Novice gardeners are often interested in "When to transplant strawberries in the fall, in what month is it best to do this?" Unfortunately, hard to give a clear answer .

The time and timing of transplantation is affected by the region where the crop is grown, the growing method and technology, grading, as well as climatic conditions.

Timing transplant in the fall

Looking closely at the bushes at the end of summer, it is clear that the strawberries that give a mustache will look completely different from beardless, and this will be noticed by a person who does not even own the intricacies of agricultural technology of this culture.

Transplant without mustache

The beardless strawberry reproduces by producing rosettes from the root, the so-called root shoots.

1. By August, the bush grows, and if you dig it up and divide it into small rosettes, then from one you can get up to a dozen. It is possible to divide such bushes in the spring, but it will lose time for rooting and the harvest will be meager. If the division is carried out in August, then the rosettes will take root and have time to lay flower buds.

   

   Over time, the strawberry bush grows and the ratio of roots and fruit buds becomes insufficient for good fruiting.

2. The selection of uterine bushes is carried out at the time of harvest . You can not leave this procedure for the fall, since some bushes give lush shoots, but do not give berries - they are unsuitable for the selection of queen cells.

   

   The best strawberry bushes are selected for division.

3. Having looked at a fruitful bush, they mark it . It is best to cut plastic labels from boxes, bottles, any container. You can use wooden pegs painted with bright paint and stick near a fruitful bush. If the mark is bright (yellow, blue, red), then finding such a bush is very simple. It is he who is dug up for division and transplantation.
4. The marked bush after harvesting should be spud . For this, compost or fresh humus is best suited. As a rule, after hilling, the root system immediately begins its development and by autumn planting material obtained the highest quality.

   

   For division, you need to dig out the selected bush and wash its roots.

5. Moisture is a prerequisite for obtaining good planting material. . If there is no rain and drip irrigation can be watered by sprinkling. In the absence of the possibility of watering, it makes no sense to break up a strawberry garden.

   

   On each division, you should get 2-3 leaves and several healthy roots.

"Mustachioed" transplant

If the strawberry gives a mustache, then the variety will multiply by them. However, there are some peculiarities here as well.

For reproduction, no more than two outlets are left on each mustache.

The selection of bushes for reproduction is carried out in the same way as for beardless, during the fruiting period.

The amount of whiskers that a strawberry bush produces is genetically determined and is a hallmark of each variety. When breeding such strawberries, there is a rule - we select only the first two rosettes from each mustache. Therefore, as soon as the formation and rooting of two rosettes has passed, the mustache must be cut off.

If the variety is especially valuable, and you need to propagate from several bushes, then gardeners arrange a whole Kindergarten, and they manage to "baby" even 6 outlets. However, such an event is the exception rather than the rule.

If the mustache is rooted in pots, then it will be easier to plant them in a permanent place.

Having designated bushes-mother liquors, it is necessary:

• monitor the looseness of the soil in which the outlet takes root;
• timely pour a nutrient soil mixture under the sockets (humus, compost);
• monitor the constant humidity of rooting sites.

If you neglect these measures, then the sockets will come out Low quality , and rooting will be poor at any time of transplantation.

Rooting sockets need to be watered, loosened and ensure that the roots do not protrude above the ground.

Bush transplant

Having dug up a bush of beardless strawberries, it should be divided with a knife. A well-formed, mature plot should have a good root system and rosette.

A young strawberry bush is planted in a prepared hole, placing its “heart” at soil level.

If we transplant the "whiskered", then. In the future, the nutrients from the mustache will pass into the root system, and the mustache itself will dry out and fall off.

If it is not possible to land immediately after digging, then the sockets can be placed in water or wrapped in a well-moistened cloth. The period during which the seedlings can wait 6-7 days, but it all depends on the temperature. The higher the thermometer readings, the less seedlings should wait for planting. Having chosen a good day, they start planting bushes.

conclusions

Tighten in deep autumn should not be, since the young roots should get stronger and cling well to the soil lump.

It is advisable to cover fresh plantings of strawberries for the winter with fallen leaves.

Video on how to update old strawberry bushes on your site

Victoria landing time

Site selection

spring planting

• humus - 9-10 kg;
• superphosphate - 100 g;
• potassium salt - 50g.

Planting in autumn

Victoria cultivation

Care during flowering

Feeding Victoria

Victoria, strawberry or garden strawberry(about the differences in the names below) - this is a fragrant messenger of the coming summer and the warm sun, the first portion of vitamins. There is an opinion that, having eaten enough of this berry at the beginning of summer, you can stock up on vitamins and antioxidants for the whole year. But to grow a tasty and plentiful harvest, you have to work hard. The plant is capricious and whimsical, its cultivation requires knowledge and diligence. And it all starts with the right fit.

Name confusion

The names "strawberries", "strawberries" and "victoria" are considered by some to be synonymous, while others are ready to defend their differences. If you go into biological details, you can see the characteristic differences between garden strawberries (which are grown in our gardens) and strawberries, which are extremely rare in cultivated gardening. As for Victoria, this is only a common and common name for garden strawberries brought from the American continent. But, since the rules of agricultural technology for these horticultural crops are basically the same, we will not emphasize the difference and talk about this culture as a single strawberry-strawberry family.

Planting dates for Victoria in the fall

You can start transplanting Victoria in August and September. The dates are approximate, as they largely depend on regional climatic conditions, which can shift them in any direction. Replanting Victoria in September is not only possible, but also preferable in the middle latitudes and the Far East. In the southern regions (Ukraine, Moldova, Crimea, etc.), planting dates can be pushed back even to the end of October. And in the Urals and in regions located in more northern latitudes than the Central part of Russia, it is necessary to complete the transplant work in August or, in extreme cases, in the first decade of September.

Experienced gardeners believe that it is better to start transplanting garden strawberries in the fall. There are several reasons for this:

• The favorable period in autumn is more extended in time (this is 1-1.5 months), which is not only convenient, but also gives more chances to fall into a favorable period according to the lunar calendar.
• The presence of a large amount of planting material.
• Favorable weather conditions for rooting rosettes.
• Significantly less weed growth.
• Harvest next year. After spring planting, it is no longer necessary to wait for him this season.

Selection and preparation of seedlings

You can buy seedlings at specialized outlets, or you can take them from your own garden, if you are satisfied with their variety and yield. It is not recommended to buy strawberry seedlings from an unknown seller on the market, since rosettes that are far from the best, and sometimes reborn, have lost their roots, are often put up for sale. quality characteristics varieties. Each seedling should have 3-4 healthy and necessarily young leaves and roots no shorter than 10 cm. The root neck should be at least 6 mm in diameter, the root system should be fibrous, and the leaves should be compact, not very long.

Immediately before landing, the following procedure should be carried out. A mixture of garden soil and humus is diluted with water to the density of good sour cream, any growth stimulant (Zircon, Mikras, Epin, Kornevin) is added to it. The roots are lowered into the resulting talker and slightly dried, after which they can be planted.

Site selection, soil requirements, predecessors

Regardless of when Victoria is planted, in autumn or spring, maximum attention should be paid to the preparation of the plot. The soil must be fertile, able to provide the crop with the main food for at least 3-4 years. Requirements for acidity pH 5-6.5. The occurrence of groundwater should not be less than 60 cm to the ground surface.

The site is well weeded and checked for the presence of larvae. colorado potato beetle and wireworm. If their presence is detected, it is recommended to pre-spill the soil with an insecticide solution (Bazudin, Confidor, Marshal are suitable). You can add ammonium nitrate instead. The recommendation applies especially to sites located in close proximity to forested areas.

A place for garden strawberries should be open to the sun, this is an important condition, but at the same time it should be well protected from winds and drafts. The ideal location is the southwest side of the house with a slight slope of 2-3 degrees.

Another important factor is predecessors. The best of them are garlic, onions, legumes, some types of greens (parsley, dill, celery), radishes, carrots, green manure. It is undesirable to plant berry bushes after cabbage, pepper, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, as well as after Asteraceae and Ranunculaceae. It is recommended to grow Victoria in the same place no longer than 4 years.

It is absolutely pointless to move old bushes from place to place.

Soil preparation

Approximately 2 weeks before the proposed planting, the soil is dug up to the depth of a shovel with the introduction of humus or well-rotted manure. The norm is 10-20 kg per meter square. Also, for every 1m2, it is recommended to add potassium chloride and superphosphate to the soil (15g and 30g, respectively). With a high acidity index, 4-6 kg of lime fluff is added. Immediately before planting, the soil is loosened again to a depth of about 15 cm.

Planting agrotechnics

You should choose a cloudy day or a quiet windless evening. Furrows are made for each row, which are well moistened. It is convenient to make them with a hoe and a stretched cord. Victoria's planting pattern is as follows: 15-20cm between seedlings with 60-80cm between rows. This density provides better wintering, good fruiting and ease of processing and harvesting. In the rows, the bushes will quickly close, and the passages will remain free. It is necessary to ensure that the center of the outlet is not sprinkled with earth. The soil around the seedlings is well compressed for reliable rooting and mulched with humus or peat.

How to get your own seedlings

After the end of fruiting, strong and healthy rosettes with antennae of the second year of life are selected from those that this time did not give a very plentiful harvest. Plastic cups with a substrate are buried in the ground, into which the first two antennae are dug. Those that will grow further must be removed. By August or September, when the time for planting comes, the seedlings will already be ready, with strong roots.

You should not choose berry bushes that have given a bountiful harvest this year, as they are less promising in terms of seedlings. One growing season can provide one thing: either a good harvest or full-fledged seedlings.

Landing Victoria on agrofiber

The use of black covering material not only helps to significantly reduce the effort required to care for Victoria, but also helps to increase the yield of berries by about a third. This is a big topic with its own nuances, so we will only note the essence and the most important points of this agricultural technique. Increased yields are promoted by increased protection against weeds and negative natural phenomena. Agrofibre replaces mulching, it is UV-resistant, which inhibits photosynthesis and weed growth, but at the same time it has good air and water permeability.

If you plan to use covering material, you need to correctly calculate the width of the beds so that the joints do not fall in their middle. The calculation depends on the width of the agrofibre, taking into account an overlap of 20-30 cm. Next, you should adhere to the following agricultural technology.

1. A deep and thorough digging of the soil is being carried out - the next time it will be possible to do this only in a few years.
2. organic fertilizers and mineral supplements paid in advance, 2-4 weeks in advance. Reducing this period is not recommended.
3. A wire is prepared, which is divided into pieces no shorter than 50 cm, which then need to be bent in half to make studs for fastening.
4. The agrofibre is spread over a selected area with an overlap, fixed with wire pins along the joint lines. Edges and corners require more reliable fixation, for which paving slabs, boards, metal rods, etc. are used.
5. Paths are marked, and optionally decorated with tiles or boards, along which you can later walk. They are made in such a way that you can reach each bush with your hands.
6. Chalk marks are placed on the fiber in the places of future seedlings, after which a cross-shaped cut is made in these places (not a round hole!).
7. In the resulting slots, holes are made into which seedlings are planted. A big mistake is to cover the plot with agrofibre after planting seedlings.
8. Each bush is sprinkled at the base with earth.

Important! Victoria does not like deep landings.

Care for Victoria planted in the fall

Further care is carried out with the main and only goal - to ensure the growth of a powerful root system that will help to survive the winter and ensure the harvest next summer. Further recommendations are given for open method planting (not under covering material).

Watering

The first week, newly planted bushes require frequent watering, literally every other day, a maximum of two. As soon as the appearance of the aerial part indicates that the roots have grown stronger, watering should be halved, but make sure that the earth remains constantly moist and loose. The water should not be cold.

Watering is carried out under the root, it is undesirable for water to fall on the leaves.

top dressing

Young seedlings do not need feeding, and will not need it for another 2 or even 3 years. Fertilizers applied during digging for this period will be quite enough.

Treatment for diseases and pests

Many pathogens and harmful insects settle down for wintering in the upper layers. garden soil. To reduce the risk of infection, it is recommended to treat the newly planted bed. This is not done immediately, but when the seedlings are well rooted. The soil is loosened to a depth of 7-8 cm and treated with a solution of Karbofos heated to + 30C (3 sl. per bucket) or Bordeaux liquid. You can also use a solution of copper oxychloride (1 tablespoon per bucket).

Then everything is covered with a film on top for 3 hours. The procedure is done in exceptionally quiet, calm weather, the film is not strongly pressed to the ground.

pruning

There is no need to prune the leaves of a Victoria just planted in August or September. Moreover, the thicker the outlet grows by winter, the better. But, if she tries to release the mustache, they can and should be removed immediately, since they take away the strength from the plant that is needed to build up the root system.

Mulching

It is desirable to mulch the soil immediately, using peat, humus or sawdust for this. But in anticipation of winter, the process will need to be repeated.

Preparing for the winter

In general, Victoria planted in autumn winters well, especially if the soil layer under it is mulched. Measures need to be taken only in case of a frosty snowless winter, as well as in order to hold back the snow if there is not enough of it. To do this, straw or fallen leaves are poured onto the bed. You can also use spruce branches, sawdust, corn or sunflower stalks, etc. The thickness of the layer is about 5cm.

When using foliage or other garden plant debris, care should be taken not to introduce pests or disease agents with them.

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It is not for nothing that strawberries are considered the queen among the berries that grow in our climatic conditions. And this is due to its exquisite taste and unique aroma, which most of us like so much. The closest relative of strawberries, garden strawberries, or, as it is also called, Victoria, has special taste qualities. Unfortunately, the ripening season of this beautiful berry is rather short - by the end of the first summer month, it ceases to bear fruit. However, at the same time, it also requires considerable labor efforts on the part of the owner, and not only in spring and summer. Victoria needs care in the fall. And this, in turn, is a guarantee that next summer there will be a wonderful berry harvest on your plot of land. Therefore, we will talk about what to do with Victoria in the fall.

Generally autumn care behind Victoria involves, firstly, the obligatory pruning of bushes, and secondly, feeding it with fertilizers, and, thirdly, preparing the plant for winter.

How to care for Victoria in the fall: pruning bushes

One of the most basic milestones in caring for garden strawberries is pruning. As a rule, mustaches and leaves of bushes are circumcised. The need for this procedure is explained by providing the plant with rest after active growth and fruiting, which will lead to the rejuvenation of Victoria and gain strength by next summer. In addition, such processing of Victoria in the fall will help improve the condition of each bush. It is known that different kind pests settle on the leaves. By cutting them, you will naturally heal strawberries.

Regarding how to cut Victoria in the fall, this procedure is recommended to be performed immediately in the fall in September. Use a pruner, sharp knife or scissors for this. It is important to cut the leaves at a level of 10 cm from the ground so as not to damage the growing point of the victoria.

After circumcision, experienced gardeners are advised to treat the bushes with solutions from pests and diseases. It will also be very useful for the berry to carry out weeding of the rows, loosening them and pouring fresh earth for bare roots.

How to care for a Victoria berry in autumn: top dressing

But autumn top dressing is needed for the accumulation of organic, mineral substances and the formation of new fruit and leaf buds. Victoria fertilizer should be applied in autumn after trimming leaves and mustaches, that is, in September.

If we talk about how to feed Victoria in the fall, then humus, compost, chicken manure, and a barn are excellent for these purposes. Mineral fertilizers are also used (superphosphate, potassium salt). Excellent growth for the kidneys gives top dressing, for the preparation of which it is necessary to mix 2 tablespoons of potash fertilizers and nitrophoska with a glass of wood ash, dissolving the mixture in 10 liters of water. Such a talker must be poured under each bush. After fertilizing, it is recommended to mulch the soil.

Autumn care for Victoria: preparation for winter

In areas where winter is always snowy, Victoria's cold is not terrible. But the lack of snow for plant bushes can be detrimental. That is why strawberries should be covered for the winter.

Ordinary straw is especially suitable for mulching. She needs to carefully and completely cover each bush. But if you do not have straw at your disposal, you can use other materials. Fallen leaves, peat, tree branches or corn stalks are also suitable as a covering pillow - everything that is found in your garden. In addition, quite often purchased covering material - spunbond or lutrasil - is used to prepare Victoria strawberries for winter.

Thanks to such care in the fall for garden Victoria, the plant will accumulate strength and give you a tasty and rich harvest next year.

Previously, only strawberries were grown in Russia - a fragrant and tasty berry, but small and not very productive, so today this plant is almost never found in garden plots. It was replaced by large-fruited strawberries, brought by sailors to Europe from America. One of its varieties called "Victoria" began to spread with particular speed, and soon all strawberries began to be called Victoria. To get a rich harvest of tasty and healthy berries, you need to know the rules for planting and growing Victoria in open ground.

Victoria landing time

The best time to plant strawberries is spring or autumn. In the spring, plants are planted as early as possible - immediately after it is established. warm weather and the risk of frost will disappear. In autumn, Victoria should be planted from the second half of August until September 15, and then in the next planting season they will be pleased with the first berry.

Seedlings with a closed root system, purchased in cassettes or containers, can be planted as early as mid-July. The main thing is to choose a cloudy day for planting and moisten the soil well. Seedlings planted in summer will have time to take root well before winter and will give a full harvest next spring.

Some gardeners grow planting material with their own hands, although this is a long and laborious process. Indeed, to obtain a full-fledged independent plant, it will take at least three years. Therefore, experts advise buying seedlings in well-known nurseries, and preferably in cassettes or containers. It is the most reliable and fast way crop cultivation.

Site selection

The site designated for Victoria should be sunny and have a flat surface with a slight slope to the southwest. It is not worth choosing steep slopes for planting this crop, from which the wind blows snow in winter, and spring waters carry away part of the fertile layer. Lowlands and depressions, where melt water is kept for a long time, are unsuitable for strawberry cultivation.

The soil on the site should contain a lot of organic matter. Light loams, black soil or gray forest soil are best suited for growing this berry in open ground. Groundwater should lie no closer than 1 m to the surface of the earth.

Victoria grows well after herbs, cereals, onions, garlic, petunias, marigolds. You should not plant a berry on the beds where tomatoes, eggplants, and cucumbers previously grew. After 3-4 years, the plants are transferred to a new place.

spring planting

For the spring planting of Victoria, the soil must be prepared in advance, even before the onset of winter. The site must be carefully dug up, weeds removed and the following fertilizers applied to each square meter of area:

• humus - 9-10 kg;
• superphosphate - 100 g;
• potassium salt - 50g.

Seedlings for planting in the spring should be selected strong and healthy. Before planting in the ground, it should be hardened for several days by placing it in a cool place.

Between plants located in the same row, 25-30 cm are left. To ensure ease of care, the beds are separated by passages 40-50 cm wide.

Before planting, the roots of the plant are cut to 10 cm and holes are dug to such a depth that the root system fits vertically. Particular attention when planting Victoria should be paid to the location of the neck of the bush.

The neck of the bush should be flush with the soil surface. With a high planting, the roots can dry out, and with a very strong penetration, the plant can rot.

The planted plant is watered abundantly and covered with a special material to protect it from frost or sunburn.

Planting in autumn

Autumn planting of seedlings of strawberries is considered optimal, since in the spring of next year a full-fledged harvest can be harvested from young bushes. Plants planted in early spring will also begin to bear fruit the following season, but they will have to be cared for all summer.

Before autumn planting, the site should be processed and prepared in early spring, making the necessary fertilizers. If every piece of land is valuable in the garden, these beds can be temporarily occupied by onions, garlic or celery, that is, early ripening vegetables.

Before planting seedlings in open ground, the roots should be treated with a fungicide (fungicide) and the young plants should be kept in a cool place for several days.

Victoria cultivation

In the first year after planting Victoria in the ground, do not strive to get a big harvest. On the contrary, in order for the plant to strengthen and grow the root system, it is necessary to remove the tendrils and flowers that appear.

Caring for adult plants involves a number of activities.

1. Processing a plot with strawberries. In early spring, as soon as the growing season begins, it is necessary to collect old mulching material from the beds and aisles, remove dry and damaged leaves, and loosen the soil between the plants.
2. Watering. Large juicy fruits cannot be obtained without proper, balanced watering. Moisture should be enough for the normal growth of the plant, and at the same time, strong waterlogging of the soil can provoke rotting of the root system. Victoria is watered 1 time in 10 days at the rate of 10-12 liters per 1 sq. m from mid-April. In the summer, with the onset of heat, the frequency of watering can be increased up to 4 times a week. In autumn, in August and September, the number of waterings is reduced to 2 times a week. It is better to carry out watering work in the morning, trying not to get water on the leaves and flower stalks. During flowering, drip irrigation is used.
3. Loosening. After the next watering, the earth around the plants and between the rows must be carefully loosened, trying not to damage the adventitious roots lying near the surface of the earth. This is necessary in order to make the soil breathable and facilitate the flow of oxygen into the root system.
4. Weeding. Planting care involves the regular removal of weeds from the beds and passages. Weeds not only deplete the soil, taking most of the moisture and useful substances, but is also a breeding ground for pathogenic bacteria and a refuge for pests. To stop the appearance of weeds, you can cover the area with plantings with mulching material: sawdust, wood chips, dry needles - or cover it with agrofiber.

These are the main activities that should be regularly carried out by every gardener involved in growing Victoria in open areas.

Care during flowering

The appearance of the first flower stalks falls in mid-May. It is during this period that the future harvest is laid, the quality and quantity of which depends on the correct care. To feed the plant during this period, potash fertilizers, humus and ash are introduced into the soil. You can increase the number of inflorescences with a solution of boric acid, prepared at the rate of 1 tsp. on a bucket of water, which is sprayed with green bushes.

It is especially important to weed and loosen the site, preventing the emergence and growth of weeds. To get a large berry, you need to use a pruner to remove all the extra tendrils and leaves that absorb moisture and nutrients from the soil.

Feeding Victoria

Care for Victoria is impossible to imagine without feeding this plant. Fertilizers should be applied at least three times per season.

• In early spring, after processing the area allotted for the berry, nitroammophoska is introduced into the soil. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which are part of this fertilizer, are the most necessary substances for plant development.
• During budding, potassium is added to the soil, a large amount of which is found in ash, infusion of chicken manure, and potassium nitrate. After picking the berries, the plants are again fed with nitroammophos, dissolving 2 tbsp. l. in 10 liters of water.
• And the last time Victoria is fed in August with urea. This contributes to the formation of new flower buds and more abundant fruiting next year. The solution is prepared at the rate of 30 g of urea per 10 liters of water.

Available for sale complex fertilizer, developed specifically for strawberries and increasing yields by 30%.

Growing victoria is incredibly beneficial and interesting activity, although it requires certain skills and knowledge. Having studied the advice of experts and providing proper care for the plants, it will not be difficult to get a decent harvest of this delicious berry.

The best time to plant a new strawberry bed is the end of May, since young seedlings will have time to get stronger over the summer and turn into strong bushes. For those who expect to get the first harvest in May, planting Victoria in the fall is recommended.

Strawberries propagate by rooting mustaches that form on bushes in mid-summer. Young curly shoots with leaf rosettes at the ends are slightly grounded and take root near the mother bush, and in August-September they are separated and transplanted to a prepared garden bed. Planting Victoria in the fall is optimal due to suitable weather conditions, since in the first half of September it is no longer hot, quite humid and far from frost. In addition, a rainy day does not at all prevent the laying of a new bed, but contributes to better rooting of strawberries.

Proper planting of Victoria is carried out in well-prepared soil. For a new garden bed, it is better to choose a place that is freed from onions, garlic, dill, spinach, lettuce and other greens in the middle of summer. Peas or beans are considered good predecessors, and at the same time green manure. You can grow other green manure for strawberries, it is advisable to choose those that grow quickly and form a sufficient vegetative mass - phacelia, oil radish, mustard, rapeseed and others. By the time the mustache is rooted, the grown green manure will already become an excellent organic fertilizer.

Instead of green manure, you can fertilize the bed for strawberries with potash-phosphorus fertilizers, make compost. Before planting, it is recommended to dip the roots of seedlings in a solution of mullein diluted in a ratio of 1: 3. An approximate Victoria planting pattern is 30x60 cm, where 30 is the distance between the holes, and 60 is between the rows. 2-3 rooted shoots can be planted in each hole to eliminate empty seats in case of failure.

The rest of the planting of Victoria in the fall is carried out similarly to spring. It is important to choose the right depth of the hole so that the root system is completely hidden underground, and the growth bud is on the soil surface. A young bed needs to be properly watered, loosen the soil between the rows. Be sure to mulch with sawdust or straw to protect from the cold and the first frost.

Planting Victoria in the fall can be done on agrofibre. To do this, the soil with ready-made holes is covered with a special cloth that allows moisture and air to pass through, but prevents moisture from evaporating. The agrotextile fabric is fixed by driving in pegs, cuts are made at the locations of the holes, where the plants are carefully placed along with the ground on the roots. We water the young garden.

Agrofibre protects strawberries from some pests, prevents the appearance of weeds, and most importantly, it will reliably protect Victoria in winter, acting as a reliable insulation. Berries of strawberries grown with the help of agrotextiles are always clean and appetizing looking, they are easy and convenient to pick - it is enough to mulch the aisle of the beds with sawdust.

In the spring, you need to take care of the young bed: remove last year's withered leaves, loosen the ground, mulch with sawdust to protect it from possible frosts.

Collecting a lot of large berries, peeping through a carpet of juicy green foliage and exuding a wonderful aroma, is the dream of any summer resident. Its execution is within the power of every owner personal plot, one has only to take into account the features that the planting of Victoria has, and competently care for the plants. They will certainly thank a caring owner with a generous harvest. Under the proud name of "Victoria" lies the familiar strawberry. Initially, only one of its varieties was called that - the one that sailors brought to Russia from America. Over time, there were more varieties of strawberries, among them remontant ones appeared, capable of bearing fruit from 3 to 5 months a year. But in some areas, the name has taken root so much that it has become a household name.

Requirements for the site and soil quality

For growing Victoria in the garden, you should choose an open place that falls the most. sun rays. Strawberries develop well on flat or inclined at a slight angle to the west areas. A prerequisite for plant health is reliable protection of plantings from the wind. In spring and summer, it is not terrible for Victoria, but in winter it can blow off the snow that protects it from freezing.

You can count on a rich harvest if the crop is grown on light, soft, porous soils with a significant admixture of sand. Victoria is moisture-loving, but she reacts badly to stagnant water, so she needs well-drained soil. Raw swampy lowlands are categorically not suitable for breeding strawberries. It is not recommended to plant it in areas prone to flooding and in places where water from melted snow stands for a long time in spring.

Remontant Victoria is demanding on soil fertility, it should contain a lot of humus. The ideal option for her is black soil or dark gray forest soil. But even in other conditions, strawberries can successfully develop if their bushes are properly cared for. Heavy clay soil that retains moisture will need to be diluted with manure or humus and sand. Carry out the procedure in the fall. Soil with an acidic reaction must be limed.

You should not plant Victoria in areas where any plants from the Asteraceae family (sunflower, earthen pear, lettuce, asters, chrysanthemums) were placed last season. It is undesirable, but it is possible to breed it after all nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplants), as well as cucumbers. But the areas freed up after harvesting cereals, legumes (beans, peas), cabbage crops (radish, radish, mustard), garlic and parsley are very good for Victoria. Before planting, they must be dug up, enriching the earth with fertilizers. On 1 m² of surface it will be correct to apply:

• 2 buckets of humus;
• 2 liters of wood ash.

Strawberry seedlings and nutritional composition of the following components will provide the necessary organic and mineral substances:

• ammonium nitrate (20 g);
• superphosphate (25 g);
• potassium salt (20 g);
• humus (6 kg).

Preparation for disembarkation

With regard to planting dates, Victoria provides summer residents wide opportunities. It is propagated from spring to autumn. Professionals advise planting strawberries in late April or May, when warm weather has already set in. If you provide young bushes with proper care, in the spring they will quickly take root in a new place, they will get sick less and in June they will bring the first berries.

For planting, the strongest rosettes with a powerful root system are selected.

It will be easier to care for Victoria if you prepare the site for her in advance. In the fall, they dig it up, choosing weeds, and fertilizing. Remontant strawberries can please with berries from May to October, but for stable fruiting it will need a lot of nutrients. Therefore, in the spring, the soil is re-enriched with rotted manure (10 liters of substance per 1 m²). Do this 17-20 days before planting.

It is correct to carry out autumn reproduction of Victoria from the second half of August to the first decade of September, when the probability of frost is minimal. While it is warm, the plants will have time to take root and steadfastly withstand the cold. Care for strawberries at this time will not be burdensome, it is enough just to plant sockets in the ground prepared in advance - from June. If a remontant variety of culture is chosen for breeding, its features must be taken into account. Constant fruiting greatly weakens the plants, so young bushes of such a Victoria often die in the first year of life. You will have to take better care of them.

Landing Rules

Most often, strawberries are bred with a mustache, which its bushes release by mid-summer. Young shoots of Victoria appear from the nodes located on them. Experienced summer residents it is advised to plant sockets that are closer to the mother bush - the first 2-3. Shoots obtained from 2-year-old plants have the highest survival rate.

When 4-6 leaves appear on the rosettes, they are separated from the mustache, carefully removing the roots along with the earthy clod, and placed in a hole previously spilled with water. The depth of the hole is usually 10-15 cm. It may vary depending on the degree of development of the underground part of the plant. For adult bushes with powerful and long roots, it is better to make deeper holes. In order for the remontant strawberry to take root more easily in a new place, before placing it on the garden bed, its roots must be dipped in clay talker. It is prepared by mixing two components with water to a creamy state:

• 1 bucket of clay;
• ½ bucket of mullein.

It will be easier to take care of plantings if you place strawberry bushes in rows. Many summer residents prefer to pour peculiar ridges for them up to 10 cm in height. The distance between adjacent plants should be 30-40 cm, and the interval between rows should be 60-70 cm. Soil is poured into the hole, a Victoria bush is lowered on it and its roots are carefully spread in different directions. The hole is then filled with soil. It is correct that the root neck of the bush rises slightly above the ground or is flush with it. The soil is slightly compacted and the hole is watered abundantly.

When planting, you can add special preparations to the hole to promote rapid rooting.

Garden remontant strawberries respond well to soil mulching. A layer of dry grass, foliage, algae, hay, small straw, needles will help maintain the level of soil moisture required by the culture. After planting, they are recommended to cover the space under the plants and between the rows. Carried out in the spring, care in the form of mulching will have a positive effect on the yield of Victoria: strawberries will bring more berries, and they will ripen faster.

Features of agricultural technology

Growing Victoria will not require special skills, but you will have to pay attention to planting. Their care includes standard procedures:

• watering;
• weeding;
• mulching;
• top dressing;
• loosening.

Both remontant and ordinary strawberries are sensitive to drying out of the soil, reacting to it with a decrease in yield, therefore they moisten it often. You can significantly increase the time interval between waterings if you regularly loosen the soil, mulch the beds, and take snow retention measures in early spring. Care in the form of moisturizing Victoria is required from 4 to 10 times per season, depending on weather conditions. The end of summer and the beginning of autumn is an important period in the life of plants: flower buds are laid in them. If you do not water the plantings at this time, it is better not to pin hopes for a good harvest next year.

During the Victoria season, at least three top dressings with complex mineral fertilizer are required. Suitable for her and organic compounds. Experienced gardeners recommend using mullein diluted in a ratio of 1:10 for it. It is better to pour it on moist soil. Two top dressings are carried out in the spring: after harvesting the withered leaves and when the first flower stalks appear. At this time, plantings require intensive care, the quality and quantity of the crop depends on the correctness of which. To enhance flowering and increase the number of ovaries, strawberries are sprayed aqueous solution boric acid. Do this while there are no buds on the bushes yet. When the flower stalks come forward and the berries begin to set, they are treated with zinc sulfate.

To get larger berries, Victoria's whiskers are cut off during the ripening period of the crop.

After the plantings fade, they do not stop caring for them. The distance between plants and under them is mulched with straw, sawdust or dry moss. This measure will not allow gray rot to damage the crop. Having collected the last berries from the bushes, they begin the third feeding. After it, the soil is well loosened. If the roots of plants peep out of the soil, it is necessary to spud the plantings. In anticipation of autumn frosts, another mulching is carried out using peat, humus or grain waste. They are laid in a thick layer, not less than 5-8 cm. To protect the strawberries from freezing, they throw dry leaves, straw on the beds or cover them with spruce branches.

It is impossible to resist the tasty and healthy Victoria berries, which is why its cultivation has become a tradition for most summer residents. They are good not only fresh, there are a lot of recipes for winter preparations from garden strawberries. Here and compotes, and jams, and jam, and preserves, and jelly, and marmalade. Victoria fruits can be dried, frozen, closed in their own juice, syrups, liqueurs, wine can be made from them. They are combined with other fruits and berries - red currants, gooseberries, apricots, peaches, raspberries.

Strawberries cannot be called a capricious culture, although you will have to spend time and effort on caring for it. But they will definitely pay off. Subject to simple recommendations, it will be possible to harvest from the bushes already in the first or second year of their life - depending on the variety chosen.

Garden strawberries, often called Victoria, have gained wide popularity and distribution in the gardens of various regions of the country. This is due to the ease of its reproduction, the precocity of the culture, the convenience of protection from the harsh weather conditions of winter, the high dietary and taste qualities of the berries. Many gardeners receive high yields of Victoria every year, having mastered its agricultural technology well.

Soil and landing site for victoria

It is necessary to plant a plant on a piece of land with a slight slope to the west. The place must be protected from the winds. Indeed, in winter, Victoria is covered with snow from frost, which means that in no case should it be blown away by the wind. A bare berry can freeze and die. It is desirable to choose sandy soil rich in humus.

Others are added to it fertilizer. It is better to apply fertilizers in the fall, spreading them evenly and digging them with a shovel. In the spring, shallow loosening is necessary in order to level the surfaces and close the moisture. For one square meter of soil where strawberries will be planted, you will need:

• twenty grams of potassium chloride;
• twenty grams of ammonium nitrate;
• twenty-five grams of superphosphate;
• six kilograms of humus.

It is best to alternate landing Victoria with vegetable crops. The best predecessors for this berry are: green spaces (dill, parsley, lettuce), legumes, garlic, onions, root crops. And it is not advisable to plant it after potatoes, as the plant can get sick with a nematode.

Reproduction and planting

By the middle of summer, antennae grow in adult Victoria plants, on which nodules are located, giving roots and leaves in the future. With the help of such antennae, Victoria breeds. Three sockets located at the mother plant are considered to be of higher quality. When four to six leaves appear on such a rosette, it should be separated from the mother plant for planting in a permanent prepared place. In order for the plant to take root quickly and well, it is necessary to dig sockets with a clod of earth.

Many gardeners plant strawberries in beds eighty to one hundred centimeters wide and up to fifteen centimeters high. The edges of such beds can be edged with boards, and the aisles can be covered with sawdust.

Victoria is planted during the entire vegetative period from the beginning of spring to the middle of the last month of summer. Landing dates are determined by the readiness of the sockets.

For the spring period, sockets are grown on seedling beds or added dropwise near the mother bush. In this case, Victoria will bear fruit already this year, albeit slightly.

Very common tape two-row landing pattern. In this case, the distance between the rows in the tape is about forty centimeters, between the tapes themselves up to eighty centimeters, and between the plants from twenty to thirty centimeters. In this case, up to ten plants are placed on one square meter.

Planting density depends on the Victoria variety and growing conditions.

Before planting seedlings, you should dig grooves or holes up to ten centimeters deep and water them well. Then plant seedlings in them and water them well again.

It is best to plant in cloudy weather or in the evening. This improves survival.

In order to properly care for young seedlings of Victoria, you should not forget it on time. water. During the first two weeks, watering should be especially regular. If the weather is dry, then watering should be daily, and only then once every two or three days.

How to care for mature victoria bushes

Spring chores

1. After the snow melts and the upper layers of the soil of the beds with Victoria dry up, all debris and dried leaves should be removed from them. Old mustaches and petioles of leaves are best trimmed with secateurs. Victoria bushes that have not endured winter frosts should be removed along with the roots. Weeds that have managed to grow in late autumn are also removed. All these plant residues are composted with manure or burned off site.
2. After the soil dries up in the beds and between the rows, it is loosened to a depth of about four centimeters, then the surface is leveled, crushing lumps and dusted with ash.
3. Now you can apply fertilizer. First of all, when caring for Victoria in the spring, organic fertilizers are applied, for example, sawdust or straw. To do this, they are first crushed and sprinkled a little around the bushes. You can also add peat chips or humus.
4. Preferably in mid-April, and if it doesn’t work out, then in May, treat Victoria from pests. It will be enough to water the plants with a weak solution blue vitriol. After such watering, the first buds will begin to bloom on the plant.
5. Although Victoria is a moisture-loving plant, excessive moisture affects it negatively. When caring for a plant, it is advisable to combine its watering with pest protection and fertilizers. Some gardeners do the first spring watering hot water.
6. After cleaning, watering and sprinkling organic fertilizers quizzes are required nitrogen fertilizers. They are applied only after the first leaves appear on the plant. To do this, combine cowshed and ammonium sulfate, dilute with water and water Victoria.
7. In the morning, once a week in spring, plants should be watered. warm water . Before flowering, watering can be done by sprinkling. When Victoria blooms and when there are already berries on it, watering is done carefully so that water does not get on them.
8. Already in the spring will have to deal with weeds. If the aisles are mulched with sawdust, then there will be no weeds, and water with fertilizers will pass directly to the tubers.

How to care for Victoria in the summer

1. Weekly watering of plants.
2. Weeding beds with Victoria from weeds.
3. Mandatory inspection of plants for diseases and pests.
4. When the first berries begin to tie, be sure to add straw or sawdust. Then the fruits will not get dirty and rot.
5. Mandatory removal of damage to parts of the Victoria or the damaged bush itself so that other plants do not become infected from it.
6. Before flowering, top dressing with a solution of nitrophoska or potassium sulfate.
7. Berries must be collected regularly, along with the stalk.
8. After harvesting Victoria, until the tenth of August, the bushes should be fed with wood ash and nitrophoska.
9. Cover the beds with foil during heavy rains so that diseases do not develop and the berries do not become watery.
10. The antennae should be removed from the fruiting Victoria in a timely manner in order to prevent the rooting of rosettes. The tendrils are left only if seedlings are needed to resume planting. Leave them near the uterine outlets.
11. After harvesting, the soil is loosened, and if the roots are bare, then the bush is spudded.

Autumn work or preparing Victoria for winter

1. The soil must be after flowering mulch. Do it wood chips, straw or dry moss. This allows you to protect the berries from gray rot. The same procedure is repeated by mid-autumn, but already using peat or grain production waste. The thickness of the layer should be from five to eight centimeters. Leaves should not be covered.
2. To prepare Victoria for winter, not only mustaches are cut from the bushes, but also leaves at a distance of ten centimeters from the ground. This should not be frightening, since new leaves will appear before winter, and the plant will get stronger.
3. Cropped bushes should be sprayed against diseases and pests.
4. Feed the plants with mineral fertilizers. This is necessary in order for Victoria to accumulate them for the formation of new leaves and berry buds.
5. In areas where winters are not very snowy, Victoria takes shelter. You can use ordinary straw, tree branches, fallen leaves. Often, some special covering material is used for this purpose. You can also cover with a film, but be sure to remember to remove it in the spring no later than the beginning of May.

Protection from pests and diseases

An important role in the care of Victoria is its protection from diseases and pests. Of the pests of Victoria, the most common are strawberry mites and nematodes. And from diseases: gray rot berries, powdery mildew and white spotting of berries. But how to care for Victoria to prevent this? To prevent such diseases and pests, you should:

• plant seedlings only healthy;
• use varieties that are resistant to diseases and pests;
• prevent bushes from thickening;
• during the ripening of berries, limit watering;
• remove berries and leaves that are damaged;
• soak seedlings from healthy mother plants for fifteen minutes in hot (forty-six degrees) water to destroy the nematode and strawberry mite;
• in the aisles of Victoria bushes, to combat the nematode, it is recommended to plant calendula, onions, marigolds, garlic, immortelle.

Any gardener will sooner or later want to plant strawberries on his plot. But how to care for Victoria to get a good harvest?

This question worries many gardeners who first planted this berry crop on their site. Is it difficult to care for this plant? At first glance, it might seem so. However, if we consider some basic recommendations for caring for Victoria, it turns out that this task is not so difficult. Of course, it can be difficult at first, but with a little practice, you will become a guru in growing strawberries. And in this article you will receive comprehensive answers to important questions on the agricultural technology of this berry crop.

How to plant Victoria

So, consider the first question - how to plant Victoria? The answer to it is important, since it is the planting of strawberries that affects the quality of the future harvest.

To understand how to plant strawberries, you must first briefly consider the structure of its bushes. Take a look at the photo attached below. As you can see, there is a main, uterine bush. It is thanks to him that the reproduction of berry culture is possible. A mustache extends from the main strawberry bush. Rosettes appear on these processes - future fruit-bearing bushes. Over time, this outlet will also turn into a mother bush.

Important! For reproduction, choose those shoots on which there are no more than three outlets. This will ensure the stable growth of each bush, which will also affect the quality of the fruit.

As soon as the outlet begins to form, immediately gently stick its roots into the soil. So you provide the plant with a constant supply of important vital elements. After a while, when the bushes form, they can be transplanted. It is worth noting that each mother bush can produce up to 15 good rosettes. This means that you do not have to constantly buy seedlings, and you will always have your own.

Memo. Victoria should be planted in the middle of summer (in July). Many gardeners advise choosing the evening time of the day for this: in this case, the plant will undergo night acclimatization.

What bushes can be planted in the ground? Will all sockets fit? No, you need to plant only those seedlings that have a formed root system, there are several leaves and a heart is developed. Therefore, if you are buying outlets, then pay attention to all these factors so that you do not get upset later because your plant has not been taken. In the same case, when you have your own uterine bush, then, before carefully tearing off the outlet from the mustache, make sure that it matches this description. Before planting the plant, carefully straighten its roots.

Of no small importance is the place chosen for landing Victoria. Berry culture develops well on sandy, slightly acidic and loamy soil. Remember to saturate the soil with humus and important nutrients. You can not plant a plant in clay soil (it will die) and sandy soil is not recommended (the crop will be small).

Reminder! Do not plant strawberries in beds that are adjacent to peppers, tomatoes and potatoes. Also, do not plant seedlings near trees: their root system will interfere with the development of Victoria. But the neighborhood with corn and sunflowers will be very useful - they will protect the berry crop from the winds.

The plant does not like high humidity, low temperatures and cold winds. Such weather conditions adversely affect the productivity of the variety: the harvest will be small, and the fruits themselves become small and diseased. But warm and sunny places will contribute to the fact that Victoria will bear fruit abundantly with large and beautiful berries.

How to water Victoria

Strawberries are considered to be moisture-loving plants. Therefore, are there any special recommendations on how to water the Victoria? It turned out that yes.

In the first month after planting, the plant must be watered into the holes. After 30 days, the bushes are irrigated by filling the beds with water. It turns out that it is from this period that Victoria begins to receive abundant moisture. Many gardeners in this case do not reinvent the wheel, but simply bring the end of the hose to the bed and fill it to the top. Yes, do not be greedy for water. For such generosity, Victoria will give you its large, tasty fruits. Here's what to do with this bountiful harvest.

How often to water Victoria

It is clear that strawberries need abundant watering. But still, how often to water Victoria so as not to harm the plant?

From spring, strawberries begin to grow intensively. If she is not given the necessary moisture during this period, then then one should not be surprised that the berries ripened small and dry. Watering continues until almost mid-autumn. In the spring and autumn season, strawberry bushes should be irrigated once a week. This should be done in the morning and preferably with warm water. In the summer season, Victoria should be watered at least twice a week, and if the days are hot, then it can be done every other day. In this case, we must not forget to fertilize the plants with liquid subcortex.

The spring season is the busiest. It is at this time that strawberries need special care. Therefore, how to care for Victoria in the spring?

You have just finished eating frozen strawberries, as spring comes to the yard, and with it it's time for you to go out to your site. Where to begin? To get started, carefully inspect your beds. Remove all frozen plants without regret: there is nothing for them to take up space in the beds. Dead leaves must be removed from living bushes.

After carefully studying the bushes and removing the dead, proceed to the next step: remove upper layer the land with which you mulched Victoria last fall. What is it for? Firstly, various pests live in this layer, which have taken refuge here from the cold, and secondly, the root system will begin to receive additional heat from the sun's rays.

When you have completed all these procedures, it is advisable to feed the strawberries with nitrogen fertilizer. As soon as your bushes will please with new leaves, then immediately “feed” your plants with a solution of mullein with the addition of ammonium sulfate to it. And when May comes, Victoria should receive a portion of complex mineral fertilizer.

So, all the main work is done. The gardener is waiting for his fruits. But how to grow a large Victoria, because every gardener wants to get a special trophy?

In fact, a lot depends on the gardener himself, or rather on whether he will help Victoria in her fruiting. What is this about? Again about fertilizer. And it doesn’t matter what you are doing - trying to grow cherries from the stone or want to get a large Victoria fruit - the right and timely fertilizer in these matters will play a key role.

Make it a rule to fertilize plants not only in spring (as mentioned above), but also before flowering and ripening. In the first case, it is advisable to feed strawberries with bird droppings. The solution is prepared as follows: one bucket of manure is poured with three buckets of water. The liquid should stand for three to five days. The resulting solution is diluted 1 to 20 and the grooves between the beds are watered. And before ripening, Victoria should be fertilized twice: boric acid and zinc sulfate. Thanks to all these actions, you can expect a plentiful and large-fruited harvest.

In addition to the information in the article, you can listen to the advice of one of the gardeners on how to best care for strawberries:

How to grow Victoria in the garden

Garden strawberries are a plant that is called strawberries, and sometimes Victoria, because this variety is most revered among the rest due to its excellent taste and quality.

If you do not know how to grow Victoria, choose a strawberry variety based on the climate of your region. Victoria propagates by rooted bushes, which are formed on the stems of the shoots.

In this article, you will learn how to grow victoria in the garden, as well as how to plant victoria in the spring.

The time to grow Victoria must be chosen taking into account the climate of the area where you will plant it. If your region has a frosty winter with little snow, then it is better to plant Victoria in the spring. Then over the summer the plants will be able to get stronger. If your area has a milder climate, then you can postpone planting Victoria until autumn. If you want to get a crop in the first year, then you can plant young plants in the ground as early as July or August.

How to plant a Victoria?

In order for the plant to develop quickly and give a good quality crop, you need to grow Victoria in a well-consecrated area in a place where the soil is light and not marshy. Potatoes, peppers or tomatoes should grow on this soil for several years. If you want to plant Victoria in the spring, then the soil must be prepared in the fall. And when planting strawberries in summer or autumn, it is enough to prepare the soil one to two weeks before planting.

You need to dig up a piece of land, removing the roots of perennial weeds, grubs and wireworms. Otherwise, they will damage the roots. garden strawberry and it is better to get rid of this problem in advance. Next, you need to improve the structure of the soil, add a few kilograms of fertilizer and add sand to the soil.

Victoria should be planted in the spring in wet cloudy weather. The prepared bed should be watered a couple of days before planting quite abundantly.

How to grow Victoria in the garden?

When planting Victoria in the spring, you must separate the rooted rosettes from the shoots. In this case, it is important to dip the open roots of the rosettes in a mixture of heteroauxin, water and clay. Strawberries should be planted in rows, at a distance of about 60 cm from each other. Between the bushes, you also need to leave a gap of up to 30 cm. Before planting Victoria, you need to straighten the roots of the plant and sprinkle them with earth so that the growth point is not below the soil level.

After these steps, be sure to water the bed and sprinkle the soil with a layer of sawdust. If you have a mulch nonwoven fabric, it can be straightened in the garden before planting, and then fix the edges. Where the Victoria is located under the mulching material, you need to cut holes.

If you want to get a rich harvest of garden strawberries or Victoria several times a season, then you need to grow Victoria remontant varieties. In this species, the fruits are formed in just two to three weeks. At the same time, the first harvest can be obtained already on last year's inflorescences, and the second, the most abundant, in August-September.

Victoria belongs to rather heat-loving plants. A sharp drop in temperature in autumn can cause freezing of the entire above-ground part of the plant, especially in the absence of snow cover. And severe freezing of the soil can even cause the death of the roots.

Soil for victoria

There is nothing complicated in how to plant Victoria correctly. To grow Victoria, you can choose almost any soil on your garden plot. However, the relationship between yield and soil type, of course, exists.

Planting seedlings of victoria

Before planting, seedlings must be kept in a cool place for five days.

The best soil for growing victoria is moist but not wet soil.

During planting, it is important to ensure that the seedling box is in the shade at all times.

If you did everything right, then the root system will be located vertically, and the root neck will be at ground level.

Too long roots should be shortened to 10 cm, and then Victoria should be watered.

So that a crust does not form on the top layer of soil, it should be mulched with dry earth or humus.

It is important to ensure that the aisles are not overgrown with weeds, so the area under the Victoria must be cleared of pathogenic bacteria and pests. AT given time the most popular is the protection of plants in the form of entomophagous insects.

Victoria Care

Caring for Victoria in the garden involves loosening the beds and weeding. This must be done in dry weather. And after harvesting, the leaves must be removed, cut off the Victoria. The process of pruning on productive bushes, which takes place for several years without removing strong shoots with young rosettes. These sockets can be used to update Victoria next year.

Weeding Victoria is an important step in its cultivation and care, as this is what guarantees the appearance of high-quality berries of good taste and large size. If your strawberry rows become overgrown with weeds and the soil is hard, your strawberries may degenerate and cease to bear fruit. So, be sure to take care of Victoria - water, weed the rows and destroy the weed, monitor the condition of the garden to avoid the appearance of larvae.

How to grow Victoria

Victoria - delicious victory with little secrets

Greetings, dear readers!

One of the first varieties of the well-known garden strawberries is the Victoria berry. Victoria fruits have an unusual aroma, look beautiful and appetizing on a dish. Victoria is a berry that has many valuable properties and contains nutrients. It contains vitamin C. The name Victoria is very suitable for this berry. To feel the victory - you need to see a well-groomed garden of beautiful berries. And for this you need to properly care for the plant.

Let's talk about how to grow victoria in the garden area.

Victoria breeds with a mustache. They usually appear in the middle of summer. For further cultivation, plants use sockets located next to the mother bush. Mustaches from biennial plants are best suited. You need to plant a rosette with four leaves on the ridge, separating it from the common plant.

Victoria bushes are planted in spring or autumn. But at the same time, the site for landing is prepared in advance. For spring planting, beds are prepared in the fall, and for autumn - in the month of June, not forgetting to fertilize the ground. It is desirable to plant Victoria on level ground with a slope to the west. AT winter time snow should accumulate on the site so that the Victoria bushes do not die. In this regard, the bed must be positioned so that it is not strongly blown by the wind.

In order to plant bushes, it is necessary to make holes in the prepared bed, into which the mustache, dug together with a clod of soil, is placed. This must be done immediately, without leaving the outlet for the following days.

Berry - Victoria is susceptible to infection with gray rot. to prevent this disease, the soil on the ridge is mulched with wood shavings or straws, 10 cm thick. At the same time, the leaves of the plant do not fall asleep. When the crop is harvested, the ground around the berry bushes must be loosened. When the roots are exposed, the berry is spudded, regular weeding of Victoria is the key to getting a good harvest.

Before flowering, in order to prevent the disease of gray rot, it is necessary to spray with a solution of iodine.

Special requirements apply to watering bushes. Moderate watering of the plant will allow you to save a large amount of vitamin products. Without additional moisture, Victoria will grow if you cover it with snow in winter, carry out high-quality weeding, and make timely and regular loosening of the soil.

For today it's all about how to grow victoria Location on.

Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy Victoria berries. Its taste is canceled, and the benefits are immeasurable. When using, it is necessary to carefully rinse the fruits under running water. You can use garden strawberries for fasting days due to their low calorie content. The use of a decoction of berries and leaves will help to lose extra pounds.

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Proper care for Victoria - a rich harvest

Right victoria care will allow you to get a rich harvest, starting with its planting and watering, and ending with the harvest. It is no secret that Victoria has many useful properties, not to mention its excellent taste. A rich harvest is the result of proper care for Victoria.

Garden strawberries, commonly called "Victoria" - a very tasty and fragrant berry. In fact, Victoria is only a variety of strawberries. Care for strawberries and Victoria have some features and differences.

victoria landing

Victoria should be planted on a flat, with a slight slope to the west, area.

It is necessary that the landing area be well protected from the wind, which in winter, blowing snow off the plants, can cause them to die from frost.

Victoria grows best on sandy loamy soils containing a large amount of humus.

Victoria reproduces with a mustache that grows by mid-summer. From the nodes on the mustache, new shoots grow - rosettes of leaves and roots. The first 2-3 rosettes from the main plant are considered the most suitable for propagation.

The most suitable are mustaches from two-year-old bushes. When 4-6 leaves are formed on the outlet, it should be cut off from the mustache and, together with a clod of earth, planted in a prepared hole in a permanent place.

Victoria is usually planted in spring or autumn, with preliminary soil preparation. If spring planting is expected, then the soil should be prepared in the fall, if autumn, then the site is prepared in June.

6 kg of humus and mineral fertilizers are added to the dug up earth per square meter: potassium salt and ammonium nitrate, 20 g each, plus 25 g of superphosphate. In order to make it convenient to take care of the plants, they are planted in rows like ridges, up to 10 cm high. Leave 20-30 cm between the bushes, with a row spacing of 60-70 cm.

Victoria care and watering

victoria care

Victoria is very whimsical to care and watering. With regular work to save moisture by loosening the soil, mulching, snow retention, weed removal, you can do without watering. But when it is watered up to 10 times per season, it is possible to obtain a more generous harvest.

After flowering is over, the ground in the garden is mulched with wood shavings, straw or dry moss. This protects the berries from the disease of raw rot.

In the middle of autumn, you need to make a second mulching with peat or grain waste. The thickness of the mulch should be 5-8 cm.

After harvesting, loosen the ground around the bushes. With exposed roots, the plant must be spudded. An important role for obtaining a good harvest of strawberries is played by its weeding.

Good and timely victoria care will delight you with the harvest of berries that are indispensable in the treatment of kidney and liver diseases, diabetes mellitus. Victoria berries favor blood formation, increase working capacity, strengthen immunity.

Read also about Victoria remontant varieties. as we often call it, or simply strawberries.

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How to plant a Victoria

How to grow Victoria in the garden | How to plant Victoria in the spring

Garden strawberries are a plant that is called strawberries, and sometimes Victoria, because this variety is most revered among the rest due to its excellent taste and quality. If you do not know how to grow Victoria, choose a strawberry variety based on the climate of your region. Victoria propagates by rooted bushes that form on the stems of shoots. From this article you will learn how to grow Victoria in the garden, as well as how to plant Victoria in the spring.

How to grow Victoria in the garden?

In order to grow Victoria you will need:

• rotted compost; heteroauxin; mulching material.

The time to grow Victoria must be chosen taking into account the climate of the area where you will plant it. If your region has a frosty winter with little snow, then it is better to plant Victoria in the spring. Then over the summer the plants will be able to get stronger.

If your area has a milder climate, then you can postpone planting Victoria until autumn. If you want to get a harvest in the first year, then you can plant young plants in the ground as early as July or August. and unaffected.

Potatoes, peppers or tomatoes should grow on this soil for several years. If you want to plant Victoria in the spring, then the soil must be prepared in the fall.

And when planting strawberries in the summer or autumn, it is enough to prepare the soil one to two weeks before planting. You need to dig up a piece of land, removing the roots of perennial weeds, grubs and wireworms. Otherwise, they will damage the roots of garden strawberries and it is better to get rid of this problem in advance.

Next, you need to improve the structure of the soil, add a few kilograms of fertilizer and add sand to the soil. You need to plant Victoria in the spring in wet cloudy weather. The prepared bed needs to be watered quite abundantly a couple of days before planting. When planting Victoria in the spring, you must separate the rooted rosettes from the shoots.

In this case, it is important to dip the open roots of the rosettes in a mixture of heteroauxin, water and clay. Strawberries should be planted in rows, at a distance of about 60 cm from each other. Between the bushes you also need to leave a gap of up to 30 cm.

Before planting Victoria, you need to straighten the roots of the plant and sprinkle them with earth so that the growth point is not below the soil level. After these steps, be sure to water the bed and sprinkle the soil with a layer of sawdust. If you have a mulching nonwoven, you can spread it out in the garden before planting, and secure the edges afterwards. Where the Victoria is located under the mulching material, you need to cut holes.

How to plant Victoria in the spring?

If you want to get a rich harvest of garden strawberries or Victoria several times a season, then you need to grow Victoria remontant varieties. In this species, the fruits are formed in just two to three weeks.

At the same time, the first harvest can be obtained already on last year's inflorescences, and the second, the most abundant, in August-September. Victoria belongs to rather heat-loving plants. A sharp drop in temperature in autumn can cause freezing of the entire above-ground part of the plant, especially in the absence of snow cover.

And severe freezing of the soil can even cause the death of the roots. There is nothing complicated in how to plant Victoria correctly. To grow Victoria, you can choose almost any soil in your garden. However, the relationship between yield and soil type, of course, exists.

The best result can be achieved if Victoria is grown on podzolized chernozem soils or on dark gray soils of medium and light composition.

On peat, light gray and sod-podzolic soils, the harvest will be much less rich.

Groundwater should lie at a depth of at least 60-70 cm.

The slopes of the southwestern direction are best suited for planting victoria, since the vegetation process begins earlier on them, and the berry crop ripens faster.

The acidity of the soil should be practically neutral.

The eternal enemy of not only potatoes, but also Victoria is the Colorado potato beetle. Therefore, before planting Victoria in the ground, it should be checked for the presence of wireworms and Maybug larvae.

How to plant a Victoria?

What should be done with Victoria in SPRING, EXACTLY in SPRING?

My mother wants to plant Victoria, what should be done with her in the spring? Tell me please. In one source they say the antennae must be cut off, in another it is not necessary, the same thing with loosening. 3 years ago from Katya

Without further ado, fertilize and loosen the earth, plant and water. Do not touch the mustache for the first year. 3 years ago by

For example, you have already harvested radishes, a place has become free, so you can safely plant strawberries on it, after making a small amount of compost. Ash is also a necessary fertilizer for strawberries. But it is better to make it the next year after planting.

Planting strawberries. Usually strawberry seedlings are planted at a distance of 30-40 cm. There is another interesting and effective method planting, which is known to many professional gardeners.

It is as follows: strawberry bushes are planted at a distance of 10-15 cm. While they are small, they have enough space and develop well until next year. At the time of berry ripening, diseased and weak rosettes can be easily selected.

Those bushes on which very few berries have ripened can also be removed. As a result, you are left with only strong and healthy specimens. Unusual beds - strawberry hedges.

To create a fence, you will need a plastic pipe, a metal pipe and a metal bar. metal pipes play the role of racks, brackets are made of a bar, and “beds” of plastic pipes are installed on them.

A container bed is made very simply: you need to make windows for planting in a plastic pipe using a drill with a nozzle. The side holes must be closed with plugs that are sold in the store. Soil is poured into the pipe and strawberries are planted.

There are a lot of advantages to this landing option. First, it is unusual and beautiful. Secondly - saving space in the summer cottage. Thirdly, the bed can be used as a fence for a flower bed.

Fourthly, it is very convenient to pick berries, which, moreover, do not deteriorate from contact with the ground. For the winter, such beds should be removed from the brackets and buried in a small trench, sprinkled with leaves or covered with spruce branches.

Strawberries reproduce with a mustache, on which new rosettes grow. Material for planting is taken from one-biennial plants. Rosettes can be separated when 1-3 leaves and a mustache of at least 10 cm have formed. It is necessary to make a separate bed with light soil.

To do this, peat and sand are added to the soil in the ratio: 1:2:1. Rosettes are planted in mid-June in shallow furrows. The distance between the bushes should be 8-10 cm. After about a month, the strawberries are ready to move to a permanent place.

Transplanted along with a clod of earth. If landing is carried out in the fall, then it must be done in early September. You can also grow strawberries from seeds that need to be sown in April in boxes with fertile, loose soil. The soil must be shed with a solution of manganese for disinfection. 3 years ago by ELENA POLYAKOVA

How to care for Victoria?

Victoria is one of the famous garden strawberry varieties. Due to the large distribution of this variety, the name was firmly fixed in everyday life for garden strawberries as a whole. In order for the harvest of this berry to please you with quantity and quality, you need to know how to care for Victoria correctly.

How to care for Victoria

watering victoria

Victoria is very demanding on care and watering. If it is not always possible to water it, then it is necessary to carry out work to preserve moisture in the soil. Loosening the soil, covering the ground with snow, timely removal of weeds, and mulching can help you with this.

As a rule, watering strawberries 9-10 times per season allows you to get a rich harvest. For watering, you can use a garden watering can without a nozzle and gently water directly under the root of the plant.

How to care for Victoria in the fall

After the flowering season, the soil must be mulched with dry moss, straw or wood shavings. This simple procedure will protect the berries from infection with gray rot.

Closer to mid-autumn, it is required to re-mulch using grain production waste or peat. The thickness of the mulch layer should be about 5 - 8 cm. When mulching, remember that the Victoria leaves should not be covered.

After harvesting, it is necessary to loosen the compacted soil around the plants. In case of exposure of the roots of the plant, it must be spudded. To maintain good yields, beds with Victoria should be regularly weeded.

When weeding, you can use mini-hoes and garden rippers.

How to care for Victoria in the spring

In order to ensure the flowering of bushes and the active ovary of berries, Victoria bushes can be treated with boric acid in spring. And before flowering and during the ovary, it is useful to treat Victoria with zinc sulfate. Also in the spring after harvesting the leaves, you can fertilize the soil.

victoria landing

Reproduction of Victoria strawberries occurs with the help of mustaches that grow from the plant by mid-summer. On these mustaches there are nodes from which leaves and roots actually grow.

Two or three sockets located at the mother plant are considered the highest quality for reproduction. Mustaches are best taken from plants of the 2nd year.

After 4-6 leaves appear on the outlet, it must be separated from the mother plant and transplanted to a prepared place. In order not to damage the roots, sockets must be dug out along with a clod of earth and planted in prepared and spilled holes. Victoria is planted in spring or autumn.

For a more comfortable planting in spring, the soil must be prepared in the fall (dig, harrow). If you decide to plant Victoria in the fall, then you can prepare the site in June. Also, when preparing the site, it will not be superfluous to apply fertilizer. For good growth and development of Victoria, it is necessary to apply per 1 m2:

• 20 g ammonium nitrate 25 g superphosphate 6 kg humus

To ensure comfortable access to plants during watering or weeding, it is better to plant Victoria in even rows of small ridges of earth 7 - 10 cm high. The distance between rows should be taken about 60 - 70 cm, and between two planted plants - 20 - 30 cm. For more detailed ideas about planting victoria, you can watch a video for beginner gardeners.

Landing site selection

It is best to plant garden strawberries on a flat area, which has a slight slope to the west. This feature of the surface of the site will enable strawberry leaves to receive more sunlight after noon.

It is also desirable that the site be protected from the wind. Victoria feels most comfortable on sandy loamy soils with a high content of humus. Sooner or later, any gardener will want to plant strawberries on his plot.

But how to care for Victoria to get a good harvest? This question worries many gardeners who first planted this berry crop on their site. Is it difficult to care for this plant?

At first glance, it might seem so. However, if we consider some basic recommendations for caring for Victoria, it turns out that this task is not so difficult.

Of course, it can be difficult at first, but with a little practice, you will become a guru in growing strawberries. And in this article you will receive comprehensive answers to important questions on the agricultural technology of this berry crop.

How to plant Victoria

So, consider the first question - how to plant Victoria? The answer to it is important, since it is the planting of strawberries that affects the quality of the future harvest. To understand how to plant strawberries, you must first briefly consider the structure of its bushes.

Take a look at the photo attached below. As you can see, there is a main, uterine bush. It is thanks to him that the reproduction of berry culture is possible. A mustache extends from the main strawberry bush.

Rosettes appear on these processes - future fruit-bearing bushes. Over time, this outlet will also turn into a mother bush. Important! For reproduction, choose those shoots on which there are no more than three outlets.

This will ensure the stable growth of each bush, which will also affect the quality of the fruit. As soon as the rosette begins to form, immediately gently stick its roots into the soil. So you provide the plant with a constant supply of important vital elements.

After a while, when the bushes form, they can be transplanted. It is worth noting that each mother bush can produce up to 15 good rosettes. This means that you do not have to constantly buy seedlings, and you will always have your own. Reminder.

Victoria should be planted in the middle of summer (in July). Many gardeners advise choosing the evening time of the day for this: in this case, the plant will undergo night acclimatization. What bushes can be planted in the ground? Will all sockets fit?

No, you need to plant only those seedlings that have a formed root system, there are several leaves and a heart is developed. Therefore, if you are buying outlets, then pay attention to all these factors so that you do not get upset later because your plant has not been taken.

In the same case, when you have your own uterine bush, then, before carefully tearing off the outlet from the mustache, make sure that it matches this description. Before planting the plant, carefully straighten its roots. Of no small importance is the place chosen for planting Victoria.

Berry culture develops well on sandy, slightly acidic and loamy soil. Remember to saturate the soil with humus and important nutrients.

You can not plant a plant in clay soil (it will die) and sandy soil is not recommended (yield will be small). Do not plant strawberries in beds that are adjacent to peppers, tomatoes and potatoes.

Also, do not plant seedlings near trees: their root system will interfere with the development of Victoria. But the neighborhood with corn and sunflowers will be very useful - they will protect the berry crop from the winds. The plant does not like high humidity, low temperatures and cold winds.

Such weather conditions adversely affect the productivity of the variety: the harvest will be small, and the fruits themselves become small and diseased. But warm and sunny places will contribute to the fact that Victoria will bear fruit abundantly with large and beautiful berries.

How to water Victoria

Strawberries are considered to be moisture-loving plants. Therefore, are there any special recommendations on how to water the Victoria? It turned out that yes. In the first month after planting, the plant needs to be watered into the holes.

After 30 days, the bushes are irrigated by filling the beds with water. It turns out that it is from this period that Victoria begins to receive abundant moisture. Many gardeners in this case do not reinvent the wheel, but simply bring the end of the hose to the bed and fill it to the top.

Yes, do not be greedy for water. For such generosity, Victoria will give you its large, tasty fruits. Here's what to do with this bountiful harvest.

How often to water Victoria

It is clear that strawberries need abundant watering. But still, how often to water Victoria so as not to harm the plant? From spring, strawberries begin to grow rapidly.

If she is not given the necessary moisture during this period, then then one should not be surprised that the berries ripened small and dry. Watering continues until almost mid-autumn. In the spring and autumn season, strawberry bushes should be irrigated once a week.

This should be done in the morning and preferably with warm water. In the summer season, Victoria should be watered at least twice a week, and if the days are hot, then it can be done every other day. In this case, we must not forget to fertilize the plants with liquid subcortex.

How to care for Victoria in the spring

The spring season is the busiest. It is at this time that strawberries need special care. Therefore, how to care for Victoria in the spring? You have just finished eating frozen strawberries, as spring comes into the yard, and with it it's time for you to go out to your site.

Where to begin? To get started, carefully inspect your beds. Remove all frozen plants without regret: there is nothing for them to take up space in the beds.

Dead leaves must be removed from living bushes. After carefully studying the bushes and removing the dead, proceed to the next step: remove the top layer of earth with which you mulched Victoria last fall. What is it for?

Firstly, various pests live in this layer, which have taken refuge here from the cold, and secondly, the root system will begin to receive additional heat from the rays of the sun. When you have completed all these procedures, it is advisable to feed the strawberries with nitrogen fertilizer. As soon as your bushes will please with new leaves, then immediately “feed” your plants with a solution of mullein with the addition of ammonium sulfate to it. And when May comes, Victoria should receive a portion of complex mineral fertilizer.

How to grow a large Victoria

So, all the main work is done. The gardener is waiting for his fruits. But how to grow a large Victoria, because every gardener wants to get a special trophy? In fact, a lot depends on the gardener himself, or rather on whether he will help Victoria in its fruiting. What is this about?

Again about fertilizer. And it doesn’t matter what you are doing - trying to grow cherries from the stone or want to get a large Victoria fruit - the right and timely fertilizer in these matters will play a key role. Make it a rule to fertilize plants not only in spring (as mentioned above), but and before flowering and ripening.

In the first case, it is advisable to feed strawberries with bird droppings. The solution is prepared as follows: one bucket of manure is poured with three buckets of water. The liquid should stand for three to five days.

The resulting solution is diluted 1 to 20 and the grooves between the beds are watered. And before ripening, Victoria should be fertilized twice: with boric acid and zinc sulfate. Thanks to all these actions, you can expect a plentiful and large-fruited harvest. In addition to the information in the article, you can listen to the advice of one of the gardeners on how to best care for strawberries:

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We grow Victoria: three kilograms from a bush

Irina Lebedeva, an accountant by profession and a gardener by vocation, has been growing Victoria for 40 years. But even with such experience, it is recognized that the results are different and depend on weather conditions, seedlings or seeds.

That is why he does not like to experiment and plants exclusively early varieties. She got a plot of 12 acres in the village of Krasnoe from her parents. There she and her husband Sergei Vladimirovich spend every summer.

During this time, up to 3 kg of berries are harvested from one bush. At the same time, the berries are large in size - from the fist of a child. - Victoria, or, speaking in science, garden large-fruited strawberries - one of my favorite berries, - says Irina Aleksandrovna. - Despite the fact that there is not so much space on the site, I allocated 3 beds for her, so that there was enough not only to eat fresh, but also to make preparations for the winter.

When and where to plant I usually plant at the beginning of May. I believe that the earlier it is planted, the better it develops. I plant in the evening so that the strawberries can acclimatize overnight. - It is better to prepare the beds in the fall, and immediately start planting in the spring.

Strawberries love a sunny, open place. The direction of the beds is desirable to do from south to north. It is in this arrangement that she makes the most of solar energy. Try not to plant it under an apple or cherry tree. Soil moisture is another important factor.

If groundwater is close, then the bed should be raised to 30-35 cm so that the roots do not rot. In dry places, the beds are low - 8-10 cm. Seedlings grown using the Frigo technology are best planted in spring (read more about it on our website).

Grown by tendrils or seeds, if the roots of the plant are strong, it can be planted right now so that the plant is ready for a drop in temperature in September. Plants planted now need to be fed with trace elements for berry crops, such as Gumi-omi. You can treat the beds with special chemicals for the prevention of diseases and pests, for example, Fufanon, Ordan, Abiga-Peak.

How to plant- I make the distance between rows 60 cm, and between plants in a row - 20 cm. I make the depth of the hole for the entire length of the root. I dip the root of the plant in a solution of mullein or humus with earth. In the hole I add 1 tbsp. l. "Agrovit-Kora" or a pinch of "Kemira-Universal".

I plant so that the growing point is at the level of the soil. Shallow or, conversely, deep planting leads to the death of plants or to their poor development.

After planting, I water with water - 250 ml per plant as the soil dries. - First of all, we note that the pledge big harvest- High-quality, healthy planting material. In our case, this means a developed root system of at least 15 cm and a small rosette of leaves.

The distance between plants should be a little more than Irina does: between rows - 70 cm, and between plants in a row - 30 cm. in the garden, weeds are first removed, then they are leveled and holes are made depending on the size of the root, that is, for its entire length.

Then compost (a couple of scoops), ash (half matchbox per hole) and some earth. All this mass is mixed, watered and only then strawberries are planted.

Then they are covered with earth and watered again. Before planting in a summer cottage, it is necessary to draw up a plan and observe a crop rotation. That is, to alternate certain crops in the beds.

Strawberries can be planted after any predecessors, except for nightshade (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, petunias, tobacco). But you can’t plant it next to raspberries, because they have the same pests.

Before the formation of flower stalks, it is necessary to water from a watering can, and after they appear, with a ladle under the root. The maximum yield of strawberries is the first two years, and then the yield declines, and the risk that pests start up increases. It is possible to plant strawberries on the bed where it grew after 2 seasons.

And before that, you can plant garlic or mustard, which will improve the soil. You can also grow strawberries where legumes were planted the previous season. How to prepare for wintering?

In the autumn, when the temperature is set - 2-5C, I cover the bed with Agrotex (covering material). And in the spring, when the snow melts, I take it off. - Each summer resident has his own way of mulching (covering the soil protective layer) strawberries - beveled lawn grass, sawdust of deciduous trees, hay.

But one of the means that will save the gardener from extra hassle- mulch "Kostravit-M1". It protects the soil from overheating, retains moisture longer, saves from pests and suppresses the growth of weeds. Also, the mulch will save the strawberries from freezing in winter.

The recommended thickness of the mulching layer is 1.5-2 cm in spring and 3 cm before winter. What varieties to choose? This year, Irina Alexandrovna did not have so many berries, but they were all very large, about 8 cm in length.

The hostess believes that this is the merit of the variety, which has not let her down for the 2nd season. Despite the size, the taste does not get worse.

The main varieties that Irina Aleksandrovna uses are Gigantella and Festivalnaya. All varieties are divided into 4 groups: early, medium, late deadline maturation and repair. It all depends on the preference of the summer resident, what kind of strawberries he wants to see on his site. Early varieties ripen at the end of June - these are Kimberly, Korona, Olvia.

The berries are sweet, large, bright red, winter-hardy. Medium ones ripen in early July - Rusich, Black Swong, Vima-Zanta, Zenga-Zengana. Berries from 20 g, sweet and sour taste, average winter hardiness. Late - in mid-July - "Vima Tarda", "Vikoda", "Charlotte".

The berries are medium in size, the taste is sweet and sour, winter hardiness is good. Repair strawberry garden. She gives berries a little bit, but all summer. Also, their peculiarity is that the berries are larger and sweeter than those of ordinary varieties.

Blooms from May to October: "Vima-Rina", "Geneva", "Moscow Delicatessen", "Brighton", "Queen Elizabeth II". How to propagate? Irina Aleksandrovna breeds strawberries with her mustache.

Just now I transplanted it to the bed where the onion grew. - This method has many drawbacks, although it is easy to use. After 3 generations, the berry begins to lose its properties.

They become smaller, taste deteriorates, yields decline, and susceptibility to disease increases. The next drawback is the transfer of diseases from garden to garden.

Strawberries, on which gardeners leave mustaches, spend their energy not on laying fruit buds, but on feeding their young shoots. To avoid these problems, it is necessary to update planting material, that is, take seedlings of the first reproduction. They give the maximum yield.

Seedlings of this class can be found today. Sellers must have varietal certificates confirming this. There is another modern way - new technology frigo (translated as "cold").

Throughout the summer, strawberries are grown in farmers' nurseries in the open field. During this time, she is not allowed to give the harvest, the mustache is removed. Then the strawberries are dug up, the leaves are cut, and the seedlings are stored in the refrigerator for storage.

And in this state, it is stored until the moment when it needs to be planted. To us, in Udmurtia, frozen roots are brought from a Dutch nursery in the spring. After planting it, after two months, gardeners receive a guaranteed harvest.

You can make an application for the purchase of seedlings of 1 reproduction using the freego technology by calling the Agricultural Academy 55-02-07, (average price - 25-35 rubles per seedling). How to care? Twice a season, Irina Alexandrovna makes liquid top dressing for strawberries.

The first time - in May, before flowering, and the second time - in early July, after harvesting. - For liquid top dressing of strawberries, I use fresh chicken manure. I water the beds well a few hours before feeding.

Then, in 10 liters of water, I carefully stir a portion of fresh chicken manure at the rate of 1:10 and water it evenly from a watering can. After harvesting, I remove all weeds, loosen the soil around all the bushes and cover with a small layer of cow dung to fertilize the ground.

I do not use any chemicals. - Experts advise feeding strawberries in the spring with nitrogen fertilizers in accordance with the instructions on the package (for example, AFK 16-16-16, 10 grams per square meter). But don't overdo it.

They also recommend regularly applying a complex of microelements for berry crops, for example, Gumi-omi. After harvesting, it can be treated with special chemicals for the prevention of diseases and pests, such as Fufanon, Ordan, Abiga Peak.

How to get rid of pests Irina Alexandrovna is sure that pests do not touch Victoria, because every three years she transplants it to a new place. The main pests of strawberries are the larvae of the May beetle (Khrushchi). When digging the beds, you need to remove the larvae manually.

Another method of struggle is to cover the beds during the summer of beetles in May with covering material, film or roofing material. Another enemy of strawberries is nematodes - small worms. It is very difficult to fight them. The main way is to observe crop rotation.

Eliminate the bed after 3-4 years of fruiting and burn the remains of plants. You can get rid of them with a folk remedy - pour a decoction of marigolds or plant marigolds on the future garden for several months.

Before planting, when preparing a bed, you can plant it, for example, with mustard, it heals the soil. In a month, you can dig everything up and plant strawberry seedlings.

Victoria, strawberry or garden strawberry (more on the differences in names below) is a fragrant herald of the coming summer and the warm sun, the first portion of vitamins. There is an opinion that, having eaten enough of this berry at the beginning of summer, you can stock up on vitamins and antioxidants for the whole year. But to grow a tasty and plentiful harvest, you have to work hard. The plant is capricious and whimsical, its cultivation requires knowledge and diligence. And it all starts with the right fit.

Name confusion

The names "strawberries", "strawberries" and "victoria" are considered by some to be synonymous, while others are ready to defend their differences. If you go into biological details, you can see the characteristic differences between garden strawberries (which are grown in our gardens) and strawberries, which are extremely rare in cultivated gardening. As for Victoria, this is only a common and common name for garden strawberries brought from the American continent. But, since the rules of agricultural technology for these horticultural crops are basically the same, we will not emphasize the difference and talk about this culture as a single strawberry-strawberry family.

Planting dates for Victoria in the fall

You can start transplanting Victoria in August and September. The dates are approximate, as they largely depend on regional climatic conditions, which can shift them in any direction. Replanting Victoria in September is not only possible, but also preferable in the middle latitudes and the Far East. In the southern regions (Ukraine, Moldova, Crimea, etc.), planting dates can be pushed back even to the end of October. And in the Urals and in regions located in more northern latitudes than the Central part of Russia, it is necessary to complete the transplant work in August or, in extreme cases, in the first decade of September.

Experienced gardeners believe that it is better to start transplanting garden strawberries in the fall. There are several reasons for this:

• The favorable period in autumn is more extended in time (this is 1-1.5 months), which is not only convenient, but also gives more chances to fall into a favorable period according to the lunar calendar.
• The presence of a large amount of planting material.
• Favorable weather conditions for rooting rosettes.
• Significantly less weed growth.
• Harvest next year. After spring planting, it is no longer necessary to wait for him this season.

Selection and preparation of seedlings

You can buy seedlings at specialized outlets, or you can take them from your own garden, if you are satisfied with their variety and yield. It is not recommended to buy strawberry seedlings from an unknown seller on the market, since rosettes of far from the best, and sometimes degenerated varieties that have lost their qualitative characteristics, are often put up for sale. Each seedling should have 3-4 healthy and necessarily young leaves and roots no shorter than 10 cm. The root neck should be at least 6 mm in diameter, the root system should be fibrous, and the leaves should be compact, not very long.

Immediately before landing, the following procedure should be carried out. A mixture of garden soil and humus is diluted with water to the density of good sour cream, any growth stimulant (Zircon, Mikras, Epin, Kornevin) is added to it. The roots are lowered into the resulting talker and slightly dried, after which they can be planted.

Site selection, soil requirements, predecessors

Regardless of when Victoria is planted, in autumn or spring, maximum attention should be paid to the preparation of the plot. The soil must be fertile, able to provide the crop with the main food for at least 3-4 years. Requirements for acidity pH 5-6.5. The occurrence of groundwater should not be less than 60 cm to the ground surface.

The site is well weeded and checked for the presence of Colorado potato beetle and wireworm larvae. If their presence is detected, it is recommended to pre-spill the soil with an insecticide solution (Bazudin, Confidor, Marshal are suitable). You can add ammonium nitrate instead. The recommendation applies especially to sites located in close proximity to forested areas.

A place for garden strawberries should be open to the sun, this is an important condition, but at the same time it should be well protected from winds and drafts. The ideal location is the southwest side of the house with a slight slope of 2-3 degrees.

Another important factor is predecessors. The best of them are garlic, onions, legumes, some types of greens (parsley, dill, celery), radishes, carrots, green manure. It is undesirable to plant berry bushes after cabbage, pepper, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, as well as after Asteraceae and Ranunculaceae. It is recommended to grow Victoria in the same place no longer than 4 years.

It is absolutely pointless to move old bushes from place to place.

Soil preparation

Approximately 2 weeks before the proposed planting, the soil is dug up to the depth of a shovel with the introduction of humus or well-rotted manure. The norm is 10-20 kg per meter square. Also, for every 1m2, it is recommended to add potassium chloride and superphosphate to the soil (15g and 30g, respectively). With a high acidity index, 4-6 kg of lime fluff is added. Immediately before planting, the soil is loosened again to a depth of about 15 cm.

Planting agrotechnics

You should choose a cloudy day or a quiet windless evening. Furrows are made for each row, which are well moistened. It is convenient to make them with a hoe and a stretched cord. Victoria's planting pattern is as follows: 15-20cm between seedlings with 60-80cm between rows. This density provides better wintering, good fruiting and ease of processing and harvesting. In the rows, the bushes will quickly close, and the passages will remain free. It is necessary to ensure that the center of the outlet is not sprinkled with earth. The soil around the seedlings is well compressed for reliable rooting and mulched with humus or peat.

How to get your own seedlings

After the end of fruiting, strong and healthy rosettes with antennae of the second year of life are selected from those that this time did not give a very plentiful harvest. Plastic cups with a substrate are buried in the ground, into which the first two antennae are dug. Those that will grow further must be removed. By August or September, when the time for planting comes, the seedlings will already be ready, with strong roots.

You should not choose berry bushes that have given a bountiful harvest this year, as they are less promising in terms of seedlings. One growing season can provide one thing: either a good harvest or full-fledged seedlings.

Landing Victoria on agrofiber

The use of black covering material not only helps to significantly reduce the effort required to care for Victoria, but also helps to increase the yield of berries by about a third. This is a big topic with its own nuances, so we will only note the essence and the most important points of this agricultural technique. Increased yields are promoted by increased protection against weeds and negative natural phenomena. Agrofibre replaces mulching, it is UV-resistant, which inhibits photosynthesis and weed growth, but at the same time it has good air and water permeability.

If you plan to use covering material, you need to correctly calculate the width of the beds so that the joints do not fall in their middle. The calculation depends on the width of the agrofibre, taking into account an overlap of 20-30 cm. Next, you should adhere to the following agricultural technology.

1. A deep and thorough digging of the soil is being carried out - the next time it will be possible to do this only in a few years.
2. Organic fertilizers and mineral supplements are applied in advance, 2-4 weeks in advance. Reducing this period is not recommended.
3. A wire is prepared, which is divided into pieces no shorter than 50 cm, which then need to be bent in half to make studs for fastening.
4. The agrofibre is spread over a selected area with an overlap, fixed with wire pins along the joint lines. Edges and corners require more reliable fixation, for which paving slabs, boards, metal rods, etc. are used.
5. Paths are marked, and optionally decorated with tiles or boards, along which you can later walk. They are made in such a way that you can reach each bush with your hands.
6. Chalk marks are placed on the fiber in the places of future seedlings, after which a cross-shaped cut is made in these places (not a round hole!).
7. In the resulting slots, holes are made into which seedlings are planted. A big mistake is to cover the plot with agrofibre after planting seedlings.
8. Each bush is sprinkled at the base with earth.

Important! Victoria does not like deep landings.

Care for Victoria planted in the fall

Further care is carried out with the main and only goal - to ensure the growth of a powerful root system that will help to survive the winter and ensure the harvest next summer. Further recommendations are given for the open planting method (not under covering material).

Watering

The first week, newly planted bushes require frequent watering, literally every other day, a maximum of two. As soon as the appearance of the aerial part indicates that the roots have grown stronger, watering should be halved, but make sure that the earth remains constantly moist and loose. The water should not be cold.

Watering is carried out under the root, it is undesirable for water to fall on the leaves.

top dressing

Young seedlings do not need feeding, and will not need it for another 2 or even 3 years. Fertilizers applied during digging for this period will be quite enough.

Treatment for diseases and pests

Many pathogens and harmful insects settle down for wintering in the upper layers of garden soil. To reduce the risk of infection, it is recommended to treat the newly planted bed. This is not done immediately, but when the seedlings are well rooted. The soil is loosened to a depth of 7-8 cm and treated with a solution of Karbofos heated to + 30C (3 sl. per bucket) or Bordeaux liquid. You can also use a solution of copper oxychloride (1 tablespoon per bucket).

Then everything is covered with a film on top for 3 hours. The procedure is done in exceptionally quiet, calm weather, the film is not strongly pressed to the ground.

pruning

There is no need to prune the leaves of a Victoria just planted in August or September. Moreover, the thicker the outlet grows by winter, the better. But, if she tries to release the mustache, they can and should be removed immediately, since they take away the strength from the plant that is needed to build up the root system.

Mulching

It is desirable to mulch the soil immediately, using peat, humus or sawdust for this. But in anticipation of winter, the process will need to be repeated.

Preparing for the winter

In general, Victoria planted in autumn winters well, especially if the soil layer under it is mulched. Measures need to be taken only in case of a frosty snowless winter, as well as in order to hold back the snow if there is not enough of it. To do this, straw or fallen leaves are poured onto the bed. You can also use spruce branches, sawdust, corn or sunflower stalks, etc. The thickness of the layer is about 5cm.

When using foliage or other garden plant debris, care should be taken not to introduce pests or disease agents with them.

Hello, dear lovers of fresh fruits and vegetables from your own garden. I would like to say hello to the Siberians, because our conversation will be interesting and useful, first of all, for them. Although this does not mean that the rest should refuse our conversation. How to plant Victoria in the spring - actual topic for any strip of our vast Motherland.

What is "Victoria"? This is the old name for garden strawberries, or strawberries. However, this name is still widely known in Siberia. Why? Perhaps because growing a good strawberry crop in Siberia is a small victory.

Growing strawberries in the climatic conditions of Siberia has its own characteristics. And today, especially for residents of such a vast territory, I will talk about the features of growing berries in the open field and in a greenhouse, what kind of watering should be, what diseases are dangerous and a lot of other useful information.

Landing features

By and large, the agricultural technology of growing strawberries is identical in all latitudes. Its main differences, due to the climatic conditions of Siberia, are in the timing of the main manipulations with the plant.

If you are growing Victoria outdoors, then planting should be earlier adopted in warmer climes. In order for the seedlings to gain strength for overwintering, plant them immediately after fruiting, or even in the spring - so the young shoots may have time to please you with fruits.

It is better to plant seedlings on a flat area, but definitely not in the lowlands - it will hurt and may not have time to mature. If the slope, then let it be the southwestern side. Avoid the south because of the early melting of snow - frosts will kill the plant not covered with snow. And avoid windy places, but if this is not possible, there is a solution - a greenhouse.

To make the berry large, plant 4 bushes per 1 m2 and treat with the Karate insecticidal agent - this way the pests will forget the way to you. During flowering and fruiting, remove all shoots and tendrils. At most, leave one for propagation: sprinkle it with earth so that it has time to germinate enough for an early transplant.

Features of watering and fertilization

Eliminate watering directly from the hose - by nailing the leaves to the ground, you will not only saturate only the very top layer of soil, which is why the roots, tending to moisture, will almost crawl out, but also practically guarantee plant diseases. Sprinkler irrigation is prohibited during flowering.

Fertilize in the spring with compost or manure, and further top dressing with liquid dung. There is an opinion that once a season is enough. Also, experts recommend scattering onion and garlic husks over the beds, and during the growth period - ashes from straw. Somehow organic. But you can also use various fertilizers.

Little tricks

I recommend mulching. The options are different: needles - so you save moisture and give the berries a delicate forest aroma, sawdust. In both cases, you will protect yourself from slugs, minimize the number of weeds and diseases. But you can use a covering material. Agrofibre will be effective here. Our regular readers are familiar with the cultivation of berries on agrofiber, the rest can familiarize themselves with it in the article “watering strawberries under agrofiber”.

The mowing of the foliage of plants practiced by strawberry growers in August, Siberians need to be carried out earlier - after the end of the harvest of berries, so that new foliage has time to grow before the onset of cold weather.

In the open ground for the winter, cover the beds well with straw, needles or fallen leaves to protect them from Siberian frosts. In the spring, removing this “blanket” will not be difficult.

Diseases and pests

If it was a rainy summer, there is a possibility of gray rot. This is a disease that affects the berries corresponding to the name of the species. But it doesn't matter. Only after noticing the first signs of the disease, spray the beds with Fitosporin, and the crop will be saved.

In principle, this is the most common disease. But if others are found (leaf spot, for example), Zircon will help out - this tool is able to overcome many viruses.

Terrible diseases for Victoria - various forms nematodes. To be safe, plant marigolds in the beds - they say it helps. But if the disease manifests itself, then the affected plants should be dug deeper and burned.

The main pest of strawberries is the weevil. In principle, we secured ourselves against his raids. But if you are in doubt, spray with the Fitoverma solution, but before the buds begin to appear.

Greenhouse Tricks

But to avoid most diseases, and even eat berries almost all year round (if there are heating and lighting systems), you can grow Victoria in a greenhouse. If there is none, then use a greenhouse. The easiest to use, but at the same time effective, which will protect against bad weather, will be miracle greenhouse "Harvest"- bought, deployed, installed, ready.

But there are some tricks. Since this is a closed space, during the flowering period, the question of pollination arises. No difficulty - collect pollen with a brush 2-3 times a day, repeating the procedure every 3 days. Also at this time it is important to ventilate the greenhouse several times a day.

Mustaches that you will use as seedlings must be rooted in open ground.

Watering needs drip. In order to save money, many use ordinary medical droppers for its device. Also, some experts advise before planting plants to put them to sleep by placing them in the basement or in the refrigerator for a while.

Otherwise, everything is similar to open ground: fertilizer, top dressing, disease prevention, etc.

So I hope that your Victoria will grow up healthy and sweet. Observing all the conditions, you can get berries weighing up to 100g each!

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Gardeners often wonder when it is possible to transplant Victoria. Should I do this in the fall, or is it better to wait for the new season and divide the overgrown bush in the spring? You can find answers to these and other questions in our article.

When Victoria is transplanted: general concepts

Strawberries grow every year. New leaves, whiskers and peduncles appear in the process of its formation. Growth stops only in the fourth year of the plant's life. This often leads to lower yields. To keep fruiting in full force, you should take care of a new strawberry plantation. When is the best time to transplant Victoria? Usually this process takes place in spring (before flowering) or early autumn. For reproduction, young rosettes formed on long shoots are used. They grow from the mother bush. It is best to take sockets from a plant no older than three years. After the young shoot takes root, it can be planted in a new place. For a good harvest, it is best in autumn. Bushes during the winter period will have time to get stronger and take root in a new place. If the plan cannot be fulfilled, then transfer the transplant to the spring. The yield will be a little lower, but you will definitely not be left without berries in the summer. In the spring, you can start transplanting as early as April. Of course, you need to be guided by the weather conditions of the region.

Location selection

When transplanting Victoria, it is best to choose a well-lit place. Pay attention to the fact that there are no shadows from the trees. It is desirable that the soil be slightly acidic and loamy. If the place is swampy, then you will have to do drainage. On acidic soils, liming should be carried out. A place where legumes used to grow is well suited for planting. It is not recommended to use the soil after planting cucumbers and representatives. A couple of months before planting, you need to prepare the soil. The earth should be dug up, cleared of weeds. When digging, add a little humus, you can also scatter superphosphate. You need to water the prepared area the day before planting Victoria.

Technology

When transplanting Victoria, weather conditions play a huge role. It is best to do this in cloudy weather so that the hot sun does not burn the leaves. Dig up rooted young plants from the ground and remove the lashes on which rosettes grow. Shake off the soil from the roots, pinch them a quarter of the length. When a Victoria is transplanted, its roots are usually dipped in a mixture of clay, water and manure. Holes for a young plant are best done at a distance of 30 cm from each other. Between the rows, about 70 cm should be retreated. Make sure that the landing point is at ground level, and not higher. After transplanting, Victoria needs to be watered, and the soil sprinkled with peat. Ordinary sawdust will do. You can use a special mulching material that is left in the garden for the winter.