will have to sacrifice flower stalks spring period. It is advisable to cut them all off. If your goal is to collect mustaches for the sake of reproduction, you will have to refuse, on the contrary, the second harvest.
The rapid onset of old age and the weakening of plants	Strawberries of a variety of neutral daylight hours, due to a serious load, quickly age, and, consequently, become smaller. It turns out that in the first year you will collect large fruits, in the second already only small. To avoid disappointment, you must: in August, plant seedlings of the variety on a new bed; remove all flower stalks that have arisen after the berry has taken root, up to covering the beds with snow.
Removing bushes at the end of the season	Varieties of neutral daylight hours are recommended to be removed from the beds after the fruiting season in order to give the earth a rest and gain nutrients.
Mulching beds	Mandatory requires remontant strawberries in the process of growing mulching beds, using: dry foliage; straw; wood shavings; weeds without seeds; hay, etc.
Covering beds	Strawberries of the variety in question involve the use of organic cultivation methods. It is forbidden to leave them naked. If you do not mulch the soil, then cover it in other ways.

As you can see important nuances turned out to be quite a few. The rest of the points that relate to planting must be taken into account based on which variety of remontant strawberries you have chosen for planting. Let's go over the basic rules.

Rule 1 Planting berries should be carried out in well-lit areas, otherwise:

• plants will not be able to gain strength;
• the harvest will be small and few in number.

Rule 2 The distance between the bushes should be from 40 to 50 centimeters, between rows 60 centimeters.

Rule 3 It is best to plant garlic between the bushes, which will protect the strawberries from the attack of slugs.

A large number of questions regarding the care of strawberries arise precisely at the expense autumn period. To consider the features of the procedures carried out in preparation for the winter period, let's remember what care measures are generally applicable to the plant we have designated.

1. Loosening the soil in which strawberries grow is the duty of the gardener No. 1. Thanks to this manual plowing of the earth, oxygen enters the roots of the plant through its layers. Like a person, strawberries cannot exist without him, just as they cannot reproduce.

2. Soil mulching - laying any plant mass on the ground for:

• her protection;
• improving nutritional properties.

Note: after mulching has been carried out, it is no longer necessary to loosen the soil.

3. Watering the strawberries of the variety we are interested in should be carried out often and plentifully; for it, use better water from barrels that have acquired a temperature environment because too cold water harmful to 4. To increase the yield, it is necessary to feed the berries with various natural or industrial means, and also process it from:

• diseases characteristic of strawberries;
• pests.

4. Be sure to weed the berry, except when the aisles are covered with a mulching cloth. Please note: during weeding it is necessary:

• remove mustache;
• tear off reddened leaves.

With one exception: if we are talking about the processing of NSD varieties, the mustache can be left, since they also bear fruit.

5. Pruning strawberries is also a must. However, with great care, because an inexperienced gardener can easily damage the growing point. To prevent this from happening, remove only the leaf blades using any sharp tool. Carry out the procedure after the first harvest.

So which of the following procedures should be carried out with strawberries in the autumn?

Firstly, given plant has a very negative effect on the soil, sucking everything out of it useful material, so your first action should be to prepare the beds. It is carried out as follows.

1. Long before frost, the soil is dug up, previously unoccupied, or occupied by another crop. It is impossible to wait for a cold snap because the inhabitants of the soil will not have time to properly prepare and fall asleep, as a result they will die, and then there will be no one to our strawberries:

• pollinate;
• hill up through the natural loosening of the soil.

2. Before forming a bed in the prepared soil, a small depression is dug in the form of a trench, on the bottom of which layer by layer is laid:

• wet grass (lawn or weeds without seeds);
• manure;
• mineral fertilizers;
• excavated earth.

Such a supply of organics will give you excellent harvest, and prevent the development of any diseases characteristic of strawberries, due to the fact that it will initially receive enough energy and strength. This abundant fertilizer will last for the next 5 years.

3. It is imperative to prune the late flowers and mustaches of strawberries that have not had time to take root, as well as leaves, exactly according to the scheme described above. The fact is that these plant formations take a large amount of plant strength, which they better save until next year.

4. Strawberries are planted on the prepared bed, taking into account the distance between rows and bushes. Winter garlic also immediately landed in the aisles.

5. After preparation, the bed should be covered with a layer of some kind of protective material, such as polyethylene, since it is easy to clean in the spring, and in organic protection, mice can break through passages, damaging the bushes.

However, if for any reason you prefer an organic covering, you should use:

• dry foliage;
• straw.

Summing up

Autumn care procedures are determined by many factors, for example:

• will strawberry bushes survive the winter;
• will they give a harvest;
• will the berry be large;
• how plentiful will be the collection of fruits, etc.

Do not be lazy, and purchase a sufficient amount of manure and mineral fertilizers. Even if you start moving strawberry beds year after year, fertilizing the soil will have a beneficial effect on other crops as well.

As for the collection of mulch, it can be done right on your site, or you can buy straw from the farmers who harvest it. The price is autumn training not high, but you have to work hard. However, all your efforts will pay off when harvesting.

Video - Remontant strawberry

Remontant strawberries are somewhat different from ordinary garden ones. However, many novice gardeners grow remontant varieties, despite their requirements for special agricultural practices. But these types of strawberries allow you to get a crop repeatedly and, with proper cultivation, can almost completely save you from the "berry-free" season.

Remontant strawberries are able to give several crops per season, but for this it is necessary to follow the rules of agricultural technology

Acquaintance with culture

Repair strawberry - what does it mean? Remontants are called large-fruited varieties, whose mass indicator ranges from 20-75 g. But there are specimens in which the weight of the fetus can reach 100 g!

In remontant strawberries, not only maternal, but also young bushes, which were obtained by rooting mustaches at the beginning of the current season, are able to bear fruit. Such varieties give a harvest twice a year: the first period of fruiting falls in July, the second - in August-September. At the same time, for the second time, as a rule, it is possible to collect a much larger number of berries than in July.

On a note! However, not all plants can withstand such a load, and most of them die after the last return of the berry!

Choose a variety

Today, remontants are bred by both our domestic and foreign breeders. For this reason, there are a lot of them. Each variety will have its pros and cons, so the choice will depend solely on your preferences.

Of course, when choosing a variety of remontant strawberries, the gardener will put it in the first place. taste qualities. After all, it is for the aroma and bright taste that this berry is valued. But this is far from the only criterion. Of great importance will be the resistance of the plant to diseases and pests, as well as its ability to tolerate frost, especially if the site is located in the northern region.

Let's look at the best varieties of remontant strawberries according to the version experienced gardeners.

1. "Mice Nova" - gives dense fragrant berries, which are distinguished by a particularly sweet taste and dark red color.
2. "White dream" - in this plant, the fruits have an original white-pink color and a unique taste with a hint of pineapple.
3. "Arapaho" is a remontant strawberry variety that has a high yield. The berries taste sweet with a slight pleasant acidity.
4. "Lyubava" - bushes give gardeners a dark red berry with a dessert taste and the finest aroma of wild strawberries. The mass of the fruit can reach 35 g. The plant itself is characterized by high resistance to frost, for which it is considered universal and is quite in demand. The berry, when fully ripe, does not crumble from the bush.
5. "Albion" - a very large berry with a glossy sheen, painted in rich dark red. The average fruit weight is 40-60 g. It is characterized by high yield, excellent transportability, resistance to temperature extremes, diseases and lack of moisture. However, the frost resistance of this variety is average. Has 4 fruiting peaks!
6. "" - powerful bushes with a small number of mustaches. The fruits are painted in bright crimson color, have juicy pulp and weight from 50 to 100 g! The fruits will be especially tasty and juicy when fully ripe. From one bush it is possible to collect about 1.5 kg of berries. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases, has good frost resistance, continuous fruiting and excellent transportability.
7. "Selma" is a variety with high productivity potential. Blooms profusely, mustache bears fruit. The berries have a regular conical shape, large size and intense red color. The fruits are quite sweet in taste. The variety is characterized by high yields, good winter hardiness, little disease, but is demanding on watering, and with a lack of the latter, the berries will rapidly shrink.
8. "Vima Rina" - gives large berry, the mass of which can reach 45 g. It is distinguished by excellent transportability, has red tender flesh and a sweet and sour taste. The plant is resistant to drought, pests and diseases.
9. "Mahern" - the fruits are medium in size and painted red. The flesh is white-pink, the density is medium, the taste is sweet and sour. The berries become especially fragrant in the phase of full ripening and at the same time they are perfectly kept on the bushes. This variety will grow and fruit well in partial shade. But as they ripen, the berries become noticeably smaller.

Features of agricultural technology

It is immediately necessary to mention that the cultivation and care of remontant strawberries has a number of nuances:

• such a culture will not bear fruit for years - its life span is limited; remontant varieties of long daylight hours produce a crop for 2-3 years, varieties of neutral daylight hours - 1 year;
• choosing such strawberries, the gardener must learn to sacrifice the harvest - spring flower stalks must be removed, as this will increase and early dates second stage of fruiting. If you need to prepare planting material- a mustache, then you will have to sacrifice the autumn harvest;
• large-fruited strawberries of neutral daylight hours in the second year of life, as a rule, give small berry, and to avoid this, her seedlings should be planted on a new bed. Remontant strawberry transplantation can be carried out in July-August or in September, while all the resulting flowers will need to be removed immediately.

Autumn planting of remontant varieties

Planting remontant strawberries in the fall is carried out as follows:

• mustaches of the first order from the mother bush are not cut off, but rooted in small cups filled with a substrate;
• sockets are separated from the mother bushes only at the end of the season, they are collected and prepared for planting in open ground;
• autumn transplantation of remontant strawberries, as we have already found out, is carried out in September, when young bushes have time to give good root and 3-4 sheets;
• making a bed, leave a distance between the bushes of about 20 cm, the distance between the ridges is about 60 cm;
  
• the bush is taken out of the cup along with the earthen clod and immersed in the hole;
• rhizome young plant sprinkled with earth and lightly watered.

Important! You should not water the young bush abundantly, as excess moisture will be harmful to the plant!

For growing remontant strawberries in open ground, it is necessary to select illuminated areas. Soils must be fertile.

autumn care

Caring for remontant strawberries in the fall includes several mandatory activities.

1. All flower stalks should be removed from young bushes, and this process begins to be carried out in the summer. Peduncles are removed in any case, since before the onset of cold weather the berry still does not have time to reach the phase of full maturity and the culture wastes huge forces in vain.
2. Remontant strawberry care includes and. At the first frost (and not after harvesting!) Absolutely all foliage is removed from plants of neutral daylight hours. For these varieties, a mustache can be left, but remember that such a plant will need much more space during the fruiting period.
   

   Advice! It is advisable to observe the bushes of neutral daylight hours for 1-2 seasons in order to understand how much space will need to be left between the plants during the next transplant.

   If we talk about varieties of remontant strawberries with a long daylight hours, then they begin to take care of them after harvesting. As soon as the culture gives up all the berries, it is necessary to cut off the bush sheet plates and at the same time try not to damage the growth point.

3. Those plants that have become obsolete for summer period, will require feeding. Organic and mineral fertilizers will allow the crop to recover quickly in the spring.
4. Caring for remontant strawberries includes loosening the soil. Dig up the soil around the bushes and make sure that the roots do not remain bare. This event must be carried out before the onset of cold weather.
5. Remontant varieties are mulched only after stable frosts are established, since such plants must definitely experience the effect several times. negative temperatures. The bushes cut off from the leaves are covered with fallen, rotted leaves, spruce branches, mowed grass or non-woven material.

reproduction

Propagation of remontant strawberries can be carried out with a mustache, dividing bushes and seeds. In the latter case, seedlings must be grown at home. To do this, the seeds are planted in mini-greenhouses in winter - in January or February. In the spring, strengthened seedlings are moved to open ground. Propagation by seeds is a rather laborious process and requires special preparation. For this reason, novice gardeners often resort to mustache breeding.

It is easiest to propagate remontant strawberries with a mustache. This process requires minimal skills and knowledge, since in most cases such varieties produce a lot of whiskers. In addition, this method allows you to save valuable varietal characteristics of the culture. If there are few mustaches, then it is better to resort to reproduction by dividing the bushes.

Remontant strawberry responds quite well to proper care. And subject to all the features of agricultural technology, the gardener will definitely receive decent harvests throughout the season.

Remontant strawberry is in demand among many gardeners, because every fan of eating sweet-sour berries is eager to harvest several times a season. For people who don't know remontant strawberry what does it mean?

Remontant is literally translated from French as "re-blooming". The essence of this phenomenon lies in the fact that a strawberry bush can produce several crops in one season. Some varieties of raspberries, citrus fruits and strawberries have the same properties.

Distinctive properties of remontant strawberries

Strawberries of this type differ from other options in that as soon as the first fruits are harvested, the next generation of berries immediately begin to set. Given the quality that strawberries give a double crop, they require more and more watering, and additional fertilizer application to the soil is also necessary.

This type of berry has a drawback. In general, for the whole season, the bush gives less yield than if you get it from the usual garden bush strawberries. But this does not prevent lovers of strawberry berries from planting such bushes, because even though there will be less harvest, you can get berries not only in the season, but also in the following months (from mid-spring to the last autumn months). Growing remontant strawberries allows you to prolong this pleasure.

It is also worth considering that the first harvest will be only 30% of the total harvest for the entire period of fruiting. Experts recommend cutting off the first inflorescences so that the second crop is larger and tastier, then it will not be inferior in taste to the best varieties. And if the bush lives out its last year, and antennae are required, then, on the contrary, you need to cut the flowers of the second generation.

One more hallmark there will be fragility of the bush. It can only grow 3 years. This is due to the fact that the bush is constantly working for wear. No matter how good and profitable remontant strawberries, cultivation and care it requires a lot of work and attention.

Varieties of remontant strawberries

In demand remontant strawberry, varieties which can be both foreign and domestic sample. The most common variety is Mitse Nova. The berries are firm and fragrant. If suspended structures are used, then it is better to choose hanging varieties. Scientists have developed a variety of remontant strawberries, the berries of which are light red in color, and taste more like pineapple. This variety is called White Dream. Berries from the Arapaho variety have a sour taste. For those who forget about watering, the Irma variety can tolerate the heat and still have large and strong bushes. Variety Lyubava copes well with frost.

Repair strawberry. Video:

strawberry care

A genetically pure variety can only exist if remontant strawberry seedlings grown from seed. Humidity in the soil should be at least 70% at planting. Seeds should be planted in a small container (diameter is 15-20 cm). Seeds need to be scattered on the ground and not covered. Only in this way will sprouts appear (as in the wild). The pot is covered with foil for 3 weeks.

Sprouts are transplanted in May in open ground. Holes are made where plants are transplanted. After the soil is watered, you need to carefully compact the soil around the bush. In order for the roots to get enough air, it is often necessary to loosen the earth. Too much oxygen can also interfere. The roots should always be closed, so it is occasionally sprinkled new earth. At the flowering stage, it is necessary to fertilize if the berries fall to the ground, then they need to be tied up.

To prevent pests from interfering, it is necessary to pour a couple of heads of garlic, pour 3 liters of water. After a week, they need to spray the leaves.

There are other pests in remondant strawberries: as well as

The bushes must withstand the first frosts, and then all the leaves are cut off.

If you fulfill all the conditions, then you can easily get a good harvest of strawberries all summer and autumn.

How to plant strawberries video:

Before talking about how to grow remontant strawberries (strawberries), it is necessary to clarify what is meant by this concept (by the way, it is relevant not only for plants, but also for pets).

In my own way external description remontant strawberries are very similar to ordinary ones, however, with regard to biological factors, there is one cardinal difference.

So, about everything in more detail: what is remontant strawberries and how to care for remontant strawberries in your backyard?

The difference between remontant strawberries and ordinary strawberries

Beginning in mid-September, gardeners begin the autumn planting of strawberry seedlings. In recent years, varieties are gaining more and more popularity. remontant strawberries. Growing remontant strawberries on garden plot allows you to extend the consumption of this berry culture before the onset of frost.

A distinctive feature of remontant strawberries is the ability to lay flower buds in spring, in May, which develop and produce a crop in the same year, so the second wave of fruiting lasts from the end of July until the first autumn frosts.

As you can see in the photo, remontant strawberries can be of two types - small-fruited and large-fruited. The first has been known for a very long time, since the 14th century, the second has been bred quite recently.

When growing remontant strawberries, it begins to bear fruit in the year of planting, the fruits are formed not only on mother plants, but also on mustache rosettes in the year of their formation. At the beginning of fruiting in the summer, remontant varieties produce up to 30% of the total berry yield, but the bulk of the berries ripen in August. The yield of remontant large-fruited strawberries is quite high, the berries have high taste qualities, contain a large number of vitamin C, and it is used in the same way as ordinary strawberries.

Only in the last few years have gardeners begun to breed large-fruited remontant varieties of strawberries, which, under certain conditions, are capable of producing 2-3 crops in one season: in summer and early autumn. Fruiting can be both continuous, depending on weather conditions and agricultural technology, and undulating. Remontant varieties differ very favorably from ordinary strawberries. The harvest of remontant strawberries is early, already at the end of May and in June you can freely use it. First early harvest remontant garden strawberries ripen in time with ordinary strawberries and, moreover, low, is no more than 30%, and summer-autumn (August-October and before frost) is more complete, from 70% or even more. It is at this autumn time that the arrival of a fresh harvest of strawberries is very important, because there are practically no berries anymore. Varieties of garden remontant strawberries bear fruit from May until frost, with good agricultural technology, you can get from 1.5 to 2 kg from a bush. But for the most part, gardeners, in order to get a bigger harvest in the fall (which is related to commerce), completely remove the flower stalks in the spring so that the nutrients are not spent on creating the first summer crop, but go to the formation of the second. summer-autumn harvest. As a result, the berries are larger, and the yield is larger. One more feature of remontant varieties should be known - they bear fruit not only on the main bush, but also on the mustaches newly formed this year. This is the difference between remontant strawberries and ordinary strawberries.

After harvesting the first crops, in order to enhance the re-formation of peduncles, it is necessary to mow the leaf apparatus, top dressing with a special fertilizer recommended for strawberries. It is advisable to carry out drip irrigation in a timely manner and monitor for fungal diseases and pest invasions. When planting and caring for remontant strawberries, do not forget that this crop with long-term fruiting takes a lot of nutrients out of the soil, therefore it is very demanding on soil fertility and top dressing.

Remontant strawberries propagate by mustache or by dividing the bush. It is planted on the same predecessors that do not have similar diseases with it. The planting scheme can be different, it all depends on the gardener, but the most optimal one is 45 x 15-20 cm. Agrovit or well-rotted humus can be applied for planting in a hole or row and always with the addition of fertilizer with great content phosphorus and potassium (Fertika autumn or spring-summer). It is advisable to mulch plantings. Then, after 3-4 weeks, a second top dressing is carried out with the addition of the microbiological preparation Extrasol and the anti-stress stimulant Novosil.

Agricultural technology: planting and caring for remontant strawberries on a trellis

Another option for agricultural technology of remontant strawberries is to place it on a trellis. It can be built near the gazebo, along the path or hedge, at the gazebo, etc. As a trellis, the author suggests using a decorative polypropylene mesh, which can be easily purchased at any store building materials. This mesh is quite strong, has cells measuring 10 x 10 or 10 x 15 cm, can be easily cut into segments of any length, the mesh is well stretched, easily attached in places convenient for growing crops. Before planting, it is necessary to dig a trench about 40 cm deep, fill it with humus and complex fertilizers. It is better to plant strawberries after 50 cm along the trellis row. On the trellis, you need to fix the mustache of young plants, leaving 5-6 mustaches and 4-5 rosettes on each, after the formation of which the mustaches are pinched. Usually, the mustache is raised on the trellis after the first rosettes bloom. In autumn, one rosette is rooted between old plants along a row. The next year, their mustaches are used to fasten to the trellis. Plants planted in the previous year are left to bear fruit until autumn, and then new rosettes are rooted in their place. For normal growth and fruiting of remontant strawberries on a trellis, regular watering and fertilizing with special fertilizers are required. But strawberries are a sensitive culture, both to an excess and a lack of mineral and organic fertilizers. The disadvantage is easy to eliminate even with visual inspection, the situation is worse with excess. These are nitrates, and the ability of an excess amount of mineral nutrients to inhibit the culture, slow down growth, and promote vegetative growth to the detriment of fruiting.

When growing and caring for remontant strawberries, it is recommended to carefully approach the application rates and monitor the condition of the plants, at least by eye. For top dressing, special fertilizers for fruit and berry crops are used, based on humic acids with vitamins and microelements (Good Power, etc.). The fruiting of remontant strawberries on a trellis begins a few days earlier in comparison with the same strawberries grown in the usual way in the ground, and continues until the onset of frost. In recent years, the summer period in southern region characterized by droughts, which negatively affects the quantity and quality of berries. In strawberries grown on a trellis, the berries acquire the best taste qualities, excellent marketable condition, are less sick with gray rot, are not polluted by the earth during rain or watering. Watering strawberries on a trellis is carried out regularly in small refreshing doses in the morning, immediately after the collection.

The trellis is recommended to be used in one place for no more than 5 years. Then it is necessary to do a fruit change, recultivation of the land with the help of high doses of green manure (green) fertilizers, regularly sowing them and burying them in the ground at the stage of budding.

Watch the video of growing remontant strawberries on a trellis to understand all the intricacies of this type of agricultural technology:

Growing and caring for remontant strawberries in "columns"

If you do not know how to grow remontant strawberries, use the most primitive and affordable way for every gardener - growing in "columns". The construction is simple, low-cost and efficient.

Polypropylene cereal bags, thick dark plastic bags for collecting garbage can serve as improvised material. Taken as a rigid base decorative mesh green, a pipe is rolled out of it according to the size of the bag and the height of the grid. One bag is placed in the pipe, in the lower part of which small drainage holes are made.

The whole structure is installed in a well-lit place, protected from the prevailing winds, fixed with reinforcement to prevent tipping over.

The bag is filled with 1/4 soil nutrient loose substrate, then a light partition is made so that the earth does not sag, the soil is again filled up and another partition is placed, and so on until it is completely filled. Abundantly spilled with water.

Small slots are made in a checkerboard pattern around the entire perimeter of the installed structure - holes in the bag, and strawberry seedlings are planted there. Young rosettes are also planted in the upper part of the pipe. Seedlings of remontant strawberries are prepared in advance, root system cut to 5 cm, disinfected.

Fruiting of strawberries begins earlier and continues until late autumn. The column remarkably decorates the site, bears abundant fruit, and on the hanging mustache, berries bloom, tie and ripen at the same time. Watering and top dressing are carried out 1-2 times a month. In winter, such a column can be insulated with brand 60 agrospan fabric and the plants successfully overwinter.

How to grow and care for strawberries (wild strawberries) in tunnels

In August, arcs are installed above the bed with remontant strawberries and they are covered from above with breathable covering materials such as Agrospan, Spandbond, Agrotex. A tunnel is formed with open ends, but with fixed sidewalls. For fixing, you can use reinforcing bars, winding the free ends of the covering material on them. Under such a shelter, a favorable regime is created, strawberries breathe, develop well, avoid cold precipitation and gray rot. In such tunnel shelters, the fruiting of remontant strawberries is active until mid-October. Sheltered plants can withstand light frosts down to -3 °C without damaging the berries. With the onset of hot days, during the "Indian summer", when the temperature rises above 25 ° C, the covering material rises to ventilate on one side. With the onset of stable negative temperatures, the film can be removed, the strawberries can be fed with complex fertilizers with a high content of phosphorus and potassium at the rate of 20 g per 1 m2, and the soil around the plants should be thoroughly mulched. Any loosening material is used as mulch (humus, compost, rotted sawdust, dry leaf litter). For snow retention, it is advisable to use shields or grow backstage from tall plants (corn, sunflower or millet) in advance. Such shelter and protection will help strawberries avoid freezing and bulging in early spring thaws.

The best varieties of remontant strawberries (strawberries)

Wim Rina. This is one of the best varieties remontant strawberry, bred in Holland. Fruiting begins in the second half of June and continues until the first frost. The fruits have good taste, but not a very dense texture.

Pay attention to the photo of this remontant strawberry - the berries of this variety are very large, up to 75 g. Transportability is good. The alignment is very weak.

Elizabeth 2. Obtained as a clone of the Queen Elizabeth variety. Currently - the best remontant variety. Elizaveta 2 is a day-neutral variety, it is distinguished by large brightly colored beautiful berries, with an average weight of 22-30 g, individual berries - up to 110 g. As a rule, the first berries have irregular shape. Dessert taste. The berries are not aromatic, but there is a lot of sugar, dense, suitable for all types of processing and freezing. The yield of the variety is very high. At good care yield is 2-3 times higher than regular varieties. In some years, very early fruiting is noted due to the fact that already formed flower stalks winter in this variety. In spring, plants begin to bloom and bear fruit from the end of May. The ripening of the berries of this one of the best varieties of remontant strawberries is extended: the first berries ripen in early June, in mid-June - the height of fruiting, and then - depending on the weather.

Albion- A variety of American selection, bred at the University of California. Many rightly consider this variety of remontant strawberries to be the best, as it is obtained by crossing the varieties Diamante and Ca. The bush is medium-sized, well leafy. The sheet is large and clean. The petiole is slightly pubescent. The berries are large, regular conical shape, very tasty. The presence of sugar and flavor is highly dependent on the number of sunny days. Ripening of berries is friendly. By the middle of June, 50% of the harvest of the first wave of fruiting ripens.

Irma- neutral grade. It is also one of the best varieties of remontant strawberries, bred in Italy. Bush srednerosly, upright, sredneoblistvenny. The leaf is large, light green, clean. Petiole naked. Peduncles are located at the level of the 8-10th leaf on the bush. The berry has a regular elongated conical shape. The size of the berries is from 18-38 g, single - up to 54 g. Very tasty, even after 2-3 days of rainy weather it does not become watery and tasteless. By the end of the first decade of June, the 1st and 2nd orders of berries ripen from the first wave of fruiting. Fruiting and ripening of berries is extended.

All varieties of remontant strawberries require good agricultural practices, regular watering and fertilizing with appropriate fertilizers.