When to transplant strawberries?

Most novice gardeners may find that proper maintenance includes regular watering, fertilizing, and possibly sheltering the plants during the colder seasons. However, this is not entirely correct, and good care also includes a timely and accurate transplant.

Transplanting at the right time not only gives a subsequent improvement in yield, but also rejuvenates the plant. Among the crops for which this is especially true is everyone's favorite strawberry. Read everything about when is the best time to transplant it in this article.

You can transplant strawberries in the spring and there are a couple of good reasons for this.

• The weather is mild. The sun does not bake, but it is already warming.
• The soil contains a large amount of necessary moisture. In such cases, usually the root system of plants begins to branch out and grow well. Plants get the nutrients they need with water from the soil.

You need to transplant strawberries before flowering. In this case, the plant will be able to fully devote its energy to the germination of roots, and not to the development of buds. The main sign signaling that strawberries can be transplanted is the temperature - it should rise above 10 degrees. The soil in the spring should warm up at least 10 cm deep. There is also an upper limit for the temperature - 20 degrees. If transplanted at temperatures above 20 ° C, the leaves of the plant are likely to wilt.

The best time for a transplant is the evening.... If all goes well, the plants will begin to take root by morning. However, with capillary irrigation, everything is simplified - you can transplant at any time of the day. During this period, strawberries can be correctly propagated not only by division, but also by seedlings. Whiskers do not appear in strawberries during this period, this happens later, in the summer. And, therefore, mustache breeding remains inaccessible. At the indicated time, it is good to transplant with subsequent reproduction.

Let's take a closer look every month.

• March... Garden strawberries can be replanted in March and even earlier, but always after the snow melts. However, after transplanting, the culture must be covered or placed in a greenhouse.
• April... April is a really good time to transplant in spring. It is during this period that the root system is active, and the strawberry itself grows. Transplanting in the last days of April and the first days of May is not entirely good. It needs to be done before flowering. If you have not met the deadline, then it is better to postpone the transplant for the summer, at the time when the fruiting ends.
• May... As already mentioned, it is undesirable to replant the culture during flowering. But there are exceptional cases when it is necessary. One of these is incessant rains that can ruin the entire landing. In this case, you can replant the strawberries in the spring and during flowering. Thus, if the transplant takes place in May (this is when strawberries usually bloom), then you must first remove all flowers and buds from the plant. Otherwise, they will weaken him. Usually, apart from emergencies, only greenhouse plants or seed-grown specimens are transplanted at this time.

All work must be carried out even before the soil is free of all melt water. But you need to remember that even if the soil is oversaturated with moisture, this does not exempt from regular watering - it is still needed. It should be understood that there is no need to rush to transplant the strawberries too early. This can provoke the death of plants from frost. The roots die immediately, but it is rather difficult to notice this at first. It is best to wait several consecutive warm days. In case of unstable weather, make a shelter. You cannot use polyethylene covering material during this period - the strawberries will overheat in it. And, as a result, he will also die.

Transplanting a plant in summer is considered the most acceptable for this crop and the most effective. In summer, strawberries are usually transplanted to a new place in July or August. Fruiting should be the main guideline during this period. A transfer to another place is carried out after about half a month after it. It is necessary to wait for the completion of fruiting for the same reason as in the flowering situation - the plant must use all its strength to settle in a new place, and not to ripen the fruits. Also, when transplanting during this period, the culture will have time to lay flower buds and yield a harvest in a year.

If you need to transplant strawberries with reproduction, then it is imperative and strictly necessary to wait 14 days after the completion of fruiting. If without reproduction, then you do not need to wait half a month and you can start the process immediately after the end of fruiting. But it is better, of course, to wait. This will increase the chances that the plant will take root in a new location.

In summer, it is also good to transplant because during this period the antennae have already sprouted and did not have time to get stronger. Therefore, it is best to breed with a mustache. In antennae during this period, the roots are still weak. Thus, it will be enough just to plant them in the ground, and they will sprout. Therefore, the transplant must be done even before the roots of the antennae get stronger. Whiskers rooted in early August take root especially well. Reproduction by division is also allowed.

In general, you need to prepare in advance for a transplant in the summer. For example, you should prepare the beds already in the spring. The same applies to soil fertilization. The soil should be saturated with manganese, magnesium and potassium. It is also recommended to replant in August, with the onset of the rainy season and a drop in temperature. But, as a rule, in rare regions, August is rainy. And even if it rains often, it does not happen every year, and it is impossible to guess in advance. That's why, if August promises to be rainy, then it is better to choose it for transplantation.

One of the most famous and popular varieties of strawberries in the domestic territory, by the example of which you can consider the timing of transplantation, is "Queen Victoria". Its fruits are large, it bears a lot, is practically unpretentious and reproduces well. It is better to replant "Victoria" in the summer, after fruiting. The main thing is regular watering (morning and evening).

Professional gardeners recommend an autumn transplant. It is just as good as transplanting at other times of the year, if only because the weather is still warm, which will allow the plant to take hold in its new place. The autumn transplant also has other significant advantages - you can water the plant much less often than in summer or spring due to frequent rains. Another plus is the lack of bright rays of the sun. At least the rays will no longer be as bright as in summer. Shorter daylight hours will also give strawberries a better chance of hardening in the soil. Autumn transplantation is also good in that you can have time to pick up the entire crop from this year and get it next year. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the spring transplant.

However, despite the assurances of professionals, the autumn transplant is not suitable for all regions, and it is recommended to carry it out in exceptional cases. The best way to reproduce during this period is to divide the bush. But you can also multiply through the mustache, which must be rooted early (in June-July). It is best to transplant strawberries in the last days of August or early September. From this moment until the beginning of the first frost - about a month. It is this period that strawberries need in order to settle in a new place and not die. If frost occurs earlier in the area, then the transplant should be carried out earlier. The air temperature should be lower than in summer, but not too low, otherwise the soil will begin to cool down. The soil must remain warm.

As it has already become obvious, strawberries are transplanted at all seasons, with the exception of winter.... If the culture is grown hydroponically, then it can be transplanted at any time. If you are in the southern regions, it is best to replant at the end of March. Transplantation is also allowed in mid-July. Further, September and even October are considered a good period. In particular, in the Krasnodar Territory, you can engage in transplantation with the first warming and until the second decade of November. But it is best to do this in the spring (from the last days of March to the first days of May).

It is also warm in Crimea, but September and October are considered the traditional period for transplanting. In such a climate, seedlings take root easily and quickly. Also, most of the residents prefer to receive their crops every year. In the suburbs or in central Russia, it is best to do this at the end of April.

In Siberia or the Urals (in the coldest regions), the culture is transplanted almost in summer - in the second half of May. Autumn transplantation is not allowed in these regions: since it is already cold in this area in autumn, the culture will not have time to “gain a foothold” in a new place, and the plant will die. Transplanting in mid-August is also allowed. In the Rostov region, it is not so cold, and therefore strawberries can be transplanted at the end of August, in September and even in the first days of October.

In the Kuban, a transplant is allowed in March, as well as in August-September. Due to the peculiarities of the terrain, it takes root well mainly only on the southern slopes. Both hot and rainy days are not suitable for transplanting. This applies to all seasons. You also need to remember that there is simply no point in replanting old bushes - they will not give a good harvest even after a year and may not take root at all in a new place. Biennial plants tolerate transplantation relatively well. These transplant rules are advisory in nature. In order to choose the right time for this procedure, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the local climate.