What varieties of strawberries can you grow at home in winter?

Every year there are more and more people who want to taste self-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, first of all, you 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 there is enough sunlight for the bushes, 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. They 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 use seeds to grow strawberries at home on a windowsill. 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 the windowsill, the soil in the 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.

Repairing garden strawberries, or strawberries, on the windowsill can be grown all year round with minimal time and effort for care. Of course, growing a berry crop on a window, or rather on a windowsill, implies the correct choice of the variety, as well as adherence to the care technology not only in summer, but also in winter.

Variety selection criteria

Before growing garden strawberries at home, you should take into account the fact that not all varieties are suitable for cultivation in greenhouses. To grow at home not only a beautiful and strong, but also the most productive plant, it is recommended to give preference to the most unpretentious and shade-tolerant remontant varieties of garden strawberries. Almost any variety of strawberries can be grown at home, but among the best in taste and yield indicators, remontant ones are most often mentioned.

Variety name	Botanical description	Characteristics of the berry	Dignity	Varietal disadvantages
"Everest"	High-yielding and very promising French cultivar producing medium-sized and compact plants	Medium to large sizes, light red color, pleasant sour-sweet taste	High level of winter hardiness, good yield indicators and taste quality characteristics of the berry	Average level of resistance to pests and diseases
"Cardinal"	Very powerful bushes with large glossy leaves	Large size, spindle-shaped, red with shine, dessert taste	Resistant to damage by gray fruit rot and spotting. The crop is well transported and stored. The variety is suitable for vertical cultivation	The risk of powdery mildew damage, the difficulty of reproduction with rosettes at home
"Queen Elizabeth II"	Plants are vigorous, compact type, rapidly flowering and fruiting	Large or very large, bright red, with firm and tasty pulp, suitable for transportation	Possesses sufficient winter hardiness and high productivity	Needs proper care and uninterrupted nitrogen and potassium intake
"Forest Fairy Tale"	Plants of medium size, fairly compact, with a significant number of peduncles	Small in size, dark red, conical in shape, with a juicy and pleasant pulp	High taste of berries and pronounced berry aroma	Almost completely absent
"World debut"	Pink-colored variant of remontant garden strawberry with long peduncles	Large, with an attractive red coloration and excellent berry aroma	High productivity and large-fruited, as well as decorativeness	Insufficiently high level of resistance to certain diseases and pests

Growing rules from seeds

To obtain high-quality seedlings of garden strawberries from seeds, you should prepare planting pots or boxes with drainage holes, as well as nutritious soil and choose the right place for growing. The soil for sowing should be loose, and it is also good to let not only moisture, but also air to the root system of plants... You can make a soil mixture yourself by mixing turf, peat and coarse sand in equal proportions. To disinfect the soil, it is calcined in an oven for 1/2 hour at a temperature of 150-160 ° C.

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To obtain the highest quality seedlings, it is recommended to soak the seeds for 48 hours on a damp cloth before planting. Then the seeds should be spread over the surface of the well-moistened soil, which the seedling containers are filled with. Finished planting containers with crops must be covered with plastic wrap and placed in a warm and well-lit place, at a temperature of 20-22 ° C. Until the germination stage, it is necessary to keep the soil moist by regular irrigation with warm water from a spray bottle.

Subject to the sowing technology and temperature regime, the first shoots of garden strawberries appear in about two to three weeks. Until the appearance of five true leaves, daily airing and systematic watering should be carried out. After the formation of five or six true leaves, the seedlings are picked into separate containers, the volume of which should not be less than 2.5-3 liters.

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The reason for the lack of fruiting can also be the acquisition of low-quality planting material, represented by a weedy variety of berry culture. Such plants form an abundant amount of barren flowers in the complete absence of ovary formation.

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Growing strawberries in the winter at home is easy enough. The main disadvantage of this method is the small amount of harvest. The essence of the method is that strawberries are planted as a houseplant.

Basic rules for growing strawberries in winter

Full development and fruiting of strawberries is impossible without lighting for 12-14 hours.

The main condition for planting is to provide warmth and sufficient illumination. Availability fourteen hour daylight hours strictly required.

Fruiting occurs in June and the first half of July, when the temperature fluctuates between 22-27 degrees... This should be taken into account when growing strawberries at home.

Planting methods

You can grow strawberries in the following ways:

1. Packaged.
2. Potted.
3. Boxed.

If the crop is planted for sale, the latter method should be used. This will require several spacious drawers. They can be replaced with bags made of polyethylene.

A significant disadvantage of this method is that they take up a large amount of apartment space. This method cannot be used in a small apartment.

If the berry is planted for yourself, then it is recommended to use flower pots. It will not work to achieve high yields. The main advantage of this method is easy care.

Air and temperature

To circulate air around the strawberries, it is enough to periodically open the window.

This culture needs good air circulation... It is possible to provide her with access to air by opening a window in a vent mode from time to time.

The air temperature in the apartment in winter varies between 18-20 degrees.

This temperature is good for growing strawberries. If it rises, you can open the window to allow air circulation for the plant.

What soil to choose

The best option is to use a mixture of perlite and peat.

This soil is sold in specialized boutiques. It can be replaced with a fertilizer mixture. But its quality is noticeably inferior to the previous mixture.

Ready seedlings

You can buy ready-made seedlings; working with them does not require much time. The main disadvantage is that it will be more expensive.

Self-planting from seeds is a rather tedious method, but it does not require special monetary "infusions".

Which variety to choose for growing at home

You can grow any strawberries at home, but repair varieties will give the best result.

Homemade strawberries are conventionally subdivided into ampel and bush... Fruiting can be one-time or remontant. In the second case, the culture will delight with fruits throughout the year.

The fruits of the remontant varieties differ in shape, color and taste.

For growing at home, it is recommended to opt for remontant varieties. They are less dependent on light.

The following varieties are best suited for growing in an apartment:

• Queen Elizabeth;
• Homemade delicacy;
• Geneva.

A brief overview of the most suitable strawberry varieties for growing at home.

Shrub or ampelous variety?

Between bush and ampel varieties, it is best to make a choice in favor of the latter. No bright lighting required. The first berries appear already 2 months later.

Preparatory work and soil selection

It is advisable to purchase the substrate in a specialized boutique. The choice should be made in favor of a universal soil suitable for planting vegetables and fruits.

You can make your own formula if you want.

If possible, you can prepare the soil yourself. To do this, you will need to mix:

1. Sand.
2. Forest soil.
3. Humus.

The main criterion for the soil is looseness and moisture. Not only the condition of the seedlings depends on this, but also the yield of strawberries.

Peculiarities

To grow healthy strawberries, the soil must be steamed or calcined.

• Covering the substrate with a crust is unacceptable... Otherwise, air access to the root system will be blocked.
• You can not take soil from vegetable gardensas it can be affected by a nematode. But if you have to work with just such a land, you need to carefully cultivate it.
• The soil needs careful steaming... This contributes to the death of all parasites. Then you need to shed the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate.

Flower planting

Pots of any shape are suitable for strawberries, the main thing is that the dimensions are not less than 100x150 mm.

This method requires the following elements:

1. A pot with a diameter of 10 centimeters and a height of 15 centimeters.
2. Prepared soil.
3. Vitamin complex.
4. Small pebbles of lime.
5. Scoop.
6. Water.

Landing

Seedlings with three or more leaves can be planted in separate pots.

1. Pour pebbles into a flower pot, then soil.
2. Make a well for seedlings.
3. Stick the seedling into the soil, sprinkle with earth.

Watering and care

After 1.5 months, the first buds should appear.

• Water the plant as it dries.
• The strawberry pot should be on the window.
• Access to light should be maximized.

Drafts must not be allowed.

With good care, the first berries will soon appear.

Yield

Small. From 1 bush you can get up to 200 grams.

The main advantage of this method is year-round fruiting.

Planting with a polyethylene method

When choosing this method of planting strawberries, you should consider irrigation systems using drip pipes.

You can plant culture on a loggia or balcony. It is best to use the Dutch planting method. It may require the following:

1. Suitable container made of polyethylene.
2. Perlite composition + steamed peat.
3. Organic soil.
4. Synthetic elements.
5. Watering can.
6. Scoop.

It is best to use a soil substitute.

It is better to use a mixture based on perlite or vermiculite for filling the bags.

Training

Taken polyethylene with a diameter of 20 centimeters... Holes are cut in it in a checkerboard pattern.

Landing

• The distance between the bushes is up to 35 centimeters. You should not plant the bushes closer, otherwise the fruits will be small.
• The bags are filled with soil, vitamins are added.
• The angular rate of planting bushes is 50%.

Watering

To maintain optimal soil moisture, it is better to use drip irrigation.

The culture is irrigated as it dries. It is very important to monitor the moisture of the root system.

Water should not get on the strawberry flowers.

Care

Making an irrigation system at home is quite simple. For this you need to use a container with a hose. The diameter of the hose should be 1 centimeter.

Such a hose must be brought to each bush and water the crop.

Lighting

For additional lighting, homemade lamps are used.

If there is not enough light for the plant, lamps can be used. If the house has a heater, the growing process will only accelerate.

It is necessary to pollinate the culture in the process of fruit formation.

Pollination

For pollination, use a soft brush or fan.

This can be done either manually or with a fan.... In the second case, the jet is simply directed towards the pots. It is advisable to do this in the morning.

For the first method, you will need a soft paint brush. This is a rather painstaking process that takes time. But its effectiveness is very high.

Feeding strawberries

For feeding, it is convenient to use instant complex fertilizers.

Replenishment of bushes should be carried out at least 2 times / 30 days... For replenishment, special fertilizers are used, which are sold in specialized boutiques. It is advisable to use a universal top dressing.

Overfeeding should not be allowed. Otherwise, all the vitamins will receive the leaves, and the berries will not ripen.

Mustache care

In the process of active growth of strawberries, tendrils are formed. They need to be tied up. To do this, a nylon mesh should be built on the window.

With the help of antennae, you can propagate the culture and get new seedlings.

To propagate strawberries, you need to root the outlet. Then it is separated from the uterine bush.

Treatment of diseases

Horsetail infusion is well suited for the prevention of strawberry diseases.

The most common pathologies of domestic strawberries are gray rot and spider mites.

Fruits and leaves are affected by a specific bloom. The leaves fall off, the berry becomes loose, tasteless.

To get rid of diseases, you need to prepare a garlic solution. This requires:

• peel 2 cloves;
• crush them in a garlic press;
• pour boiling water over, leave for 20-30 minutes.

After cooling, the infusion is filtered and used when spraying plants.

Conclusion

You need to plant strawberries either in early spring or in the second half of August - September. With the right approach, it will delight you with its fruits for a long time.

Video about artificial pollination of homemade strawberries

Just the word "strawberry" in the mouth feels its amazing sweetness, and pleasant images float before your eyes: ripe strawberries on a bush, warmed by the sun; strawberries with cream; delicate dessert decorated with strawberries ...

The main secrets and subtleties of year-round strawberry cultivation

In summer, this delicious berry is quite often present on our table, but imagine how surprised guests and households will be if you please them with fresh strawberries in the “off-season”! And not that imported berry that is on the shelves of supermarkets, raising doubts about its usefulness, but the most real homemade strawberries, juicy and aromatic.

Nowadays, anyone who has such a desire can do strawberry cultivation all year round. To do this, it is absolutely not necessary to have a heated greenhouse; you can also grow a berry in an ordinary flower pot on the kitchen window. All that is required of you: stock up on seedlings, earth, containers for strawberry seedlings and, of course, patience, because strawberries are a rather capricious plant.

Anyone who has such a desire can do strawberry cultivation all year round.

How can you get strawberry bushes to bear fruit in autumn, winter and spring? The secret is simple: in a dormant state, strawberry seedlings dug from your site in the fall can be stored for up to nine months, for this you just need to keep it in the refrigerator or in a cool basement. In their natural environment, strawberries "wake up" after the snow melts, and when storing at home, you can "wake up" the seedlings at the moment you want. Thus, taking out alternately the bushes of seedlings from the basement or refrigerator and planting them in the ground, you can get the desired result - strawberries will bear fruit all year round without interruption.

Video about growing strawberries all year round

Another important point that you will definitely need to take into account is that strawberry seedlings need a long day of light (up to 14 hours a day). In the autumn-winter period, the days are very short, so you will have to use artificial lighting. Any of the technologies for growing strawberries all year round is based on the fact that the plants are provided with additional illumination using fluorescent lamps.

Pollination of flowers will also be artificial, regardless of which strawberry varieties you have chosen for year-round cultivation. If you have planted several strawberry bushes at home or in a greenhouse, you can pollinate them with a simple soft brush, touching each flower with it daily. In large greenhouses, a bee hive can be placed to ensure natural pollination.

If you have planted several strawberry bushes at home or in a greenhouse, you can pollinate them with a simple soft brush.

Strawberries bear fruit best of all year round, the varieties of which are distinguished by high yields and the ability to set berries several times after the first fruiting. These are varieties such as:

• Marmolada,
• Maria,
• Selva,
• Darselect,
• Tristar,
• Elsanta,
• Yellow miracle
• Polka,
• Sonata,
• Tribute,
• Mount Everest,
• Darkness,
• Queen Elizabeth.

What is the best way to grow strawberries in winter?

There are many ways to grow strawberries all year round: some are based on the principles of hydroponics (growing without soil), while others involve the use of plastic bags. You can choose any method that you consider the most effective and acceptable.

The growing popularity is gaining year-round cultivation of strawberry seedlings in bags.

The growing popularity is gaining year-round cultivation of strawberry seedlings in bags on the balcony and on the loggia. Substrate is poured into ordinary long bags of dense polyethylene, slots are made on the surface for strawberry bushes, and seedlings are planted. Having chosen this option, do not forget to constantly ventilate the room in which the bags with growing strawberries are located, otherwise the roots of the plants will rot.

The strawberries that we can see in the supermarket in winter are grown using Dutch technology. In fact, this technology is very similar to the one described above, only it is used mainly in greenhouses.If you live in a city apartment and do not have a greenhouse, but really want to get strawberries all year round, a practical guide to the Dutch method will help you achieve a high yield at home.

Video about growing strawberries all year round in bags indoors

You can plant strawberries one bush at a time in flower pots, using rosettes harvested in the fall or growing seedlings from strawberry seeds yourself. If you follow the basic rules for caring for strawberries at home, delicious berries will blush on your windowsill throughout the year.

Another option is to use a hydroponic system. In this case, strawberry seedlings are planted in an organic substrate (for example, coconut fiber) or in an aquatic environment, and a nutrient solution is supplied to the plant roots. As a result, strawberries bear fruit all year round - the video will allow you to make sure that a sufficiently large berry ripens in a hydroponic installation without using a substrate on strawberry bushes.

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