- Taste: rich strawberry, very sweet
- The size: small
- Weight: up to 10 g
- Yield: up to 1000 berries per bush
- Repairability: Yes
- Ripening terms: early
- Appointment: universal
- Berry color: light yellow
- Winter hardiness: winter hardy
- Height and width of the bush: 15cm height
In addition to the usual red strawberries, summer residents are increasingly planting yellow and even almost completely white strawberries in their beds. Albino berries do not contain pigments that are responsible for the red color. But they are not inferior to their brightly colored counterparts in taste. And in some cases they even surpass them. The yellow miracle is one such variety.
Breeding history of the variety
The Yellow Miracle variety was bred by European breeders. The original purpose of this variety is a decorative decoration of alpine hills, adjoining territories. But its taste also turned out to be at a high level. Gardeners paid attention to this strawberry variety and began to grow it in order to obtain a harvest.
Description of the variety
A repairing strawberry variety for universal use. The berries are white or light yellow. Bushes of the Yellow miracle are compact, do not exceed 15 cm in height, with bright green dense foliage. The flowers are quite large, snow-white. The flower stalks are high, thanks to this, the berries are high above the ground, almost not subject to rotting.
Ripening terms
An early variety of strawberries. When sowing Yellow Miracle seeds in February, the first crop can be harvested at the end of June. This strawberry blooms throughout the summer.
Bushes that are a year old or more come into fruiting even earlier. The first berries appear on them already in May. Fruiting continues until the end of September. And if the first month of autumn is warm, then you can feast on berries in early October.
Due to the light tone of the strawberries, it is sometimes difficult to understand whether they are ripe or not. If the berry is easily separated from the twig, then it is fully ripe. And if it is difficult to remove it, you should leave it to ripen on the bush.
Growing regions
The regions of central Russia will be ideal for the growth of strawberries Yellow Miracle.
Yield
The yellow miracle bears fruit continuously throughout the season. The yield of these small bushes is very high. For the entire ripening period of berries with good care, each berry bush can be up to 10 kg.
Berries and their taste
On the bushes up to 1000 small berries ripen, each of them weighing up to 10 g. Berries are elongated-conical, light yellow, similar in shade to the color of a peeled banana. The berries are very sweet and aromatic. The smell is fragrant, with light pineapple notes. The pulp is juicy, the taste is rich, strawberry. The seeds are clearly visible on the surface of the berry. Of course, strawberries are best consumed fresh. And you can also gently freeze the berries, cook fragrant strawberry jam from them.
Growing features
The yellow miracle is an unpretentious strawberry variety. Doesn't require complicated maintenance.
Drought resistance of the variety is medium. If the weather is hot and there is no precipitation, then the bushes must be watered.
Water it carefully, preferably once a week. Due to excess moisture, the berries can become too soft, lose their shape when picked.
It is necessary to periodically loosen the ground under the bushes, avoiding the formation of an earthen crust.
You can also grow these strawberries in pots by placing them on a window or loggia.
Site selection and soil preparation
A huge plus of strawberries Yellow miracle - it can be grown both in sunny places of the garden plot, and in partial shade.
Strawberries of this variety prefer moist, loose soil. The land is prepared a week before planting. Bushes are planted at a distance of 15-20 cm from each other. The distance between the rows should be about 25-30 cm. In the same place, the Yellow Miracle strawberries can be grown for 3 years.
Pollination
Bees and bumblebees are engaged in pollination of strawberries. If the strawberry grows at home, you will have to manually pollinate it.
Top dressing
You don't need to feed the strawberries, but in this case it can grind, the number of flower stalks released by the plant will decrease. The yield may drop markedly.
The yellow miracle is grateful for composting. It is better to introduce it in the spring. You need 3-4 kg of compost per square meter.
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
Winter-hardy strawberries. Withstands frosts up to 18 degrees below zero, if there is a layer of snow above it. If the frosts intensify, and the winter is snowless, the bushes must be covered. It is better to do this at the end of autumn. Before that, plants are watered. For shelter, it is better to use spruce branches or straw. The future harvest can be saved from spring frosts by covering the strawberry bushes with agrofibre.
Diseases and pests
The variety has good resistance to common fungal diseases of strawberries (gray, white and black rot). Soft little strawberries can damage slugs and snails. And the birds almost do not peck light berries. They do not have the same attractiveness to them as the berries of ordinary red varieties.
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
This variety of beardless strawberries is grown either from seeds or by dividing the bush. You can start sowing at the end of winter, but better in March - early April.
To ensure the viability of the future bush, it is necessary to carry out a stratification procedure. To do this, place the seeds in a small container and refrigerate. After that, the seeds are spread on a damp cloth. It is convenient to use wet cotton pads for this manipulation.
Seedlings are grown from sprouted seeds.