Fertilizing strawberries in the fall - important stage obtaining a quality harvest next year. This crop is demanding on the soil, so in the absence of good fertilizers, the berries begin to shrink, the pulp becomes dry and unsweetened, and the plant itself simply degenerates over time.

The importance of autumn nutrition

Although strawberries are considered undemanding plant, generally adapted to the climate middle zone, a sufficient harvest can be obtained only with high-quality fertilizing. The type of root system itself determines the importance of applying various fertilizers.

The absence of a main root and a large number of small adventitious roots located in upper layers, contributes to the fact that the bush cannot get all the necessary nutrients. During the fruiting phase, strawberries take all the microelements from the upper layer, the remains are washed away with water into the lower layer, from where the small roots of the plant are practically unable to extract them.

Autumn feeding of strawberries is also important because this plant has two phases of active growth - the leaves grow vigorously in the spring and at the end of August after the fruit is harvested. Accordingly, by spring there are practically no nutritional components left in the soil, and the formation of vegetative buds may not occur.

If you do not strengthen the root system in the fall, in the absence of snow in winter, leaves may not appear on the bush. The lack of nutritional components does not have the best effect on the harvest - the berries become small and wrinkled, the pulp loses juice, the leaves are small and may turn yellow.

Timing of the procedure

Garden strawberries Cultivated soils are important, so fertilizing should be repeated. Moreover, agricultural technology is carried out even before the first bushes are planted on the site:

1. Fertilizer with potassium and phosphorus mixed with manure is applied to the soil before planting the first rosettes. Typically, this feeding is done 1.5 months before seedlings. If planting is carried out in the spring, the harvest will appear only after a year, so it is usually carried out in August or September, fertilizing the soil in July.
2. A week after seedlings are transplanted, the first feeding is done with ash, after 7 days a complex mineral fertilizer is applied, and after another week you can feed the bushes with an infusion of mullein or bird droppings.
3. After removing all the ripe berries from the bushes, fertilize the strawberries in the fall (September 1-20). Some types of crops require additional nutritional components in October-November.

In autumn, you can feed the root system only after harvesting the entire crop. During this period, buds are formed, on which the rudiments of flowers are visible. This determines the volume of harvest next season. Quality fertilizers capable of increasing the number of fruits by 30% or more.

How to feed strawberries in the fall

Fertilizing strawberries with organic matter in the fall is more difficult, but the final harvest is environmentally friendly. They mainly collect bird droppings, although this fertilizer is aggressive and can damage the roots of the plant, so it is mixed in water. Organic cow manure, nettle infusion, and wood ash are also used.

Ready-made mineral mixtures are also suitable for strawberries. They are used dry or diluted and must be combined with watering. Liquid mineral fertilizers are usually applied until the end of September at most.

Organic

The following preparations can be used in the feeding process.

Poultry or cow manure

It is recommended to use manure for application into the root system only when it has been rotted. This will neutralize weed shoots to reduce the need to weed the beds next year. You can buy this fertilizer in stores in dry form, packaged in bags.

The liquid infusion is prepared as follows: use 1 kg of dry mixture for 10 liters of water, then the solution is infused for two days. It must be poured into the grooves strictly between the bushes, trying not to get on the ovaries and leaves of the bush.

Mullein

You can feed the plants with mullein. It is used in the same way as bird droppings. 1 part of dry powder (or pre-rotted manure) is diluted in 10 parts of water. After stirring, the mixture should sit for at least a day. Additionally, you can add one part to the infusion charcoal. Watering is carried out strictly between plants.

Slurry

Slurry is prepared as follows - 1 liter of cow waste is used for 8 liters of ordinary water. The mixture needs to stand for two days. The consistency is reminiscent of liquid sour cream. When watering strawberries, try not to get any parts of the plant.

Wood ash

Wood ash is used different ways:

1. You can add it to an infusion of bird droppings or cow dung. In this case, it is necessary to thoroughly stir the mixture until it has a homogeneous consistency.
2. In dry form, ash is used at the rate of 150 g per square meter plot. It is scattered on top, so you don’t have to worry about getting it on the leaves.
3. A solution is also used. 150 g are diluted in 5 liters of water, then approximately 500 ml of the mixture is used per bush.

Mineral fertilizers

1. Nitrophoska based on phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium. Additionally, the composition includes boron, molybdenum, cobalt, copper and other components. The fertilizer is universal, replaces superphosphate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride and others. Available in the form of white or gray granules coated to protect against moisture. Dosage – 3 g of granules per 1 liter of water. The resulting solution is fertilized at the rate of 500 ml per plant. Nitrophoska is applied to the beds after collecting all the berries. Not suitable for remontants, since the last harvest of this variety occurs in late autumn. Recharge is carried out maximum until mid-September.
2. Potassium salt based on sylvinite, potassium chloride, kainite. The powder dissolves easily in water and looks like small dark orange crystals. Salt can be mixed with the soil, but it does not remain at the top, but penetrates into all layers of the soil. An overdose of potassium salt can lead to a deterioration in the taste of fruits, a decrease in their shelf life and an increase in the ripening phase of the crop. If fertilizer is applied correctly, the plant’s immunity increases. Potassium salt is scattered under the roots of the plant along the bed at the rate of 30–40 g per square meter of area. After this, abundant watering is required to penetrate the substances into the upper layers of the soil.
3. Superphosphate is a complex mineral fertilizer containing sulfur, nitrogen, and magnesium. More than half of the volume is occupied by phosphorus. The substance dissolves in water and quickly reaches the root system of the plant. Increases crop endurance, makes roots and stems stronger, increases resistance low temperatures. Superphosphate does not mix with other fertilizers and is not suitable for all types of soil. Fertilizing is used maximum four times - during planting, in the spring after the end of the flowering period, in the fall and before wintering the plant. The powder is applied directly under the roots to the surface of the soil, then watered generously with settled water.
4. Kemira is a water-soluble fertilizer containing phosphorus, magnesium, and nitrogen. It is produced in the form of granules with a long shelf life, applied directly between the rows of the plant, and watered abundantly with water. When working, you must use a respirator and rubber gloves, since inhaling the powder is dangerous for humans. You can also use the powder diluted in water - 1 tablespoon per 10 liters.
5. Nitroammophoska based on phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium used for many garden crops, including strawberries. Take 1 kg per square meter of bed. It is necessary to work with this fertilizer carefully, since an overdose can burn the root system and deplete the soil.

The main elements for feeding are potassium and nitrogen. The latter affects the size of the fruit, rich red color and sweet taste.

Mineral fertilizers prevent plant diseases, stimulate growth and strengthen the bush. If you add them in the fall after harvest, next year the berries will be large, not deformed, sweet and juicy.

Folk recipes

Natural substances for fertilizing strawberries are cheaper than mineral ones and allow you to obtain a harvest that is clean from an environmental point of view. Such methods are especially popular in organic farming:

1. A mixture of 1 liter of tobacco decoction, 10 liters of weed infusion and half a glass of ash.
2. 130 g of wood ash and 1 liter of slightly warmed mullein.

These mixtures are used in pure form without additional dilution with water in a volume of 300–400 ml per bush, depending on its size.

Also for autumn processing You can use the following recipes:

1. Vermicompost in a volume of 200 ml is dissolved in 10 liters of water, kept at room temperature and combined in a 1:1 ratio with settled water.
2. A mixture of rainwater with compost and soil, you can additionally add old jam.
3. An incomplete ten-liter bucket of dried bread crusts must be soaked in water and allowed to stand for a week at room temperature. Then the resulting slurry is diluted three times with water. You can add 1/3 of the whey to the solution and pour 500–8000 ml per bush.

Fertilizers, especially dry ones, are applied in calm weather, dry soil at a time when there has been no rain for at least two days before. Liquid mixtures can be used before frost, so that moisture from the soil has time to evaporate. At later dates, it is optimal to use dry or granular products.

Almost everything necessary strawberries substances contain complex mixed fertilizers. They help the plant recover and prepare for the coming winter.

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 of strawberries in the fall is not difficult, but requires certain 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 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 the formation of new greenery and will go under the snow weakened, which will negatively affect the fruiting of the 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 main protection of the bush from frost and wind is its lush leaves, so you cannot 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.

Caring for strawberries in summer should be carried out systematically. 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 health of 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 Location on. It is best to do this in the evening or on a cloudy day. The seedlings must have three true leaves and a 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 strawberries 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 ensure good bud growth, feed your 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 will do complex fertilizer(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 behind 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.

At the end of summer, strawberries run out of leaf growth resources. They need to be cut off, especially those whose stems turn red - this is a sign that the plant cannot provide them with nutrients. On old bushes that are 3-4 years old, the foliage is cut off completely. You shouldn’t be afraid of this, as minerals are saved and next year the berry bushes will bear fruit again. big harvest. But this fall you still need to think about how to feed your strawberries after harvesting.

Required condition rapid growth shoots in the spring and the appearance of a large number of buds - fertilizing strawberries in August after pruning. From these, ovaries are subsequently formed.

How to process strawberries in autumn for winter

In order for all the ovaries to survive until autumn and bear fruit, care must be carried out regularly throughout the growing season. It consists of timely removal of dry leaves and whiskers. The tendrils that the bush throws out take a lot of nutrients, taking them away from the ripening berries.

Pruning in summer is done with scissors or pruning shears. Cut shoots are not thrown away if you need to propagate the bed. They are dug in for a while so that they can be planted on their own in the fall. permanent place. By autumn they will develop a root system and take root in a new place without problems.

This method of planting strawberries in August requires the use of fertilizers - organic or mineral. The bushes are watered with infusion of manure or a diluted mixture of complex mineral mixture, for example, containing potassium and phosphorus. It is better not to use nitrogen supplements to prevent young seedlings from growing. This will not allow her to survive the winter well. The main thing that needs to develop is the root system.

The best thing to feed strawberry mustache seedlings in September is ash from tree branches, straw, tops and grass. It does not contain nitrogen, only phosphorus, potassium, calcium and trace elements.

When a landing site is selected new bed, it is cleared of weeds, loosened, apply fertilizers:

• Compost– the most useful mixture of organic matter, soil, superphosphates.

• Humus– lying cattle manure. It is used by adding to each hole when planting. Under the influence of soil microorganisms it turns into nutritious humus.

• Infusion of chicken manure. The substance must be infused for at least a week so that excess ammonia disappears and does not damage the roots of young strawberry seedlings.

• Mineral fertilizers. They are applied to feed young strawberries in August based on the dosages in the instructions for one hole.

• Green manure. If this method used by the owners of the site, it also disinfects the soil and at the same time nourishes the plants with organic matter, which decomposes in the soil.

No more than two young rosettes can be left on the mother strawberry bush. Trim the rest and plant in a nutritious soil mixture.

Caring for old strawberry bushes

Fertilizing strawberries after fruiting should begin towards the end of the season so that all the berries ripen. The next stage is sorting. Bushes that are more than 4 years old should be removed by the roots and thrown into compost. The greatest increase in yield is given by 2-3 year old plants.

Work order:

• Removing old leaves from bushes. Experienced gardeners practice complete mowing of greenery.

• Weeding.

• Moistening the soil and watering with a nutrient mixture.

• Mulching with straw or green manure.

Video: Caring for strawberries after harvest

How to feed strawberries after trimming the leaves:

• Ammofoska. You can use dry granules, sprinkle them evenly under the roots, then water the soil so that the fertilizer dissolves and gets into the soil.

• Kemira for berries. Dig a hole around the bush and sprinkle with granules. Pour water and cover with a layer of soil.

• Furnace ash. Make an extract, pour boiling water over the substance and leave for 2 – 3 days.

• Green manure in the form of a solution or in beveled form. Place crushed nettles or other plants that are used as green manure in a bucket. Pour water and leave for 2 weeks until it starts to ferment. Apply the resulting infusion to each strawberry bush at the root after fruiting and pruning.

To prevent plants from getting sick or being damaged by pests, autumn fertilizing of strawberries after pruning includes urea treatment - 30 g per bucket of water.

Cheap methods for feeding strawberries

Planting green manure on summer cottage- This is a way to save on the purchase of fertilizers. Green manure is restored fertile layer and provide plants with all the necessary nutrients - potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen. The advantage of this method is that it is suitable for everyone garden crops, including for garden strawberries.

Green mass is used in different ways:

• cut and dig up with soil - in the case of strawberries, this must be done carefully so as not to damage the root system with a shovel or flat cutter;

• mulch berry bushes with greens;

• prepare an infusion and water the strawberry bed, which is used to feed it after fruiting for the future harvest.

Mulching is the safest and most useful way in every way. Firstly, you don’t need to waste your energy on digging up the soil, simply laying mulch between the rows. By spring, it will rot on its own and food will reach the roots of the bushes.

Secondly, the work of soil microflora, which dies during digging from ultraviolet rays, is not disrupted. Thirdly, mulch warms the roots in winter and plants survive even at very low temperatures.

Fourthly, plant residues retain snow and moisture in the spring, allowing plants to quickly grow green mass. Fifthly, mulch prevents weeds from spreading, which reduces the cost of manual labor and preserves nutrients for strawberries.

Variety Victoria - what to feed in the fall

Strawberry Victoria - the most popular and unpretentious variety, but to obtain annual harvests, it also requires care, which consists of periodically trimming the mustache, watering, replanting as necessary, and treating against diseases and pests. The variety is classified as remontant and bears fruit only once per season.

With proper agricultural technology, you can get more than 1 kg of berries from one bush in one season. For proper care It’s better to use O. Ganichkina’s method for feeding strawberries after fruiting:

• Victoria is fertilized in the fall with natural fertilizers to restore the fertile layer.

• It is necessary to mulch with plant materials - sawdust, straw, green manure, peat.

• Feed remontant strawberries After fruiting, they begin in July so that the plant gains strength before wintering. During this period, generative buds are being laid, which will provide the next year's harvest. It is important that these buds receive nutrition and do not degenerate, then the promised kilogram of berries from the bush will definitely ripen.

• in autumn before feeding Victoria need to be poured out up to 10 liters of water per 1 square meter to moisten the soil well and deeply. Then you can prepare a working solution of fertilizers and water the bushes. Strawberry roots are quite deep - up to 30 cm, so you need a lot of liquid.

To prevent strawberry mites from bothering you in the spring, you need to spray the seedlings with a pest repellent in the fall, preferably natural - Fitovir or its analogues. In spring, if growing leaves become deformed, repeat the treatment.

It is at the end of summer and autumn that the crop for the next year is formed, so it is necessary to take care of the plants. Root system This moisture-loving crop is located at a shallow depth, in the surface layer of soil. It cannot extract moisture from deeper layers and depends on its supply from the outside. Therefore, it simply needs periodic watering. And it needs to be produced almost all year round starting in spring, when the leaves grow, and ending in late autumn, if there is no rain. Of course, the seasonal frequency of irrigation varies, and the most frequent watering is done in the summer.

Watering in autumn is no different from spring.

Naturally, the numbers may fluctuate depending on the place where the strawberries grow and the climatic features of the current year. autumn season. In dry and warm weather, the frequency of watering increases; in heavy rains, strawberries not only do not need additional moisture, but also suffer from excess moisture. Therefore, during heavy rains it is covered with a light film.

There are several rules regarding watering strawberries:

1. It is better to do it in the morning so that the plants can dry out by evening.
2. It is recommended to water rarely, but abundantly, so that the soil is well saturated with moisture. If you moisten the soil often and little by little, strawberries may be affected fungal disease: gray rot, powdery mildew and others. The recommended rate is 10-12 liters per square meter.
3. The amount of water directly depends on the type of soil in which the berry grows. If the soil is loamy, the plant requires more moisture than growing in light soils. There are developed and time-tested standards that provide for loamy soils 120 m³ of water per 1 ha, for soils with a light mechanical composition - 80 m³ per 1 ha. In autumn, these numbers are reduced by 10%.

Types of watering strawberries

At small area Strawberry plants are irrigated using a regular watering can. It is better to take warm water. Its optimal temperature for the plant is 18-20°C. Water from a well or well is too cold, so you need to make sure there is a tank or old bath, into which water intended for irrigation is poured. The water will be heated in the sun and then used. Of course, manual watering takes a lot of time and effort, so it is used for small plantings of strawberries.

When watering with a hose, physical costs are reduced, but water consumption becomes maximum, because it gets not only onto the plants, but also into the rows and spills to the sides.

You can also purchase modern watering systems, which are divided into:

• drip;
• sprinkling.

Drip systems are the most effective during flowering and fruiting. Such systems are divided into internal and end, adjustable and not. The water in them is supplied to the very root of the plant. This is very economical systems, allowing to reduce water consumption by 2-3 times compared to a sprinkler system. The soil under the plants is always kept moist, and the row spacing remains dry.

Sprinkling is carried out stationary or with a movable sprinkler, which can be moved around the site. A variety of sprinklers: circular, fan, rotary, swinging and others - allow you to water both small areas and large plantations. You can make automatic water supply using timers and sensors. The disadvantage of sprinkler systems is high consumption water.

Autumn work on caring for young and adult plants

It is known that autumn is a favorable time for planting young strawberry bushes. And their watering differs significantly from irrigating adult plants. When planting, use ½ liter of water for each plant. Next, for 2 weeks they are watered several times a day with a small amount warm water. Then the frequency of watering is reduced to 1 time every 1 - 2 days. When the bushes have completely taken root and become stronger, they are watered according to the pattern of adult plants.

Another technique for caring for berries is mulching, which is necessary to retain moisture near the roots. To do this, use straw, sawdust, pine branches or cardboard, and film residues. Mulch also protects plants from weeds and dirt.

Autumn feeding consists of applying phosphate fertilizers(per bucket of water - 50-60 g of superphosphate) and wood ash (per 1 bucket - 1 - 2 cups). The plant responds well to feeding with boron and manganese.

When growing strawberries on your plot, caring for them will be exactly the same as for strawberries.

We hope that the above material has dotted all the i’s and answered the question of whether strawberries need to be watered during the fall.