- Authors: Holland
- Taste: sweet, dessert
- The size: large and very large
- Weight: 40-45 gr
- Yield rate: high
- Yield: up to 1.3 kg per bush
- Ripening terms: late
- Advantages: long shelf life, high resistance to bad weather, stable fruit in heat, resistance to rain
- Appointment: fresh consumption
- Description of the bush: strong
Jive strawberries are used for both personal and commercial purposes. This variety gives a good harvest, and its fruits have an aesthetic appearance and high taste.
Description of the variety
The bushes are compact, about 50 cm high and the same in diameter. The foliage is dark green in color, shiny and large, drooping low to the ground. The bushes themselves are strong, have large flower stalks, located at the level of the foliage. The flowers are white, bisexual.
Ripening terms
The fruits ripen in June when planted in the spring, so the variety is late.
Yield
On average, you can get about 1.3 kg of berries from one bush. The yield of the variety is high, the collection of fruits can be carried out for about 20 days. Due to its productivity, Jive is actively used for commercial sales.
Berries and their taste
The fruits are dark red in color, they are cone-shaped, large or very large. Their average weight is 40-45 grams. They have a high marketability. The skin is glossy, continues to shine for a week during storage.
Berries of sweet dessert taste, with a light strawberry aroma. The pulp is firm but firm and quite juicy. Fruit tasting score - 5 points. Strawberries can be stored for a long time if necessary. The fruits are transportable. Their main purpose is fresh consumption.
Growing features
Despite the unpretentiousness of the culture in the care and maintenance, it should be properly planted in the ground in order to get a high-quality harvest.
Site selection and soil preparation
It is best to choose a place with fertile black soil or with loamy soil for planting the variety.You should not plant a crop on sandy soil, since strawberries will not be able to strengthen with a root system on it, as a result of which the fruits will either be scarce or there will be no harvest. If gardeners have chosen loamy soil, supplement it with the necessary fertilizers to get a good result.
Jive loves a lot of space, so a wide southern slope and a well-lit area would be an excellent option for the variety.
Pollination
The cultivar is self-pollinating, so the plant does not need pollinators.
Top dressing
The first feeding is carried out with the help of nitrogen fertilizers, which gives the plant the opportunity to restore the strength of growth after the winter cold. The best option is a solution with the addition of cow dung. The product must be diluted with water (1 kg of fertilizer per bucket). One plant takes 500 ml of the product. The mullein can be replaced with bird droppings, but in this case it is necessary to reduce the concentration of the solution several times. It should be remembered that the product should not fall on the foliage of the crop.
Sometimes organic matter is replaced with a ready-made humic mixture, which is used according to the instructions. In order for strawberries to bloom well, for high-quality budding, a solution should be prepared from a tablespoon of potassium salt and 2 tablespoons of nitroammophoska. The funds must be dissolved in 10 liters of water and poured 500 ml of solution for each plant.
Foliar dressing is carried out during the flowering period and helps to increase the yield. To do this, you need to dilute 2 grams of boric acid in 10 liters of boiling water.
After the berries are harvested, you can feed the culture with diammophos for a successful ovary of fruit buds. The remedy is sometimes replaced with organic top dressing - wood ash, which is scattered between the bushes. For 1 sq. m of plantings, several glasses of ash are used.
One of the important techniques in strawberry care is feeding. Regular fertilization guarantees a rich harvest. There are several different ways to feed strawberries, and each of them is designed for a specific period of plant development. During flowering, fruiting and after it, feeding should be different.
Diseases and pests
The variety has a high resistance to powdery mildew and verticillosis, as well as medium resistance to gray rot and brown spot. To completely protect the plant, it is recommended to take preventive measures. To do this, use 1% Bordeaux liquid or folk remedies:
Insist 300 g of onion peel in 10 liters of water;
Chop 2 heads of garlic thoroughly and insist in a bucket of water;
infusion of manganese of pale pink color.
Strawberries are sprayed with these solutions both during fruiting and at other times.
Strawberries are often subject to many dangerous diseases that can seriously undermine their condition. Among the most common are powdery mildew, gray mold, brown spot, anthracnose, and verticillosis. Before buying a variety, you need to inquire about its disease resistance.
Reproduction
Some people propagate the variety by seeds, but this is a rather long and difficult process, besides, seed germination is extremely low. The most commonly used method is rooting rosettes and dividing bushes.
If it is necessary to propagate the plant, the bushes get rid of the peduncles. This promotes intense whisker growth. In order for the strawberry to take root, it is necessary to leave strong sockets of the first and second orders, while the rest should be cut off. By the end of summer, the gardener receives a large amount of high-quality planting material.
For dividing, it is necessary to select several strong bushes at the age of about 3 years and divide them into several parts using a sharp, disinfected knife. This procedure is carried out in the spring, you can also propagate the plant in this way closer to autumn. Individual parts will begin development as a full-fledged planting material. It is important to choose good, highly productive shrubs that do not show signs of any disease.
