Strawberry pollination

Most gardeners are familiar with the basics growing strawberries in a summer cottage. To do this, you need to dig up and replant the bushes from time to time, change their place, trim the mustache, and help fight pests and weeds. Rest per person nature does. Rain and sun, wind and bees alike help strawberries grow and bear fruit. But what about pollination in a closed environment?

If you are the owner small greenhouse, balcony strawberry - Most likely, you will have to do this procedure manually. To do this, use a soft brush, transferring pollen from bush to bush and marking the treated flowers by tearing off a petal. You can also use artificial wind, that is, a fan. Strawberry pollination You can and should do it indoors if you want to enjoy sweet home-grown berries.

For large indoor plantations from 1 hectare. and more will be completely justified buying a bee or bumblebee hive. Still, nature will do it better. If you buy seedlings, pay attention to their characteristics. Exist dioecious plants, which have sex and will not bear fruit if there is no pair. In order for the fruit to set successfully, you need to buy approximately 70-80 percent of female strawberries and, accordingly, 30-20 percent of male strawberries.

For growing strawberries in small volumes (at home, on a balcony or windowsill), it is better to give preference remontant varieties, since they bear fruit several times a year, unlike ordinary strawberries.This way you will get a larger harvest from fewer bushes.