Strawberry Garland

In our country, strawberries are one of the most common berries. It is grown in a greenhouse, on a plot, both for oneself and for sale.

The Garland variety, which will be discussed in the article, has many positive reviews from gardeners. It gives a stable yield and does not require much maintenance.

Galina Govorova is a breeder who bred the described variety. She devoted her whole life to this work, creating more than one plant with positive characteristics, which today gardeners grow throughout the country.

A characteristic feature of Garland bushes is a spherical shape. The maximum height they can reach is 250 mm. It is worth saying that the decorative appearance of strawberries has led to the fact that they are often used in landscape design.

If you properly care for the plants in the garden, you can harvest all summer long. Many peduncles are formed on the bushes, which continue to appear until October.

Of the positive qualities of the Garland:

• insect and disease resistance;

• big harvest;

• amazing taste;

• frost and drought resistance.

The antennae of the variety have a pinkish tint. They bloom almost immediately after emergence.

Planting should be done at medium density in order to increase yields.

The foliage has a bluish green tint. The surface is slightly grooved, there are small teeth at the edges.

Regardless of daylight hours and weather conditions, the Garland is endowed with such a genetic feature as constant fruiting.

The flowers on the bushes are formed with twisted petals, white in color and a heart of yellow and pink. Peduncles are located at the same level with foliage.

We are talking about an early remontant variety that starts flowering immediately after the snow has melted. In May, you can already harvest the fruits. The berry ripens until October.

Strawberry Garland can be grown in a pot or planter. She feels great on the windowsill.

It bears fruit perfectly in any region of our country, but the middle strip is best suited for the climate.

Productivity is at a high level. Up to a kilogram of ripe berries can be harvested from one plant per season.

The piquant taste and excellent qualities are not the only things that have made the variety so popular. The fruits have a raspberry-red hue. Each berry has an elongated conical shape.

The fruits are large, up to 30 grams. The pulp is juicy, tender, and a pleasant taste of wild strawberries remains in the mouth.

The only drawback is that it can give small fruits if the care is organized by the gardener incorrectly.

A cache-pot is one of the options for how you can successfully grow strawberries. If the plant is in a closed ground, then the berries can be harvested from it within 10 months.

If you want to increase the yield, then the first flower stalks are removed from the bushes.

Gardeners consider the only significant drawback to be low resistance to powdery mildew.

When planting outdoors, it is best to choose an equal area with enough sun. A small elevation is ideal.

Garland will grow poorly on excessively moist soil.

Experienced gardeners are advised to choose medium or light soil, which has a pH of 5-6.5.

Before planting seedlings, they dig up the soil. The shovel is driven in 300 mm. Fertilization at this stage is considered mandatory.

The dug-up soil must definitely sink a little.

The optimal time for planting seedlings is spring or autumn. It is advisable to use the nesting method, in which 400 mm must be left between the plants.

If the soil has high acidity, then liming is mandatory and sand is added.

The root system of young plants takes root perfectly if a small hill is made above the hole.

Immediately after planting, the bushes will need to be watered every day for 7 days.

After heavy rains, it is imperative to loosen the beds so that the roots can receive the required amount of oxygen.

Together with weeds, you need to remove excess foliage from bushes, mustaches, as they can cause low yields.

If the gardener has chosen an autumn planting, then the beds must be insulated. Mulch, straw or even sawdust are ideal for this.

Pollination is not necessary, flowers are formed by both sexes.

The garland must be fed during the entire vegetative period. It can be either dry fertilizers or dissolved in water.

If the grower wants to maintain the normal growth of strawberries, then he is better off using herbal infusions. This is the best option, which contains a large number of trace elements.

At the moment when the plants begin to bear fruit, nitrogen is necessarily introduced into the soil. For this, both chicken droppings and manure are suitable, from which infusions are made. In the first case, the ratio is 1/12, in the second - 1/10.

Here is the fertilization chart.

• Spring - ammonium nitrate. For 1 square 40 grams of substance.

• Potassium sulfate is used before the flowers appear. One square is 30 grams. It is recommended to mix it with nitroammophos, while the correct ratio is ¼.When loosening, wood ash is added, it allows to reduce acidity.

• When the ovaries have already formed, a solution of potassium permanganate is used as a foliar feeding. Two grams is enough for a 10 liter bucket of water. You can replace it with boric acid in the same proportion.

The variety is winter hardy, can withstand up to -20 degrees Celsius. But young bushes planted in autumn are best covered.

Gray rot is the gardener's main enemy. To prevent massive fungal infection, it is better to use "Topaz". 10 ml of water will require 10 ml. More detailed instructions are available on the packaging.

As for insects, the strawberry mite is the most problematic. In just one fruiting period, up to 15 generations can change, so processing is carried out every week. Ideal for this are:

• BI-58;

• "Neuron";

• Actellik.

To achieve the proper result, it is necessary to process the bushes at least 3 times.

An even greater danger to the plant is the nematode. If she appeared in the beds, then the funds from her cannot be found. The only way to fight is to completely remove the bushes with roots.

It is difficult to cure the infected soil, the larvae live in it for up to 4 years. You can treat the soil with a 4% formalin solution before planting, or use bleach.

Sprayed several times, the interval between treatments is 3 days.

There are three ways to breed the variety: by dividing the bush, by seeds or by a mustache.

Antennae are suitable for seedlings. Where the root collar is at least 6 mm, while the roots must be at least 70 mm.

If it is decided to grow strawberries from seeds, then they must be stratified. Before planting, they are mixed with sand, the mixture is placed in a nylon and put into the refrigerator. So the seed is kept for about 2 months. Planted in pots in March.

The bushes are divided according to the standard scheme.