Strawberry Nightingale

Strawberry Nightingale
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: All-Russian Institute of Selection and Technology of Horticulture and Nursery, Aitzhanova S.D.
  • Taste: good
  • The size: large
  • Weight: up to 50 g
  • Yield rate: high
  • Yield: more than 0.8 kg per bush
  • Ripening terms: medium
  • Advantages: long-term storage
  • Appointment: fresh consumption, processing (juice, jam, jam, etc.)
  • Description of the bush: vigorous, compact, round
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The strawberry variety Solovushka was bred about 15 years ago at the All-Russian Institute of Selection and Technology for Horticulture and Nursery by breeder Svetlana Dmitrievna Aitzhanova. Since then, it has enjoyed constant success with gardeners due to its yield, excellent taste and frost resistance.

Description of the variety

Strawberry Nightingale is characterized by vigorous, but compact, rounded bushes. Leaves are densely carved, have a bright green color. Each plant of this variety reaches a height of 45 cm, a diagonal of 55 cm. There are 6-9 peduncles on an annual bush, and in subsequent years their number reaches 20. Refers to non-repair varieties.

Ripening terms

Nightingale belongs to varieties of medium ripening periods. The first ripe berries appear in mid-May, and mass fruiting occurs in June. It should be remembered that due to thin peduncles, the berries can end up on the ground, therefore, the soil should be mulched before the main ripening. This variety is often cultivated on a special material.

Yield

Nightingale strawberries are high-yielding varieties. It is easy to harvest 500 g of berries from one plant during the first year. In the following years, the yield indicators are more than 800 g of berries. Fruiting begins immediately in the year of planting. The berries ripen together and are not afraid of cool weather.

Berries and their taste

For the fruits of the Solovushka variety, a rich red color with a slight sheen is characteristic. The berries are round-conical in shape, up to 50 g in size, have a dense and juicy flesh. The nightingale has good taste, it has a sweet and sour taste and the smell of wild strawberries. Berries of this variety are used both fresh and for all kinds of preparations (juices, preserves, jams). The fruits have an average shelf life and during transportation they also show average results.

Growing features

Nightingale belongs to the uncomplicated varieties, suitable even for novice gardeners. Strawberries are winter-hardy, do not require shelter from the cold. It is characterized by high drought resistance, well tolerates a drop in temperatures during ripening. The Nightingale variety is resistant to common diseases and pests of strawberries. But it requires mandatory mulching with straw because of the berries strongly leaning to the ground.

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

This variety prefers fertile light to medium soil with addition of river sand and peat. The site must be sunny, no shading is required for the berries. Young plants are planted in spring in April-May or at the end of summer.

Two weeks before planting in August, it is necessary to prepare the beds, and for spring planting, this is done in the fall. Compost should be added to the soil - 10 liters per 1 m2 or complex mineral fertilizers - 50 g per 1 m2. Remember that when planting, the rosettes of young bushes should not be deeply buried. A distance of 35-55 cm between plants and 45-65 cm between rows should be observed.

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

When growing in open ground, strawberries are pollinated by Nightingale naturally. With the help of insects, wind and rain, pollen from male flowers gets on female flowers. When grown in a greenhouse, pollination is carried out using a fan instead of wind, or using a brush to move pollen from plant to plant.

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.

So that the next year strawberries will delight us with an abundance of large and sweet berries, 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

Despite the general immunity to diseases, the variety can be affected by gray rot and leathery late blight. The occurrence of gray rot is most often promoted by high humidity, the fruits are covered with a gray bloom and rot. Mandatory treatment of plants with Trichoderma Veride is required. With late blight, the leaves stop growing and dry out, this is often facilitated by long-term, more than 4 years, cultivation of strawberries in one place. In the fight against late blight, the drug "Quadris" has proven itself well.

Strawberries are often subject to many dangerous diseases that can seriously undermine its 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

Strawberry variety Nightingale can be propagated by seeds, mustaches, and by dividing the bush. The first method is rarely used, as it requires a lot of effort.

When breeding with a mustache, you need to select the most powerful mustache, remove the rest. After the formation of roots on the outlet, the mustache should be dug in, without cutting it off from the main bush. In August, the overgrown new bushes are separated from the mother plant and transplanted to a permanent place of growth. Remember that a feature of the Solovushka variety is a large formation of whiskers in the first year of planting, therefore it is recommended to propagate plants in this way during this period.

The division of the bush is carried out by carefully digging a healthy plant 1-3 years old. A sharp knife is disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate and then the bush is divided into 3 parts. Each new plant must have a well-developed root system. After that, young strawberries are immediately planted in the holes.

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.
General characteristics
Authors
All-Russian Institute of Selection and Technology of Horticulture and Nursery, Aitzhanova S.D.
Appointment
fresh consumption, processing (juice, jam, jam, etc.)
Yield
more than 0.8 kg per bush
Yield rate
high
Transportability
Yes
Advantages
long-term storage
Bush
Description of the bush
vigorous, compact, rounded
Berries
Berry color
deep red
Berry shape
round-conical
The size
large
Weight
up to 50 g
Taste
good
Scent
wild strawberry
Pulp
dense, juicy
Growing
Winter hardiness
high
The need for shelter
No
Drought tolerance
high
Drop off location
shading is optional
The soil
fertile light and medium
Irrigation intensity
average
Injury by strawberry mites
steady
Maturation
Fruiting period
in the middle of May
Ripening terms
average
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