Strawberry Giant Delicacy

Strawberry Giant Delicacy
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Holland
  • Taste: sweet, gourmet candy
  • The size: large and very large
  • Weight: up to 100 gr
  • Yield: up to 2 kg per bush
  • Repairability: No
  • Ripening terms: mid-early
  • Advantages: flexible, resistant to the vagaries of the weather
  • Appointment: fresh consumption, processing (juice, jam, jam, etc.)
  • Description of the bush: tall, compact, multi-flowered
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The giant delicacy is a strawberry variety bred by Dutch breeders. Already from the name it is clear that this is a large-fruited variety. Also, the Giant delicacy is distinguished by its plasticity, resistance to the vagaries of the weather. All this attracts both private gardeners and farmers.

Description of the variety

The presented variety has a vigorous bush up to 50 cm high. All aerial parts (stems, leaves, peduncles) grow quite large and powerful, which allows them to withstand massive fruits. The variety is also distinguished by a large number of mustaches.

Ripening terms

It is a non-repairable variety with an early ripening period: the berries can be picked in late June or early July.

Yield

This gigantic delicacy gives a large harvest, which has won the love of gardeners not by the number of berries, but by their weight. So, from one bush, on average, you can collect up to 2 kg of fruits.

Berries and their taste

The fruits have a red-raspberry color and an elongated-conical shape, their weight reaches 100 g. The berries taste sweet, candy-delicious, perfect for fresh consumption. The pulp is moderately dense, but juicy, so strawberries of this variety can also be used for processing.

The berries are mature, when placed in a box, they can be stored for a week. They also retain their shape during long-term transportation.

Growing features

Despite the fact that this variety requires standard care measures, it is recommended to grow it for people with experience. Such strawberries can grow in central Russia, in the Moscow region and other areas with the same climate.

The variety is moisture-loving. If irrigation is carried out irregularly, then voids can form inside the berries, which negatively affects the taste. But excessive moisture can also negatively affect the taste of the fruit, adding acid and wateriness. Watering is needed when the soil dries up by 2-3 cm. Timely trimming of the mustache also affects the yield. In general, crop care is standard: watering, weeding, fertilization. This strawberry is not suitable for growing in a greenhouse.

When and how to plant strawberries so that they bring a rich harvest is a question that novice gardeners often ask themselves. The berries can be planted in the ground in spring, summer and autumn. Each season has its own characteristics of planting.
Strawberries are the most beloved and popular berry in our gardens. Even in the smallest plots, there will always be a place for it, since every year there are more and more unexpected and original solutions for its cultivation. Strawberries are grown in the form of a carpet, rows, nests, in addition to many different original options. Everyone chooses their own way depending on the area of ​​the site and its design.
Watering strawberries, like any other garden crop, should be in compliance with all the necessary recommendations. During the fruiting period, including the ripening of the fruits, the amount of moisture should be sufficient for the harvest to be a decent amount, and the berries are tasty and aromatic.If you neglect watering, or water little and not enough, then the strawberries can dry out. With excessive moisture, the berries can rot.
Speaking of pruning strawberries, most often it is the removal of leaves on fertile bushes that is meant. This is done to partially rejuvenate the plant, to get rid of damaged, diseased leaves, to prevent bacterial and fungal infections, to reduce the number of harmful insects.

Site selection and soil preparation

The Giant Delicacy variety prefers to grow in nutritious soil in an area well-lit by the sun: the sun promotes the formation of sweet fruits. When choosing a place, you should avoid beds that are well blown by the wind, as well as areas with a close occurrence of groundwater. Planting is recommended to be carried out according to the scheme 60x40cm.

The soil for strawberries should be saturated with organic matter. The plant grows best on light loamy or sandy loam soil. Black soil and gray forest soil are also excellent for cultivation. It is undesirable to plant strawberries on clay soil.

Pollination

The variety is not suitable for greenhouse cultivation, which means that it can be pollinated naturally by insects and wind.

One of the important techniques in strawberry care is feeding. Regular fertilization guarantees a rich harvest. There are several different ways to feed strawberries, and each of them is designed for a specific period of plant development. During flowering, fruiting and after it, feeding should be different.

Frost resistance and the need for shelter

This giant delicacy belongs to winter-hardy varieties. It is able to withstand temperatures down to -25 degrees. However, if the plant is kept in a region where winters are usually little snow, then it is recommended to cover the planting site, organize a snow retention system, and throw snow onto the site during the winter.

In order for strawberries to delight us with an abundance of large and sweet berries next year, they need to be properly prepared for winter. The set of measures for preparing strawberries for the cold includes: pruning, watering, feeding, loosening, pest control, mulching and shelter.

Diseases and pests

The presented variety is characterized by high immunity. Even common diseases and pests cannot overcome the plant.

Strawberries are often subject to many dangerous diseases that can seriously undermine their condition. Among the most common are powdery mildew, gray mold, brown spot, anthracnose and verticillosis. Before buying a variety, you need to inquire about its disease resistance.

Reproduction

Strong and strong adult bushes are suitable for breeding. They need to be prevented from blooming to make the rosette mustache stronger. Choose the first mustache for breeding. Bushes at the age of 5-7 years are changed to young plantings by rooting a rosette or dividing into parts.

Strawberries or garden strawberries multiply very easily. The most common way to obtain planting material is to grow young plants from vegetative shoots - whiskers. Seedlings are also obtained by dividing the bush.

Review overview

Gardeners who grow Giant Delicacy strawberries appreciate the sweet caramel flavor of the berries, as well as the unpretentiousness of the variety in care.According to their observations, the fruiting of the plant is somewhat stretched, and the berries that have ripened earlier have a less pronounced taste. Summer residents also note the high yield of the crop. The density of the fruits allows them to be grown for business, for example, for composing strawberry bouquets.

General characteristics
Authors
Holland
Appointment
fresh consumption, processing (juice, jam, jam, etc.)
Yield
up to 2 kg per bush
Transportability
Yes
Advantages
flexible, resistant to the vagaries of the weather
Bush
The power of growth
vigorous
Height and width of the bush
height up to 50 cm
Description of the bush
tall, compact, multi-flowered
Berries
Berry color
red-crimson
Berry shape
elongated conical
The size
large and very large
Weight
up to 100 g
Taste
sweet, gourmet candy
Pulp
light red, moderately dense, juicy
Growing
Winter hardiness
winter hardy
Mustache
there's a lot
The possibility of growing in a greenhouse
No
Growing regions
middle zone of Russia, in the Moscow region and other regions with a similar climate
Disease and pest resistance
high
Maturation
Fruiting period
from late June - early July
Ripening terms
mid-early
Repairability
No
Reviews
There are no reviews.
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