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Gardeners who grow garden strawberries on their plots, when choosing a variety, take into account the size and taste of the berries. Today you can pick up strawberries with different fruit colors.
Strawberry variety Honey Summer is distinguished by its bright red-orange fruits. This plant was created by Russian breeders. You will find a description of the variety, some characteristics, reviews of gardeners and photos of strawberries from domestic breeders in the article.
Description
According to the description given by the authors of the variety, the honey summer strawberry is characterized by large-fruited and super-early ripening periods. This is a remontant plant.
When planting, plants are given a lot of space, since the mustache of the garden strawberry variety Honey Summer is long. One bush requires an area of 0.7 square meters. You can grow bushes in a greenhouse, in the open field or in hanging pots.
The plant is interesting in that it has long brushes - up to 45 cm. It is this feature that designers widely use when creating original compositions. In a pot culture, thanks to the long inflorescences, the plant looks like ampelous.
The berries are lined, large, super-sweet with a wild strawberry aroma. The shape of the fruit is an elongated heart. The pulp is juicy, dense, without voids. The photo shows all the signs of berries.
Characteristics of the variety
According to the reviews of gardeners growing strawberries Honey Summer, the plant has clear advantages over other early varieties:
- Repair strawberries are neutral day plants.
- A fast-growing plant yields its harvest in the first summer after planting seedlings.
- Due to the continuous formation of flower stalks, the crop is harvested twice a season.
- The yield is high, about a kilogram of sweet berries are harvested from the bush.
- Dense berries of the variety can be transported over long distances, they retain their presentation.
Strawberry Honey summer in the Russian open spaces is only taking root, gardeners have not been fully studied, perhaps that is why they do not write about the shortcomings of the variety in the reviews.
Reproduction
Garden strawberries reproduce in the same way as other representatives of the culture:
- seeds;
- mustache;
- by dividing the root.
For novice gardeners, the first method is not suitable, since the seeds germinate slowly. As a rule, they "sit" in the nursery for a month, or even two. Strawberry seeds of this variety are sold in many agricultural firms, for example, Siberian Garden, Gardens of Russia.
Strawberry seedlings
- Seeds are sown at the end of winter, in February and March. The soil should be loose, nutritious and breathable. When self-compiling the soil, sand must be added. Before planting, the soil is disinfected with Fitosporin or a hot solution of potassium permanganate.
- Strawberry seeds are not buried, but distributed over the surface of the soil. An experienced gardener tells how to sow strawberry seeds with snow stratification:
- The containers must be covered with glass or foil and placed on a warm, well-lit window.
- When the first sprouts appear, the film is not removed, but slightly opened so that the greenhouse effect remains inside.
- Seedlings dive when 1-2 leaves appear. In the future, the plantings are carefully watered, fed with special fertilizers or organic matter. Seedlings with 5-6 leaves are planted in the ground.
Planting strawberries in the ground
For strawberries of any kind, they choose a place on a hill so that the groundwater does not come close. If the site is in a lowland, then the seat is raised, and drainage is laid on the bottom.Plants love the sun, so the garden should not be in the shade.
Before planting, the soil is well filled with humus, compost, wood ash. If the soil is heavy, river sand is added to it. During digging, they will remove weeds, all roots and prepare holes. As a rule, honey summer strawberries are planted in one or two lines.
Today, many gardeners cover the soil with a special black film and grow strawberries under it. This option is convenient in that there is no need for mulching, loosening the soil and removing weeds.
Each strawberry bush of the Honey Summer variety, according to the description and reviews of gardeners, occupies a large area. That is why the holes are made at a distance of 30 cm. Most often, strawberries are planted in two lines at a distance of 40 cm. The second row is placed after 60-70 cm. Seedlings or mustaches are planted in the center of the hole and sprinkled with soil well. The heart must be above the surface of the earth!
After planting, the plants are watered, and with the appearance of the first peduncles, if strawberries are grown simply in the garden, they are mulched with straw or dry grass.
It is necessary to rejuvenate the beds in three years, since in the fourth summer the yield decreases sharply. The mustaches on bushes intended for obtaining berries must be cut off, as they interfere with abundant fruiting.
If strawberries are propagated by dividing the bush, then the most productive plant is chosen, not older than three years. It must be healthy and strong. When dividing the root system, parts are selected so that each of them has a horn and a rosette with leaves and a heart.
Strawberry care
During the growing season, plants need regular watering, feeding, loosening and treatment from pests and diseases.
Today many gardeners refuse mineral fertilizers. From organics, you can use infusions of mullein, chicken droppings, green grass or nettle, wood ash.
Strawberry Honey Summer responds well to foliar dressing with ammonia (at the beginning of the growing season), boric acid, potassium permanganate or iodine.
When the first frosts begin, the leaves are cut off the plants. The plantings are treated with Bordeaux liquid and covered for the winter.
The seeds really sprout hard 50-60%, but they multiply very well and the seedlings winter well in the cellar