⚡ August - the time to trim and fertilize strawberries in the garden. The harvest for the next year will be better!

To think that caring for strawberries after harvest comes to an end - a big mistake. And my practice has proved it! Landing, abandoned to their fate in July, next year, of course, bear fruit. But after reading an article in a magazine about gardening about caring for strawberries in August, I decided to review the cases and orchard. And the result was not long in coming: in the next fruit season was more about 2 times. But the most important thing for me - they became more delicious, juicy and fragrant! I was looking for a lot of information on this subject on the Internet, identify the main techniques and describe them here for you. I hope you will be interesting and useful! I wish the big strawberry (and not only!) Harvest!

strawberry Crop

The beginning and the middle of August - it's time to trim the strawberries. So the nutrients do not go to the "content" of the old, already unnecessary leaves. And the growth of new (to the frost bush will have time to grow up thoroughly), and that is very important - a bookmark flower buds for next year.

Another important aspect of the summer strawberry crop - disease prevention. Old leaves often become the abode of fungi, bacteria and pests. Therefore, we cut the bush, disinfect and then - Feeding the. The three pillars of the August caring for strawberries in the garden to harvest the next year pleasantly surprised.

There are 3 important pruning rules:

• Use only clean tools (knife or secateurs). I wipe the blade of low chlorhexidine. Be sure to undermine it, to facilitate the task and not "tear" the bush.
• Remove all the whiskers, if there is no purpose to propagate strawberries. They take a lot of effort in strawberry.
• Cut the leaves, but leave part of the cuttings. So you do not damage the growing point!

Now we have to strawberry patch from diseases and pests, as well as to feed.

Say "No!" strawberry diseases

Diseases and pests cause great damage to the strawberry. We remember that preventive measures - the key to plant health. So we are doing a weak solution of potassium permanganate (pink). Pour them bushes and the soil beneath them.

We noticed that in the summer of strawberry bushes were attacked weevil and other pests? Treat the cut plant systemic insecticide. For example, I take for it means "Intavir". To make sure that all unwanted guests and their larvae are killed, you will need to spend double processing. Follow the instructions, paying special attention to the sections "Method of use" and "Precautions".

Valuable treat Bush to lay the flower buds

Want to save time - use 1 time in August of complex mineral fertilizers with NPK-complex. But the "ideal" scheme of feeding is as follows:

• Immediately after cutting make nitrogen fertilizer. It stimulates the growth of new shoots and leaves, and. One can use a solution of chicken manure.
• After 2 weeks need potassium and phosphorus for laying of flower buds. Choosing a fertilizer with a predominance in the composition of the chemical elements.
• After another 2 weeks (about the middle of September) are making organics, which nourish strawberry bush forces before the cold winter: mullein infusion or compost.

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