Strawberries Lyubava, Elizaveta 2, Brighton, Festivalnaya - better remontant strawberry varieties

There are a large number of strawberry varieties, they all differ in the weight of the fruit, conditions of keeping, growing, and color. Any variety of strawberry is healthy and tasty, since the strawberry contains: vitamin C, A, PP, B2, K, B9, various microelements, for example: manganese, iodine, cobalt, etc.

Content:

• Types of strawberries by fruiting
• Description of remontant varieties
• Rules for planting and care
• Medicines to protect against diseases

Types of strawberries by fruiting

Strawberry varieties can be divided into:

• bearing fruit only once per season, these varieties are also divided into early, late varieties and those that ripen on time (diamant strawberries, Albion, Diamant, etc.);
• remontant, that is, those that will bear fruit all season (strawberries Lyubava, Elizaveta 2, Festivalnaya, Brighton, etc.).

Description of remontant varieties

One of the most popular among remontant varieties is Elizabeth 2.

It produces very large, fleshy, sweet and sour berries, sometimes weighing about 100 grams, bright red with a pleasant smell of wild berries. Fruits evenly throughout the summer. Strawberry bushes are powerful, produce few tendrils and leaves, have high winter hardiness and disease resistance, but can be affected by gray rot in too rainy summers.

Strawberry Lyubava is a relatively new variety of remontant strawberry, which produces medium-sized dark red berries weighing up to 30 grams of oval-rhombic shape. The berries have the taste of wild strawberries and tolerate long-term transportation and frost well. Strawberries are resistant to various fungal leaf diseases and tolerate frost better than any other strawberry.

Strawberry Brighton – a heavily flowering variety, the berries are red, cone-shaped and large, reach 50 grams in weight, and have a very sweet taste. They have a pineapple flavor and the berries are dense. The density of the berries is an excellent indicator for long-term transportation from the site to the city.

Strawberry Festival - a high-yielding variety of strawberries, the berries are oblong, bright red and large. It is resistant to any pests and diseases. During the first harvest of the season, the berries are large, up to 45 grams, and subsequent ones become smaller. But even small berries appear all the time until late autumn.

Rules for planting and care

Since strawberries have a shallow and delicate root system, they should not be planted in lowlands or where groundwater is close. If there are no more raised and dry places on the site, then raised beds are made for planting strawberries. Planting in the ridge is also good.

In the south and in hot, dry areas, strawberries are planted using the trench method. The location is chosen taking into account the absence of spring floods. In your search for interesting and new technologies for growing remontant strawberries, pay attention to agricultural planting techniques in tiered beds, and barrels.

Another interesting planting method is to grow remontant varieties in plastic bags in closed ground.

This method was invented in Holland.To do this, take bags about 15 cm in diameter made of highly dense polyethylene. They are placed in tiers, making the plantations compact. In addition to bags, you can use elongated containers and any other plastic containers. It just makes the installation of the beds more expensive.

Shelves with bags filled with soil mixture should be positioned taking into account lighting. Germinated seedlings are planted there. Then provide regular watering and fertilizing. As you can see, this method is very interesting in terms of costs and has a great return on yield.

Care after planting in open ground is described quite well in our publications. There is a method where they are used covering materials, as well as mulching from organic residues. If you decide to use roofing felt, then in the hot season it should be powdered with light straw or sprinkled with lime. This way you will reduce exposure to solar radiation and protect the roots from overheating.

Medicines to protect against diseases

To protect plantings from gray rot, it is good to use natural preparations. Such biological products as Fitosporin, Gamair, Alirin-B have fungicidal properties. Gliocladin also improves immunity to fungal infections in strawberries. It should be used one tablet in each hole twice a season. And when spraying with Fitosporin, Gamair, Alirin-B, take a three-week break.

The listed drugs do not have phytotoxicity and are safe for insects and humans. There is no waiting period. After 48 hours, the berries can be safely consumed. In addition, biological products of this kind heal the soil environment and also regulate the balance of pathogens in the area.

It is always a pleasure to have strawberries on your plot.Children enjoy it with pleasure, it is always pleasant on the summer table. And for a long-lasting harvest, it is better to choose remontant varieties of strawberries; they delight with their beautiful berries from spring until frost. Plant these wonderful plants in your home, and your children and grandchildren will always have something to enjoy in the garden!