How to process and feed strawberries in the fall, so that there are a lot of berries next season
How can you help garden strawberries in early fall so that they will lay many flower buds for future harvest?
Mandatory work
- Removing diseased leaves.
- Watering on dry days.
- Top dressing.
- Pest and infection control.
- Pest and infection control.
- Pest and infection control.
Elimination of leaves and whiskers
All sick, dry leaves must be removed so that infection and rot does not go through the bushes. Plants will weaken if they are sick, and in this state will go to winter. You also need to remove the antennae if you are not going to propagate strawberries in the fall.
Watering
Strawberry beds should be watered sparingly. Moisture is also needed for the development of the mass and the laying of flower buds. Without moisture, nutrition will not flow to the roots.
Top dressing
Active phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are required in September. They will allow flower buds to develop well. Winter hardiness and frost resistance will be excellent. After the autumn fertilization, strawberry flowering begins earlier by 1-2 weeks.
What to contribute
You can add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of superphosphate and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water (at the rate of 1 liter under a bush). During the fall, you need to do two such dressings. Superphosphate must be introduced through a hood.
Strawberries also respond well to monopotassium phosphate. It will take 1 tbsp. spoon for 10 liters of water.
Strawberries love ash. For 10 liters of water, add 2 glasses of the substance, mix well. Leave the solution for a day and then pour over the strawberries.
You can also use borofosk at the rate of 2 tbsp. spoons for 10 liters of water. Fertilizer must be diluted in hot water beforehand.
Treatment against pests and diseases
Preparing the mixture for spraying. Fundazol plus Horus plus Aktara will be needed for 10 liters of water. Also, you need to add 1 tablespoon of urea and liquid soap to the solution in the amount of 2 tablespoons.
After a week, you need to walk around the strawberry garden with copper-containing preparations for diseases. It will take a drug Hom or Oxyhom for 10 liters of water; 1 tbsp. spoon of urea, add liquid soap as an adhesive.