Strawberry Lyubava: variety description and characteristics, planting and care rules

Repairing strawberries are very popular, there are many varieties of culture with this feature. Consider the description and characteristics of Lyubava strawberries, the advantages and disadvantages of the variety, how to choose and prepare beds and soil, how to plant, feed and water, prepare for winter and protect against diseases. How to propagate, harvest berries and store crops.

History of variety breeding

This strawberry variety was bred by the Russian breeder S. Aitzhanova, parental forms are varieties Geneva and Nightingale. Lyubava is considered one of the best remontant varieties of culture.

Description and characteristics

The berries of the Lyubava variety are dark red after ripening, the shape is beautiful, oval-rhombic, weight 30 g. The berries taste like wild strawberries, juicy, but dense, therefore they can tolerate transportation. The pulp is red, sweet and fragrant, contains a lot of ascorbic acid and carbohydrates.

Strawberries bear fruit in two waves - June-July and August-September, due to remontance, the total yield is high. You can pick berries every 10 days. Harvested fruits can be used for fresh eating and for processing. Productivity per bush - up to 1.5 kg.

Lyubava strawberry bushes are strong, well-leafed, sprawling. The leaves are shiny, dark green, medium in size. Peduncles strong, rise above the leaves. Flowering is long, can be described as continuous.

Advantages and disadvantages of strawberries Lyubava

Lyubava variety has the following advantages:

• resistance to fungal diseases;
• good frost tolerance;
• great berry flavor, classic shape;
• yield.

Disadvantages: consumes a lot of nutrients.

Advice on agricultural nuances

Lyubava variety can be planted in almost any region of Russia. In the middle lane, strawberries bear fruit for 3 months, in the southern regions, fruiting can last up to 5 months. In general, the cultivation technique of the variety is similar to that of other crop varieties.

Site selection and soil preparation

Choose a sunny place for strawberries, which will be protected from the winds. The reaction of the soil should be slightly acidic or neutral. Water should not stagnate in the garden, so when groundwater is close or in regions with a humid climate, seedlings should be planted on ridges.

Soil preparation: after harvesting plant residues, dig up the beds and fertilize them with humus, add 0.5 kg of ash and 30-40 g of superphosphate per square meter. m. After everything mix and level.

Landing

Plant pattern: 30 cm in rows and row spacing. Under each strawberry, you need to dig holes to a depth so that the roots can freely fit into them. The seedlings are lowered into the holes, the roots are straightened, sprinkled with earth so that the apical bud is not sprinkled.Pour half a liter of water into the hole and mulch the soil around the seedlings.

Lyubava variety is suitable for growing in greenhouses, in bags of dense polyethylene. Bags can be placed in several tiers.

Pollination

If strawberries grow in open beds, the flowers are pollinated by bees. But when growing plants in a greenhouse, you need to take care of pollination, for which you take a soft brush and run it over the flowers to transfer pollen from one to another. In greenhouses with a large area, you can put a beehive with bees.

Feeding

The variety bears fruit abundantly and for a long time, plants consume a lot of nutrients, so they need to be fed. For the season you need to spend 5-6 dressings. Use only rotted organic matter, fresh manure is excluded. Mineral fertilizers can be alternated with organic fertilizers.

Wintering

In terms of cold resistance, the Lyubava variety occupies a leading position among remontant varieties. Plants tolerate winter well, but if the winter is snowless, then you need to cover the beds with agrofibre.

Diseases and pests

Lyubava strawberry is considered resistant to mites, gray mold, spotting, powdery mildew. But for prevention, plantings should be sprayed with fungicide solutions in order to prevent infection in time. For spraying plants on which berries have already started, it is worth choosing biological products that have a short waiting period.

The variety can be affected by nematodes, when plants affected by the pest appear, all diseased specimens must be uprooted and burned. Spill area with nematocide solution.

Reproduction

Strawberry Lubava doesn't produce many whiskers, but they may start to bloom even before they have roots. The variety is propagated by layering and dividing the bushes. Due to intensive fruiting, the plants only bear abundantly for a couple of seasons, then they need to be replaced with young ones.

Plants can also be propagated by seeds, for which they are harvested from ripe large berries, soaked and sown in March in loose soil. Seedlings are sent to the garden when they develop 5-6 leaves.

Collecting and storing strawberries

You need to pick berries from strawberries 1-2 days before they are fully ripe. Due to the dense pulp, they can be transported. Due to the long fruiting, you can pick berries throughout the summer and early autumn. Sweet home-made preparations are obtained from strawberries - preserves, jams, assorted.

Lyubava strawberry is cold-resistant, so it can be chosen for planting both in the southern and northern regions of the country. Repairability ensures high yields. Disease resistance makes plant care easier. Strawberries are suitable for cultivation and propagation in personal plots - in open beds and in greenhouses. In the latter case, strawberries can be planted in bags, in which they yield no less than outdoors.

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