Strawberry Monterey: variety description, photos, reviews

Content

1 Botanical properties
2 Variety yield
3 Reproduction methods
4 Growing and care
5 Testimonials

Amateur gardeners and agricultural producers who grow strawberries on an industrial scale often face a choice of which crop to use. The fact is that the variety of strawberries can confuse even the most experienced gardeners.

We will try to tell you more about one of the varieties created by American breeders. The Monterey strawberries have conquered more than one gardener, they are deservedly popular. In order not to be mistaken when choosing a variety, you need to know its botanical features, rules of care and cultivation.

Video about Monterey strawberries in the country:

Botanical properties

Repair strawberry Monterey was obtained in California by university scientists by crossing the variety Albion and further selection selection (cal. 97.85-6).

Medium early variety, refers to neutral day plants.
The bushes are powerful, with a lot of peduncles, with bright green shiny leaves. Leaves with medium waviness, rather large. Therefore, planting seedlings of Monterey strawberries is not nearly recommended: thickening reduces the yield.
It begins to bloom in early May and before frost. The flowers are white, large, with a bright yellow core.
Berries are dark red, glossy, large, weighing up to 30 grams. Fruits are conical in shape with a pointed tip.
The fruits are dense, the skin is not damaged if you run your finger over it.
Repaired strawberries are resistant to many strawberry diseases. Powdery mildew brings trouble.

Attention! Fruiting at Monterey can last all year round.

Unlike other varieties of remontant strawberries, it yields well in winter, even in a city apartment.

Variety yield

The yield of Monterey strawberries according to the description of the variety, photos and reviews of gardeners is excellent. The remontant garden strawberry bears fruit in waves, 3-4 times per season. One plant throws up to 14 peduncles. From one bush, you can collect 500 grams of sweet, sour-free berries. Subject to all standards of agricultural technology, even up to 2 kg. Productivity can decrease at too high temperatures: the berry ripens without gaining weight.

Important! On the second wave of fruiting, the taste of the berries becomes more expressive, the aroma intensifies.

Dense berries do not lose their presentation: they do not crumple during transportation, do not change taste and shape when frozen.

Reproduction methods

How to choose female sockets:

The strawberry variety Monterey begins to bear fruit in the second year, after a year and a half, the yield decreases. Therefore, it is necessary to take care of the planting material. Repaired garden strawberries of this variety can be propagated in any way: by seeds, whiskers, root division (the most successful option for the Monterey variety).

Planting material obtained from seeds does not bear fruit in the first year after planting. As for reproduction with a mustache, it should be noted that the Monterey strawberry variety gives them in a minimum amount, because all the plant's strength goes to creating a rich harvest. The planting material from the mustache turns out to be healthy, you can root the sockets in plastic cups or cassettes. Strawberry seedlings with a closed root system have 100% survival rate.

Attention! Seedlings obtained from rooted whiskers or by dividing the mother bush bear fruit in the year of planting.

Timely replacement of Monterey strawberry bushes allows you to get rich harvests for several years in a row.

Mustache breeding secrets on video from gardeners:

Growing and care

For garden strawberries, a well-lit place is chosen, the sun should fall on the beds, based on the characteristics, for at least 6 hours.

When planting remontant strawberries Monterey, you need to take into account the 40x50 scheme: thickened plantings lead to a decrease in yield. The wells are filled with water in advance, a little Kornevin is added. If ordinary beds are used, then the surface of the ground under the strawberry bushes should be mulched.

Otherwise, the cultivation and care of Monterey strawberries is not much different: loosening the soil, watering, weeding, protection from pests. Since the remontant variety gives off the crop several times a year, it is especially demanding on top dressing. It is best to water Monterey strawberries using a drip system, through which feeding is also introduced.

Care is not difficult, but the Monterey variety of garden strawberries is thermophilic, for the winter it requires shelter even in the southern regions. Plants are usually covered with spunbond or mulch.

Warning! In regions with harsh climates, the Monterey variety is best grown in a greenhouse.

Testimonials

Sergey, 29 years old, Astrakhan

I managed to get Monterey Frigo seedlings. I immediately planted strawberries on the site. All plants have taken root well, flower stalks appeared in June. I didn't leave them to give the strawberries some strength. Repeated flowers appeared in early July, fruits were harvested before frost. The whole family liked the berries. Since it was indicated that the Monterey variety can bear fruit all year round, we planted 3 bushes in a large planter. Throughout the winter, my daughter did not leave the window: the berries ripened one after another.

Diana, 45 years old, Kaliningrad

I have been doing garden strawberries for 5 years. Monterey acquired seedlings only last year. Immediately, I note that flowering began earlier than other varieties. Before ripening, the berries turned not just red, but dark cherry. The strawberries of the second fruiting wave, as indicated in the description, really turned out to be tastier. She covered it with non-woven fabric for the winter. Let's see how it overwinters.

Alena, 34 years old, Chita

I live in Transbaikalia, I am fond of growing strawberries. Three years ago I ordered Monterey saplings. Wonderful strawberries - sweet, fragrant, huge. I grow it under a black film. For the winter, you have to plant seedlings in a loggia (it is heated), we tried to leave some of the bushes under a gorgeous shelter in the first year, but it did not save them from freezing. Although other varieties overwintered well. I leave 10 rosettes grown over the summer, we remove the first berries closer to March 8. In the spring I plant it in the ground.

Comments (1)

This year, in the spring, I planted the Monterey variety. Used Frigo seedlings. The horse system was excellent, the bushes quickly grew. There were few berries in the first wave. In the second - more. The appearance of the berry matches the description: ideal shape, rich color, fairly strong peduncles. The berries are very firm. But the taste ... Or rather its complete absence. No taste, no smell, you chew it is not clear what. Suitable only for photo shoots and promotions. Not suitable for food. At the same time, the summer was sunny.
08/26/2017 at 01:08
Tatyana

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