The abundant harvest depends largely on properly prepared soil and timely application of fertilizers. To grow sweet berries, you need to know the secrets of fertilizing strawberry bushes.
The rules of spring strawberry dressing
- The first fertilizing of strawberries. The first application of fertilizers is carried out in April-May. It is necessary to start when the warm weather is fully established and the leaves will just begin to blossom. The first fertilizing of strawberries should be accompanied by transplanting bushes, removing dry leaves and mustaches. Quite often summer residents give preference to natural fertilizer. Use humus or infusion of chicken manure. Be sure to make sure that the bush is not filled up completely, otherwise it may die.
- Shrubs, which for 2 and 4 years, need organic and mineral fertilizers. After the end of the winter, the following mixture is added: ammonium sulfate - 1 st. l. , mullein - 0.5 liters, all bred in 10 liters of water. Under each bush pour up to a liter of the prepared mixture. Before a plentiful flowering, a second feeding is carried out. Now in 10 liters of water dilute 2 tablespoons. nitrophic and 1h. l. potassium sulfate. On each bush it is necessary on half of liter of a solution.
- For a bush in three years, only fertilizers that were used for planting seedlings are sufficient. We take only half the volume and after applying abundantly watered bushes. Sometimes gardeners use a fertilizer made from weeds. They are crushed and poured with water. Then cover the container with a film and tightly close the lid. The mixture should wander for a week in a warm place. In addition to its direct purpose, this method allows solving problems with some insects. You can also use the tops of various cultivated plants.
Foliar top dressing of strawberry
You can feed bushes in both root and foliar ways. The second method is carried out in three stages. First, make a foliar top dressing of strawberries on new young leaves, repeat during flowering and third time spend on green berries berries.
The advantage of this method is the rapid entry of all substances into the leaves. Especially it is convenient when bushes need micronutrients. Spraying fertilizers is best done after watering the plant. But this method can be used only in dry weather. A well-proven solution of boric acid. Nitrogen-containing fertilizers are allowed.
Feeding of strawberry seedlings
To begin with, the spring top dressing of strawberries of simple and remontant varieties is different. Begin to fertilize the land should be before the planting of bushes. Now consider the rules of care for different types of varieties.
Ordinary varieties must be planted in the ground, previously fertilized with the manure. Make it a month before the landing. 1 bucket of soil is applied to 1 square meter of soil. If the soil is prepared well enough, then during the year only nitrogen compost , 50 g of phosphorus fertilizers and about 100 g of potassium fertilizers are applied.
The feeding of the repairing strawberry varies considerably. Since these varieties are characterized by a strong crop yield and intensive growth, it is necessary to make up to 5 buckets of organic fertilizer. Also make up to 100 g of complex fertilizers and 5 buckets of peat. Further, slurry or any other complex fertilizer is added. Before applying fertilizers, you must water the berries. To prepare slurry mix cow dung with water in a ratio of 1: 5, if you use chicken sings, the proportions are 1: 10. For every meter of the bed, there are 10 liters of solution.