Strawberries with large berries are valued by many gardeners. Large-fruitedness is characteristic of the Kamrad Winner strawberry, a variety of German selection. Let's consider the description and characteristics of the variety, its advantages and disadvantages, cultivation technology, and care rules. How to propagate strawberries, protect them from diseases, rules for harvesting and storing the crop.
- Description and characteristics of strawberry Kamrad winner
- Advantages and disadvantages of culture
- Where and how to plant?
- Rules for caring for the variety
- Watering and fertilizing
- Loosening, weed control
- Removing a mustache
- Preparing for winter
- Diseases and pests
- Nuances of strawberry propagation
- Harvesting and storage rules
Description and characteristics of strawberry Kamrad winner
The Kamrad variety is the winner - non-repairing, mid-late, berries of universal use, good taste. The variety is disease-resistant and adapted to different regional climates. It is distinguished by its durability; the bushes grow and bear fruit without replanting in one place for 7 years. At the same time, productivity indicators and taste qualities do not decrease.
The strawberry bush is tall, powerful, spreading, leafy. There are few mustaches, but they are strong and thick. The flower stalks are strong, rise above the leaves, but fall to the ground under the weight of the fruit. The number of peduncles is small - up to 6 pieces, but each of them contains up to a dozen berries.
The berries do not wrinkle during transportation and are stored well. They are universal in use; they can be eaten fresh, processed, canned, or frozen. The yield of the variety is on average 1 kg and no more than 1.5 kg per bush.
Advantages and disadvantages of culture
Where and how to plant?
Strawberries are planted in a pre-prepared area. The crop loves fertile, loose, soft, air- and moisture-permeable soil, free from weeds and diseases. The preferred type of soil is sandy loam or loam with a neutral reaction.
Seedlings of Kamrad the winner are planted in spring or autumn.Prepare holes for them that are 2 times larger than the size of the root system. Fertilize the soil in advance - dig it up, add humus in an amount of at least 1 bucket per 1 square meter. m. and 1-2 kg of ash. Mix everything until smooth. Planting pattern: 0.5 m in a row and 0.7-1 m between rows. Planting sequence: seedlings are planted in holes 1 at a time, covered with soil and watered. Mulch is placed near the plants.
Rules for caring for the variety
The Kamrad winner variety is cared for in the same way as other strawberry varieties. Plants are watered, weeded, loosened, fertilized, and preventative and therapeutic spraying with pesticides is carried out.
Watering and fertilizing
The variety is unpretentious, it is recommended to grow it for beginners, it shows good results even with standard care. But you shouldn’t expect that you will be able to reap a good harvest without leaving the bushes at all, so from the beginning to the end of the growing season, the bushes need to be watered once a week, in hot weather and more often.
In hot, sunny summers, you need to install mesh shading over the beds.
Fertilize before flowering, after it and during the period of mass fruiting. Strawberries respond well to both organic and mineral fertilizers. Humus, compost, wood ash, saltpeter, urea, superphosphate, and potash fertilizers are used.
Loosening, weed control
The work of removing weeds and loosening the soil can be reduced to zero if you grow strawberries on black film or agrofibre. It is laid before planting the bushes. The agricultural material does not transmit light to the soil, which is why weeds cannot germinate. The soil is not compacted.
Removing a mustache
The mustache of the Kamrad winner strawberry, if its reproduction is not planned, is removed in the spring, as soon as it begins to grow.The mustache pulls in a lot of nutrients that do not enter the berries.
Preparing for winter
In autumn, strawberry leaves are cut off and the bushes are covered with mulch. The insulating material helps plants withstand the winter cold and protects the roots from freezing. If strawberries were grown under film, they need to be removed from the beds for the winter.
Diseases and pests
Growing on mulch or film will reduce the incidence of gray rot in berries. To prevent disease, plants are treated with biological fungicides. The use of strong pesticides after strawberries bloom is prohibited. You can protect the bushes from strawberry pests - slugs - by using ash or treating them with repellents.
Nuances of strawberry propagation
Kamrad the winner is propagated by mustaches, which are dug in in the spring next to the mother plants. In the fall, when rooting occurs, they are dug up and transplanted to new beds. To obtain mustaches, the healthiest and most fertile plants are specially selected. Only first-order mustaches are rooted.
Harvesting and storage rules
The fruiting period of the variety is extended; the entire mass of berries does not set and ripen at the same time. This makes it possible to collect the fruits gradually. Ripe strawberries acquire a red color, aroma, and the flesh becomes softer. They are eaten or processed; large fruits are readily purchased. Strawberries are stored in cold and moderate humidity - in a cellar or refrigerator. They are placed in plywood or plastic boxes in a layer of no more than 5 cm.
Comrade winner belongs to very large-fruited strawberry varieties. Because of this and non-simultaneous fruiting, this variety is not grown on industrial farm plots. It can be found in the gardens of ordinary gardeners.They are attracted by the opportunity to pick berries from bushes over a long period and the large size of the berries, which are not disadvantages for home use, but on the contrary, advantages.
