Choosing the best varieties of garden strawberries

The very first berry that appears on the plot is undoubtedly garden strawberries, which is known to everyone as strawberry. And you shouldn’t be surprised that strawberries are garden strawberries. This is true. We are just used to calling the berry strawberry. But real gardeners have long known that this name is by no means correct.

Under good conditions, proper care and the right approach to choosing varieties, you can achieve a year-round harvest that will delight you with fresh berries, and they are not only tasty, but also healthy: a lot of vitamins, microelements and minerals.

Content:

• What should you pay attention to when choosing a variety?
• Strawberry varieties of medium maturity
• Remontant varieties
• Early ripening varieties
• Mid-early varieties
• Mid-late and late varieties

And how children rejoice at their first berries! Even for this, it is worth mastering the technology of growing garden strawberries. But first you still need to decide on the variety of this plant. The well-known truth: the better the variety, the better the harvest, must be taken into account.

What should you pay attention to when choosing a variety?

Choosing for your plot, greenhouse or balcony (our berries can grow quite well on it too) best varieties of strawberries Gardeners should first of all pay attention to:

• taste qualities of berries;
• soil on which strawberries will grow;
• variety resistance to diseases;
• ripening time;
• drought resistance;
• frost resistance;
• size and weight of berries;
• variety yield.

Breeders have developed a fairly large number of varieties, but not all varieties are suitable for every climate and soil. The ideal type of garden strawberry, which will combine all the best qualities, does not yet exist. But, based on the experience of gardeners, we can identify the best varieties of garden strawberries that are suitable for the middle zone.

Strawberry varieties of medium maturity

Slavutich is a medium-ripening berry that tolerates winter frosts very well. A bush with good leaves, medium height and produces a good harvest. From 1 sq. m. you can get more than a kilogram of large, juicy, aromatic berries. The variety is proud of its resistance to gray rot.

Venta is a variety bred by Lithuanian gardeners. It is famous for its very tasty and juicy berries, good yield and average resistance to disease.

You can list a few more very good names for medium-ripening strawberries: Krasny Bereg, Orlets, Mashenka, Lord, Fireworks, Harvest TsGL, Holiday, Vima Xima.

All of the above varieties winter well, are quite resistant to diseases and are very tasty.

Remontant varieties of strawberries

Brighton is an American variety. It blooms wonderfully and gives a good harvest. Absolutely independent of daylight hours. It may well produce crops up to 9 months a year. It tolerates winter very well, and the berries weigh up to 50 grams. If the summer is not very hot, then the fruits of this variety only become larger due to the coolness. Very resistant to various diseases.

Elizabeth II It fully justifies its royal name and is one of the best remontant varieties.The whole season is pleasing with a high harvest, and the berries are so large and fragrant that, perhaps, you will plant Elizabeth II constantly. The variety does not even need advertising, because every gardener knows about it.

And several more remontant varieties that have proven themselves well: Sashenka, Irishka, Tuscany, Source, Autumn Fun.

Early ripening varieties

Kokinskaya is a variety created by Russian breeders. It tolerates winter quite well, and produces an average harvest - about 800 grams. per square meter. The aromatic, sweet and sour berry is perfect for both immediate consumption and for jam, compotes and freezing.

Honey - This is also an American berry, one of the most popular in the whole world. The fact is that this variety ripens much earlier than many others. At the same time, it produces a healthy harvest and easily tolerates inclement weather. Not afraid of ticks or gray rot. This is precisely why it is valued by both farming enthusiasts and professionals. It is not without reason that this variety is widely used in industrial strawberry harvesting.

And several more very good early varieties: Zephyr, Big Boy, Elvira, Erliglow. All these varieties can be safely purchased and planted on your site.

Mid-early varieties

Mid-early varieties include Dukat, Desnyanka Kokkinskaya, Giant Journey, Vityaz.

Absolutely all of these varieties of strawberries overwinter very well, are not afraid of gray rot and can be used even frozen.

Mid-late and late varieties

Carmen, Maryshka, Polka, Borovitskaya, Tenira, Zenga-Zengana, Vikoda, Bohemia.

All the varieties listed above are recognized as the best for many reasons: they winter well, produce an excellent harvest, the fruits are large and even, and, importantly, they have adapted relatively well to Russian conditions (unstable weather: rain, drought and frost).

But it is not enough just to purchase good planting material; you should also remember that each variety needs suitable care.