All about planting strawberries in autumn with a mustache

Everyone loves strawberries since childhood, but they require a lot of attention and care. Without replacing the place every 3-4 years, the yield decreases, the berries become small, hard, and tasteless. Gardeners should know all about planting strawberries in the fall with a mustache because it is a great breeding method.

For most regions of our country, planting strawberries in the fall with a mustache is the best option. This is reliable, because the seedlings will have time to take root before frost. In the last month of summer, the weather is usually good, there is no sweltering heat, there is enough moisture in the soil, there are no sudden changes in weather.

The main benefits of planting a strawberry mustache in autumn:

• planting can be carried out without haste, since almost all cases on the personal plot have already been completed;
• the planted mustache does not require much attention, they do not need to be watered often and covered from the scorching sun;
• the planted bushes will yield the next year, in contrast to those planted in the spring;
• with proper agricultural technology, the plant will take root before the cold weather, it will have a great winter.

Of the shortcomings, it can be noted the possibility of early frosts, which are difficult to calculate. For successful rooting, you need to leave 1 month from the time of planting until the onset of the first frost.

For our large country, the specific time of autumn planting of strawberries will be individual for each region. These terms will necessarily be adjusted according to the current weather, the readiness of the planting material.

Estimated landing time for regions.

• In outskirts of Moscow, planting in central Russia can begin from August to mid-September.
• In the southern regions, that is, the Lower Volga region, Stavropol region, in the Kuban, problems can arise only due to a prolonged drought. You can start a mustache transplant in September and finish until mid-October.
• For Siberia and the Urals you need to carefully select varieties that can grow in such harsh conditions. Autumn planting of the mustache begins in early August and ends in September.
• In the Leningrad region everything is suitable for growing strawberries - fertile land, damp climate. You can plant a strawberry mustache all month in September.

Gardeners need to take into account that it takes about 25 days for a mustache to take root. This time should be considered when determining the timing of planting.

Sandy loam soil, neutral loams, slightly acidic soils are suitable for growing strawberries. If the soil has an unsuitable acidity, deoxidation must be carried out.

These substances must be introduced into the soil during the digging of the earth, that is 2-3 weeks before planting the grown mustache. Then the ground is watered for the first time. The soil will settle, compacted, which is important for the roots. Before planting the mustache, the ground no longer needs to be spilled heavily with water, only a little moisture is required.

Experienced gardeners recommend preparing the ground for planting strawberry rosettes from spring in the following way.

1. In the spring, dig up the soil by removing weeds.
2. Add rotted manure or humus to one bed in a bucket.
3. You can add 30 g of double superphosphate and 50 g of mineral fertilizer.
4. It is advisable to add ash in a limited amount to the ground. It is good for the soil, excellent against pests, but alkalizes the soil. Alkaline earth is not suitable for strawberries, so you should not add a lot of ash.
5. Plant the plot with siderates, for example, white mustard, lupine.
6. When the green manure grows to a height of 30-40 cm, they are mowed and dug up. They become an excellent fertilizer and weed protection.

The preparation of the site for planting sweet berries must be treated carefully, it is sensitive to the soil and nearby neighbors.

Strawberries do not tolerate proximity to nightshade crops, legumes. You can not plant a mustache after tomatoes, raspberries, cucumbers, potatoes.

It is necessary to pick up a mustache already in a year of changing bushes of sweet berries. The highest quality harvest is obtained from a plant of the second year. During the fruiting period, you need to take a closer look at the plants of the first year, select the bushes with the largest berries and good yields, mark them, for example, with a peg. Next year, a mustache should be removed from such a bush. But if it is affected by pests or diseases, then it will not work to multiply it.

Experienced gardeners recommend removing peduncles from this plant in the year of the formation of the planting mustache... The strawberry bush does not have enough strength for a good harvest and the formation of strong daughter rosettes. Without peduncles, forces will go to the formation of a strong mustache. For reproduction, a first-order rosette is chosen, that is, the one closest to the bush. The number of whiskers depends on the development of the bush. You can find 30 whiskers with 2-5 sockets, but it is better to leave 5 whiskers and one outlet to be planted.

Characteristics of a quality strawberry propagation outlet:

• has a branched root system;
• root length - up to 7 cm;
• diameter of the root collar - at least 6 mm;
• has at least 4 developed leaves.

Mustache readiness sign - they cannot be pulled out of the soil by hand without obvious damage.

The outlets must be rooted before planting. This can be done in two ways - directly into the ground or into disposable dishes. When placing the outlet in disposable containers, the mustache is placed in cups with drainage holes. They are pretreated with a strong solution of potassium permanganate, covered with a nutritious mixture of humus and leafy soil. The soil structure must be loose.

Moisten the soil, make a hole. A glass with a strawberry rosette is placed near the bush, half buried in the ground for stability, the rosette is rooted in it.

Sprinkle with sand on top. It is important to ensure that the center of the socket is not buried.... Every day, you need to check the seedlings, moisten, inspect the leaves. Watering should be done in moderation, avoiding stagnation of water, which is the reason for the formation of rot.

15 days before planting, the rosette must be cut with a sharp knife or pruner. This will allow the young plant to switch to independent nutrition, speed up the process of forming the root system. When cutting about a young plant, 2-3 cm should remain.If the bush after separation has grown stuck, they create a shade for it, water it.

To plant strawberry whiskers in open ground, you need to use the recommendations of experienced gardeners, otherwise the berries will be small and tasteless.

It is necessary to plant a mustache on a sunny slope in moist soil. Dig holes first.If a one-line scheme was chosen for planting, then there should be a distance of 70-80 cm between the rows, 20-30 cm between the bushes. With a two-line method, it is necessary to plant two rows. The distance between them is up to 80 cm, between the bushes - about 40 cm.

Positive aspects of planting under agrofibre:

• the earth will remain loose for a long time;
• you will not need to weed the weeds;
• moisture will remain for a long time;
• warmth near the roots will be comfortable for strawberries;
• berries will be less dirty;
• the plant will hurt less.

Since feeding plants under agrofibre is impossible, then when forming a bed, 1.5 times more nutrients must be added to the soil. 2 days before planting, agrofibre is spread on the garden bed, the edges are strengthened with heavy objects or sprinkled with a little earth. Places for the holes are marked, making cuts in the form of a cross, the edges of the cuts are folded, dig holes of the required depth.

To plant strawberry seedlings in a new place, you need to choose a cool, better cloudy day.

Instructions for autumn mustache planting.

1. Pour over prepared holes and a new bush 10-15 minutes before planting.
2. Small, comfortable paddle pull the socket out of the soil or cut a disposable container and take out a clod of earth with a root system. It is important that the earth remains together with the roots.
3. Examine the roots for the presence of pests, rot. The roots should not be more than 7 cm in length. If they are larger, then it is better to cut them off.
4. Place a bush in a new hole, spread the roots... It is important not to bend them, otherwise the plant will die or it will take a long time to take root, grow poorly. The root collar should be left at ground level.
5. Sprinkle roots completely, fill the entire space in the hole with soil, slightly compact the soil next to the plant to ensure that the ground is in contact with the roots. A depression should be formed around the plant. After winter, the dumb bush will rise above the ground, in the spring it must be spud.
6. So it follows plant all prepared sockets.
7. The soil must be mulched with rotted sawdust and needles. Pine needles are considered especially useful, as they prevent the development of many strawberry diseases.
8. It is better to close young bushes from the sun for the first time. This can be done well with a white non-woven fabric.

In the future, planting needs to be watered and loosened regularly.... When carbon dioxide and oxygen penetrate into the ground, metabolic processes take place faster in the root system, this stimulates the rooting of the plant. In the first winter, the seedlings can be insulated. The best way to keep warm is the snow cover. To detain him on the site, you can expand any small twigs or coniferous spruce branches. In regions with harsh winters, nonwoven fabric can be decomposed.

Almost every gardener has strawberries in his garden. This berry is tasty, but troublesome to grow. To get a high yield, you need to know the rules of cultivation.

It is necessary to properly plan the placement of the bushes, then it will be easier to care for them. With the proper use of modern technologies in the form of agrofibre and nonwovens, it is possible to reduce the time of plant care. It is important not to let the strawberry bushes grow old, to update them in a timely manner, then they will delight with a good harvest of delicious berries.