Divnaya Strawberry: description and characteristics of the variety, planting and care, collection and storage

Strawberry variety Divnaya stands out for its rich strawberry aroma, unusual elongated shape. The culture is valued by summer residents and farmers for a balanced sweet and sour taste, pulp density, which determines the versatility of use, and high transportability.

History of selection

Strawberry Divnaya was tested and registered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2004 under the number 9204342. The variety was bred by domestic breeders much earlier (1987) by cross-pollination of Festivalnaya garden strawberries and the Holiday variety.

Crop recommended for cultivation in the Northwest region for personal and industrial use.

Description and characteristics of strawberries Divnaya

The plant normally vegetates and bears fruit in open ground, greenhouses and even at home when planted in pots.

Strawberry bushes of the Divnaya variety are erect, not prone to lodging with numerous green glossy leaves. Leaf blades - serrated, medium wrinkled.

Peduncles of the plant form multi-flowered inflorescences that bloom with large white flowers. Under the weight of the crop, they do not come into contact with the ground. The culture is mid-season, self-fertile, does not require additional pollinators.

Strawberries produce abundant aerial shoots that require pruning.

Fruits of garden strawberries - without a neck, finger-shaped, weighing 15-30 g. Large berries are found in the first wave of ripening. The closer to the end of fruiting, the smaller the fruits on the bush. The pulp is aromatic with a dessert taste. The structure is dense, homogeneous, without voids.

The positive and negative sides of the berry

Farmers and gardeners in the reviews prefer Divnaya strawberries for the following positive characteristics:

• high yields subject to agricultural practices - 1-1.2 kg per bush or 150 centners per 1 ha;
• sweet and sour taste, strawberry aroma;
• versatility of the use of fruits;
• dryness, presentation of berries;
• crop resistance to frost down to -25° C, drought;
• medium susceptibility to fungal diseases.

Winter hardiness and drought resistance make it possible to grow a plant in the southern regions and in areas with frosty long winters, using covering material, greenhouses.

For propagation of strawberries of the Divnaya variety, farmers and amateur gardeners do not have to purchase planting material due to the formation of multiple whiskers.

The cons of strawberries include:

• uneven shape of the fruit, which makes it difficult to implement;
• small berries that ripen closer to final harvest;
• prolonged fruiting;
• crop susceptibility to return frosts.

During prolonged summer rainfall, the taste and aroma of garden strawberries Divnoy loses its brightness, severity.

Growing details

In obtaining a bountiful harvest, site selection, seedling preparation, timing and adherence to planting patterns play an important role.

Date and place

Divnaya strawberries are planted in the spring after the soil warms up, but more often from July to early September, when viable planting material (whiskers) appears.

Cultural beds are erected on a flat, illuminated place. Shade and partial shade lead to crushing of fruits. From the close occurrence of groundwater (above 70 cm from the surface), as well as from growing in the lowlands, the roots rot, the plants get sick.

Preparation of planting material

Before planting strawberries cut off dried leaves, remove flower stalks. It is unacceptable to plant plants with signs of disease - spotted, twisted or holed leaves, dried dark-colored root system.

The culture is soaked in Kornevin's solution, a nourishing nettle infusion. If the roots are longer than 10 cm, cut to the desired length.

Fitting technology

For 1 sq. m planted 4 strawberry bushes Divnoy, maintaining a distance between plants of 30 cm.

Crop planting algorithm:

• dig a hole 10 cm deep, moisturize;
• place the plant in the soil so that the "heart" remains flush with the surface, not covered with earth;
• the soil is compacted;
• repeatedly watered abundantly, mulched.

It takes 3-4 weeks to root a crop, the first 14 days seedlings require daily irrigation.

Recommendations for crop care

Caring for Divnaya strawberries after planting consists in regular irrigation, fertilizing, trimming mustaches, protection from pests, diseases.

Soil and fertilizers

Culture loves fertile water and breathable, slightly acidic soils. If necessary, lower the acidity of the soil with ash, lime, dolomite flour.

Heavy soils are loosened with peat, sand is added. Fertilize the soil when digging. For 1 sq. m. you will need a bucket of humus, rotted manure with the addition of 30 g of superphosphate or 50 g of nitroammofoska.

Timely applied fertilizers increase the yield of strawberries by a quarter.

In early spring, the culture is fed with nitrogen - a solution of mullein, bird droppings or urea, pouring 500 ml of solution under each bush (2 tablespoons of dry matter per bucket of water).

When flower buds form on plants, strawberries require a mineral complex of assimilable phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen.

When ovaries are formed, pouring pilaf, strawberries Divnaya are fertilized first with a solution of boric acid, later Biohumus is added, poured with ash water.

Immediately after harvesting, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are applied to the soil for the normal formation of flower buds.

Water and humidity

Divnoy strawberries have superficial roots, the culture cannot provide itself with water, therefore the vegetation and fruiting directly depend on the irrigation of the bushes.

With a snowless winter, no precipitation in March, the crop is watered for the first time in April. From May to August, the bushes are moistened once a week, in case of drought - after 1-2 days.

After the formation of fruits, it is recommended to irrigate the strawberries through the grooves dug between the rows to protect the berries from rot and mold. For 1 sq. m. requires 10 liters of settled warm water.

Reduce watering after water-retaining mulching.

Attitude to temperature

Culture develops actively at 18-22°C. Strawberries Divnaya, grown in the northern regions, are saved from recurrent frosts from -3 ° C during flowering, covering with agrofiber or stretching the film on metal arcs.

Although the plant belongs to frost-resistant varieties, during snowless winters the bushes need to be insulated with covering material, since the freezing of the roots starts from -12°C.

Diseases and pests

The he alth of garden strawberries is judged by the appearance of the bushes. Strawberry Divnaya suffers from rot characteristic of the variety, all kinds of spotting, late blight and fusarium wilt, leading to drying, twisting and ultimately death of the leaves. Not only leaf plates are affected, but also rot, fruits are mummified.

To prevent the development of fungal spores in early spring, after the snow cover has melted, strawberries are treated with 2% Bordeaux liquid, Hom, Skor, Ridomil, Topaz preparations. Repeat spraying every 10 days until flower buds open.

The following activities protect against strawberry diseases:

• regular weeding;
• observance of crop rotation;
• acquisition of quality planting material;
• avoiding overcrowding.

Before flowering and after harvest, they fight against numerous pests.

Insects and methods of disposal:

• slugs, snail traps, mechanical collection, placing Maldehyde granules under bushes;
• weevils, aphids, leaf beetles - treatment of the plant with Aktellik;
• moth, beetles - use of Karbofos;
• mites - spraying with Fitoverm, Actofit.

Birds that destroy part of the strawberry crop of the Divnaya variety are scared away by various methods. Of the most popular gardeners distinguish:

• stretching the net over arcs or stakes;
• hanging on the bed of glare objects that create the illusion of movement;
• placement among the bushes at a low height of noise traps - bundles of metal pipes, beer cans.

Save strawberry harvest scarecrows, electronic devices that scare away birds.

Strawberry propagation

Divnaya garden strawberries are propagated by seeds, mustaches, dividing bushes. The first method is lengthy and does not guarantee the preservation of varietal characteristics.

Seeds are more often used to breed new and hairless varieties or when other planting material is not available.

To grow seedlings of strawberries, the seeds are placed on top of a moist substrate consisting of equal parts of humus, sand and vermiculite, covered with glass, film.

After the appearance of the first sprouts of the culture, the shelter is removed, the roots are sprinkled with soil. Seedlings require good lighting, temperature 22-25 ° C, regular moderate moisture. Plants dive after the formation of 2-3 leaves, and are planted in a permanent place when 6 leaf plates grow.

Divide adult strawberry bushes older than four years from spring to September.

Fission technology:

• dig up the intended bush;
• remove the dried parts of the plant, the earth from the roots;
• get rid of flower stalks;
• The plant is placed in a basin of water and the plant is carefully divided into parts.

The resulting delenki are planted in a permanent place, but it is better to send them to grow in a greenhouse, placing each in a separate pot.

A popular way of propagating Bohemian strawberries is with a mustache that retains varietal characteristics. From the mother bush, daughter rosettes with roots of the first or second order are separated. Three strong mustaches are left intact on the bush of the second year of life, the rest of the air shoots are removed.

The whiskers are cut off so that the mother plant has a 20-cm stem, and the young rosette has a length of 5 cm.

Planting material is planted immediately into the ground on prepared, dug up and fertilized soil.

Collection and storage

Ripe, red strawberries of the Divnaya variety are harvested in June-July, choosing clear days, in the morning after the dew has evaporated. The crop is harvested exclusively by hand, leaving the tails of the stalks to avoid injury, spoilage.Berries are immediately put into those containers, baskets in which strawberries will be stored or transported.

At room temperature, shelf life is 1 day. Unwashed, firm, with no rotten areas, the berry stays fresh in the refrigerator for up to 1 week when placed in a perforated cardboard box.

The shelf life of washed fruits at a temperature of + 2 ° C is reduced to a day.

Garden strawberries consumed in the first hours after harvest will bring more benefits. If you want to enjoy fruits in winter, they freeze them, make home-made preserves.

Difficulties in growing

Possible problems when growing strawberries Divnoy, causes, solutions:

1. The ovary does not form - it is recommended to change the bushes to young ones every four years, since at the end of this period the fruiting of the strawberries of the Divnaya variety ends.
2. If there are few fruits and they are small, then the flowers are not pollinated enough. Cloudy weather, prolonged rainfall reduce the activity of pollinating insects.
3. When strawberries are thickened, leading to a lack of nutrients, diseases, reduced yields, the only way out is to remove air shoots in time.
4. Withering, deformation of leaves - culture signals about insufficient watering or lack of treatment with fungicides and insecticides. To save a strawberry bed, increase the intensity of irrigation or cut off the green mass at the root, treat it with chemicals.

With proper planting and care, strawberry Divnaya pleases the owners, if not with the highest yield, but with a wonderful aroma, dessert taste of berries, unpretentiousness to growing conditions.

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