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Gardeners fell in love with the domestic variety of garden strawberries, Sudarushka, because of its good adaptability to weather conditions. The berry grows large and is rarely affected by pests. To get to know each other better, let’s look at the description of the strawberry variety Sudarushka, photos, and reviews from gardeners.
Characteristics of the variety
Strawberries were bred by breeders from a fruit and vegetable station in the city of Leningrad. The variety is characterized by medium ripening periods of berries. The bushes grow tall with a lot of large foliage, slightly spreading. Sudarushka is characterized by many rosettes. The mustache grows long and pink. The peduncles are not thick and do not protrude in height above the level of the foliage. Medium sized inflorescences.
The Sudarushka variety is famous for its large fruits. The weight of the largest berry is 34 g. The average weight of the fruit is about 12 g. The shape of the berries is oval with a pointed nose, without a neck. The achenes are located in small depressions on the bright red skin. The cut flesh of the berry is bright pink. The structure is dense, even in large fruits no looseness is noticeable. The taste of strawberries is sweet and sour.The pulp is juicy with a pronounced strawberry aroma. The berry contains 6% sugar and 2.1% acid.
The yield of strawberries of the Sudarushka variety is 72.5 c/ha, which is a pretty good result. The bushes are resistant to frosty winters. Strawberries grow well in an open, bright area and love the sun. The culture responds well to mulching. According to reviews from gardeners, it is best to use straw. Mulch allows oxygen to pass through well, prevents moisture evaporation, and prevents the berries from becoming contaminated with soil.
The Sudarushka variety loves black soils rich in nutritious organic matter. Reacts well to adding peat to the soil.
Berries are considered to have a universal purpose. Strawberries are eaten fresh, frozen, made into jam, or juiced.
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Ways to prolong fruiting
Looking for a description of the strawberry variety Sudarushka, photo, the gardener is interested in another important issue related to extending the fruiting period or shifting it to another date. Usually the crop bears fruit within a month. Farmers are not always satisfied with this result, since berries are sold cheaper during the season. To speed up, slow down or prolong the ripening process of berries, use the following techniques:
- Film covering helps speed up the process of obtaining an early harvest. Work begins in early March, before the snow melts. The Sudarushka strawberry plantation is covered with black film. This will raise the temperature to melt the snow faster. With the appearance of young foliage, the black cover is replaced with a transparent film, and it is stretched over the arches. Touching the leaves is not allowed. Sunburn will occur where the film comes into contact. The method accelerates the appearance of the harvest by about 12 days.
- To delay fruiting, the Sudarushka strawberry plantation is covered with a thick layer of straw. The pillow prevents rapid warming of the soil and melting of snow. The method allows you to delay the start of flowering by 10 days.
To obtain an early and late harvest of strawberries of the Sudarushka variety, the plantation is divided into two sections. On one bed they use the acceleration method, and on the other - the delay method. Planting other varieties of strawberries next to Sudarushka allows you to extend the time for obtaining berries.
Caring for bushes after harvesting
During the growing season, the Sudarushka strawberry gave all its strength. On the third day after harvesting, the plant needs help:
- Old foliage and tendrils are trimmed from bushes. A lot of pests have accumulated on them. Only those mustaches that are intended for seedlings are left. Before the onset of frost, the Sudarushka strawberry will form new flower buds and foliage. Pruning is carried out as close to the base of the bush as possible. The procedure is usually carried out in the third ten days of July. You can’t delay it, as you can damage the new fertile buds.
- After pruning and planting strawberries, they are treated with a preparation against strawberry mites. Fitoverm, Titovit Jet have proven themselves well, or you can simply dilute a solution of colloidal sulfur.
- The beds are completely cleared of weed. Around the strawberry bushes, the soil is loosened with a hoe to a depth of 10 cm. The exposed root system is covered with earth.
- Feeding helps replenish lost nutrients. For Sudarushka strawberries, complex fertilizers are used at a rate of 300 g/m2 beds.For organic feeding, use 1 part of chicken manure diluted in 20 liters of water. 1 liter of liquid is poured under each bush.
After carrying out restoration measures, before the onset of frost, strawberries should only be watered no more than once every two weeks.
Preparing for winter
After restoration measures, Sudarushka grew new foliage, and now it needs to be protected from frost. The gardener begins to have new worries that require the following actions:
- Before the onset of expected night frosts, stop weeding the beds. Through loose soil, frost can destroy the roots of the Sudarushka strawberry.
- The bushes are inspected again for the absence of bare roots. When identified, backfill with soil.
- It is better to remove bushes that grow poorly after pruning. The plant is weak or diseased. There will be no harvest from such a bush next year.
- Freezing of foliage for strawberries is not as dangerous as hypothermia of the roots. In winter, the plantation is covered with a thick layer of leaves, straw or sawdust. You can use hay.
- In snowless winters, strawberries of the Sudarushka variety are additionally covered with agrofibre, spruce branches or film.
If you follow the rules for preparing for winter, all healthy Sudarushka strawberry bushes are guaranteed to bring a good harvest in the spring.
Spring crop care
In spring, the strawberry variety Sudarushka requires a new investment of labor. After the snow melts, bare roots and frozen leaves will reappear in the garden bed.
Cleaning bushes and beds
After the soil has thawed, the dry foliage on the strawberry bushes of the Sudarushka variety is cut off. The mulch is removed from the garden bed along with a 3 cm layer of soil.Since autumn, many pests have accumulated there for the winter. The soil around the Sudarushki bushes is loosened with a hoe to a depth of 7 cm, putting the bed in order.
Pest Control
After cleaning the beds, preventive measures are taken against pests and diseases. Before the flowers appear at an air temperature of +10OSudarushka strawberries are treated with weevil preparations: “Akarin”, “Iskra-bio” and others. Plants are sprayed against fungus with fungicides or preparations containing copper, for example, a solution of Bordeaux mixture.
Feeding bushes
In spring, strawberries of the Sudarushka variety need nitrogen fertilizing. Use a solution of chicken manure or scatter it over 1 m2 beds 45 g of saltpeter. With each watering, beneficial substances will be absorbed and absorbed by the roots.
Before flowering, Sudarushka is fed with potassium fertilizer. At 1 m2 scatter 35 g of granules. The fertilizer will dissolve and be absorbed into the soil with each watering.
Mulching the beds
After applying all the fertilizing, all that remains is to cover the bed with mulch and wait for the harvest to ripen. The ground is covered with a thin layer of sawdust, chopped straw, and peat. Spruce needles show good results. Picking berries among thorns is not very pleasant, but such mulch prevents rodents and other strawberry pests from frequenting the beds.
Protecting plants from spring frosts
In cold regions, May and early June are accompanied by night frosts. Light frost is not dangerous for the foliage, but the fruit buds of Sudarushka instantly freeze. To protect strawberry plantations, gardeners use three methods:
- Frosts begin in the morning. Before this time, you need to moisten the soil.No later than 5 o’clock in the morning, the bed with strawberries is watered with water at a temperature of about +23OC. Humidification lasts until the sun rises and the temperature rises above zero.
- If it is impossible to water the strawberries, they can be saved with smoke. Heaps of organic matter are placed near the beds. It should be a little damp so that when ignited there is smoke and not fire. You can use garden smoke bombs. Smoke in the area with strawberries begins at three o'clock in the morning.
- The traditional protection against frost is shelter. Arches are placed in the strawberry bed and film or agrofibre is stretched overnight. As the sun rises and the temperature rises, the shelter is removed.
The fight against frost continues until a stable warm night temperature is established.
Reviews
Gardeners have positive reviews of the strawberry variety Sudarushka, which is associated with good adaptation to domestic climatic conditions.
