What are the key points for spring strawberry management?

Strawberry is a fairly popular fruit on the market, and its price is relatively high, so more and more people are growing it. In spring, as temperatures keep rising, strawberries grow better and better. At this time, if you want strawberries to grow well, you must first strengthen management. So how should strawberries be managed in spring? Follow the editor to learn about it.

1. Clear away the mulch

In early spring, temperatures are relatively low. At this time, to help strawberries grow in early spring, rice straw is often spread over the field to keep them warm and prevent freezing. When the spring temperature stabilizes above 10 degrees, the mulch needs to be removed promptly. At the same time, be careful not to break the strawberry branches, leaves, flowers or fruit, so as not to affect yield and quality. If it is double-layer mulch, then the upper film needs to be removed first. At the same time, also pay attention to hardening the seedlings to prevent frost damage to young plants from too large a temperature difference, which would have a certain impact on later growth and development.

2. Cultivation and fertilization

If strawberries are grown in open fields, then after spring you must promptly cultivate, weed and fertilize, in order to break up soil compaction, promote well-developed roots, and lay a solid foundation for high yield. Fertilization should mainly use compound fertilizer, urea or human and animal manure, and at the same time avoid applying fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate, because they produce large amounts of ammonia gas when decomposing, and strawberries are stoloniferous plants, so it is very easy for leaves and fruit to be burned by ammonia gas, affecting yield and quality.

3. Thin flowers and buds

After strawberries begin to bud, first thin out the weak flower buds and keep the strong ones. The reason for doing this is to avoid too many flower buds causing insufficient nutrient supply to the strawberries, which would make the plants weak and relatively increase small fruit and deformed fruit. In addition, during the full flowering period of strawberries, also do a good job of thinning flowers and fruit, so that the fruit is uniform in size and ripens consistently, effectively improving the strawberry variety and returns. In addition, covering the bed surface with plastic film to raise soil temperature can effectively speed up strawberry growth and development.

4. Prevent diseases

During the fruit growth period, if heavy rain causes water to accumulate in the field and it is not drained in time, then the fruit will become soft, deteriorate and even rot. Therefore, in early spring, the drainage ditches should be cleared, and during the rainy spring, drain water promptly to reduce waterlogging. When disease damage occurs, immediately spray targeted pesticides and New High Lipid Film for control, spraying once every week, continuously spraying 2-3 chi, to thoroughly control the disease.

The above is an introduction to the key points for spring strawberry management. We hope it can help you. To learn more related knowledge, please keep following us.