Who does not wait for summer gardeners to eat strawberries from their beds? And that the garden year after year pleased with excellent harvests, you need to take care of strawberries, in particular, to transplant them in time. About when you can transplant strawberries, you can learn from our article.
When is it necessary to transplant strawberries?
The need to transplant a young strawberry grows usually occurs in the fourth year after planting, when the old bushes finally weaken and are unable to give a full crop.
When else can you change strawberries?
It is possible to engage in strawberry transplantation, in principle, at any convenient time - in summer, and in autumn, and in spring. Naturally, for the transplantation works, dormancy periods are chosen, when the strawberry does not bloom and does not bear fruit.
When to transplant strawberries in spring?
Start work on the strawberry transplantation in the spring should be as soon as possible, immediately after the convergence of snow and the absence of danger of nocturnal frosts. Usually favorable conditions for transplantation take shape already in early April. But it is also possible to postpone the transplantation at the end of April - beginning of May, but during this period the strawberries will grow much more slowly.
When to replant strawberries in the summer?
In summer, strawberries should be transplanted in late July and early August, choosing cool evenings for this, and watering the beds abundantly to prevent them from drying out. So that the land on the strawberry bed does not take up the crust, its surface should be walled up.
When is it better to transplant strawberries in the fall?
And yet autumn is the best time for transplanting strawberries. In the beginning of autumn it is still warm enough for the bushes to grow stronger and take root before the onset of frost, but there is already no burning sun, threatening the tender leaves with sunburn. It is best to transplant strawberries between September and October.