Vegetable garden - remontant strawberries

Repairability is translated from French as “blooming again.” This is the ability of some plants to re-bloom or bear fruit multiple times in one growing season.

Repairability observed in strawberries, raspberries, strawberries, as well as some citrus fruits. Remontant strawberries are popular among gardeners because they can produce a double harvest of delicious berries.

Content:

• The concept of remontance and its difference from garden varieties
• Varieties of remontant strawberries
• Growing remontant strawberries and care
• Pest Control

The concept of remontance and its difference from garden varieties

After the first fruiting, remontant strawberries begin to lay buds and set berries. This strawberry needs more frequent watering and high-quality fertile soil. Remontant strawberry bushes produce an excellent harvest from mid-spring to late autumn.

Remontant strawberries differ from garden varieties in having weaker foliage, rather small berries and short life.

Fragility is associated with constant reloading of yield, and not every plant can cope with such a huge load. Usually the first harvest of such strawberries is less than the second: 30 percent is the first harvest, and 70 percent is the second. Only the strongest bushes can withstand such a load, so after the first harvest, some of them may die. A strong strawberry bush can live for about three years.

To get a richer second harvest, you need to be able to sacrifice the first harvest.For this purpose, flower stalks should be trimmed in spring.

To get tendrils, especially in a weakened area, you should learn to sacrifice the second harvest. Strawberry planting feed nitrogen fertilizers in the summer and cut off all flower stalks. In this case, the strawberry bushes will not waste energy on forming rosettes.

Varieties of remontant strawberries

There are many different varieties of remontant strawberries, each with its own pros and cons. The following varieties are considered popular among gardeners: Mitse Nova, White Dream, Arapahoe, Irma, Red Rich, Lyubasha (Lyubava), Tribute, Geneva, Tristar, Superfection, Ozark Beauty and Fort Laremy.

There are also hanging strawberries that can be grown in hanging planters.

The Mitse Nova variety has sweeter berries. The White Dream variety has a pineapple flavor. Arapaho has high yields. Lyubasha is a frost-resistant variety.

Growing remontant strawberries and care

Remontant strawberries can be grown from seeds, as well as using seedlings. Growing from seeds allows you to maintain the purity of the variety. The container with the seeds is covered with film and placed in a warm place. The seeds must be exposed to sunlight.

Before planting seedlings, the bed must be prepared and the necessary fertilizers applied. The seedling is transferred into the hole along with a lump of earth. The soil around the seedling needs to be loosened periodically and ensure that the strawberry roots are not exposed. Earth can be added as the plant grows.

Watering this variety of strawberries should be plentiful. But the soil should not float when watering.

In order to partially reduce soil swimming, they use mulching sawdust, humus, straw. Strawberries need to be fed during flowering; for this purpose, special mineral fertilizers are used.Remontant varieties must be continuously supplied with nitrogen and potassium; phosphorus fertilizers should be applied during soil preparation.

It is important to periodically inspect strawberry bushes, remove leaves and weed out weeds. If the berries lie on the ground, then they should be lifted using a wire ring-shaped support. To get larger berries, you should constantly pick off the tendrils.

At home, strawberries can yield 10 to 30 percent more than traditionally grown strawberries.

With the onset of winter, remontant strawberries should experience slight frosts several times, only after this should the leaves be cut off from the bushes and covered with non-woven material.

Pest Control

In order to get healthy and nutritious berries, you need to remember about pest control. For example, to combat aphids, you need to prepare a solution that consists of two or three heads of garlic, filled with three liters of cold water. The solution will be ready in a week; bushes with aphids need to be treated with this solution using a sprayer.

To combat wasps, you need to place jars of something sweet around the beds. Then the wasps will be distracted from the berries and switch to the jars.

To fight birds, you need to scatter small red glass balls around the bushes. After trying to peck such balls, most birds no longer touch the strawberries.

Remontant strawberries are a crop that becomes more common over time. This is due to more abundant, long-lasting and continuous fruiting, which is observed when agricultural practices for growing remontant strawberries are followed.