How to grow strawberries for high yields? Detailed explanation of key points for increasing yield
High yield is what growers pursue, and strawberry growers crave it even more, since strawberries are not cheap. But increasing their yield is no simple matter, and many growers fail to raise their yields because they overlook some small details. Let's take a look at these key points for increasing yield below.
1. Topdressing and nutrient retention
Fertilizer is the core of increasing strawberry yield. From base fertilizer to later topdressing, it directly affects strawberry yield. When planting strawberries, the base fertilizer must be sufficient; only with enough base fertilizer will the seedlings grow well, and only then will there be more fruit-bearing branches, giving a foundation for increased yield. Topdressing should follow the growth condition. Since timing varies greatly, seedlings growing well should be given fertilizer in small amounts but more frequently, while poor-growing ones should be given more fertilizer but less frequently, so both can absorb fertilizer to the greatest extent. Once fertilizer management is done well, the foundation for increasing yield is laid.
2. Awakening seedlings
Each strawberry seedling has its own suitable growing environment. Once conditions drop to a certain low level, strawberry seedlings enter a low-efficiency growth state, and in such conditions you should not expect a high yield. What people usually call a good year actually refers to conditions in which strawberry seedlings are extremely active, growing and operating at high speed, remaining in an awakened state for a long time. The environment is a factor that can be regulated artificially. Do this work well, and increasing yield is guaranteed.
3. Fruit control
A single seedling can generally set far more fruit than can actually grow to maturity, so fruit control becomes a key matter. Experienced friends will notice that in the end there are always a few green fruits on the strawberry plants that cannot grow, and these are the result of too much fruit, which consumes far more nutrition than the plant absorbs, causing some fruits that should have grown better to become ordinary instead. To increase yield, you must make choices and properly remove some, which can make your yield somewhat higher.
4. Pest and disease control
Pests and diseases are always the greatest hidden danger to increasing yield. I believe many growers have suffered such losses, working hard and waiting for harvest, only for an outbreak of pests and diseases to cause heavy losses. These situations all have certain signs. If you find something abnormal in the strawberries you are growing, deal with it immediately, do not hold onto the hope that you will get lucky, and always do preventive work daily so they have no chance to strike. Be willing to spend a bit more on treating pests and diseases, do not be stingy, otherwise the later losses will be greater.
The above are some key points to note when growing strawberries if you want to increase yield. The environment below ground is inherently harder to control than that above ground, and strawberries also grow close to the soil, so some problems are more likely to appear. Friends who want to increase yield should be careful!