Strawberries should be cared for systematically in the summer. It depends a lot on this future harvest strawberries You need to pay attention to spots on strawberries, also mites on strawberries can do a lot of harm and you also need to constantly fight them.

Caring for strawberries in August

Without knowing how to care for strawberries in August, you risk losing your harvest next year. The last month of summer is often dry and hot. Therefore, it is important to water at least 2 times a week. The plants themselves “signal” the need for watering - the bushes droop and the foliage dries out.

You can water strawberries either by sprinkling or at the root - the sun is no longer so aggressive, and there will be no burn on the leaves

If the leaves continue to dry out, become stained, or weaken, they should be carefully cut off and only 3-4 healthy leaves should be left to improve the “green mass”. The same goes for mustaches, which can be removed if they are still growing or if you forgot to do so in July.

Plants can be fed with a weak solution of mullein (1:10) or bird droppings (1:20) and loosen the soil. One 10 liter bucket should be enough for 10-12 bushes. You can form earthen “sides” up to 15 cm high around the beds and fill them to the top with water.

And it is also recommended in August plant new strawberry bushes on the site. It is best to do this in the evening or on a cloudy day. The seedlings must have three true leaves and developed root system. It is planted in a previously prepared wet hole.

Caring for strawberries in September

Autumn strawberry care differs slightly from summer activities. However, they should not be neglected either.

Some varieties of strawberries continue to form flowers even in September. The berries on them will not ripen before the onset of cold weather, so such “idle” inflorescences should be picked off. The same goes for strawberry mustaches.

Even if the forecasts promise mild winter, feed the bushes. Ammophos is perfect for this (the contents are added at the rate of 30 g per 1 sq.m.). For “warming”, rotted chicken manure diluted in water in a ratio of 1:15 is also added. 1-1.5 liters of the composition are poured under each bush. Sometimes cow manure is used, diluted in water in a ratio of 1:10 with the addition of 1 cup of ash. Strawberries are watered generously with the resulting mixture at the rate of 1.5-2 liters per bush.

IN last time Before winter, inspect the strawberry bushes and discard diseased and affected specimens, as well as remove excess tendrils and withered leaves. Don't throw away "bad" plants, but put them in the compost pile.

Caring for strawberries after trimming the leaves

Caring for strawberries open ground involves not only the removal of tendrils and inflorescences, but also leaves. However, there is no need to “expose” the plant completely, since by tearing off healthy leaves, you reduce the likelihood of the formation of peduncles and fruits, reduce the yield and doom the strawberry to difficulties during the wintering period. First of all, remove dry and withered leaves affected by strawberry mites. If the fruit-bearing plant is almost entirely affected, then it is easier to cut it off with pruners just above the growth point and burn the remains.

If you need seedlings for propagation, then you should not remove the whiskers, you need to give them the opportunity to take root and grow a strong rosette

After pruning, loosen the soil and water it. Treat the bushes with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and sprinkle with ash. To provide good growth kidneys, feed the strawberries universal fertilizer at the rate of 10 g per 10 liters of water. Ammonium nitrate and nitrogen fertilizers are also suitable (use according to instructions).

Towards the end of September, strawberry bushes can be covered with straw to protect them from upcoming frosts. Place freshly cut grass between the rows - it will become the first spring fertilizer.

Fertilizing strawberries in autumn

After the above work on autumn strawberry care, dig up the rows, hill up and feed the bushes with fertilizer. You can use manure (2-4 kg per 1 sq.m.), chicken droppings (1 kg per 10 liters of water) or wood ash (100 g per 1 sq.m.). In this case, manure is applied so that the fertilizer does not touch the strawberry leaves: to avoid burns to the plant. On the contrary, ash is sprayed not only under the roots, but also on the leaves.

As mineral fertilizing Complex fertilizer is suitable (2 tablespoons of nitroammophoska per 10 liters of water).

Caring for remontant strawberries

From mid-September, start caring for fruit-bearing bushes. Loosen the soil to hide the root system and protect it from the cold. As a rule, at this time the plants are covered with a “blanket” of cut green manure or the soil is mulched with straw, hay, fallen leaves and mowed weeds. Remove remaining flower stalks so that they do not weaken the plants, and cut off any withered leaves after the first frost.

Covering strawberries for the winter

Final stage autumn care for garden strawberries - this is insulation. 2 days after treatment and feeding, cover the bushes with straw, spruce paws or fallen leaves. This will not only protect your strawberries from winter frosts, but will also serve additional source organic substances.

As soon as summer residents do not mock the poor strawberries in the fall: they are cut to zero, weeded, dried, covered with film... All this leads to freezing and a decrease in yield. Proper care Picking strawberries in the fall is not difficult, but requires some knowledge.

It would seem that we all know how to care for strawberries in the fall - cut off their leaves, and that’s the end of it. However experienced gardeners They will say that this approach is wrong and they will be right. After all, for full harvest Next year you should start preparing strawberries for winter from mid-summer.

Fertilizing strawberries in autumn

Strawberries need to be fed three times a year: before flowering, after fruiting and in September before wintering.

Every gardener has his own answer to the question. Some people use a 10% solution of mullein mixed with ash, some infuse bird droppings, and others prefer specially developed complex fertilizers.

After picking the berries, strawberries, as before, need care and attention. Therefore, never think twice about whether to water your strawberries in the fall. Of course, both watering and removing the whiskers must be continued.

The last moisture-recharging irrigations are carried out already in October with a frequency of once every seven days, provided that the weather is dry. If it rains and the soil is saturated with moisture to the very roots, then it is not necessary to water the strawberries.

In September-October strawberry bushes The signs of all diseases affecting your plantation are more visible than ever. This is a suitable period for treating plantings with drugs against pests and diseases. But, before processing strawberries in the fall, you need to rid them of weeds, which interfere with the ventilation of the bushes and take away some of the nutrition.
There is a nuance to this: weeding strawberries in the fall is not recommended, since you can damage the root system of the plants, which will not have time to recover before frost. The best option there will be weeding at the end of summer or treatment with Lenacil (a herbicide intended specifically for strawberry plantings).

After the strawberry bed has been left free of unauthorized settlers in the fall, you can begin to expel pests and diseases.

The debate about whether it is necessary to trim strawberry leaves in the fall has lasted for decades and is still not over. From the point of view of pruning supporters, diseases develop on old leaves and peduncles, harmful insects and spores of fungal diseases can settle, so it is better to remove them, leaving only short stems. Opponents of this position believe that a bush pruned for the winter will spend all its energy on forming new greenery and will go under the snow weakened, which will negatively affect fruiting next season.

In our opinion, the truth, as always, is in the middle: you can either prune strawberries immediately after fruiting, so that they have time to form new lush greenery before winter, or do pruning in the fall, but remove only dried and diseased leaves.

IMPORTANT! The bush’s main protection from frost and wind is its lush leaves, so you can’t leave strawberries to spend the winter without leaves.

If you are planning to trim strawberry leaves in the fall, then take sharp garden shears or pruning shears, be sure to put on gloves and prepare a container for the leaves - you should not leave them in the garden bed or between the rows.

FACT! Repairing strawberries are not pruned in the fall, only diseased and damaged leaves are removed with the onset of cold weather. This is done very carefully so as not to damage the root system.

Mulching strawberries in autumn

The best shelter for wintering strawberries is snow. It is he who is able to reliably cover the bushes and protect them from soil cracking, damping off, freezing and other misfortunes. But what if there is no snow in your area in winter?

In this case, the gardener himself will have to play the role of caring nature. Strawberries need to be covered for the winter, and there are now enough methods and materials for this. The easiest thing you can do is mulch your strawberry bushes in the fall with plant-based ingredients.

The ideal shelter for garden strawberries is needles - they do not get wet, do not stick together and do not attract mice. If you cannot get pine litter or spruce branches, then choose another suitable material– straw, compost, humus, dry leaves, etc.

Remember that if you have chosen spunbond for covering, you cannot place it directly on the leaves - this will lead to freezing of the strawberries in places of contact with the material. Such covering materials require the installation of arcs.

IMPORTANT! Mulch and cover strawberry patch in the fall it is necessary after the first frost. Bush that passed subzero temperatures, will become more hardened and will withstand wintering easier.

Autumn care for strawberries does not require serious time or financial investment, but despite its simplicity, it gives tangible results. In the spring, your bushes do not waste time on recovery and immediately begin to actively grow, bearing fruit longer and more actively than usual.

After picking the berries, strawberry bushes require special care to restore strength and intensively lay fruiting buds for the next year.

With proper implementation of summer-autumn preventive measures garden strawberries(scientific name for strawberry) increases fruit production by at least 15-30 percent. The fruits become larger, juicier and sweeter. Any variety, plain or remontant strawberries responds with gratitude to care and care, so berries grown with one’s own hands are noticeably different from store-bought ones.

Caring for strawberries after harvest

At the end of July and beginning of August, after the strawberries have fruited, care appropriate for this period is carried out, consisting of: trimming the mustache, removing damaged leaves, weeding, fertilizing, hilling the bushes.

In July, after the strawberries are harvested, the plants begin to grow new leaves, form new horns, the growth of tendrils with lateral rosettes intensifies, and new flower buds are laid for the new season.

Be sure to weed the beds, that is, remove all weeds. Excess tendrils and dried leaves are also removed. Reddened leaf blades are removed first.

You cannot tear off the foliage and mustache, you can only cut it, otherwise the bush will be damaged and will hurt. For pruning, use only sharp scissors or pruners. To avoid the proliferation of pests, it is better to burn old, cut leaves. If young leaves curl or look corrugated, this indicates that the plants are infected with strawberry mite and they should be treated with a special preparation.

After pruning, the soil around the strawberries is loosened, fertilized, and watered. The row spacing is loosened to a depth of 10 centimeters. Around the plants, loosening is carried out to a depth of 5-7 centimeters. It is advisable to hill up the bushes.

In this case, the roots must be completely covered, and upper part the bush should remain above the ground. Under no circumstances should you cover the growing point, that is, the middle of the rosette of leaves.

Fertilizing strawberries in July

Taken for feeding mineral fertilizers with a wide content of microelements. There are about 30 grams of fertilizer per square meter. A special fertilizer for garden strawberries is suitable for this - Fertika, ammophoska.

Fertilizers containing potassium chloride cannot be used, as it slows down growth and impairs fruiting. Fertilizers are embedded in the soil to a depth of about 5-8 centimeters.

In addition to these fertilizers, you can use last year's humus. It scatters around the bushes and slightly digs into the soil. Humus improves the structure of the soil and makes it more fertile.

You can also fertilize the beds with diluted chicken manure (dilute it in a ratio of 1:15 with water). When feeding, we must not forget that this solution should not get on the foliage, otherwise burns will appear on the plants, which provokes the development of diseases. A high concentration of the solution can completely destroy the bush. That's why this type fertilizing is not used so often. And more often in spring than in summer and autumn.

If the weather is dry, the strawberry beds are shed abundantly with water. Soil moisture should be maintained until the end of the season. Watering is done once a week with a bucket per square meter.

For better effect Drip irrigation can be used. This type of irrigation allows you to get required quantity moisture and at the same time the plants do not rot, since the soil does not become waterlogged.

Caring for strawberries in August

To get a bountiful harvest for the next season, at the end of summer perennial plants proper care is required. It includes: pruning leaves, replanting mustaches, preparing plants for winter, that is, covering the bushes.

Old leaves are cut off. Here gardeners act differently, some mow down all the foliage completely, others remove only disease-damaged leaves. If strawberries grow in groups, then they are processed first early varieties. Then come the averages and late varieties, this will allow you to evenly care for the plants and prevent them from overgrowing, which leads to the threat of infection with diseases and pests.

The mustaches with new rosettes and young roots are planted to form young bushes. For this, the strongest specimens are selected, usually this is the first rosette on the antennae. It is recommended to replant strawberry plantings every 3 years, this is how many years the bush bears maximum fruit, then the bush ages and the yield decreases noticeably.

To protect strawberries from various fungi, powdery mildew, and pests, the bushes are sprayed with special preparations or self-prepared products.

For spraying the following preparations are used:

• Karbofos or Actellik is protection against weevils and strawberry mites;
• Azocene and Topaz are used for the prevention and control of powdery mildew;
• one percent lime solution and copper sulfate saves bushes and berries from rot and spotting.

Fertilizing strawberries in August

Feeding the bushes during this period increases the degree of frost resistance of the plant and promotes the formation of future flower buds.

Complex mineral fertilizers should include: 1 part nitrogen, 2 parts phosphorus, 4 parts potassium. In the finished version, it can be: Fusco, Autumn, Autumn. All these preparations contain other beneficial substances in addition to the base.

The Autumn fertilizer does not contain nitrogen, which allows it to be used even at a later period, but this preparation contains all the elements that are necessary for the growth and good fruiting of strawberries.

Suitable organic fertilizers include: peat, horse manure in granules, humus, bone meal.

Mineral and organic fertilizers should not be mixed. In rare cases, when the soil is depleted, mineral and organic fertilizers are applied over the entire area of ​​the beds. If the strawberry planting area is quite large, this mixture can also be used.

After feeding, the plants are covered with mulch, and for wintering the bushes are covered with leaves, pine needles, potato tops, and straw. Dry weather is chosen for shelter, otherwise the layer may cake and cause the formation of pests and diseases inside the layer or lead to root rot.

The layer of mulch protecting plants from frost should be at least 7 centimeters. In addition to mulch it is used non-woven material, for example, spunbond.

Autumn care for remontant strawberries

Remontant strawberries, in comparison with simple varieties, have a short life span and after two years the plants must be replaced by new ones. Some varieties do not produce whiskers and are easier to care for, but they use seeds to propagate them, which complicates the breeding process.

July and August are suitable for renewing strawberry plantations. By autumn the bushes take root and easily endure the winter.

In preparation for winter, flower stalks and leaves are torn off from the mother bushes. The bushes are earthed up so that the roots are covered with soil. But the core of the plant must remain open, otherwise it will begin to rot.

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I always cut off almost all the leaves, leaving 3-4 leaves. When the first frosts begin, I cover them with spruce branches to prevent them from freezing in winter. Here in the Urals it can be -30 in the winter, so you can’t do without shelter. and I cut off the leaves because by the end of the season they are almost all diseased.

Strawberry yields next year directly depend on whether the strawberries were transplanted in August, whether strawberry fertilizer was applied in the fall when planting seedlings (or during transplanting bushes), and whether other necessary procedures were completed. The basic rule is that you should begin the final work of this season after the bushes have fully bear fruit.

Caring for garden strawberries after harvest

How to care for strawberries after harvest? In principle, there are no particular difficulties here. There are several mandatory stages for caring for strawberries in August-September, which are not recommended to be ignored:

• Removing tendrils and old/diseased leaves;
• Spraying against pests and diseases;
• Fertilizing strawberries in the fall (when planting) and in the summer (after pruning);
• Caring for strawberries for the winter - providing shelter during frosts.

For information, strawberry is the popular name or pineapple, belonging to the Strawberry genus, Rosaceae family.

What to do with strawberries in August

Mustache trimming

Caring for garden strawberries in August begins with trimming the mustaches along with the rosettes formed on them. To increase crop productivity, it is better to perform the procedure in three steps:

1. immediately after the completion of fruiting of the bushes;
2. 20 days after the first procedure;
3. in another 20 days.

The tendrils are cut at a distance of 10 cm from the base of the plant. As cutting tool You can use a knife, pruning shears or garden shears. You should carefully hold the mustache with your other hand so as not to accidentally cut off the excess part of the bush.

IN THE PHOTO: The mustaches with new rosettes formed, which have had time to form full-fledged roots, can be left after pruning for propagation of strawberries.

Also, caring for strawberries after picking the berries involves removing old and diseased leaves from the bush, leaving only the hearts and young leaves. The “heart” of a strawberry is the apical bud of the main shoot (horn), which contains the rudiments of a peduncle with flowers. The hearts should always be above the soil surface, otherwise they may dry out under the soil (or leaf litter).

IN THE PHOTO: All old strawberry leaves and leaves with spots must be ruthlessly removed.

Do you want to harvest a bountiful harvest of berries? Remove strawberry tendrils both during flowering and when fruiting. And when caring for strawberries (garden strawberries) after harvesting, do not cut off the thickest tendril. It will grow into a beautiful young bush to renew an old plant. This operation is recommended to be carried out every three years.

Spraying against pests and diseases

It should be remembered that garden strawberries after harvesting need care and protection from all kinds of diseases no less than in the spring. Preventive and therapeutic spraying of strawberries is an important component of care in August, designed to protect the berries from various fungi (gray and black rot), stains, and a number of pests.

IN THE PHOTO: Strawberries affected by powdery mildew are unsuitable for consumption.

What should you spray strawberries with after harvesting? Depending on the nature of the lesion, the following drugs can be used:

• " ", " " will destroy the strawberry mite and weevil;
• " ", "Azotsen" will save you from powdery mildew;
• 1 percent solution Bordeaux mixture used for spotting and rot.

How to feed strawberries in August

Fertilizing strawberries for the winter provides the plant with increased frost resistance and promotes the formation of new flower buds.

How to fertilize strawberries in August? The use of fertilizers containing nitrogen is strictly prohibited, with the exception of a strong urea solution. The purpose of urea is to destroy in the bud fungal diseases, and have a minimal stimulating effect on strawberries. For feeding purposes, it is permissible to use:

1. mineral complex fertilizers NPK in proportions 1:1.5:2 or 1:2:4 (that is, always only one part of nitrogen, one and a half to two parts of phosphorus and two to four parts of potassium). Among the ready-made fertilizers, the following are quite suitable: fertilizer "Autumn" from "Fasco" with an NPK ratio of 5:15:35 (similar in composition, but under a different TerraSol brand). Very good reviews has fertilizer "Autumn" from "Buyskiye Fertilizers" in a plastic bag 3 kg, which does not have nitrogen (which is a definite plus), but contains calcium, boron and magnesium for healthy growth seedlings in spring;
2. organic fertilizers: humus, peat, granulated horse manure, bone meal. You cannot use bird droppings, even rotted ones, because it contains too much nitrogen.

How to care for strawberries in August: nuances of fertilizing

Fertilizers should be applied along the rows, not forgetting to first grind their components well and mix the substrate. Any summer or autumn feeding of strawberries in winter, in case of dry weather, requires subsequent watering. For each square meter area requires up to two buckets of water.

Should organic fertilizers be mixed with mineral ones? For example, complex NPK fertilizer with humus? This should not be done, except in cases where you have a whole strawberry plantation. Ordinary complex fertilizer quite enough to enrich the soil with macroelements. However, if you are growing strawberries in heavy loam or clay soils(and also if the soil is close to depletion, has become gray and turns to dust when it dries), it is worth adding both organic matter and mineral water. The first will improve the soil structure, make the soil lighter and more “digestible” for the roots. And fertilizers will enrich it with nutrients.

How to care for strawberries in the fall for a good harvest

The main work on caring for strawberries for the winter should be completed in August. So what to do with strawberries in the fall? Before providing her with reliable shelter for the winter, there is practically nothing. Caring for strawberries in the fall involves keeping the soil loose in rows and between rows and removing emerging weeds.

If you didn’t have time to feed your strawberries in August, you can do it in September. How to feed strawberries in the fall? Yes, in general, the same as in the last summer month.

How to care for strawberries after harvest: cover for the winter

What to do if you found information about how to fertilize strawberries in the fall during planting or a recipe for summer fertilizers too late, and the berries did not receive the necessary nutrition? Such weakened bushes need additional shelter, for example, spruce branches, leaves or potato tops. To ensure that the layer of covering material remains loose and does not cake, it must be added in dry weather and light frost - about –2–3°C. This is especially important if straw is used, which attracts diseases and pests at elevated temperatures.

IN THE PHOTO: The covering material, in this case straw, is waiting in the wings. If you wrap strawberries earlier than expected for the winter, root rot may develop.

IN THE PHOTO:The layer of mulch that can protect strawberry bushes from frost should be 7–15 cm.

But those gardeners who stop paying due attention to this miracle berry in the fall are very mistaken. Strawberries require no less care at this time than in spring and summer time . Winter is just around the corner, and right now strawberries are gathering strength to safely survive the harsh frosts and meet the arrival of next summer in full health and splendor.

Strawberry bushes continue to actively develop in September, the leaf apparatus is formed, the root system is growing, and, most importantly for us, at this autumn time they are already beginning to appear flower bud primordia, on which both the quantity and quality of the berries set next year directly depend. Therefore, in September I continue to care for strawberries with the same regularity as, for example, in May and June.

After each watering it is necessary loosen the beds. To do this, I use a special hoe and carefully loosen the beds between the rows so as not to touch the strawberry bushes. This especially applies to powerfully growing mature (two to three year old) strawberry bushes. Thanks to the pine needle mulch, there are few weeds in the strawberry beds, but those that do appear I delete it immediately. At the same time I cut off the propagation shoots that appear throughout the season - mustaches. To avoid damaging the bushes, I trim them with scissors. You shouldn’t delay this, the mustache takes a lot of strength from the strawberry, and it will be very useful for other purposes.

By September, on the bushes of some varieties of strawberries (for example,"Lord" ), which are partly repairable, may appear autumn flowers . Of course, in our climate, you can’t expect berries from them, and I delete them regularly too.

I constantly carefully inspect my entire small strawberry plantation. It sometimes happens that after summer season some bushes become sick and begin to clearly lag behind the rest in development. This rarely happens, and in this case, without thinking twice, I simply dig up the rejected bush and send it to the compost, deepen the hole in its place and transplant a healthy bush there from a small reserve of strawberries available specifically for this purpose. When excavating with a large lump of earth transplanted strawberries are not sick at all and feels in a new place no worse than its neighboring bushes.

At the beginning of autumn, I begin to prepare beds for planting winter onions and garlic, adding sand, humus ash, etc. Onions and garlic - good predecessors for strawberries. Therefore, I choose places for these crops so that next year After harvesting, young strawberries could be conveniently placed in these beds. At the same time, depending on the state of the plantings, I roughly estimate which strawberry beds will have to be uprooted next year after fruiting. To avoid confusion, in a special notebook I draw simple planting plans for strawberries and other vegetables for each year.

Having such data for several years at hand, it is not difficult to plan my entire small plot for planting, taking into account the most rational crop rotation. In the spring, of course, adjustments are possible, but the approximate plan, as a rule, is followed.

In the same autumn time While the recent harvest of magnificent strawberries is in my mind, I slowly think and figure out how many strawberry bushes to grow in the near future and which varieties to use as a basis. Some varieties that cannot withstand the test of the harsh conditions of our area have to be abandoned, while other varieties that are new to me, on the contrary, I plan to plant in small quantities for testing.

Now I have two main varieties - “Lord” and “Yulia”, and there is no replacement for them yet. This year, planted in small quantities and “ Sunny Polyanka" But the final opinion regarding it and the variety “ Idun“It hasn’t worked out yet. I’m in no hurry, I’ll look at them for another year, and then we’ll see.

In September work on summer cottage already a little, mostly just collecting vegetables, so it is at this time that I stock up on pine needles for later covering the entire strawberry plantation for the winter. I have a pine forest just 300 meters from the site, and it’s not difficult to go and rake up old pine needles; you can even pick up mushrooms along the way. The consumption of pine needles is well known to me based on experience - this is about one bag per strawberry bed of 5 sq m. For convenience, I immediately pour the brought mulch into the aisles between the strawberry beds - this will make it more convenient to use. These piles of needles do not particularly interfere with caring for strawberries in September and lie quietly until the time of their use (end of October).