How to grow potted strawberries in a room in winter?

Every year there are more and more people who want to taste their own grown fruits in their home garden. In addition to the usual tomatoes, cucumbers and various greens, you can grow strawberries all year round on the windowsill of the house. In winter, it is especially pleasant to enjoy homemade berries.

Features of growing on a windowsill

Having decided to grow strawberries on a windowsill, you first need to choose the right planting material. The fact is that indoors it is better to grow varieties that are unpretentious to environmental conditions.

In addition, a special microclimate must be created in the room where the containers will be located. So that the strawberries do not hurt and grow quickly, you need to set a comfortable temperature in the room. It is equally important to control the level of lighting and humidity throughout the growing season.

Which varieties are suitable for growing on a windowsill

It is necessary to choose planting material very carefully, contrary to common misconception,greenhouse strawberry varieties are not suitable for growing in an apartment... When choosing seedlings of indoor strawberries, you need to pay attention not to the appearance of the plant, but to its characteristics.

Strawberry seedlings, for growing at home on a windowsill, should be renovation, unpretentious to the length of daylight hours and temperature. The ampelous bushes that hang from hanging containers look especially beautiful in the apartment.

For year-round cultivation of strawberries on a windowsill at home, it is best to choose varieties such as Supreme, Geneva, Queen Elizabeth. The cultivation of the mustache-free variety Home Delicacy, Tristan, Selva, shows good results.

Video: how to grow strawberries (garden strawberries) from seeds on a windowsill

How to plant and grow on a windowsill - features, conditions and step-by-step instructions

To successfully plant and grow strawberries at home on a windowsill, certain rules and conditions must be followed. Let's talk about them in more detail below.

A place

The best place to grow remontant strawberries is a south- or east-facing windowsill. It is possible to grow a culture on the eastern and northern windowsill only under the condition of constant supplementary lighting.

Daylight hours

For rapid growth and ripening of garden strawberries, the duration of daylight hours should be 12-14 hours. If in the summer the bushes have enough sunlight, then in the fall and winter, when the light part of the day is very short, strawberries need supplement with fluorescent lamps. Lighting devices are turned on 2 times a day: from 8 to 11 hours and from 16 to 19 hours.

Temperature

It is important to maintain the temperature when growing strawberries at home. + 18- + 20 C. If the temperature is a few degrees lower, the plants begin to ache. To prevent such unpleasant consequences, it will be necessary to turn on the heaters in the fall and spring.

Humidity

Strawberries will feel good if the humidity does not exceed 70-75%. In the midst of the heating season, in winter, when the air in the apartment is very dry, bushes sprayed from a spray bottle with settled water at room temperature. However, even in this case, it is worth adhering to the measure: due to the high humidity in strawberries, resistance to fungal diseases decreases.

What container to plant

Suitable for planting bush seedlings small pots. Ampel species feel great in hanging pots. Seedlings, which have formed 5-6 leaves, are planted in a 3 liter pot. The seeds are planted in small cups, and as soon as they release the first pair of leaves, they are transplanted into spacious permanent containers.

You can also plant plants in long boxes with a volume of 10-15 liters... When landing in such containers the distance between the bushes must be at least 20 cm... Regardless of the size, there should be holes in the bottom of the planting container for excess water to drain.

What kind of soil (substrate)

You can buy potting potting soil at a specialist store or make your own. Suitable for indoor strawberries any substrate intended for growing vegetables and flowers.

To prepare the soil with your own hands, coniferous earth, sand and humus are mixed in equal parts in a container. Also, strawberries grow well in a substrate of peat and vermicompost.

The main condition that should be met when preparing the substrate isthe potting mix should be airy and slightly damp. At the end of the preparation of the substrate, phosphorus fertilizers are introduced into it.

Important! It is highly undesirable to use soil from the garden for planting strawberry seedlings at home: it can be infected with nematodes and other dangerous larvae. If there is no other option, you need to check it before using the garden soil, and then spill it with a low-concentrated solution of potassium permanganate. You can start planting bushes a week after disinfection.

Preparation of planting material

Experienced gardeners recommend growing strawberries at home on a windowsill with seedlings, since growing seedlings from seeds on their own is quite a long and troublesome business. Planting material can be purchased in nurseries or taken from your site, if there are remontant varieties.

The preparation of strawberry seedlings for planting at home is carried out as follows:

1. From the available sockets, only the the largest and healthiest.
2. Planting material separated from the mother plant and planted in a pot.
3. To give the strawberries a dormant period, the container is placed in a cool place for 14 days - basement or cellar.

Direct landing

Since strawberries do not like stagnant water and compacted soil, pebbles, expanded clay, small pieces of slate or brick are covered at the bottom of the pot before planting.

Saplings strawberries are planted at home like this:

1. A drainage layer and a little substrate are poured into the pot.
2. The rhizome is dipped in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for a few minutes.
3. Plants are placed in a pot and the roots are spread. The root must be full-grown in the pot. The rhizome must be shortened if the tip has to be strongly bent during planting.
4. In order for the cut bushes to recover faster, they are immersed in a weak solution of heteroauxin for 3-4 hours.To prepare the mixture, a crushed tablet of the drug is dissolved in 5 liters of water.
5. Fill up the missing soil to the point of growth and crush it a little.
6. To improve the survival rate, the bushes are moderately watered with a solution of heteroauxin

You can grow strawberries at home on a windowsill using seeds. Despite the fact that the harvest will have to wait longer than when planting seedlings, this does not scare off gardeners who do not see their life without their favorite business.

In order for the seeds to sprout together, they need to be hardened. The planting material is laid out on a damp cloth, then it is folded in half and placed in a bag. The bookmark is then sent to the top of the refrigerator for 30 days.

The sequence of planting strawberries at home on the windowsill seeds:

1. A shallow box is covered with prepared soil for most of it and slightly moistened.
2. Keeping a distance, the seeds are laid out in rows.
3. The planting material is sprinkled with a thin layer of soil.
4. The seedling container is covered with polyethylene or glass and placed in a warm place.
5. As soon as the seedlings germinate, the shelters are gradually removed, and the container is placed on a light windowsill.
6. Plants with a pair of real leaves are transplanted into a spacious pot.

The optimal time for planting strawberry seedlings in an apartment is early spring or the period from August 15 to September 20.

Video: how to care for and grow strawberries at home in a pot

How to care after planting and before harvest

Watering. For watering strawberries, like other indoor plants, use only settled water at room temperature. In order not to wait for the chlorine to settle to the bottom of the container, water can be passed through a filter.

Adhering to the technology of cultivating strawberries at home on a windowsill, the soil in containers is moistened 2 times a week. It is best to moisturize the soil in the afternoon. After watering, the soil in the planting container is loosened.

Important! Despite the fact that the growth of strawberries after the next moistening is activated, it is impossible to get carried away with watering. Overflowing plants is fraught with the appearance of rot on the roots and fungal diseases. Stagnant water is especially dangerous for bushes.

Top dressing. It is recommended to feed indoor strawberries once every 14 days. As fertilizer, you can use conventional houseplant feed or special strawberry nutrient mixtures. Top dressing is applied in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. They begin to be brought in after the 5th leaf appears on the bush.

If you do not want to use industrial mixtures, you can prepare food for indoor strawberries yourself according to this recipe:

1. A 3-liter jar is covered by a third of crushed eggshells.
2. Then 1 glass of ash is poured and the jar is filled to the top with slightly warmed water.
3. At the end of 5 days of infusion, the solution is filtered.
4. Before making the top dressing is diluted with water 1: 3.

You can also fertilize strawberries on the windowsill with weak solutions. mullein, chicken droppings.

Note! It is impossible to overfeed strawberries with fertilizers: a large amount of nutrients stimulates the active growth of leaves and has a bad effect on the setting and formation of fruits.

During fruiting, the bushes need a lot of iron. According to the reviews of experienced gardeners, in order to enrich the soil with a chemical element, a rusty nail must be driven into the pot a few centimeters. Admirers of the use of commercial mixtures spray the plantings with solutions containing iron compounds.

After harvesting, the bushes are rarely fed or not fed at all.

Pruning. Many will be surprised, but strawberries need to be pruned in order to increase yields. How to prune strawberries grown at home on a windowsill?

1. On seedlings grown from seeds, the first few flowers are plucked. It is not necessary to cut off the flower stalks on strawberries, divorced from seedlings.
2. If further expansion of indoor plantings is not planned, and it is not necessary to replace adult bushes, the antennae must be cut off.Also, cropping is recommended when there is a lack of lighting. As a result of shearing, the plants will not be wasted on the formation of unnecessary outlets, but will direct all the nutrients to the fruits.

Pollination. In order for berries to set after flowering, the strawberries need to be pollinated. There are several ways to artificially pollinate at home:

1. By the blossoming flowers one by one holding a paintbrush throughout the entire flowering period.
2. A fan is directed at the plants. Under the flow of air, pollen from one flower is transferred to another and the strawberries are pollinated.

Video: growing strawberries in winter

Diseases and pests

During fruiting, strawberries are affected gray rot and spider mites. To get rid of the worst enemies of sweet berries, plantings are sprayed garlic tincture. To prepare the solution, 2 vegetable slices are crushed and 100 ml of water is poured. The mixture, infused for 2 hours, is filtered, poured into a spray bottle and the plants are treated.

Terms of germination and harvesting

Strawberry seeds planted in an apartment sprout for a rather long time: the first seedlings make their way to the surface 20-30 days after sowing.

Repaired strawberries, grown at home on a windowsill, bloom in 30-35 days, and ripe berries begin to be picked 60-65 days after planting.

Video: strawberries on the windowsill in winter

The year-round cultivation of remontant strawberries on the windowsill is an exciting activity that does not require so much time and effort. All troubles and difficulties will pay off a hundredfold with ecologically clean and tasty fruits.

We are looking forward to the onset of May to enjoy the most delicious, perhaps, berry -

strawberries

... It has already become customary for us to receive harvests from spring to late autumn, but sometimes we really want to taste the sweetness of our favorite berry on a cold winter day!

How to grow garden strawberries at home Alternatively, you can, of course, purchase a pack of strawberries for the price of gold in a supermarket. But doubts that this berry will be useful are very large - the thought of the presence in it of chemistry that is not at all necessary for our body leaves less doubt. I suggest another option: grow garden strawberries by the window and give yourself and your children a piece of summer in the middle of winter.

Is it possible to harvest garden strawberries in the room?

In this case, I really like the saying, which I am often grateful to in my life: "If you really want to, you can fly into space." So with a strong desire, guided by these recommendations, you can get wonderful sweet berries at any time of the year.

This requires:

• high-quality live (not frigo!) seedlings of varieties of neutral daylight hours (hereinafter NSD), which we get from the first row of whiskers;
• lamps (phytolamps are better) for supplementary lighting of plants;
• place on the windowsill;
• This article.

How to “move” strawberries from the garden to the house?

In any case, you should start preparing seedlings for home growing long before the onset of winter.

Option 1

1. When the strawberry bushes form a mustache, fill a container with a drainage hole (for example, a disposable glass or a soft plastic pot) with earth and sand in a 1: 1 ratio.
2. We dig it in level with the ground (but so that the edges of the container rise slightly), direct the first outlet into the container, pin it with an ordinary hairpin or wire bent in the form of a hairpin, and water it constantly. The earth should never dry up, otherwise the plant will quickly die.
3. After 3 weeks, when the young plant has taken root, we cut it off from the mother liquor and continue to water. At this point, watering is even more important; he should be at least once a day, it is better in the evening, and on hot sunny days you can water it 2 times - in the morning and in the evening.
4. As soon as buds are formed on the plant, they must remove so that the outlet gains maximum strength. 
5. Cups with seedlings we we leave in the ground until the onset of the first frost, and as soon as it froze, we take them out of the ground, fill the holes formed with earth and slightly compact.
6. We completely immerse the containers with plants in a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate for 20 minutes, let the water drain, and bring them into a room with a temperature not higher than + 10 ° C for 2-3 days. Then we bring the sockets into the room and put to the south window. 
7. Additional lighting is required, since the length of the day is too short. The plant will need additional lighting from 6-7 in the morning to 19-20 in the evening, that is, the daylight hours for the plant should be 13-14 hours. For this we use a phytolamp.

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Option 2

This method is much simpler and less laborious.

1. Before the onset of frost, we dig out rooted young rosettes, remove substandard foliage (that is, leaves that are mechanically damaged, old ones), but so that the plant must have 2-3 true young leaves.

Left: garden strawberry seedling. Right: aging in potassium permanganate 2. Next, we keep the seedling in a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) and plant it in a container with ready-made soil mixture purchased at a flower shop and mixed with sand in a ratio of 2: 1.

Why a purchased soil mixture? This is more reliable: the garden soil must be heated in the oven to destroy pests and pathogens, and the finished soil is sterile (of course, if we talk about high-quality purchased soil).

Planting strawberries 3. When planting, it is very important not to deepen the heart (apical bud), which is located in the center of the rosette, otherwise the plant will simply rot.

Heart 4. Water the seedlings and bring them into the room, but for the first few days do not put them on the sunny south window, but set them in more benign conditions (north, east). After 3-5 days, we rearrange it to the south. Just as in option 1, we must use additional lighting.

Which strawberry varieties are suitable for home growing?

Experimental practice, which I described earlier in my article, showed that the NSD ‘Albion’ and ‘Aisha’ varieties are the easiest to care for and the most resistant to diseases in indoor conditions.

The ‘Albion’ variety I told you more about these and other varieties of garden strawberries in this article.

What conditions need to be created for plants to grow and bear fruit at home?

1. Lighting

As I already said, we need a phytolamp for daily supplementary lighting for 13-14 hours a day. If we neglect this point, then a well-leafy plant will grow, but in this case we will not see flowering (and harvest).

Why phytolamp? You can, of course, supplement the illumination with an ordinary fluorescent lamp, but the plants in this case will be weaker. Article Choosing a phytolamp for seedlings

2. Temperature conditions

The temperature on the windowsill should be at least + 20 ° С. It is on the windowsillrather than in the room. If the temperature is not observed, then our plants can weaken and get sick with fungal diseases.

3. Watering

It is important to choose the watering mode so that so that the earthy ball does not dry out, but in any case do not allow stagnation of water.

4. Mandatory transshipment of plants

In 25-30 days after "relocation" to the house, the plants need to be transplanted into a large container (1 liter in volume), since the root system has already developed strongly, and the outlet has become cramped in a small glass. This is what the plant looks like before transplanting:

... and so - after:

Plant transplanted into a large container

5. Artificial pollination of flowers

Pollination is an important condition for the formation of the ovary and the development of a full-fledged berry. We make it by hand using an ordinary soft brush.

Pollination If this procedure is neglected or not performed well enough, we will get deformed berries:

Deformation of the berry with insufficient pollination

Do you need feeding strawberries?

Like any plant, garden strawberries need nutrition. Under natural conditions, plants get it from the ground in which plant residues have rotted. In a room, in a limited amount of soil, strawberries do not have such an opportunity, therefore, feeding should be taken care of without fail.

1. We apply the first top dressing ("Strawberry" or other complex fertilizer for garden strawberries) at half dose (100 grams of solution during watering), when did the first buds appear. 
2. We carry out the next feeding after the first berries have been removed, with the same fertilizer at the same dosage.

Do not be embarrassed and worried that the berry will accumulate nitrates or other harmful elements in itself, since this fertilizer will go to the plant itself, and not to the berry.

When to expect the first harvest?

Experience shows that in winter in indoor conditions the period from planting to flowering is 30-35 days, and the first berries ripen in 30-35 days from the beginning of flowering. It turns out that from the moment of planting to the ripening of the berries, an average of about 65 days pass.

First harvest Here are our first berries:

Home harvest of ‘Albion’ strawberries

What is indoor strawberry sick with and how to treat it?

If we adhered to all the recommended planting rules, and the houseplants in the house are not affected by pests, then the strawberries are not in danger of suffering from them. But besides pests, there are no less dangerous fungal diseases - such as powdery mildew, for example.

Why might problems arise? The air in the room during the heating period is dry and warm, and we, knowing that it is unhealthy, begin to increase the humidity. This is correct for us, but for garden strawberries, which are not blown by the wind at home, but is under the influence of cold from window glass, high humidity can cause powdery mildew. This is a white fungal bloom on the leaves, stems, and then the berry.

For the prevention of the disease, you can use the drug Fitosporin, which is safe for humans. We spray the plants with it once a week. Of course, white traces form on the leaves, but the plant will be reliably protected.

Garden strawberries It is not difficult to grow garden strawberries on the window, the main thing is to want very much! Good luck and excellent harvests!

What is guaranteed to cheer you up in the winter? Aromatic strawberries in a pot at home are the best way to feel the unforgettable taste of summer! Fresh juicy fruits will become a favorite treat for both adults and children.

Solid benefit

Strawberries grown in a nutritious substrate at home are rich in nutrients and are rightfully considered one of the most delicious berries. It contains a record amount of vitamin C, a natural antioxidant that stimulates the production of immune bodies in the body. Red berries from the supermarket shelves often contain nitrates and are processed with preservatives, in winter they are tasteless, besides, their price is inadequately high.

Growing strawberries can be a fun hobby for both an experienced gardener and someone new to the practice. Caring for a plant together is a great activity that can bring the whole family together. Observing the growth of a living, fruiting plant will have a beneficial effect on the emotional state of an adult. In order for the process to immediately interest the child, you need to make sure that the strawberry pot is noticeable and always pleasing to the eye. Decorating with decorative figures, artificial flowers and butterflies will help turn it into a unique piece of furniture.

Also read: Standard raspberries: promising varieties and features of agricultural technology

Care of young plants

How to grow strawberries at home? Half of the success is quality seedlings.During the period of whisker formation, young rooted rosettes are separated from the mother bush and planted in a moist nutrient substrate (humus mixed with sand in equal proportions). Prepared soil is poured into a pot or container, then gently crushed with your fingers, compacted a little to remove excess air, leaving vertical pits in the middle, 3-4 cm larger than the diameter of the root system. Then a seedling is placed in the middle of each hole, making sure that its growing point remains above the ground. The substrate should not be poured to the very edges of the cup. After 3 weeks, the plant will be ready for transplanting to a permanent location.

The depth of the root system is approximately 20 cm, so the height of the container should not exceed this value. The minimum diameter of the cup for a seedling with two full (triple) leaves is 10 cm, for a plant with 5-6 full leaves - 20 cm. Adequate lighting and moderate watering, loosening the soil and protection from diseases and pests are also important.

At first glance, growing strawberries can seem like a daunting process and raise a lot of questions. You should look for detailed information on them in reference books, you can also study photo and video materials by requesting advice from experienced gardeners on thematic forums.

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If you really want to grow strawberries, but there is no summer cottage, do not despair.

Start growing strawberries in pots - it's fun!

It is best to grow self-pollinated remontant and ampelous varieties in pots.

Plant strawberry seedlings in a pot, not too densely so that the seedlings touch a little, but do not shade nearby bushes.

Rice. 1. Strawberry ampelous

Choosing a variety of strawberries for growing in pots on the balcony

There are 3 types of strawberries:

- strawberry varieties that give one harvest in the middle of summer;

- varieties that produce berries in spring and autumn;

- remontant, it bears fruit all the time.

Experts advise to buy varieties of remontant strawberries for growing in pots. She has no special requirements for the length of the day, she bears fruit all year round, and the ampelous varieties will hang beautifully from the pots.

For example, gardeners recommend planting "Queen Elizabeth", she has a very large number of berries that are harvested from the bush. She gives a mustache. Also suitable are "Home Dessert", ampelous "Frapendula". "Bolero" does not give a mustache, but it bears fruit all season. These varieties give a harvest already in the first year.

Choosing a variety of strawberries for growing in pots at home

According to the recommendations of people who grow strawberries on the windowsill, the following varieties are best suited for this: "Dutch", "Home delicacy", "Elsanta", "Geneva", "Eros", "Queen Elizabeth 2".

Soil for strawberries

Your best bet is to purchase a ready-made, all-purpose strawberry primer in the store. But you can make the earth yourself. For this, take equal parts of humus, sand and earth.

Or in the fall, make a compost heap - dig a trench, put leaves in there, put cut grass and tops. Sprinkle with a mixture of humus, sand and earth. Add more ground "Magic Garden" bought in the store. Cover with black foil and dust the edges of the foil with earth. In the spring the soil will be ready.

Take pots with a diameter of 18 cm, drain, as strawberries do not like stagnant moisture. At the bottom of the pots, put fragments from bricks, small pebbles, expanded clay.

Potted strawberries: from seed

1. How do I collect my seeds?

Leave one of the largest berries on the bush. When it is ripe, pick it off, wipe it in a strainer under running cold water, then place it in a glass of water and leave it for 3 days, then the pulp will move away from the seeds. Then rinse and dry on a napkin.

2. Planting seeds

1. Purchase strawberry seeds from your local nursery.It is best to sow in mid-February. Fill the drainage pot halfway with sand, then add the earthy mixture and water thoroughly.

2. Spread the seeds over the surface of the soil. Since they are very small, you can do this with tweezers. Press in the seeds a little.

3. Pour snow on top.

Rice. 2. Planting strawberry seeds

4. Cover the pots with plastic wrap or glass.

5. Expose the pots to the sun. If you are planting strawberries in winter, place the peas near the radiator.

6. Water the plantings. Keep the ground moist, but not too damp. Make sure the soil does not dry out.

7. When the first shoots appear, remove the film. The soil will dry out faster now, so remember to check the soil and water it.

8. Pull out excess shoots. Let the seedlings grow at a distance of 15 cm.

9. Cover the surface of the ground.

Planting seedlings

If you want to plant seedlings taken from your summer cottage in pots, then select healthy bushes, place them in a small container with soil and put them in a cool place for 14 days, so you will provide the bushes with a dormant period. Then gently lift the bush from the temporary container, gently shake off the excess silt.

In order for the seedlings to grow powerful roots, place 1 tablet of heteroauxin in 5 liters of water. Place the seedlings in a heteroauxin solution so that they are saturated with it. Leave it on for 18 hours. Then spread the roots over the surface of the soil in the pot. Sprinkle with soil so that the outlet is above ground level. Compact the soil. Pour water thoroughly, where you see holes, add soil.

Strawberries in pots at home: conditions for flowering and fruiting

Potted strawberries are advised to be placed on the southern and southeastern windowsill, as the bushes like good lighting.

If your strawberry grows in a pot or hanging basket, then turn the container, then the plant will be illuminated from different sides.

In winter, plants need additional lighting, they can be illuminated with fluorescent lamps so that the culture has a 12 hour day. Strawberries can be watered through a tray, but you shouldn't pour them, or the rhizomes will rot and green algae will appear on the ground. Then oxygen will cease to flow to the rhizomes, and the strawberries will not grow.

If the strawberry leaves are pale, add a pinch of ground coffee to the ground to add nitrogen to the soil. If you notice that the rhizomes are peeking out of the hole in the bottom of the pot, then transplant the bush into a larger pot.

Strawberries love soil with a pH level of 5.3-6.5. You can add a handful of compost to your pot once a month. Once a week, you need to feed the strawberries with an ash solution and a pink solution of potassium permanganate. Stop feeding if ovaries appear.

When the first flower stalks appear, remove them so that the strawberry can grow powerful leaves. The second peduncles grow in 2-3 weeks, but they are much more powerful and stronger than the first. Usually on a peduncle of 7-9 buds. You can cut off 4-5 buds, leaving 3-4 each. Then the berries will be large.

It is necessary to spray the strawberries with well-settled water, as well as substances with iron, as it helps to establish the crop.

In addition, some remontant varieties produce many mustaches, if you want to collect as many berries as possible, then trim the antennae with scissors, as they consume a lot of nutrients and therefore greatly reduce the yield.

In 2 months you will have your first crop. When blooming, brush over the flowers with a soft brush to pollinate them. Pick ripe berries immediately, those that hang for a long time may rot. Bushes cease to harvest for 4 years.

After picking the berries, you need to cut off the leaves and put the pots with bushes in a dark place for 3 months, this will be a dormant period, at this time you need to water the bushes so that the ground is not dry.

Strawberries in pots on the balcony

When planting in pots, leave a distance of 20 cm between the bushes. On the balcony, you can also illuminate strawberries with lamps until 12 o'clock in the afternoon.Pollinate the plants yourself, put a fan in front of the blooming strawberries every day. Watch out for watering, the soil should not be dry, but not too wet. Feed the bushes with fertilizers twice a month.

Pests

Until the buds open, the bushes are sprayed from midges and other insects with a composition of herbs. Take: nettle leaves, celandine, hot pepper pods, pour boiling water. Leave it overnight. In the morning, strain the infusion, dilute with water and spray the bushes.

Spider mites and aphids

A spider mite often appears on unripe berries. It can be seen by a small cobweb on the plants, and diseased leaves turn yellow and dry.

To eliminate the pest, make a tincture: add 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic in 100 g of water and spray the bushes with fresh infusion, it helps well against spider mites and aphids.

Birds

If birds begin to peck at the berries on the balcony, attach a wire mesh over the pot.

Strawberry mite

If you have planted diseased bushes, then in the spring, as soon as the first leaves appear, spray them with the composition "Colloidal Sulfur" or "Karbofos". Spray "Neoron" 10 days before the blooming of the buds.

Rice. 3. Strawberry mite

Wasps

You can put jars of compote on the balcony, then the wasps will be distracted by the compote and will not touch the berries.

Diseases

Fusarium and late blight wilting, with it, necrosis occurs on the edges of the leaves, later the leaves become brown and die off. With late blight wilting, the bushes grow very poorly, the leaves become grayish. Then the rhizomes die off.

If you are planting strawberries with seedlings in pots, then for prevention, before planting, wet the rhizomes with solutions of humate K (with a concentration of 15 g / l) and agate 25k (with a concentration of 7 g / l).

Powdery mildew

With this disease, the leaves curl and acquire a purple color, they have a mealy bloom. If the plant is damaged, it is necessary to spray it with the composition: add 30 g of soap, azocene and copper sulfate and 15 g of "Topaz" to 15 liters of water. But you can use the composition only before the strawberry blossoms.

Rice. 4. Powdery mildew

Gray rot

It is detected by the fact that light brown spots with a fluffy bloom are visible on the berries. The berries dry up and mummify. For prevention, you need to mulch the soil in pots with finely chopped straw or pine needles. In the spring, when the leaves begin to grow, spray the bushes with 2-4% Bordeaux liquid.

Brown leaf spot

Brown spots appear on the leaves and sepals, then they increase.

White leaf spot

Brownish and purple specks appear on the leaves. When the first leaves of the new seedling grow, spray them with 2-4% Bordeaux liquid. When the berries are tied, it is no longer possible to carry out processing until the end of fruiting.

That is, if you do not have a summer cottage or you have nowhere to plant strawberries, then you can plant strawberries in pots and grow them in the room or on the balcony. Strawberries will perfectly decorate windows in an apartment or a loggia, both during flowering and during fruiting.

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