Strawberry Vima Zanta

Holland has presented the world with many wonderful varieties of various plants, some of which are famous for their beauty, others for unusually tasty fruits. The garden strawberry variety Vima Zanta is one of the representatives of the latter category. It is grown in Europe, near and far abroad, as well as in Russia.

The hybrid variety appeared thanks to the efforts of the team of breeders of the Dutch company Vissers Aardbeiplanten B. V. To accomplish the task, the following varieties were used:

• Crown;
• Elsanta.

The result obtained was recognized and registered in many State Registers - Belarus and Ukraine, in the Russian Federation.

It should be noted that the parents had valuable qualities. Elsanta perfectly tolerates negative temperatures, and Korona has a high and stable yield on heavy depleted soils.

Vima Zanta has upright, well leafy, powerful, medium-sized shrubs. Leaves of medium size with slightly pubescent petioles are painted in a pale green range. Milky-white flowers are collected in large inflorescences and are held on massive peduncles. During flowering, they are located at the level of the accumulation of green mass, as the ripening berries become heavier, the peduncles fall to the ground. The hybrid is distinguished by increased mustache build-up and curled leaves.

Vima Zanta was bred as a hybrid variety of medium early ripening, bearing fruit already in late May - early June. The timing is named ideal, from the originators, but they largely depend on the climatic characteristics and the method of agricultural technology - growing in open ground or in closed, where, of course, ripening begins much earlier.

The variety is adapted to the conditions of a temperate continental climate - the berry grows well on a variety of soils of forest-steppe and forest zones in the open ground. Vima Zanta is recommended for cultivation in the Central regions of Russia, as well as Belarus, north-western and central regions of Ukraine.

Vima Zanta is considered a high-yielding variety - it gives 0.6-0.8 kg per bush, 10-15 t / ha.

Vim Zanta berries are large, have a beautiful truncated-conical shape, scarlet-red color with yellow blotches on the tip of the berry. Fruit weight 35–42 g. Fruits are characterized by sweet taste and pronounced aroma with medium-dense juicy pulp. According to the tasting system, the variety has 4.4 points.

The bushes of Wim Zant do not tolerate thickening - for them a slightly sparse planting with an optimal pattern of 30-40 cm between holes and at least 60 cm between rows is normal. Due to the tendency to build up a large number of whiskers, they must be thinned regularly, otherwise it threatens to reduce the yield.

The Vima Zanta variety does not differ in originality in terms of agricultural technology. When planting, you need to choose a sunny place without drafts, no waterlogging and soil with an average ph (acidity) level. The soil for garden strawberries is prepared in advance, having previously introduced organic matter and fertilizers into it. Moderate watering if the weather is dry.

The variety blooms with bisexual flowers, so it does not need additional pollination.

Fertilization occurs in early spring, post-flowering and autumn. In the spring, the soil is enriched with nitrogen to stimulate the vegetative mass; urea is suitable at the rate of 20 g per m2.

After flowering, organic matter is introduced by irrigation. To do this, chicken droppings or mullein are diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 10 and each bush is watered with 0.5 liters of the resulting solution. In autumn, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are applied to the soil.

Despite its high frost resistance, the Vima Zanta variety, and especially the first-year bushes, needs shelter for the winter. The bushes are mulched with sawdust, covered with spruce branches or agrofibre. Protects well a large layer of snow.

The variety is highly resistant to wilting, gray rot, verticillium. The level of resistance to powdery mildew is medium.

For prophylaxis, fungicide treatments are required. In the fight against insects, including strawberry whitefly, strawberry leaf beetle, raspberry-strawberry weevil, insecticides are used - "Karate", "Aktellik" and other analogues.

This stage is not difficult - the variety reproduces well with daughter rosettes. There will be a lot of them by the end of the season, if you do not remove the mustache and allow them to take root. A good mother bush is capable of producing 15–20 full-grown plants. To obtain "young growth" it is necessary to use bushes 2-3 years old.

Older plantings lose their ability to reproduce. This method leads to the preservation of species characteristics in daughter plants and a high, almost 100%, survival rate.

Numerous reviews indicate a positive opinion of gardeners about the taste of the Vima Zanta variety and its aroma. For some, it resembles caramel. As a disadvantage, a loss of taste was noted in the berry planted in more severe climates.