How long can strawberries grow in one place?

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In order to grow strawberries on the balcony, you must first choose the right variety. Small varieties, hybrids of garden and forest berries are best suited for the balcony. The height of such plants is only 25 cm, and the berries have a special aroma. Also suitable: early Clery, mid-season Darselect, late-season Florence. If you combine them correctly, you can get vitamins on your own balcony from May until the onset of autumn. Grows well on the balcony and strawberries. It begins to bloom as early as April. Small varieties of wild strawberries or garden / forest hybrids are ideal for a balcony.

If you want to get a harvest of berries this year, then you should start work no later than the second half of January. If you are interested in getting seedlings, then you can do this in March.

The next important point: the strawberries on the balcony must be correctly positioned in relation to the sun. Optimal is a balcony on the south side or one that is illuminated by the sun in the afternoon. On such balconies, strawberry bushes will bear fruit until the first frost appears, and strawberries - until the end of the year. It is best to arrange flower boxes and pots by hanging them from the inside of the balcony, because these plants do not like the wind. In order for the strawberry to constantly bloom and bear fruit, it is necessary to feed it with ordinary fertilizers. The soil should be rich in humus.

Suitable containers for growing strawberries on the balcony:

1. Hanging flower pots (for each seedling) not less than 15 * 15 cm.
2. Balcony boxes from 20 cm wide, 15 cm deep.
3. Baskets.
4. Multi-tiered pots.

How to grow strawberries from seeds?

Seeds for planting can be harvested independently from berries harvested in August: you need to cut off the top layer of pulp, grind and dry in the sun. The dried mass is rubbed with your fingers, clearing the seeds from the pulp, pouring them into a paper bag. When to start sowing?

If you want to get the harvest this year, you need to start work no later than the second half of January.

To get just seedlings, sowing begins in March. To sow seeds, you will need high-quality seedling soil (sold in gardening stores).

Growing strawberries from seeds is a guarantee of the right variety. When buying a seedling from hands, there is no such guarantee.

A large box (at least 15 cm high) is half filled with soil, well watered. Strawberry seeds are laid out on the surface without covering them with earth! The box is covered with polyethylene or glass, placed in a warm, ventilated place (balcony or sunny room). The soil must be constantly moistened. After the first shoots appear, the polyethylene or glass is removed, the box is placed in the brightest place (for example, on a window). If you want to grow strawberries in separate pots, the seedlings are dived into the pots when the first leaves appear.

Further care is as follows:

1. In young shoots, 3 lower leaves are pinched off. And when the plant reaches 10 cm in height, pinch off the crown.
2. Flowers can be pollinated with a regular cotton swab.
3. It is also necessary to remove excess mustache from the plant, fertilizing it after each removal.
4. Once every two weeks, strawberries must be fed with a special fertilizer.
5. Strawberries need to be watered regularly and generally groomed.

How are strawberries grown on the balcony?

We choose the variety we like. We prepare the earth: we mix turf, sand and black soil in equal parts. The land can be bought ready-made, but one that does not contain peat is suitable. Peat dries out quickly, and strawberries do not tolerate a lack of moisture, but they also do not like waterlogging. For germinating seeds, use plastic cakes or salads. We put a layer of expanded clay or vermiculite on the bottom, then a layer of earth, about 5 cm thick, on top - a layer of snow 3 cm. We tamp it. Scatter seeds evenly over the snow, cover with a lid, after which the box must be placed in a cold place (on the balcony or in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer) so that the snow does not melt, we leave it for 2 days. Then we rearrange it to a place that is slightly warmer, but cool, so that the snow melts gradually. After a week, you need to remove the lid and stretch cling film over the box to create a greenhouse effect. Next, the box is removed to a dark, warm place. The earth must be constantly moist. If drops form on the film, shake them off.

There are many remontant strawberries and strawberries suitable for potting. These are both bush and ampel varieties.

After the seeds have hatched, the box is moved to the windowsill, but not from the sunny side. Watering can be done with a small rubber bulb. When 3 leaves appear on the seedlings, they are transplanted into separate containers, which are suitable for plastic cups of 200 g. Packages from baby juices are not suitable, because their inner coating contains substances that slow down the growth of plants. Before transplanting, the soil is abundantly moistened. Each seedling is carefully removed with a fork; it should have a long white root. If it breaks off at the tip, it's okay, the main thing is not to damage the lateral roots.

Seedling care after transplant

1. Timely watering is required.
2. Do not place in direct sunlight.
3. In the evenings, you can supplement the illumination with a fluorescent lamp (it does not get very hot).

When 5 leaves appear on each bush, the seedlings can be fed with fertilizer. Fertilizer for strawberries: fill a three-liter jar with 1/3 eggshells, add 1 glass of wood ash, fill with water, insist in a dark place for 6 days, drain the solution and dilute it with settled water in a ratio of 1: 3. We water the seedlings. This fertilizer is also suitable for indoor plants. You need to feed the strawberries with fertilizer once every 2 weeks.

In June, the grown bushes can already be planted on the balcony. For this, just like for strawberries, ordinary flower pots or flower hinged containers for balconies are suitable. The remontant strawberry begins to bear fruit at the end of July and before the cold weather. Potting soil should be fertile and well-drained. Strawberries in a pot covered with flowers or berries are a great gift idea!

You can prepare the seeds of your favorite strawberry varieties yourself, as well as strawberry seeds. Already in May, expensive, but very early berries are on sale in the markets (imported store products for harvesting seeds will not work). Taste it. If you like it, you can prepare the seeds using the above method for the next season. Growing strawberries with self-harvested seeds will guarantee that the desired variety will grow. Purchased seedlings do not give such a guarantee.

I want to share with readers my personal home-grown method of planting strawberries.

The use of this method makes it possible to grow strawberries in one place for up to 6 years, without reducing its yield and without losing its large-fruited.

Planting strawberries

First, a ditch is dug 40 cm deep, 160 cm wide and 400 cm long.

Then it is stuffed with grass to the top - with a bump. I trample it well, tamp it, add more herbs, dry or fresh (when rotting, the grass gives heat and emits carbon dioxide, which is very useful for the growth and development of strawberries).

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I throw the hose onto this garden ditch and fill it with water. I pour earth on top and fill it with water again. Then I sprinkle a mixture of humus with ash on top, about 20 buckets.

In no case should lime and fresh manure be added, as this causes rapid growth of tops and leaf spot.

So, we got a bed 35 cm high. It is very convenient for planting early berries. I cover the finished bed with a film and leave it alone for two weeks to shrink. When planting strawberries, I maintain a distance: between bushes - 40 cm, between rows - 80 cm. In row spacings I plant garlic (spring or winter) and onions on a feather.

I plant strawberries either in April or in August. My neighbors, watching me dig a ditch, were surprised at first, but when they saw what kind of crop I was harvesting (some berries did not fit in a glass!), They began to ask for bushes for seedlings.

Strawberry care

Now about leaving. Watering - only at the root, because sprinkling causes gray rot. After watering, I often use grass mulching. During fruiting, so that the strawberries are sweeter, I slightly reduce the watering.

The next year in the spring, as soon as the snow melts, I remove the leaves and feed them with ash - 2 tbsp. l. under the root, and be sure to loosen. Then I spray it with potassium permanganate, and a week later with a decoction of garlic and onion husks. From time to time I cut off my mustache.

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In August, when there is an active laying of flower buds for the next year, I again remember my motto and water abundantly. I repeat this watering in October, if there is no rain, so that the strawberries can endure the winter well. In the third year of planting, I install drip irrigation.

In November, I cover the strawberries with twigs that remained after pruning the remontant raspberries, which I always cut to the very root before winter. For the first two years I cover young plantings of strawberries with fallen leaves from frost.

During the winter, the foliage is compressed and remains for the next year as mulch and fertilizer, thereby rejuvenating the earth and inhibiting the growth of whiskers, and also promotes the rooting of young roots. This method of planting and caring for strawberries saves the gardener from frequently changing the place where strawberries are grown (up to 6 years old}) I wish you all good luck!

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Strawberries are considered the most popular berry loved by both adults and children, which is why the business of growing it in a greenhouse has a very high profitability... It is also worth considering the fact that in the off-season the cost of this berry increases several times, but the demand remains at the same level, which allows you to get significant income.

Can strawberries be grown all year round?

In order to build a profitable strawberry business, you need to think over all the details of berry reproduction and decide on the method and place of cultivation.:

1. Growing strawberries outdoors in the country, you can get a rich harvest, but marketing it will be quite difficult. The main role in this issue is played by the seasonality factor and great competition for this period. Also, we must not forget about the weather, which, with unfavorable indicators, can destroy most of the berry plantations;
2. The greenhouse method is the most profitable, because when using it, you can pick ripe fruits not only in late spring-early summer, but also at other times of the year. A correctly selected complex of varieties will allow you to get a continuous harvest and, accordingly, profit all year round. The berries grown in the greenhouse will be protected from the effects of natural factors.

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse all year round

Using greenhouses, you can grow strawberries all year round, but you should carefully study all the factors and protect yourself from all kinds of risks. First of all, it should be noted that such a business will be profitable only in areas with warm or temperate climates.... In harsher conditions, you will have to spend more money on heating and lighting the greenhouse, which will create additional costs.

Pros and cons of the strawberry business

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse is well suited for your own business and has many advantages:

• Strawberries are a very popular berry, so finding sales channels is not difficult... You can sell the crop both for fresh sale and for processing;
• Low enough competition - the main peak of strawberry sales is the seasonal period, but the rest of the time the berries are in short supply and therefore the price for them increases several times;
• When growing fruits in a greenhouse there is no need to be afraid that the amount of the crop will decrease due to unfavorable weather conditions;
• Using modern techniques for growing berries in a greenhouse, you can grow the largest yield in the smallest area;
• The strawberry business is very pays off quickly.

The minimum area required to start a business is just a few square meters

Also, this type of earnings have significant drawbacks that should be taken into account when building a business plan.:

• High cost of greenhouses and other equipment, because of which it will be necessary to prepare a solid start-up capital;
• Strawberries require constant care and favorable living conditions, that is, when growing it, you will have to carefully monitor the level of lighting, heating, soil moisture and other indicators. For novice gardeners, the main difficulty may be the need for artificial pollination;
• High heating cost and electricity.

The strawberry business is best suited for seasoned gardeners looking to capitalize on their hobby. The main difficulty of such a business of its own lies in the competent cultivation of berries, while making a profit from the sale of a quality crop will always be at a high level.

Where to start a strawberry business?

Before you start growing strawberries, you need to prepare the land and the greenhouse. It is also very important to competently treat the choice of the cultivated variety.

Soil preparation for growing berries

Growing strawberries in greenhouses in winter can be done using sod land

To start growing berries on an industrial scale it will be enough to purchase 1 hectare of land... With a small start-up capital, the required plot can be rented.

In the opinion of most businessmen, the most profitable will be a land plot located near the city and directly by the highway. In this case, it will be possible to significantly save on transportation of the crop.

One of the most important nuances will be the selection of a soil mixture for growing berries. Strawberries take root and bear fruit in the best way on the soil, consisting of the following components:

• 2 pieces of turf;
• 1 part of humus;
• Ash;
• Mineral fertilizers;
• In order to reduce the level of soil acidity, superphosphate, potassium chloride or ammonium nitrate are added to it.

Before planting seedlings, the ground must be loosened.

Greenhouse selection

For organizing a profitable business, polycarbonate greenhouses are best suited. In total, there are three types of greenhouses, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages.:

1. Frame greenhousescovered with a film is the cheapest option, moreover, such a structure is very quickly installed. The disadvantage of this greenhouse will be insufficient protection of plantings in the winter;
2. Glass greenhouses are also suitable for running a strawberry business. In such structures, a heating system can be installed, and the glass surface allows sunlight to pass through well, so that the best conditions for plants can be created. The downside of the structure will be its size and the need to build a foundation;
3. Polycarbonate greenhouses it is the most expensive, but at the same time the most advantageous option for strawberry farming. Additional heating and lighting can be installed in them, polycarbonate also transmits sunlight well. The structure of the greenhouse is light and durable, and can last for a long period of time.

At the initial stage, it is possible to build 3 greenhouses measuring 30 by 40 meters. One such construction will cost 80-100 thousand rubles.

Necessary equipment

In order to get a harvest not only in summer, but also at other times, it is necessary to install additional lighting and heating in the greenhouse, with which you can get the optimal microclimate for strawberries.

To create an artificial heating system of the structure, an infrared cable or pipes are laid underground, through which warm air will be driven. For heating, you can use an electric boiler or stove stoves.

There are different ways to heat a winter greenhouse.

Additional lighting plays a huge role when growing strawberries during seasons with short daylight hours. Best suited for 400 watt sodium lampswith which you can create an imitation of sunlight. One lamp should be one meter above the plant and illuminate no more than 1 square meter of area.

To improve light diffusion, special reflectors can be installed.

Considering that strawberries tolerate drip irrigation well, it is necessary to build a special system, which will consist of a barrel of water installed above the racks with plants and a rubber tube lying on the surface of the ground. Small holes are made in the rubber pipe, the number of which should be equal to the number of bushes.

Strawberry drip irrigation system

Choosing a strawberry variety

In order for the business to generate a sufficient amount of profit, it is necessary to grow tasty and beautiful berries that will please the consumer. Which varieties are most suitable for growing in a greenhouse? For planting in greenhouses, you should choose remontant varieties that do not require artificial pollination..

Self-pollinated varieties with large, regular-shaped, bright red colored berries are best suited for business. The presence of a rich aroma is encouraged. It is also necessary to pay attention to the density of the fruits, because the portability of transportation and the shelf life depend on it.

The most popular are the following strawberry varieties:

• Alba;
• Daryonka;
• Octave;
• Sonata;
• Rusanovskaya;
• Honey, etc.

For best results, different types of plants (early maturing, mid-maturing and late-maturing) are planted in each greenhouse. Thus, a continuous crop flow can be ensured.

Planting and leaving

Planting and caring for strawberries is the most important part of the work, because the quantity and quality of the harvested crop depends on it.

When planting strawberries in a greenhouse, you must adhere to the following rules:

1. Before placing the seedlings in a permanent place, it kept in a dark and cool room for several days with a temperature of +2 degrees;
2. Using Dutch suspension technology each seedling is placed in a separate pot filled with a nutritious substrate;
3. If the bushes are planted in the ground, then the distance between the rows should be 35-40 centimeters, and between individual plants 20-25 centimeters;
4. During landing you can not bury the heart of the plant;
5. The final step will be watering planted bushes.

In order for the strawberry to feel comfortable, adhere to the following indicators:

• immediately after landing the temperature in the greenhouse is gradually increased from 10 to 22 degrees, with the beginning of flowering, this indicator is increased to 25 degrees;
• humidity should be equal to 75-80 percent;
• daylight hours should be equal to 10-12 hours.

Water the strawberries with a drip method as the soil dries. Once every 7-10 days after watering, the soil is gently loosened.

When growing plants, it is very important to remove weeds in time, cut off excess tendrils, shoots and damaged leaves.

Pollinate strawberries using soft brushes or intensive ventilation. Some gardeners set up hives in the greenhouse.

Once every 14-20 days, the soil must be fertilized with ammonium nitrate and potassium chloride diluted in water... It is also very important to carry out preventive treatments for diseases and insects.

As soon as the strawberries are ripe, you can start picking berries. It is best to do this job manually. In this case, the berries will not hesitate and retain their presentable appearance.

Sales of manufactured products

After the strawberries are harvested, you need to sell them. It should be noted that even the most mature strawberry varieties do not have a long shelf life, therefore, it is best to think over the distribution channels in advance and conclude a supply agreement at the same time.

Freshly harvested strawberries in crates

There are several common ways to sell products.:

• sale of berries to shops, supermarkets and other retail outlets;
• you can also strawberries sell to various processing plants, restaurants, etc .;
• the product can be sold through own outlets.

Selling fresh and tasty strawberries is easy enough because they are in high demand both in summer and winter.

Profitability of the strawberry business

Before starting your own business, you need to calculate the start-up capital, recurring expenses and income received.

In the event that you do not have your own land plot, you will have to spend 1,250,000 rubles to open a business, while the costs are divided into the following components:

• purchase of a land plot - 500,000 rubles;
• construction and equipment of polycarbonate greenhouses - 550,000 rubles;
• the purchase of seedlings is made on the basis that 1200 plants are placed in one greenhouse - 3 greenhouses * 1200 seedlings * 50 rubles, the final sum will be 180,000 rubles;
• registration of a business and obtaining all necessary documents - 20,000 rubles.

If you have your own land plot with an area of ​​1 hectare, the start-up capital will significantly decrease to 750,000 rubles.

The profitability of the strawberry growing business is quite high

In addition to the expenses described above, you should consider the annual expenses:

• payment for electricity and heating - 20,000 rubles;
• payment for other utilities -5,000 rubles;
• fertilizers, processing, etc. - 10,000 rubles;
• other expenses - 10,000 rubles.

You should also take into account the fact that every 2-3 years the strawberry plantings will have to be updated and if you do not prepare the seedlings yourself, you will have to re-purchase the seedlings.

With the right selection of varieties, you can get up to 5-6 harvests of berries. Their cost will depend on the time of year:

1. Spring and summer harvest will cost 108,000 rubles (360 kilograms * 3 greenhouses * 100 rubles);
2. Autumn-winter harvest will bring much more profit, namely 270,000. This is due to the fact that this season a kilogram of strawberries will cost 250 rubles.

The strawberry business can bring huge profits and pay off in 1-2 years. The main condition for the success of the business will be the production of quality products, namely tasty and attractive berries.

Sample business plan

Strawberries are popular all year round, both in summer and winter, so this business will never have problems with customers.

A business plan for the production of strawberries is built by each entrepreneur independently. It should include all the individual characteristics of the future business. Adhering to the general scheme, the drawn up plan should contain the following points:

1. Full information about cultivated strawberries (variety, germination, fruiting timing, yield, care features, etc.);
2. Area and detail description of greenhouses;
3. The ratio of supply and demand in the market, the presence of competitors and other similar factors;
4. Industrial plan;
5. Full costings;
6. Revenue forecasts, plans for future profits;
7. Financial risks and the possibility of their minimization.

The production plan includes all data related to the cultivation of strawberries (preparation of the greenhouse and seedlings, planting, care, berry picking, etc.) and plans for the sale of the resulting crop.

A business built on year-round strawberry cultivation, pays off very quickly and can bring good income... Before starting your own business, you need to calculate everything to the smallest detail in order to avoid failure at the initial stages.

Every gardener who at least once faced unpleasant weather surprises thought about building a greenhouse. Of course, the building will protect the berries from the cold, but it does not guarantee high yields. Growing strawberries in a greenhouse will be crowned with success only if all agro-technological rules are followed.

The nuances of growing strawberries in a greenhouse

How to grow strawberries in a greenhouse so that the time and effort spent is justified by a generous harvest? In the greenhouse, you need to create the right microclimate and take care of sufficient lighting.

The optimum temperature for growing berries is + 20- + 25C. To fulfill this condition, it is recommended to use glass, film or polycarbonate as materials for the construction of a greenhouse. After the completion of construction work, a heating system is installed. You can grow strawberries in a heated greenhouse all year round.

How to grow strawberries in a greenhouse in no time? When the length of daylight hours exceeds 14 hours, the formation and pouring of berries is accelerated. To double the strawberry harvest during the cold season, lamps are installed that produce light similar to the sun.

• The rays produced by sodium lamps are most similar to natural light.
• Lighting devices are fixed at a height of 1 m from the landings.
• One sodium lamp with a power of more than 400 W is capable of supplementary illumination of 3 square meters of plantings. The power of the fluorescent lamp is enough to illuminate 1 sq.m.

Additional lighting is carried out in this way:

• The first time the light is turned on from 8 to 11 in the morning, the second from 5 to 8 in the evening.
• Varieties of long daylight hours are supplemented by light for 2 hours longer.
• If it's cloudy outside, the light in the greenhouse should be on for 12-14 hours.

The final stage of greenhouse preparation is the arrangement of drip irrigation.Such an irrigation system is considered the most effective, since the water goes directly under the root, without touching the leaves and fruits.

Drip irrigation is set as follows:

• A reservoir is installed on a stand 0.5 m high, in the lower part of which a hole is made for connecting a hose. The volume of the container depends on the size of the greenhouse. For small areas, 100-200L barrels are suitable.
• Opposite the bushes, there should be small holes in the hose through which water will be supplied to the roots.
• The irrigation system is regulated until the water consumption for moistening 1 square meter of plantings is equal to 3 liters.

To determine the daily volume of water for irrigating the greenhouse, the length of the beds is tripled. Based on the figure received, the container is replenished as needed.

The drip irrigation system supplies not only water to the roots, but also highly soluble fertilizers and fungicides.

How to choose a variety

After finishing the preparation of the landing site, you need to take care of the planting material. Before choosing one of the varieties, you need to carefully study its characteristics. When choosing a strawberry variety, it is recommended to pay attention to the following points:

1. Unpretentiousness to the length of daylight hours.
2. The ability to constantly bear fruit.
3. The size and color of the berries.
4. The structure and organoleptic characteristics of berries.

If you plan to pick early strawberries, you need to choose early varieties. Bushes of this type bear fruit in the shortest possible time and are able to grow in dense plantings without losing productivity.

For year-round cultivation, remontant varieties are used, bearing fruit 2-3 times a year.

When choosing a strawberry planting material, you should pay attention to the following varieties:

• Pineapple;
• Marmolada;
• Crown;
• Sonata
• Elsanta
• Honia.

The above species are popular with gardeners in Belgium and Holland, who are famous all over the world for the production of high-quality large strawberries.

Good results are shown by early and medium-ripe strawberry varieties of domestic breeding, such as Roxana, Nadezhda, Zenit. Among the late varieties, the advantage should be given to Cinderella and Dobryna.

All of these strawberry varieties have a number of advantages:

1. Do not need additional lighting.
2. The bushes begin to bear fruit soon after planting.
3. Strawberries are highly immune to disease.
4. Due to their dense structure, the berries are suitable for transportation and have good keeping quality.
5. High yield - with proper care, 500 kg of strawberries can be harvested from 1 weave of plantings.

All varieties lose their former yield over time, so strawberries that have been bearing fruit for 2 years are replaced with new seedlings.

Did you know! Scientifically, a plant that is grown on a large scale in plots is called garden strawberry. Because of the great similarity between cultures, botanists gave it the erroneous name "strawberry" 300 years ago.

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Preparation of planting material

For growing sweet berries indoors, it is preferable to use purchased or self-bred seedlings. If everything is very clear with the first option, then the implementation of the second one proceeds according to the following scheme.

1. In order for the seedlings to take root faster, the shoots of the bushes are lightly sprinkled with earth.
2. When the new strawberry bushes take in and form a powerful rhizome, they are transplanted into a nutrient substrate in pots with a diameter of 8 cm.If it is still a long time before planting, the seedlings are transplanted into a 20 cm container.
3. On the eve of the first frost, the seedling containers are transferred to a heated greenhouse.

According to gardeners who grow strawberries in greenhouses, the bushes prepared in this way bloom well and set large berries.

The second way to breed strawberries from your own seedlings is as follows:

1. Well-rooted seedlings are dug out of the garden bed.
2. Then the leaves are cut from the seedlings and then placed in the upper section of the refrigerator, where it remains to lie until spring.

Landing technology

Before planting strawberries, you need to properly prepare the soil. To saturate the soil with useful substances, top dressing is introduced. A year before planting the seedlings, humus or peat is covered up in the soil. Mineral fertilizers are applied immediately before planting.

To establish uninterrupted fruiting of strawberries, you need to prepare a special nutritious substrate. The type and composition of such a mixture is very different from ordinary soil.

1. To prepare 1 ton of the mixture, you need to prepare 650 kg of oat or wheat straw, 300 kg of droppings, 20 kg of gypsum, 6 kg of crushed chalk and 3 kg of urea.
2. Straw, droppings and urea are placed in layers in a compost pit or a large container: the height of the first layer is 20-25 cm, the second is 10 cm. Lastly, urea is added based on the proportion of 400 ml of liquid per 100 kg of straw.
3. In this sequence, the pit is filled to the top. In order for the substances to be evenly split, the compost is regularly mixed: the first time in 10-12 days, the second - 17 days, the third - 25 days after laying.
4. A small amount of chalk and plaster is added during the cut. The readiness of the nutrient mixture is evidenced by the absence of ammonia odor, a homogeneous consistency and a dark brown color.

The compost is sterilized for 12 hours at a temperature of 55-60 C. It is highly undesirable to use an unsterilized substrate, since it may contain pests and pathogens.

In such a mixture, ordinary strawberries are not planted. We plant only seedlings of remontant varieties in the substrate.

Planting strawberries according to the classic scheme is done as follows:

1. The land is divided into rectangles 1 m wide, leaving paths between them for movement.
2. The resulting beds are in turn covered with a layer of fine gravel or expanded clay crumbs 5-6 cm thick, sand - 8-10 cm, high-quality soil - 7-8 cm.
3. 10 g of carbamide, ammophos sulfate or other mineral fertilizer in the dose recommended by the manufacturer are scattered on 1 square meter of beds.
4. The seedlings are planted in holes or rows at a distance of 25-30 cm. The maximum planting depth is 10 cm. The seedlings are buried in the holes, and the moist soil near the rhizome is slightly crushed.

To prevent weed growth and reduce moisture evaporation, strawberries are covered with agrofibre. How to mulch strawberry seedlings correctly?

• The length and width of the beds are measured, and then the material is cut according to the measurements taken.
• The cut is spread on the bed and small holes are made in it along one line or in a checkerboard pattern with a step of 25-30 cm.
• Then strawberry seedlings are planted in the holes.

Important! Water the mulched beds only as needed. Excessive moisture is the main cause of root rot.

Using this nutrient mixture, strawberries are grown year round without top dressing.

There is also an overhead planting method, which is gradually gaining popularity. Its essence lies in the fact that strawberry seedlings are planted not in the beds, but in prepared containers.

• To use this planting method, you need to build a solid metal frame, the width of which is 1 m, and the length is proportional to the length of the greenhouse.
• Further, the upper part of the stand is separated by metal strips, which are welded at a distance of 20 cm from each other.
• Containers or pots will be installed in the prepared cells.

The strawberry container can be made of polycarbonate, plywood, plastic. The length of the self-made structure corresponds to the length of the sections, with the exception of a few millimeters for the container to fit into the cells. The recommended width of the container is 15 cm at the bottom and 25 cm at the top.
It is less troublesome to buy ready-made containers, but they will cost much more than homemade ones.

Did you know! Despite their sweet taste, strawberries do not contain sugar. Thanks to this amazing feature, many Hollywood stars go on the strawberry diet.

Strawberry care

The amount of the harvested crop depends more on whether the strawberries were properly cared for than on all the preparatory work taken at once. What do strawberries need for normal development?

Temperature

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse is relatively easy. To get a good harvest of delicious berries, it is very important to observe the correct temperature regime.

• The bushes will quickly take over if the temperature in the greenhouse is + 10C.
• After a few days, the temperature is gradually increased to + 18- + 20C.
• As soon as the plant blooms, the temperature is set at + 23- + 25.

Please note that strawberries cannot be grown in an environment that is too hot. Under the influence of high temperatures, plants actively form a green mass. Due to the loss of strength, small berries are tied, which ripen longer than indicated in the description of the variety.

Humidity

Growing large strawberries in a greenhouse will only be successful if the grower maintains the correct humidity. Indoor strawberries will grow well if the following guidelines are followed:

• In order to prevent the plants from getting sick with fungal diseases, strawberries are planted at a humidity of 80-85%.
• 14 days after planting, the air humidity is set at 75%
• When setting and pouring berries, the optimum humidity is 70%.

Please note that staying strawberries in high humidity conditions is fraught with the appearance of diseases and berry rotting. In addition to establishing air humidity, the seedlings are regularly watered as the substrate dries.

Top dressing

During the growing season, strawberries are fed 2 times a month with a nutrient solution. To prepare top dressing, 10 g of potassium salt and 80 g of a mixture of ammonium nitrate and superphosphate are stirred in a bucket of water.

Lighting

Depending on the characteristics of the selected variety, strawberries need to be provided with 12-16 hours of light. The speed at which strawberries enter the flowering phase depends on the length of daylight hours.

• Without additional lighting, daylight hours in the middle of winter lasts about 8 hours. With this amount of light, the first flowers will appear only after 14 days, and the fruits will ripen only on the 48th day.
• Regularly supplemented strawberries bloom after 10 days, and berries appear as early as 35 days.

When cultivating strawberries indoors, it is important to carefully monitor that the growing conditions are greenhouse. Any deviation from the above rules entails a decrease in yield.

Pollination

Even if all of the above conditions have been met, the fruit will not set unless the flowers have been pollinated. How to pollinate plants in a greenhouse yourself?

• In small greenhouses, strawberries are pollinated with a soft brush, which is alternately applied to all flowers 2-3 times a day.
• In the absence of free time to carry out such a manipulation, plantings can be pollinated with an ordinary fan. Under the influence of the air flow, pollen scatters to neighboring plants and pollinates them.
• For pollination of strawberries in industrial greenhouses, a bumblebee hive is installed inside the premises. One insect family is capable of pollinating about 1500 square meters of strawberry plantations.

To save yourself from unnecessary trouble and not worry about whether strawberries will tie or not, you can initially plant seedlings of self-pollinated varieties. Thanks to the work of breeders, the variety of these species is constantly growing.

Growing in greenhouses is a guarantee that the strawberries will be tasty and large, with the exact fulfillment of the above requirements.

Did you know! Strawberries contain a lot of B vitamins, which are great for relieving stress and improving mood. By consuming 150 g of berries daily, you can get rid of depression in the shortest possible time.

Prevention of diseases and pests

Strawberries in a greenhouse are highly susceptible to rot, which is almost impossible to cure. In order to prevent disease, it is recommended to keep the average air humidity in the greenhouse - 70-75%. You can also prevent rotting with a fungicide that is added to the water tank for irrigation.

The second unpleasant situation is that the berries can attack slugs. When pests appear, the bushes are treated with special preparations.

Saving strawberries from disease with folk remedies

Is it profitable to grow strawberries

The strawberry business is very profitable: there is always a high price for sweet berries, especially the earliest ones. Moreover, strawberries grown in a greenhouse are sold out on local farms faster than imported ones. If the strawberry bushes are well looked after, the money invested in the first year of cultivation can be returned and receive an impressive premium.

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse will be successful if you follow all the instructions of the specialists and treat the chosen business with enthusiasm. Only in this way the work done will pay off with large sweet berries.

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Strawberry - the favorite of all gardeners - certainly present in all summer cottages.

It cannot be said that she very demanding in carehowever, when grown outdoors, it does not give an adequate return on the effort expended.

Affected by weather conditions, illness, lack of heat, especially in the middle and northern part of our country.

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Greenhouse benefits

A completely different result can be obtained by growing strawberries in a greenhouse on a personal plot. The benefits of growing strawberries and strawberries in a greenhouse are obvious. This will allow get several harvests a year, will significantly reduce the risk of plant diseases and its dependence on weather conditions.

Observing the desired temperature, humidity and watering, you can grow a berry that has the most optimal taste and appearance, while retaining the maximum useful properties in it.

Technology

In fact, there are two technologies for growing strawberries - Russian and Dutch... But we must pay tribute to our inventive gardeners, who immediately figured out how to reduce the cost of Dutch technology.

Russian

The technology for growing strawberries in a greenhouse is as follows: the greenhouse is divided into beds (their number depends on the size of the structure) 1 m wide. Bushes are planted in the prepared soil at a distance of about 30 cm from each other. Can plant in rows or staggered.

Dutch

This method gives a high yield due to the larger number of plants per 1 sq. m greenhouses. How to properly grow strawberries using this technology? Tiers are built instead of beds, on which the pots with seedlings are located. 1 pot - 1 plant.The number of tiers depends only on the height at which it is convenient for the gardener to process it. Advantages this way obvious:

• higher productivity;
• ease of picking berries;
• less risk of disease, since the berry does not come into contact with the ground;
• high quality of the products obtained due to the fact that a plant in abundance receives light, oxygen and heat;
• saving water for irrigation.

Russian answer to Dutch technology

Our gardeners were quick to reduce the cost of Dutch technology by offering an alternative to pots. in the form of plastic bags... Soil is poured into them and holes are made on top, into which strawberry rosettes are planted.

The bags can be placed horizontally, and you can make vertical beds out of them. This option has a significant disadvantage - it is the complexity of processing and watering... Nevertheless, this option is quite popular.

Variety selection

Choosing the right strawberry varieties for your greenhouse is half the battle. How to grow strawberries in a greenhouse and what varieties should you plant? When choosing a planting material, you should pay attention to the following parameters:

• the size of the berries and their taste;
• remontant varieties;
• neutrality with respect to daylight hours;
• the region for which the hybrid was bred;
• yield;
• disease resistance;
• self-pollinated strawberry varieties.

If strawberries are grown for sale, then the best varieties of strawberries for the greenhouse are it is firm and not watery, with medium sized berries... It can handle transportation well and sells better than small or large.

The following varieties have proven themselves well:

Alba - an early variety with large berries and high transport qualities, disease resistant;

Octave has the same qualities as Alba;

Queen Elizabeth - remontant variety, sweet large berry of medium density, bears fruit not only on bushes, but also on rosettes of the same year, suitable for transportation, requires annual renewal;

Honey - large dense berries up to 45 g, has high immunity and is resistant to temperature extremes.

Alice - unpretentious, with good immunity and large berries;

Christine - early maturing, suitable for transportation.

Specialists recommend neutral day and remontant varieties strawberries for greenhouses that are unpretentious in care. In total, there are about 250 varieties of strawberries suitable for greenhouse cultivation.

First of all, the yield of strawberries in a greenhouse depends on the choice of the variety and the cultivation technology. When creating optimal conditions and proper care, the plant will give several harvests a year.
The following factors affect the yield:

• growing method;
• choice of a greenhouse;
• the quality of the planting material;
• temperature, humidity and watering;
• correctly selected fertilizers;
• disease resistance;
• light mode;
• correctly selected pollination regime.

Growing all year round

How to grow strawberries in a greenhouse all year round? Growing strawberries in a greenhouse requires certain knowledge and technology compliance. Then a good result will be ensured.

Greenhouse selection

This is an important factor, because the greenhouse must meet such requirements as good thermal insulation, light transmission, strength and resistance to adverse weather conditions.

The most suitable options are - glass and polycarbonate. How to build a greenhouse for growing strawberries with your own hands, read on our website.

Planting material

From its quality in many ways the final result depends, therefore, it is better to purchase it in proven nurseries. The second option is more reliable - to grow it yourself from already proven varieties. It is best to select planting material from plants grown in the open field.

To do this, select the strongest, well-bearing bushes during the summer. Mark them with a strip with an inscription.At the end of July collect the strongest, well-rooted mustache with a developed outlet. They can be transplanted to a separate place in order to transfer them to a permanent place in a greenhouse by mid-autumn (approximately the end of October).

Soil preparation

When growing strawberries using Russian technology, the soil is prepared as follows:

• the bottom of the prepared bed is covered with expanded clay or fine gravel 5-7 cm;
• followed by a layer of sand from 8 to 10 cm;
• a layer of fertile soil is laid on top of the sand and fertilized with superphosphate and ammonium nitrate (10 g per 1 sq. m).

You can add peat to the soil, it will not only give it porosity, but also provide the desired level of acidity. In addition to these fertilizers, you can also add potassium chloride (15 g per 1 sq. M). In Dutch potting technology, the soil must be sterile, non-toxic and porous. You can use steamed peat with sand, coconut fiber, or perlite. The soil should be prepared well before planting the strawberries.

Do not use for strawberries

land after potatoes

or cruciferous crops (all types of cabbage,

lettuce redis

). The most suitable is the land on which cereal plants were grown.

Landing

Planting takes place from late October to late November or late February - early March. For planting outlets in the garden, recesses 8-10 cm are made. Distance between bushes should be about 30 cm. To avoid long-term adaptation of the plant to a new place, transplanting planting material is best done by transshipment, leaving more soil on the roots.

When landing you cannot cover the growth point with earth... Immediately after planting, the soil is mulched with sawdust to retain moisture. It is not worth covering the bed with foil in the greenhouse, this can lead to stagnation of moisture and rotting of the roots. The first days in the greenhouse should be maintained at a temperature of at least 25 °, later it can be gradually lowered to 15 °.

Photo of strawberries in a greenhouse:

Care features

Strawberries are a great capricious woman, therefore it is important for a good harvest strict adherence to the rules of care for her.

Pollination

If you do not take care of pollination, you may not get a crop at all. This is the main challenge in strawberry greenhouse cultivation. In the open field she is pollinated by insects, with the help of wind and rain. For strawberries in a greenhouse, you can use the following equipment and methods:

1. Organize wind with fans... They will create air movement that will carry pollen from one plant to another. 100 sq. m, 3 fans are enough. They are included only during the flowering period. A few hours a day will be enough. To grow remontant strawberries in a greenhouse, this will need to be done more often, since they bloom several times per season. In this case switching on must be done up to 3 times a week for 3-4 hours. Efficiency up to 90%.
2. If the greenhouse is large, you can put a hive with bees in it. However, this method has several difficulties.

   There is not enough space for the bees to leave, so they will have to be released. They can also sting. But the pollination efficiency is up to 95%.

3. Spraying water from their stationary sprayers - organizing artificial rain. Due to the adhesion of pollen by moisture, the pollination efficiency is only 45%.
4. In case of not very strong winds and warm weather you can just make a draft in the greenhouse by opening windows or doors from opposite sides.

Temperature and humidity

If, after planting, it is permissible to lower the temperature to 15 °, then as the vegetative mass gains and the plant prepares for flowering, the temperature must be increased again.

For this period, it should not be lower than 18 °. During flowering you need to maintain a temperature of 22-25 ° in order to avoid falling off the ovary.

Important! Too high a temperature will lead to increased leaf growth at the expense of the quality of the fruit.

Humidity is an important indicator for plant development.After planting, for better development of seedlings, it should not be lower than 85%. When the seedlings take root, they are gradually reduced to 75%. During flowering and fruiting, the air humidity should not exceed 70%.

Illumination

Lighting directly affects strawberry yield. This is especially important when growing strawberries in a greenhouse in winter. On average, in winter, the daylight hours for a plant should be at least 12 hours. You can lengthen it as follows, including artificial lighting:

• in the morning from 8 to 11;
• in the evening from 17 to 20 hours.

For the organization of additional lighting in the greenhouse, fluorescent lamps with a blue spectrum are suitable. For growing strawberries with light, you can mount directly above the beds... They do not provide heat and cannot harm the plants. You can also use mercury and sodium luminaires specifically designed for greenhouses. The sodium lamp has a color spectrum similar to sunlight.

Watering

The most convenient way is drip irrigation... The good thing is that fertilizers can be dissolved in water, the automatic system adjusts to the frequency and volume of irrigation. After planting and before flowering, use the sprinkling method. Then it is replaced with watering at the root to avoid water getting on the leaves. Watering rate for strawberries - Once every 10 days.

When the first fruits appear, watering is increased up to 1-2 times a week in the morning or watered as needed. Collect ripe fruits before watering.

Top dressing

You need to feed strawberries once a week. Watering is done before fertilizing. Before the formation of ovaries do liquid feeding... Poultry droppings are often used diluted in a 1:15 ratio.

The following composition is also used: potassium salt (17 g), phosphorus fertilizer (20 g), ammonium nitrate (10) are diluted in 10 liters of water. Can use special fertilizers for strawberries, which are now on sale in a large assortment. Before the beginning of fruiting, liquid feeding is stopped.

Diseases and their prevention.

A greenhouse is not a complete protection against the occurrence of various diseases in a plant.

But easier to prevent than to cure, therefore, measures should be taken to prevent them:

• regularly ventilate the greenhouse;
• do not plant seedling bushes too close to each other;
• do not overflow the plant;
• fertilize on time.

Major diseases

1. White rot. It occurs when the humidity is too high, practically does not heal. The diseased plant is immediately removed and burned. For prevention you can dry the air in a greenhouse;
2. White spot. The reason for the appearance is excessive watering and high humidity. It is treated with Falcon, Euparen or copper sulfate according to the instructions for them;
3. Powdery mildew. The reason is high humidity and low temperature... It is treated with copper sulfate or soap solution (4%). It is best to remove the diseased plant and adjust the temperature and humidity regime;
4. Late blight. Affects plant roots. Sign - redness of the roots may not be immediately detected. Therefore, if at the end of May the plant begins to dry out, it must be dug up and the roots checked.

Treatment with Quadrix helps in part, but it is better to remove such a plant and to carry out wellness procedures the rest of the landings.

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse requires costs - labor and financial. But the result is worth it. When everyone else takes the frozen berry out of the refrigerator, you can feast on it straight from the bush. Good luck and delicious bountiful harvest!

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Strawberries are a fully-fledged and universally recognized berry queen. Its taste and aroma are loved by both adults and children. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to eat fresh strawberries during the cold season. You can provide yourself with it in the winter thanks to growing berries in a greenhouse.

Growing strawberries all year round - myth or reality?

Almost every owner of a summer cottage has at least a small garden with strawberries. This is usually enough to pamper yourself with fresh berries and even provide the family with jam and compote for the winter. But you want delicacies not only in summer, but also in the cold season.

The climate of the southern regions allows for several harvests per year. Things are much more complicated in the north and in the middle lane.

Of course, you can buy strawberries from the store if necessary. But, firstly, in winter this berry is very expensive, and secondly, many are alarmed by the methods of growing in artificial conditions using growth stimulants and GMOs.

There is only one way out: start growing strawberries on your own. So you can provide seven berries, and even build a profitable business on this. But how real is it?

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse is possible in mid and northern latitudes

Until recently, one could say that this is impossible at home. But nowadays, when industrial technologies become available to private consumers, everyone can grow strawberries all year round. A good greenhouse, built and equipped according to the rules, will help with this. The main thing to ensure is:

• heating;
• lighting;
• irrigation.

In addition, it is necessary to select suitable strawberry varieties, prepare the soil, and in the future, do not forget about proper berry care. And if you can easily cope with these requirements on your own, then it is better to entrust the construction and equipment of the greenhouse to professionals.

Remember that growing strawberries all year round is not easy and costly. If you want to "recoup" the invested funds and efforts, you will have to work a lot.

Preparatory stage

Greenhouse

Note! The main advantage of growing strawberries in a greenhouse, compared to open ground, is the absence of seasonal restrictions.

You can build a greenhouse in your garden by defining a plot for it, the soil on which is best suited for composition. There are 3 main types of structures of this kind.

1. The most affordable option is a wooden frame with a film coating. The design is short-lived; the film will have to be replaced with a new one every season. In addition, in a harsh winter, such a coating is not considered reliable.
2. A steel profile as a supporting structure, covered with cellular polycarbonate - such a greenhouse is lightweight, but strong at the same time. The cost is higher than the first option.
3. Glass covering on a steel frame is the most durable, reliable and durable structure. Ideal for creating the necessary conditions inside.

   Installing a greenhouse from quality materials and its equipment is the first step to large yields

Organization of temperature and humidity conditions

In order for the strawberries to grow normally in the greenhouse, it is necessary to provide a gentle increase in the air temperature. In cool conditions, this culture significantly slows down the flowering process. In addition, the moisture level is very important.

For example, after planting seedlings, it is necessary to maintain humidity within 80%, reducing the level by 5% during the flowering period, and by another 5% during the formation of the fruit.

Strawberry is a thermophilic plant for which temperature is very important.

1. During disembarkation, the optimum temperature is + 10 ° C.
2. Gradually raise the reading to + 20 ° C as it grows.
3. When the strawberries begin to bloom, keep the temperature between +20 and + 24 ° C.

For strawberries in the greenhouse, you need to provide moisture, light and warmth.

Note! Prolonged exposure to too high a temperature will lead to the growth of a large number of leaves, which significantly shade the useful area of ​​the plant. Accordingly, flowering and fruiting may deteriorate.

Light mode

There are strawberry varieties with neutral daylight hours (allowing low light levels).But even they need light, especially during the flowering period. The duration of flowering and fruiting depends on the intensity of illumination.

For example, with an 8-hour day, flowering occurs in 14 days, and the ovary appears 1.5 months after planting. By increasing the daylight hours to 16 hours, you can achieve flowering in 10 days, and ovaries in 35–37 days.

Equipment

In order to ensure the normal level of light, humidity and temperature in the greenhouse, especially in winter, you will need special equipment.

To maintain a normal humidity level, it is enough to spray the greenhouse with spray guns or sprinklers. At the same time, avoid getting water on the leaves and flowers of the plant.Excessive watering will also not be beneficial: strawberries may die from an excess of moisture. To avoid this, install a drip irrigation system for greenhouses.

Drip irrigation system will avoid excess moisture

More modern models will provide not only the supply of the soil with liquid, but also the regulation of the humidity level in the room.

When choosing such a system, pay attention to the area of ​​the territory occupied by a greenhouse with strawberries.Water consumption for irrigation should be adjusted at the rate of 3 liters per day per 1 m of the length of the garden bed or container.

Such a system can be made with your own hands from improvised means.

1. Install a barrel or other container for liquid of the required volume 0.5 m above the level of the beds.
2. Attach a long hose to it, run it along the bottom of the strawberry containers (or in the recess in the middle of the garden), and make a plug at the end.
3. Make small holes along the entire length of the hose at a distance of 3-5 cm: water will flow into the ground through them.

For the autumn-winter period, the greenhouse must be provided with additional lighting. In addition to the fact that daylight hours are significantly reduced, and the sun is often hidden behind clouds, greenhouses used in the cold season usually have design features that create high shading. To deal with this, install high pressure sodium lamps.

In such lighting devices, the intensity of radiation is as close as possible to sunlight in the summer. Choose 400W lamps for your greenhouse.

It is very important to choose and install lighting fixtures correctly.

They need to be placed at a height of 1 m above the strawberry garden. Calculate the required number of devices based on the fact that for 3 square meters. m. there should be 1 lamp.

For example, if you have a rack or bed 10 m long and 1 m wide, then you should use 4 sodium lamps.

With regard to heating, the best option would be to connect the greenhouse to an indoor heating system.

Suitable varieties

If you want to get a high-quality harvest, then you need to choose berry varieties according to at least two criteria.

1. Optimal climatic conditions for strawberries. In this case, you need to pay attention to the weather conditions inherent in your lane. We recommend purchasing seedlings from nurseries located in your region. This will allow you to get an already acclimatized strawberry.
2. Ripening terms.The ideal option would be organization of several beds with strawberries of different by the duration of ripening varieties. Thus, you will not only be able to harvest several crops from June to the end of September, but you will also have seedlings on hand for further cultivation in the greenhouse.

In the conditions of the middle zone and colder regions (Ural, Siberia, the Far East), self-pollinated remontant varieties are recognized as optimal for growing in greenhouses. They usually ripen early, which means that the harvest will be good even with a thickened planting. In addition, if these varieties belong to the group of neutral daylight hours, then they do not require long-term intense lighting.

Choose specially bred varieties for greenhouse cultivation

The most popular varieties suitable for growing in our latitudes:

• Pineapple;
• Arapaho;
• Brighton;
• Mount Everest;
• Darselect;
• Elizabeth II;
• Yellow miracle;
• Zenga Zengana;
• Temptation;
• Queen Elizabeth;
• Crown;
• Marmalade;
• Maria;
• Mahern;
• Moscow delicacy;
• Darkness;
• Ozark Beauty;
• Polka;
• Professional;
• Red Rich;
• Sakhalin;
• Selva;
• Sonata;
• Tribute;
• Truffau Producer;
• Tristar;
• Honey;
• Elsanta.

Modern breeding has given us many varieties that are self-pollinating, but with classic varieties, pollination will have to be done manually.

Greenhouse strawberry varieties (gallery)

Preparing the beds

The correct organization of the beds will help you make the most efficient use of the usable area of ​​the greenhouse. In addition, you will provide the strawberry bushes with the necessary nutrition, lighting and irrigation. The best option is considered to be growing not on the ground, but in hanging containers.

For containers, arrange all-welded metal profile bases that can withstand heavy loads. The width of the finished frame should be about 1 meter, the length is equal to the length of the greenhouse, and along the edges there are 2 longitudinal sections for containers 20 cm wide.

The containers themselves can be made from any available materials: plastic, plywood, boards, cellular polycarbonate. Simply insert the assembled containers into the metal frame and fill with the prepared substrate.

Soil preparation

Regular garden soil is not suitable for year-round strawberry cultivation. For continuous fruiting, a highly nutritious environment must be provided. To prepare a substrate in the amount of 1 ton, you will need:

• 300 kg of chicken manure;
• 650 kg of straw (preferably from winter wheat or oats);
• 6 kg of chalk;
• 20 kg of plaster;
• 3 kg of urea.

All components are readily available, you just have to properly compost them. To do this, put in a pile in layers in this order:

1. Straw layer 25 cm thick.
2. Chicken droppings - 10 cm
3. Urea at the rate of 400 grams per 100 kg of straw.

Repeat the layers until a heap is about 1.5 m wide and up to 2 m high. Water each layer well with warm water. In a few days, the fermentation of the components will begin, which will last about a month. During this time, you need to mix the compost, that is, mix it:

• the first time - 10-12 days from the beginning of fermentation;
• the second - after 17 days;
• the third - after 25 days.

To rid the substrate of possible viruses, ticks and aphids, sterilize it. To do this, pour the compost onto a large metal tray, cover and place over low heat. Raise the substrate temperature gradually to 60 °. Keep in this state for at least 12 hours, while strictly controlling the temperature level: exceeding it will turn the substrate into "dead ground".

Seedling preparation

Strawberries are cultivated as an annual plant, so the quality of the planting material is very important. We have already said that it is most convenient to purchase strawberry seedlings of suitable varieties in the nursery. But you can use the berries that grow in your garden in the open field.

1. Select bushes for mother plantation in June, after the first strawberries ripen. Mark the bushes on which the berries ripen the fastest. After the harvest is harvested, a mustache will appear. Leave a maximum of 5 outlets on each of the marked bushes, remove the rest.

   As seedlings, you can use those berries that grow in your garden in the open field.

2. Until August, reduce the care of the planting material to regular loosening of the soil. During this time, the strawberry will develop a good root system. Transplant the bushes into a prepared nursery-garden with a fertile substrate according to the 15 X 15 cm pattern. Seedling boxes can be used in the same capacity.

   Until August, reduce the care of the planting material to loosening the soil, during which time the strawberries will form a good root system

3. At the end of autumn, before frost, transplant the seedlings into pots with nutritious soil, removing all the leaves. Move to a basement or other room where the temperature does not fall below -2 ° C. Store containers with seedlings under these conditions for up to 9 months. Transplant the seedlings into the greenhouse when needed.

Growing technology

Today, the Dutch method of growing strawberries in a greenhouse has gained great popularity. It is simple and affordable, ideal for small areas (you can use it not only in the greenhouse, but even on the balcony), and allows you to get several high yields throughout the year.

The essence of the technology lies in the use of special film sleeves for growing, which are filled with a substrate of perlite and steamed peat. This mixture has a high level of hygroscopicity, that is, it absorbs moisture 4 times more than its own volume, while simultaneously saturating it with useful substances. At the same time, flowers and fruits do not come into contact with the ground, which protects them from decay.

Dutch technology has 2 main options. The choice may depend on the available space in the greenhouse. If desired, the methods can be combined.

1. Horizontal placement of bags - the bushes are planted in a checkerboard pattern at a distance of 25-30 cm from each other. The bags are arranged in several levels with a gap of 0.5 meters. The disadvantages of this method include the need to organize lighting: its intensity should be equal for all strawberry bushes.
2. Vertical - you can use polymer pipes with cutouts 5–7 cm in diameter. Place them in several rows at a distance of 25–30 cm in height from each other. Fix the structures in an upright position.

Dutch strawberry cultivation technology is recognized as the simplest and most convenient

Planting care

For a good harvest, it is important to properly care for your strawberries. Above, we have already talked about how to maintain light and temperature conditions, as well as humidity in the room used.

1. Be sure to provide your greenhouse strawberries with additional lighting for 8-10 hours a day at least from December to early March.
2. Remember to gradually increase the temperature in the greenhouse from the moment the buds form.
3. Control the humidity in the greenhouse.
4. Be sure to provide fertilizing with fertilizers. For example, once every 2 weeks, use the following mixture: for 10 liters of water - 10 g of potassium salt and 80 g of superphosphate with ammonium nitrate.

Pollination

When growing strawberries in greenhouse conditions, pollination will have to be done manually. Alternatively, you can start a small hive with bees or bumblebees, but this is too laborious. Therefore, it is better to arm yourself with a soft brush. You can buy it at any stationery store.

Pollination should be carried out as follows: 2-3 times a day, gently brush over the flower, collecting the pollen, and then transfer it to another flower. It is very important that at this time the humidity in the greenhouse is low.

There is a more interesting way. Take a regular household fan and blow a stream of air at the flowers. The pollen from them will scatter and settle on other plants.

Prevention of diseases and pests

The main enemy of strawberries is gray rot. It is very difficult to treat it, it is much easier to prevent its appearance. To do this, control the humidity level in the greenhouse, do not allow it to rise to a critical level.

Apply fungicides during the flowering period of the strawberry until the petals fall off.

Periodically use a fungicide for spraying: it is applied by a drop method to the root zone. This should be done during the flowering period of the strawberry, until the petals crumble.

Heat and humidity often provoke slugs.You can get rid of them with special traps that can be purchased at any hardware store.

Growing strawberries in a greenhouse (video)

Growing strawberries all year round in a greenhouse is a very time consuming task, but such work (with the proper approach) can bring you considerable income. Fresh juicy berries are always in demand among the population. Tell us in the comments about your experience in growing strawberries. Good luck to you!

Experienced gardeners - amateurs are convinced that strawberries in the same place can bear fruit for up to 20-25 years, if properly looked after.

The main thing in the agricultural technology of gardeners is leaf humus. The method of growing strawberries in the same place is to use leaf humus. It serves as the only fertilizer in strawberry cultivation.

Fertilizer is prepared in the fall. During leaf fall, a leaf, mainly birch, is collected, laid in a heap in a sunny place of the site, sprinkled with ash and superphosphate layer by layer, carefully covered with tar paper and allowed to "mature" until next autumn. After a year, humus is a homogeneous mass without any traces of leaves. Neither food waste nor feces are introduced into leaf humus.

Twice a year, mulch the soil under the strawberries with leaf humus: at the very beginning of autumn and early spring. At the end of August, after removing the old strawberry leaf and loosening the soil, a layer of humus of 3-4 cm is poured around each bush.

This autumn mulching, in addition to nutritious purposes, serves as insulation for the fall-winter and does not allow the roots to be exposed in the spring after the snow melts. At the end of April, when the ground is already warming up, strawberries are processed in the same way as in the fall.

In this loose nutrient medium, strawberries annually form a mass of young roots, and thus it again bears fruit abundantly, preventing the appearance of a large number of whiskers. This is also facilitated by the fact that experienced gardeners do not water the beds throughout the growing season.

So, what is the described method of growing strawberries good for:

• firstly, it will save summer residents from the frequent replacement of landings, which saves a lot of time;
• secondly, it will allow you to do without watering in the summer.

In conclusion, I would like to warn gardeners against the use of manure when growing strawberries. Sometimes this is what leads to the fact that after 3-4 years it is impossible to grow a berry in the same place. Weeds appear from manure, too many leaves and whiskers are formed to the detriment of fruiting, conditions are created for the development of gray rot.