If you feed strawberries in May, then in June you can eat delicious and sweet berries. After winter, this is the ideal time for fertilizing.
The earth will already be warm enough, and the roots will be ready to absorb useful substances. Berries love to eat fertilizers, and as a sign of gratitude they will give you a tasty and large harvest.
In addition, the timing of fruiting depends on fertilizing. Feed strawberry bushes alternately.
Observe the dosage, as an excess of fertilizers can destroy plants.
Do not mix different types of fertilizers.
In the first half of the month, it is worth feeding strawberries with fertilizers containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
After that, it is worth introducing additional feeding.
Nitrogen helps strawberries to grow green mass. If it is not enough, strawberries grow poorly, and the leaves change color. And if you overdo it with this element, it will have a negative effect on the fruiting. 1 m2. you need 10 grams of urea.
Or 15 liters. water should dilute 17 grams of urea and water the plants. You can use mineral fertilizers containing nitrogen ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, ammonia. Ammonium nitrate increases immunity and protects against pathogenic microflora. 20 grams of fertilizer is dissolved in a bucket of water.
You can use complex fertilizers-nitroammofoskoy.
Potassium is responsible for flowering and the appearance of ovaries. It is also responsible for the taste and sweetness of berries.
A lot of potassium is in potassium nitrate and potassium sulfate.
Phosphorus is responsible for the growth of the root system. This should be done when the strawberries are young, before planting. Potassium monophosphate and superphosphate have proven themselves well.
However, it is best not to introduce elements separately, but to use complex fertilizers. Nitrophosphates, potassium nitrate, nitrophoska, nitroammofoski or azofoska.
Liquid fertilizers give an instant effect. In addition, strawberries need zinc, manganese, boron, magnesium, copper and iron.
Strawberries respond positively to organic fertilizers. For 1 m2. it is necessary to add 5000 grams of compost. You can put ash dough under each bush or dilute 200 grams of ash in a bucket of water and water the plants.
You can use iodine water, which will disinfect the soil and strawberry leaves. Dissolve 10 drops of iodine in a bucket of water and pour strawberries. This solution can cause spraying.
Do not forget about regular watering, strawberries are very fond of. In May, for 1 m2. you will need a bucket of water. If the soil is clay, then 12 liters of water. Watering is carried out in the morning so as not to damage the crop due to night frosts. Excess moisture can cause strawberry diseases.
