All About Garden Strawberries (strawberries) Varieties Asia - Description, Planting, Care And Other Nuances + Photo

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Strawberry Asia: an Italian guest in Russia

Large-fruited garden strawberries (also often called strawberries) Asia of Italian selection has been known in Russia for a little over ten years, but has already received recognition from gardeners. A bright, large, juicy berry with an excellent taste becomes your favorite from the first try. A description of the rules for caring for the variety will help gardeners, even beginners, grow a good harvest in their garden.

Content

• 1 Differences between strawberries and garden strawberries

  1.1 Photo gallery: strawberries and garden strawberries

• 2 Description of the variety Asia

  2.1 Table: characteristic of the variety

• 3 Planting strawberries

  3.1 Step by step planting process

• 4 Care

  • 4.1 Watering
  • 4.2 Loosening
  • 4.3 Mulching

  • 4.4 Fertilizers and feeding

    4.4.1 Table: ratio of timing and composition of fertilizing

  • 4.5 Shelter for the winter

• 5 Breeding strawberries

  • 5.1 Sockets

    5.1.1 Video: cultivation of strawberries with outlets

  • 5.2 Seeds

    5.2.1 Video: seed propagation of strawberries

  • 5.3 Dividing the bush

• 6 Diseases and pests

  • 6.1 Table: Disease Control

    6.1.1 Photo Gallery: Strawberry Diseases

  • 6.2 Table: variety pests and control measures

    6.2.1 Photo Gallery: Strawberry Insect Pests

  • 6.3 Prevention of diseases and pests
• 7 Harvesting and storage
• 8 Reviews

Differences between strawberries and garden strawberries

Garden strawberries are often, by mistake or habit, called strawberries. But the crop that is now grown in our gardens is strawberries. She has large berries, short peduncles, fruits are easily separated from sepals. Strawberries were also cultivated until the beginning of the 20th century, but this berry is less susceptible to selection and large-fruited has not yet been bred.

Photo gallery: strawberries and garden strawberries

Strawberries, even when ripe, are not completely colored

Strawberry flower stalks are high, berries are small

Garden strawberries are much larger than strawberries

Description of the variety Asia

The bush is large, the leaves are large, bright green, shiny, slightly wrinkled. Peduncles are powerful, long. It forms a little mustache. The variety is adapted for mild climates.

Strawberries Asia have large bushes with large shiny leaves

The berries are elongated, bright scarlet, conical. Average weight - 30-35 g. In central Russia, it begins to bear fruit in mid-June, yield - about 1.5 kg per bush.

The surface of the fruit is shiny (as if varnished), with yellow seeds. The pulp is pink, very sweet, juicy, dense, without voids. It tolerates transportation well, does not wrinkle. Fruit tasting score - 4.5–5 points.

Asian berries - shiny, very sweet and juicy

The variety is suitable for industrial cultivation and for individual gardening. It grows and bears fruit well in the open field and in greenhouse conditions.

Table: variety characteristics

Advantages	disadvantages
High yields.	Poorly tolerates winter without shelter.
Good taste.	Needs constant watering.
Resistance to diseases of the root system and various spots.	It is damaged by some diseases and pests (the variety is susceptible to chlorosis, especially on poor clay soils, anthracnose, powdery mildew).
Good transportability.	For good yields, top dressing or fertile soil is necessary.
Excellent presentation of berries.
Over time, the fruits do not shrink.

Planting strawberries

The best dates for planting are May and August. The first crop in both cases will ripen next summer.

The strawberries are grown in the sunniest spot in the garden. The site must be chosen flat so that water does not stagnate. Plantings should be replaced every 3-4 years, then the berries age and the yield decreases.

Every 3-4 years you need to change the place of the strawberry bed

Step-by-step planting process

1. The site is carefully dug up, removing weeds, and at the same time 1 bucket of humus or compost is added per 1 m ². You also need to add 5 kg of wood ash, 40 g of double superphosphate and 20 g of potassium sulfate.
2. The distance between the plants in a row is 40 cm, between the rows is 60 cm, from the edge of the ridge when planting they retreat by 20 cm.
3. Dig small holes, pour 0.5 buckets of water into them and carefully place the seedlings. It is better to transplant plants with a lump of earth, if the roots are open, you need to carefully straighten them and place them vertically.
4. Before planting, granulated mineral fertilizers Harvest-super, Crystallin (1 tsp each) can be added to the hole and mixed with the ground.
5. Gently fill in the hole, the root collar should be flush with the surface.
6. Pour 0.5 buckets of water under each plant.
7. When moisture is absorbed, cover the bed with hay, straw, compost, sawdust or other plant residues.

Leave 40 cm between bushes in a row

Strawberries Asia grows and bears fruit better under cover

Care

Watering, feeding, loosening contribute to the formation of a bountiful harvest of berries.

Watering

Asia is not coping well with drought. Without regular watering, the berries become smaller, become light, hollow. For the normal development and fruiting of strawberries, watering is required from the moment of planting until the end of August. The best option is drip irrigation, but you can do it in the usual way. How much water to pour under the bush and how often depends on the weather and soil structure on the site.

Drip irrigation is the best option for watering strawberries

Loosening

This technique can significantly increase the yield. After watering, you should wait until the water is absorbed and the earth dries slightly. Then shallowly (2 cm) loosen the planting. This will improve soil respiration, retain water in the ground.

Mulching

Mulch is good in that it maintains a normal level of moisture, and also, if it is of organic origin, rotting, fertilizes the soil. When loosening, it can be raked to the side, and then again distributed over the area.

Mulch prevents the soil from drying out

Fertilizers and feeding

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the three main chemical elements that strawberries especially need. There are important moments in plant life when these substances are especially important for a good harvest.

Table: the ratio of the timing and composition of fertilizing

Feeding period	Mineral fertilizers	A combination of mineral and organic fertilizers	Organic fertilizers
April (bookmark of flower buds).	A solution of nitroammofoska under the root (1 tbsp. L for 10 l of water). Urea solution for spraying bushes (0.5 tablespoons of urea per 2 liters of water).	Mullein solution 10 l, 1 tbsp. ash, 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate.	A solution of chicken manure, mullein or herbal infusion.
Early May (budding period).	Potassium nitrate (2 tablespoons per 10 liters of water).		Ash solution (1 tbsp per bucket of water).
August (laying the kidneys for next year).	Nitroammofoska root (1 tbsp. L. Per 10 l of water).

Shelter for the winter

Asia can tolerate frost down to -15 ^o C. In the Russian continental climate, the plant needs shelter for the winter and protection from spring frosts. This is especially true for regions with little snowy winters.

At the end of summer, the land around the bushes needs to be loosened and mulched. Spruce branches and pine needles are used as a covering material. Hay and straw are also popular, but mice love to live under them. In spring, mulch is harvested early so that the bushes under the “roof” do not begin to grow.

Strawberry propagation

The culture is propagated by dividing the bush, seeds and rooting outlets.

Outlets

The best way to grow a strawberry plantation is by rooting outlets.

The easiest way to propagate strawberries is by rooting outlets.

At the end of fruiting, the bushes grow a large number of mustaches. These are creeping shoots that can reach a length of 1 m or more. On each of them, rosettes of leaves and small roots are formed. They are pinned to the ground using special wire pins, periodically watered. When the rosettes take root, they are transferred to a new bed.

Video: cultivation of strawberries with sockets

Seeds

The next way to propagate strawberries is to get seeds and germinate them.

1. To do this, ripe berries are cut in such a way that the seeds remain on a thin cut.
2. These sections are dried, the seeds are hulled and stored.
3. Sow them in February next year.
4. It is best to plant seeds in clear plastic containers.
5. When the sprouts form a third leaf, they are carefully dived into separate cups, and transplanted into the ground in the spring.

Seeds planted in January can produce flowering bushes in June

Video: propagation of strawberries by seeds

By dividing the bush

This method is resorted to if you need to transfer the plant to a new place or there is very little seed.

The bush is dug out and carefully divided in such a way that each part has an intact heart (horn) and young white roots. The divided parts of the bush are planted in the usual way.

The bush is divided into 2-3 parts

Diseases and pests

This variety is highly resistant to many diseases, but prone to chlorosis, anthracnose, powdery mildew.

Table: Disease Control

Diseases	Description	Treatment
Chlorosis	When grown in poor and calcareous soils, Asia strawberries can be damaged by chlorosis. This comes from the inability to absorb iron and magnesium. The leaves turn yellow and dry out.	Add preparations containing ammonium salts to the soil. Pour with a solution of chelated iron (12 g of citric acid are dissolved in 3 liters of water, and then 10 g of ferrous sulfate).
Anthracnose	The disease is caused by a fungus. Purple spots appear on the leaves and stems, then they turn gray and are bordered by a purple stripe. Leaves dry and fall off.	At an early stage of the disease, the drugs Antracol, Ridomil Gold, Metaxil, Quadris are used. If the disease has spread, it is treated with a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid.
Powdery mildew	The leaves curl inward, turn purple, and become covered with a white coating. The berries are ugly, small, with a mushroom smell.	Before flowering and after harvesting, Topaz, Fundazol, Acrobat MC, Skor, Previkur, Amnistar extra are used. It should be sprayed abundantly so that it drips from the bushes. The soil under the plants should also be treated. Repeat the procedure if necessary.

Photo gallery: strawberry diseases

Strawberry chlorosis develops on poor soils

Anthracnose can destroy the entire crop

Powdery mildew weakens strawberries

Table: pests of the variety and control measures

Pests	Description	Control measures
Strawberry raspberry weevil	Gray beetles 3 mm long. They hibernate in fallen leaves, under clods of earth. In the spring they lay eggs in buds, eat them out from the inside. In June or July, young beetles gnaw on foliage. They leave for wintering in the fall.	The drugs are Sochva, Fitoverm-M, Karbofos. 3 kg of ash pour 10 liters of boiling water, add 40 g of soap grated on a grater, leave for 10 hours. The mixture is poured over the beds.
Strawberry mite	Hibernates in leaf stalks. In spring, it lays eggs on young leaves. The leaf blades wrinkle, gradually die off.	In the spring, they use the preparations Karate, Arrivo. In the summer, Mitak, Neoron, Omite preparations are suitable. Grind 200 g of garlic, mix with 10 l of water, filter and immediately spray. After fruiting, all damaged leaves are mowed, the bushes are fed, watered, the earth is loosened.
Strawberry leaf beetle	The beetle is 4 mm long. In spring, pests are selected from plant residues, in which they winter, and begin to eat strawberry leaves. During the flowering period, insects lay eggs, and after two weeks the larvae begin to feed on foliage.	Use drugs Karbofos (75 g per 10 l of water), Karate (2 ml per 10 l of water), Fitoverm, Aktellik, Alirin B. A decoction of wormwood is sprayed on the leaves on both sides.

Photo gallery: strawberry insect pests

Strawberry-raspberry weevil eats buds and leaves

Strawberry mite feeds on plant juices, can destroy the entire planting

Strawberry leaf beetle leaves holes through

Prevention of diseases and pests

The garden is best protected by simple measures that deprive pathogens and pests of a suitable habitat.

1. Thorough cleaning in spring and autumn of plant residues and their destruction.
2. Loosening the soil and digging row spacings.
3. Soil and planting treatment in autumn and spring before flowering with Karbofos, Fitosporin, copper-containing preparations.
4. Permanent weed removal.
5. Planting in aisles of garlic, calendula, marigolds, nasturtium, dill, parsley, coriander.
6. Application of organic fertilizers to depleted and calcareous soils, 3 buckets per 1 m ² in spring and autumn.
7. Application for healing and stimulation of plants of preparations Immunocytophyte, Zircon.

Harvesting and storage

Strawberries should be picked in dry weather. It is advisable to immediately release the berries from the stalks. The fruits are used, first of all, fresh. Strawberries make great desserts, baking fillings, creams, soufflés. For preservation for the winter, jam, jelly, juices, mashed potatoes with sugar, and homemade wine are prepared from berries.

Fresh berries are a tasty and healthy treat

To keep fresh strawberries in the refrigerator for 7–10 days, they are sorted and carefully transferred into low and wide food containers. First, you need to chill the berries without a lid to eliminate the formation of moisture.

Reviews

Strawberry Asia is a gentle southern variety. But it bears fruit well in Russia and has received many positive reviews. But it is worth remembering that a native of Italy does not tolerate winter cold very well.