When and how to transplant strawberries?

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Strawberries have always been in the price. Those who grow this berry professionally have a good income per season. Everyone has their own secrets of "good returns", but no one has canceled the basics of care. As part of this article, you will receive information on when and how to transplant strawberries. Actually, this can be done throughout the second half of summer and the first half of autumn. Let's take a closer look.

So, when to transplant strawberries in the summer? Definitely after flowering and harvest. Each variety of berry is distinguished by its intensity of shoot growth. Some begin to “creep” almost from spring, while others give no more than a dozen new shoots for the entire season. In any case, at the time of flowering and fruiting, they must be removed. If the variety is very valuable and requires urgent reproduction, you can leave one or two shoots. More shoots will cause the mother plant to deplete, which needs to expend energy on berries.

After graduationfruiting, you can think about feeding and future young. Usually during this period, strawberries begin to sprout a copious amount of shoots.

At this time, the most powerful bushes are outlined and the best shoots are left. For those who do not yet know when to transplant strawberries in the summer, you need to understand two rules:

• avoid the peak of the heat (the best time is in the evening, especially "in the rain");
• Choose well-rooted and he althy bushes.

Please note that this berry does not grow in one place for a long time. Therefore, having determined how to transplant strawberries, choose a suitable place. First, it must be fertile land. The fact is that the soil under strawberries is quickly and strongly depleted, which is why a periodic (at least once every four years) transplant is recommended. Secondly, in very hot regions, this berry literally burns under the scorching sun. The best (and economical) protection option is planting between rows of young trees or shrubs.

When should strawberries be transplanted? The ideal time for successful rooting is in the fall. At this time, the heat has already subsided, and more and more rain is drizzling. In such conditions, strawberry bushes take root in a new place best of all. Here, too, there are subtleties.

The best planting material is biennial plants. Along with them, young bushes that have not yet overwintered can also be planted, but they must go from the very first mustache (due to the good development of the root system, they will have more chances to take root). The shoots that grew later are better until theytouch. Let them overwinter next to the mother plant. They are left for the next year.

How to transplant strawberries? The land allocated for a new garden bed is previously dug up and fertilized. It is better if it is humus or "ripened" compost. Then the area is dug up again. Only now you can start landing. But here there are several nuances. Firstly, having learned all the subtleties of how to transplant strawberries (or a bush), you need to prepare not only the garden bed, but also the pits themselves. The holes should be of such depth that the root can hang freely in it (do not bend). Distance - 40 cm. The holes are watered. And immediately the landing begins (into wet ground). Bushes must be freshly dug up (dried roots are unacceptable). It is customary to plant two seedlings in one hole. In the event that one does not take root, another will grow. Well, if both successfully winter, then there will be more berries.

When planting strawberries, don't bury the bush too deep (it will start to rot). But the core should not protrude too much above the surface (it may freeze). The growing point (the place where the leaves come from) should be flush with the ground.

At the end of planting, the ground is mulched.