Murano strawberry

Murano strawberries are one of the tastiest and most fruitful varieties. This is not a novelty, but a culture tested by time and gardeners around the world. During the cultivation of berries, they managed to determine what advantages and disadvantages this strawberry variety has.

Murano strawberry was bred in 2005 in Italy. In 2012 it was patented. Nowadays it is a very popular variety with large and juicy berries. Initially, they were intended for delivery to pastry shops and restaurants.

Tests of a tasty and aromatic variety have shown that it can be grown in different conditions and get a stable harvest of selected fruits.

An upright bush is considered compact, reaching no more than 30 cm in height and up to 50 cm in width. There are very few leaves on it. In a small area, it turns out to fit quite a lot of bushes.

The good density of the fruits is great for their condition when transported over long distances. In addition, they can be stored for a long time. The combination of these characteristics makes strawberries popular for commercial use.

Murano belongs to the early remontant varieties. The harvest ripens by the beginning of summer and continues to delight with berries until the first autumn frosts. The period from flowering to harvest is about 30 days.

Due to its resistance to low temperatures, Murano can be grown even in regions with not the most favorable climates.

The Murano variety is considered to be quite fruitful. One bush gives about 1.1 kg of yield, provided that the plants are well cared for.

Large, red, shiny berries are evenly colored, of the correct conical shape. Each strawberry weighs about 20-25 g. Fruits are covered with many small seeds. It tastes pleasantly sweet. Strawberry aroma, pronounced. The pulp is juicy and fleshy, rather dense.

The variety is considered quite rare in Russia, so the purchase of planting material is not cheap. The variety in care is quite unpretentious. Even an inexperienced gardener will be able to grow bushes with Murano strawberries.

First of all, it is important to choose a site for planting and prepare it correctly. It is also important to purchase high-quality planting material.

It should be planted in a sunny place, protected from blowing by northern winds. Previously, the site is freed from weeds, dug up and fertilized with organic matter. Fertilizer is best done a month before the planned planting work, or at least two weeks.

The plant of Italian origin prefers to grow in nutritious and loose soils with moderate moisture. Ideally, plant in black soil and peat bogs. The culture dies in acidified areas and in a wetland. It is desirable that the plantings are located on heights, and the groundwater level is not closer than 1 m.

Young bushes can be damaged by direct sunlight. The first time it is better to shade them.

Seedlings must be selected carefully. They are planted according to the standard scheme, which does not differ from any other strawberry variety - 30x30 cm. The recommended compaction is up to 25 cm, since the Murano strawberry bushes are quite compact.

The better to care for the crop, the more fruitful each bush will be, and the risk of crop disease is minimized. The basis of care is timely watering and feeding.

It is enough to water the strawberries once a week using the drip irrigation system. In the absence of such a possibility, watering is carried out at the root in the morning or in the evening, that is, during a period of reduced solar activity. For this, warm settled water is used. You cannot pour cold water directly from the well.

If the weather is very hot outside, the number of irrigations should be increased to 3 per week (or more, depending on how quickly the soil dries out). After each watering, you need to loosen the soil. To maintain an optimal level of moisture in the soil, it is covered with a layer of mulch, especially during periods of prolonged heat.

The flowers of this strawberry are large, bisexual. This means that Murano does not need an additional pollinator at all.

Fertilize strawberries three times a season.

• In early spring. Bushes need nitrogen feeding, awakening from winter sleep. This trace element is needed to stimulate the growth of the green part.
• Also, strawberries are fed immediately after flowering using phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.
• After the harvest is harvested, you need to prepare the bushes for wintering, additionally fertilizing with organic matter.

This variety has good frost resistance. Plants can withstand temperatures down to -24 C under snow cover.Without snow in severe frosts, planting is recommended to generously mulch, cover with spruce branches, use dense agrofibre.

This culture has a fairly strong immune system, which helps it withstand a number of strawberry diseases. The variety is resistant to fungal diseases, including brown and white spot. The main enemies for strawberries are weevils, slugs and nematodes. They are being fought with standard methods. Murano strawberries are practically not affected by spider mites.

But you should not neglect preventive procedures. It is necessary to clean the soil, mulch on time, apply fertilizers, protect the soil from drying out and waterlogging.

A fairly small number of whiskers is formed on the bush, which makes it difficult to reproduce strawberries of this variety. Culture reproduces in three ways:

• seed;
• mustache;
• dividing the bush.

For full-fledged fruiting, gardeners divide the beds with uterine and fruiting bushes. In the first option, the work consists in growing a mustache, and the fruiting ones are cut off to obtain the maximum yield.

Despite the fact that the plant forms a little mustache, it is quite possible to get a full-fledged garden from a pair of seedlings.

Sowing seeds is considered the most time consuming method. They are planted in winter and kept under the condition of additional lighting.

The method of reproduction by dividing the bush is practiced in the autumn after the end of fruiting. Only strong bushes with powerful roots are considered suitable.

Many gardeners prefer Italian Murano strawberries as the best option, combining pleasant taste, moderate sweetness, high decorative effect and confident yield with simple care.

It is profitable to grow this variety for sale, which is used by those who want to make money on a quality product suitable for fresh delicacies, as well as as a component of various desserts, fruit salads and vitamin drinks.