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Russian gardeners learned about the Kupchikha strawberry variety not so long ago, but it has already become popular. This is a product of Russian breeders. Kokinsky strong point VSTISP. The author of the hybrid variety is the scientist S. D. Aitjanova. The merchant's wife absorbed the best indicators of her “parents”, in some cases she even surpassed them.
What a beauty:
The Kupchikha strawberry has virtually no varietal deficiencies. It is similar in part to strawberries, and in part to wild strawberries. Many gardeners who have purchased or dream of purchasing strawberry seedlings for the first time are interested in the characteristic features of the variety itself and the rules for growing strawberries. Let's talk about this now.
Description of the variety
For crossbreeding, Russian breeders took European muscat strawberries and large-fruited garden strawberries. Strawberry Kupchikha, judging by the description of the variety, photos and reviews of gardeners, fully corresponds to the qualities declared by the breeders.
Let's look at this question in more detail:
- The unpretentious and productive dredge has a powerful and tall bush. The leaves are wide, trifoliate, lush green, grow up to 25 cm.
- The merchant's wife throws out over 15 flower stalks, each of which has about 10 white flowers with bright yellow centers. When the Kupchikha strawberry blooms, the leaves, as gardeners note in reviews and judging by the photo below, are practically invisible.The peduncles of dredges are strong, thick, and capable of supporting a rich harvest of berries.
- The berries are large, up to 6 cm long, weighing 20-25 grams. Among them there are also record holders up to 35 grams. The fruits of the Kupchikha strawberry are oblong, ruby-burgundy in color with a purple tint. The first berries on the peduncle are the largest, the rest are slightly smaller. It’s interesting, but true: the hybrid Kupchikha’s berries do not fall off on their own, but it’s easy to pick the fruits without sepals. The shape of the berries is unusual, which is what attracts gardeners: there are fruits with three or two horns, as well as oblong ones. Look at the photo, isn't it a miracle!?
- The taste of the fruit has absorbed the properties of its parents - nutmeg with a hint of wild strawberry. There is no acid in the berries of the Kupchikha variety, they are very sweet.
Characteristics of the variety
Let's consider the characteristic features of the variety, its differences from other varieties:
- Strawberry Kupchikha is a medium-ripening variety. The first largest berries can be picked in mid-June, when flower stalks begin to be thrown out in other beds with ordinary strawberries.
- The Kupchikha variety of dredges is productive. One plant produces 300-400 grams of delicious berries with an indescribable aroma. Weather conditions have almost no effect on yields. If you plant strawberries of the Kupchikha variety in large flowerpots or grow them in a greenhouse, you can collect even more aromatic, sweet fruits.
The fruit set of the Kupchikha strawberry is 100%. You can verify the yield of the zemklunik variety by watching the video:
- The Merchant's cultivation is average; you can always get a sufficient amount of planting material. Seed propagation of the Kupchikha dredge, since it is a hybrid, is not recommended. Varietal properties are extremely rarely preserved.
- Judging by the characteristics and reviews of gardeners, the plant is winter-hardy, calmly, with virtually no losses, and tolerates temperatures of -24 degrees under a small shelter. When grown in a risky farming zone, strawberries of the Kupchikha variety will have to be thoroughly covered. Many gardeners write in reviews that they have to play it safe, plant some of the rosettes in pots and grow them at home until spring.
- The genes of the strawberry plant contain high resistance to strawberry diseases; it is practically not affected by powdery mildew and gray rot, which also makes the variety popular.
- Kupchikha is a variety with a universal purpose. The berries are good in compotes, jams, preserves. Can be frozen. Just imagine the aroma that will spread throughout the apartment when you take the berries out of the chamber!
- The variety is especially attractive to gardeners who grow Kupchikha strawberries for sale. Dense and juicy berries can be transported over long distances. They do not wrinkle and do not leak juice.
- The agricultural technology for growing and caring for the Merchant's Wife is simple. Moreover, unlike many varieties of garden strawberries, it does not require frequent replanting: it can bear fruit in one place for up to five years.
Common garden strawberries can serve as a pollinator.
Gardeners often complain that they cannot improve some area of the garden due to the lush growth of perennial plants. weed. The issue can be easily resolved if you plant bushes of the Kupchikha earthen grass and do not remove the mustache during the season. Of course, the yield will decrease somewhat. But ground cover strawberries will help control weeds by covering the entire area with rooted rosettes.
Zemclunica – cover plant:
Landing Features
The hybrid strawberry variety Kupchikha, like all other relatives, is demanding when planting in fertile soil. Before digging, the bed must be filled with humus or compost (up to 5-6 kg), ammonium nitrate (up to 20 g), superphosphate (about 20 g) and charcoal (1 cup) added. This is the norm per square meter. Instead of mineral fertilizers, you can use nitrophoska or nitroammofoska, adding 65 grams each.
As already noted in the description and characteristics, it is undesirable to propagate the Kupchikha strawberry variety by seeds due to the insignificant preservation of maternal qualities. It is better to use the vegetative method: rooting the mustache or dividing the bush.
When planting Kupchikha strawberries, if the seedlings do not have a closed root system, you should be careful about its deepening. The growth point should be at ground level. In the photo below you can see how to plant strawberries without making mistakes. This is necessary primarily for beginner gardeners, since experienced gardeners know how to do the job correctly.
When planting strawberries, you need to take into account the distance between the bushes. It should be at least 30 cm, since the plant grows quickly. In addition, thickened plantings of the Kupchikha variety will not receive proper nutrition and lighting, which will affect the yield. Row spacing should be within 50 cm.
Features of care
The description states that caring for Kupchikha strawberries is not difficult. The variety yields well with drip irrigation; the main thing is not to over-moisten the soil.It tolerates slight drought without reducing fruiting.
Strawberries only need to be in the sun for a few hours, so they can be planted between bushes and trees. It loves loose soil, so from time to time you need to loosen it, pull out weeds, and feed strawberry plantings.
Good planting material can be obtained from rooted rosettes. The tendrils should be removed from fruit-bearing bushes so as not to deplete the bushes. Plantings of the Kupchikha variety are replaced after 4 years.
As you can see, planting and caring for dredges does not cause much trouble, just like preparing for winter. Leaves and shoots are cut off from the bushes and covered with straw and non-woven material.
I purchased the bush and “Merchant’s Wife” and immediately read all the information about it.
Hello, I prescribed Kupchikha, it doesn’t bloom in the first year. This is fine?
Good afternoon.
Many varieties of strawberries either bloom very weakly or don’t bloom at all in the first year after planting. If the landing was carried out according to all the rules, then there is nothing to worry about.
Good afternoon My strawberries began to wither, with flowers and berries, including the Kupchikha variety, although they write everywhere that this variety is practically not affected by diseases. I read that it is a fungal disease. The bushes bloomed very profusely, almost no leaves were visible, and then the flower stalks began to brown and dry out. I tried to cast with preparations containing beneficial bacteria, which seemed to help for a while, but I had to dig up some bushes and throw them away, it didn’t help. Please tell me, has anyone else encountered this situation, will all the bushes really die and nothing can be done to help? Thank you!
Good afternoon
It is advisable to look at photos of drying flower stalks.It is quite possible that the strawberry bushes were attacked by a pest such as the raspberry-strawberry weevil. He pierces the stems of flower stalks and drinks the juice. Therefore, the inflorescences begin to wither almost from the root, dry out and turn brown.
At the moment, it is undesirable to process strawberries during the flowering and fruiting period. As a last resort, you can use biological products such as Fitoverm or Akarin. Or use folk recipes:
• Dilute 40 grams of laundry soap (grate) and 0.5 kg of ash in 10 liters of boiling water. Leave for at least 12 hours, spray the bushes.
• Sprinkle tobacco dust around the strawberry bushes or make an infusion from it and spray the beds.
• Pour a bunch of wormwood into 5 liters of water and boil for 10 minutes. Strain. Add 40-50 grams of laundry soap (grated) to the infusion and stir. Dilute with water to 10 liters. Cool and process strawberry bushes.
• Garlic infusion. Mix 100 grams of chopped garlic with 10 liters of water and leave for 24 hours. Spray the beds.
There are a lot of folk remedies for pests. You can choose the one that suits you.
And don't forget about preventive measures. For strawberry-raspberry weevil, strawberries are treated in early spring, before flowering begins. In the fall, both strawberry bushes and soil are treated to destroy all pests.
Please give me some advice. My Kupchikha strawberry overwintered very well, but the bushes are so big and there is not enough dry green foliage, what should I do? cut it off or leave it like that
Good afternoon
Strawberries, and not only the Kupchikha variety, but all varieties, almost always go into winter with green leaves.And in the spring, after the snow melts, green bushes already decorate the beds. However, do not delude yourself. Leaves that have survived the winter will not bring much benefit to strawberry bushes. But they can cause infection and spread of fungal and infectious diseases.
In addition, in a few days the first leaves will appear on the bushes, and the old foliage will gradually die off. Therefore, it is advisable to trim and feed the strawberry bushes, and clean the beds.
Hello ! Has anyone encountered such a problem on a merchant's wife? After overwintering, the bushes are tucked and twisted, they bloom poorly, the flower stalks are short or there are none at all. write how to fight and what it is. Thank you!
Try pouring 40 ml of ammonia onto a bucket of water in the spring, maybe someone will eat up the roots