Strawberry - what should be done in April to produce large berries.
As soon as winter begins to recede, and the snow has melted, it is necessary to start clearing the beds of strawberries. In the case of the strawberry crop was not carried out in the autumn, then the beds you will wait dried leaves.
But do not think that this is an indication of the frozen strawberries that is in season will not bring any berries. The only thing that awaits the gardener is a long job. With the help of rare rake or hand remove all the dried flower stalks, leaves and tendrils. Be extremely careful, because during cleaning the beds can damage the green heart, is the future of the bush.
All dry foliage and carefully remove burn, since it can be a carrier of various diseases or parasites.
In the spring should start processing the strawberry bushes from disease and pests. In order to avoid diseases such suitable biological products as Fitotsid and fitosporin. Cope with mites, aphids and thrips and help Aktofit aktellik. One of the drugs should be sprayed bushes early spring.
Bordskuyu liquid or other copper-containing preparations should be applied immediately after harvest dry leaves. Spraying is allowed to be repeated in the spring about 3 times. These funds strawberry bushes will be saved from a variety of fungal diseases.
Also, with the advent of spring strawberry desperately needs in nitrogen, as at the time of growth and development, it absorbs it too much. That is why the application of nitrogen fertilizing is necessary.
Spring fertilizer use is permitted as watering plants, and throwing on beds dry granules.
To add ammonium nitrate is necessary to previously dissolve a matchbox in 10 liters of water. Also allowed to throw it on the beds during the rainy small granules dissolve and saturate the root system of shrubs. Per 1 square. meter beds should pour 1 matchbox ammonium nitrate. Scattering, make sure that the pellets do not fall on the bushes, and lay down next to them, or between the rows.
If you decide to sprinkle nitrogen fertilizer, then be sure to proryhlit beds after the procedure. The fact that the nitrogen evaporates, and if you do not loosen the soil, the bush is unlikely to receive the necessary fertilizers. The procedure allows the granules to fill the soil, and this means that after the rains root system to get their fertilizer.
Getting loosening, be extremely careful, because the root system is too close to the surface and there is a risk of damaging it. By means of loosening the soil will retain moisture longer. It is imperative to perform the procedure, slightly hilling bushes of strawberries. When hoeing and hilling in any case it is impossible to fall asleep mid-Bush, from beginning to appear the first leaves.
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