This method will increase strawberry yields by 5 times: bushes will bear fruit until the fall
To get the most out of your garden, strawberries need to be regularly fertilized, mulched, and watered. There is another secret that increases the yield of the bushes several times. Experienced gardeners know that strawberries need special care during the ripening period. Here's a trick that can increase strawberry yields fivefold. SSPDaily tells about it.
What is the best method of caring for strawberries during the ripening period
When the berries begin to ripen, strawberry peduncles fall to the ground because they cannot support their weight. This leads to a number of negative consequences:
- The berries can be sour due to a lack of sunlight.
- The bushes themselves are not able to ventilate due to thickening.
- Strawberries can rot, so the yield decreases.
To prevent all the work of caring for strawberries from going to waste, experienced gardeners have invented a way to create "bouquets" of bushes. This way, all the berries ripen, do not rot and do not burden the bushes with their weight.
How to create strawberry bouquets: step-by-step instructions
- Take a rubber band, stretch it over your hand, grab the bush, and move the rubber band over the strawberries. You need to process each bush in this way.
- In such a bouquet, all the berries will receive the proper amount of sun, so they will ripen quickly, and the entire crop in the garden will be preserved.
- Periodically, such bouquets should be checked for pests; if parasites are found in the bush, the bouquets should be untied to treat the bushes.
- Strawberry bushes also need to be thinned out. Diseases can break out in the bush if there is excessive moisture. It is necessary to make the bouquet free for air and light to penetrate.