How Can I Encourage More Strawberry Fruiting?
It’s finally strawberry season!
The moment you bite into the flesh of a full-bodied strawberry picked from the balcony early in the morning, the sweet juice immediately fills your mouth. When the sun-kissed strawberries blossom on your tongue, the satisfaction of growing them with your own hands arises.
How to make home-grown strawberries highly productive? Which varieties are recommended?
We have summarized these practical tips through practice:
High-yield management tips
Professional greenhouse planted strawberry single plant annual yield of up to 1kg, home grown although it is difficult to reach this level, but through scientific management can still significantly improve the yield.
Key Tip 1: Regularly prune old leaves
Adopt the professional “three leaves and one core” management method – retain three healthy functional leaves and one growing point per plant.
Remove yellowing/reddening/drying old leaves in time for home cultivation, which can reduce nutrient consumption and promote the plant to shift from nutrient growth to reproductive growth.
Key Tip 2: Scientific Fertilizer Program
- Strawberries are sensitive to fertilizers, so the principle of “little and often” should be applied.
- Use the lowest concentration of fertilizer according to the instructions.
- Increase phosphorus and potassium fertilizers during the flowering and fruiting period.
- It is recommended to use slow-release fertilizer with liquid fertilizer
Evaluation of recommended varieties
According to the actual planting performance, we recommend these high-quality varieties:
1.Angel AE (recommended index ★★★★★)
- Super growth potential: more lush leaves, strong resistance to adversity
- Fruitfulness: Outstanding amount of fruits hanging from a single plant
- Four-season fruiting: shade and heat resistant, can be safe in summer
- Fruit quality: large fruit type, outstanding sweetness
2.Tuscany (Featured)
- Ornamental value: very distinctive burgundy flowers
- Consistent fruit production: all-season flowering, heat-resistant
- Award-winning variety: 2011 FleuroStar Grand Prize Winner
Other quality varieties:
- Soi Pearl: balanced sweet and sour, with a strong aroma
- Red color: large fruits, sweet and juicy.
- Dream Crystal: pink flesh, sweet and crispy.
- Komachi: white color, huge fruit.
Planting time
The first fruits can be harvested about 45 days after planting the seedlings with flowers.
Although it is difficult to achieve complete “strawberry freedom” in home planting, witnessing the ripening of the fruits will make the sweetness of the harvest even more precious.
