Transplanting strawberries

Strawberries can not grow long on the sameplace, therefore transplanted it every four years. For the first year after transplanting on bushes, berries should not be tied. But in some cases you can still harvest a few berries. Fructify the strawberry only in the second year after transplantation. For the fourth year, there will be no berries in the garden again, since the bushes of the plants have become too old.

How to transplant strawberries correctly

For the transplantation of strawberries do not fit the oldplants, since they will not bear fruit well. The best planting material is two-year-old young bushes. Also, you can transplant the annual bushes that grew out of the mustache. But in this case it is better to take only a bush that comes from the very first mustache. He has the best developed root system, which means he has more chances to get well. Strawberry bushes with the following mustache can also be transplanted, but many of them will not take.

Strawberries can not grow long on the sameplace, so transplant plants should be on another bed. Pre-dig up the soil and fertilize it with humus, chicken litter or compost. Then again dig out the earth and carefully loosen it. On the prepared bed plant strawberries. It is desirable to cover the ground under the bushes of strawberries with sawdust (only not coniferous trees) that will retain moisture in the soil.

When will you choose a new site for transplantationstrawberries, please note that not all the predecessors that grew here will have a beneficial effect on plants. The best predecessors for strawberries are onion, legumes and cereals. But there, where potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage used to grow earlier, it is better not to plant strawberries, so as not to accidentally infect it with verticillium wilt.

Terms of transplanting strawberries

Beginners are interested in whenreplant strawberries. Transplanting strawberries is possible in spring, summer and autumn. If you decide to transplant strawberries in the spring, then do it as early as possible (best in the first days of April). If you prepare a planting bed and start planting strawberries in late April-early May, then the plants will grow more slowly and develop.

Also, strawberry transplantation is possible in the summer. The best terms are July-August. But for strawberry transplantation at this time it is necessary to choose only cloudy days. Also keep in mind that plants should be watered frequently and abundantly, as the dry period has not yet ended. To ensure that the soil does not form a crust after watering, the ground is mulched. Young transplanted plants should not only be watered, but also pritenyat from the sun.

The best period for transplantation is considered to beautumn. In autumn it is not so hot, and rains are much more frequent, the soil is wet and therefore less will be needed to take care of strawberries. Transplantation of strawberries in autumn is possible in the period from the end of August and 25 days before the start of frost. But even in autumn, choose the best time for transplanting plants. If the weather keeps rainy and overcast, you can transplant the strawberries during the day. Otherwise, it is better to postpone the transplantation of plants for the evening.

You can also pay attention to the favorable Lunar Days for transplantation, which this year will come on 2, 3, 10, 14, 15, 22, 29 and 30 September.

Never dig up a strawberry for a transplantin advance, so that the roots of the plants are not weathered and do not wither. If the strawberries still had to be dig out before, then take care of the integrity of the roots. For this, the roots are never cleaned completely from the ground, but they are sprinkled with water and wrapped tightly in polyethylene. In this state strawberry bushes can be stored until they are planted on a new bed.

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