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Surely, in every garden you can find a bed of strawberries. This berry is appreciated for its excellent taste and aroma, as well as its rich vitamin composition. It is quite simple to grow it, the culture is unpretentious and can bear fruit on the soil of any composition. For a good harvest, it is better to pick remontant strawberry varieties and more carefully look after the plantings, carrying out regular watering and feeding. An important role in the cultivation of berries is the choice of the variety. For each region, you can choose the most suitable strawberries, which will show their best qualities in the existing climatic conditions. So, below in the article are described the best remontant strawberries for the Moscow region. They are most often grown by professional and novice gardeners in this region.
Delicious berries in early spring
When choosing a variety of strawberries (garden strawberries), you need to pay attention not only to the external qualities of its fruits, taste characteristics, but also early ripening, because it is in early spring that you want to quickly enjoy delicious, fresh berries. Among the renovation strawberries for the Moscow region you can pick up a number of ultra-early ripening strawberries. The most famous of them are:
Alba
An excellent, relatively new variety of Italian strawberries. In the Moscow region, it was widely cultivated in the early 2000s. This became possible due to the high resistance of the culture to frost, bacteria, and decay.
"Alba" has a high yield (1.2 kg / bush) and an ultra-early ripening period. Already in mid-May, you can taste the first berries of this culture. When growing strawberries under cover, the crop can be harvested several weeks earlier. The taste and external qualities of the fruit are very high. Each berry has a dense pulp, the taste of which combines a slight acidity with an unobtrusive sweetness. The aroma of the product is amazing: bright, fresh. The average weight of fruits is 25-30 g, and during a long period of fruiting, the berries do not shrink and do not worsen their taste. The shape of the berries is elongated-conical, the color is bright red. In general, the strawberry "Alba", whether in the picture or in reality, causes a desire, rather to eat it.
More information about the strawberry "Alba" can be found in the video:
Clery
One of the most popular varieties. Its main advantage is the wonderful taste of the berries, their size and very early ripening. The first Clery strawberries can be tasted in mid-May. The first large bright red berries weigh at least 50 g, throughout the entire fruiting period, the fruits begin to shrink slightly and by the end of the season their weight decreases to 35 g, which is also an impressive parameter relative to other varieties.
The taste qualities of the "Clery" variety are remarkable. The berries have a bright, rich aroma. Their pulp is homogeneous, quite dense and juicy. The shape of the berries is conical, their surface is glossy. When exposed to sunlight, the surface of the berries shimmers with a bright shine.
Gardeners of the Moscow Region got the opportunity to grow this amazing tasty berry due to its high frost resistance. The culture in central Russia does not freeze out in the winter season, even in the presence of severe frosts. In this case, plants are susceptible to the effects of some pests.Therefore, the main care of plantings with such strawberries must necessarily include weeding the ridges and the implementation of measures to protect plants from insects.
Honey
This remontant strawberry has become widespread throughout Russia. Such popularity is justified by the excellent agrotechnical characteristics and the wonderful taste of the fruit. Strawberry "Honey" can grow even in the northern regions of the country without shelter for the winter. In the conditions of the Moscow region, plants wake up with the arrival of the first spring heat, begin to bloom in early May for 2 weeks. At the end of May, you can fully enjoy the delicious berries. Fruiting of strawberry bushes goes well. After harvesting the first wave of the crop, you can prepare for a new stage of flowering by feeding and watering the plants abundantly. This will allow them to gain enough strength for a new fruiting cycle.
Strawberry "Honey" is dark red. Its shape is conical, aligned. The berries have a pleasant sweet and sour taste and rich aroma. The average weight of the fruits is about 30 g. The yield of the variety is average: about 1.5 kg / m2... Berries are great for fresh consumption, long-term storage, freezing and processing.
You can see the strawberry harvest "Honey" on the video:
Kimberly
The variety of Dutch selection has won an increasing number of admirers among gardeners for several years now. The variety is also excellent for the Moscow region, since it is characterized by good resistance to low temperatures, the effects of various fungal and bacterial diseases, and insect pests.
Kimberly berries are delicious and sweet. They exude a pleasant caramel flavor. Experts estimate the taste of the fruit as dessert, however, the harvest can also be used for processing. Each berry of the "Kimberly" variety weighs about 50 g. Its pulp is bright red, dense. The color of the conical berries is also bright red.
Harvesting of this ultra-early ripening variety is possible at the end of May. Each bush of the plant bears about 2 kg of fruit, which makes it possible to obtain an overall high yield of the crop.
The given varieties of remontant strawberries allow getting an early harvest of tasty and healthy berries in the Moscow region. Based on the experience and feedback of experienced gardeners, we can safely conclude that the listed types of strawberries are the best among other early varieties, their fruits have excellent taste characteristics, and the plants themselves are distinguished by unpretentious agricultural technology, high yields.
The most productive varieties for the Moscow region
Many gardeners choose to grow on their backyards high-yielding strawberry varieties. With their help, even on small plots of land, you can get a large number of fruits. They are also used for industrial cultivation of berries.
Queen Elizabeth II
This repair strawberry is well known to many gardeners. Its distinctive feature is the multiplicity of fruiting and an especially large berry. "Queen Elizabeth II" bears fruit 3 times per season. The growing season lasts from May to October. The first berries can be harvested at the beginning of June, the second and third stages of fruiting occur in July and August, respectively.
Strawberries of the "Queen Elizabeth II" variety can bear fruit in the amount of 10 kg from each 1 m2 soil. However, for this it is necessary to carefully care for the plants, feeding them regularly. Only in this case, all three stages of fruiting will be characterized by large berries and high yields.
The berries of this strawberry are very large, their weight can reach 100 g. The average weight of the product is 60 g. The taste of the berries is wonderful, sweet and sour. The rich aroma is also the “calling card” of the variety. The crop is perfectly stored for several days without loss of quality and can be transported over long distances.
Santa Andrea
A variety of an American breeding company, which since 2010 has become widespread not only in its native continent, but also in many European countries. Agrarians of the Moscow region are also familiar with the "Santa Andrea" variety. It is distinguished by its multiple fruiting, high productivity and excellent adaptability to the climate of the region.
Santa Andrea bears fruit 4 times per season. In this case, you can collect more than 3 kg of berries from each bush. This allows you to enjoy the berry throughout the summer and, if necessary, sell the product. It should be noted that the berries of this variety are perfectly stored and transported.
The fruits of the American variety are quite dense. Their taste is wonderful, very sweet with little or no acid. The mass of the berries is high, reaching 50 g. The average weight of the fruits is 30 g. With regular feeding, the berries do not become smaller at each subsequent period of fruiting. You can use a product of this type for fresh consumption and processing, freezing.
The listed high-yielding varieties of remontant strawberries belong to the category of continuous fruiting varieties. Their feature is a short life cycle. As a rule, seedlings of such strawberries in one season give all their strength to the formation and ripening of the crop, quickly age and die. You can prolong the life of such strawberries with the help of careful maintenance and regular feeding.
Strawberry cultivars of continuous fruiting can be cultivated by collecting whiskers. In late autumn, it is necessary to collect planting material, tightly wrap its roots in a cloth bag and place in a place with a temperature of -1 ... -30C. This will allow the seedlings to winter safely. In the spring, with the onset of warmth, the seedlings are planted in the ground to obtain the harvest of the new season.
Exotic in the garden
Red strawberry varieties are traditional. It is they who are often grown by gardeners on their personal plots. However, they have one significant drawback - allergenicity. Not all people can eat red strawberries due to some characteristics of the body. To solve this problem, breeders have developed a number of remontant varieties of white strawberries. One of them is Pineberry. This is a new variety produced in the Netherlands. According to its characteristics, it is excellent for growing in the climate of the Moscow region.
The Pineberry repair cultivar bears white berries with red grains on the surface. Their taste differs from the usual berries and resembles pineapple. Fruits are relatively small, weighing from 15 to 20 g. Analyzing the taste and aroma of berries, experts classify the variety as dessert. It is consumed fresh, often used in the preparation of cocktails, yoghurts, and preserves. The yield of the variety is average: during the season, the crop bears fruit twice, which allows you to collect 2 kg / m2.
It is possible to grow white remontant strawberries in close proximity to red-fruited varieties, since cross-pollination does not occur in this case. The disadvantage of the Pineberry white strawberry is the special tenderness of the berries, which does not allow the fruits to be stored or transported for a long time.
In addition to the given variety "Pineberry", "White Swede", "Anablanca" belong to the white-fruited ones. The varieties are unpretentious and require the same care as the red-fruited varieties. They can be successfully grown in the Moscow region without fear of diseases and winter low temperatures.
Conclusion
The given variety of remontant varieties allows satisfying the needs of every gardener.Someone chooses for themselves high-yield varieties to obtain the maximum number of berries. For some gardeners, the main parameter is the speed of fruit ripening, since the first spring strawberry especially pleases the consumer and is highly valued in the market. For young children and people prone to allergies, the choice of strawberries with white fruits will be relevant. One way or another, the article offers the best varieties of remontant strawberries that can be successfully grown in the Moscow region.
