Strawberry San Andreas

Strawberry San Andreas: variety description

Strawberry San Andreas: photo of the variety

Planting strawberries is a common hobby for some people in their free time, and for some it is a great way to earn money. Regardless of the reason for growing this plant, everyone is trying to contribute to this culture, for example, to develop a new unique hybrid that bears huge fruits several times in one season, and also has amazing taste and is unpretentious in care. This hybrid is the San Andreas strawberry.

San Andreas strawberries are remontant. The homeland of this species is California. In our conditions, it is quite problematic to grow San Andreas strawberries without making any effort, but if you follow the simple instructions for caring for the plant, you will definitely succeed.

Looking at real photos on the Internet, you definitely want to purchase a couple of such bushes to your summer cottage or suburban areas.

What are the specific features of San Andreas strawberries:

• San Andreas strawberries do look exactly the same as in pictures on the Internet. They are quite dense and glossy. San Andreas strawberry seeds are located throughout the berry and because of this, a pleasant tactile sensation is created. The color of the strawberry is red, the flesh is most often orange with snow-white stripes. As already mentioned, the fruits are dense, the shape resembles a cone, but the end has a round squiggle. The taste is amazing, the taste is sweet and sour at the same time.
• San Andreas strawberries hang perfectly on the stalk, both green and ripe. The berries are large in size, their weight is usually about thirty grams, and sometimes fruits weighing sixty grams come across. You can compare San Andreas strawberries in size with a medium-sized chicken egg.
• It is the hardness of the berries that is very important for farmers who are engaged in the strawberry business. This is due to the fact that it retains the excellent presentation of the berries and allows them to be transported over a long distance.
• The San Andreas strawberry plant is a medium-sized bush with green foliage. The roots are strong, develop quickly and take up a lot of soil space. A good root system ensures a large quantity and an excellent quality of the crop.
• Strawberries of the San Andreas variety will develop a little mustache, if you change the bushes, then you will need to root the mustache.
• In the process of bud formation, the plant throws out about ten dense peduncles, which can keep the fruits on the bush.
• If you follow the instructions for proper care, it is possible to collect at least one kilogram of ripe fruits filled with sweet juice from each bush.
• San Andreas strawberries have a high level of resistance to various diseases and parasites.
• Due to the large amount of crops that can be harvested for a long time, it is necessary to apply mineral and organic fertilizers to the soil a couple of times a season.

Strawberries San Andreas: care instructions

Strawberry San Andreas: video about the variety

Anyone can achieve an excellent and tasty harvest of the San Andreas remontant strawberry, even if you have no experience in gardening. The care instructions are not very different from other remontant varieties of strawberries. It is important to follow everything strictly according to the instructions.

First, you need to prepare fertile soil with the preliminary addition of peat, compost, humus or a complex of organic dressings.

It is not recommended to use fresh manure for San Andreas strawberries.

Next, watch the distance between the bushes, which should be about thirty centimeters, and between the beds - about forty centimeters. We recommend planting seedlings in the autumn season. Water the plant thoroughly and regularly and use a layer of mulch.

In the first year of the plant's life, it is necessary to remove all flower stalks, this contributes to the collection of energy for the harvest.

Don't forget to update the fit.

If you believe the reviews of experienced summer residents and gardeners, then San Andreas strawberries need constant soil moisture and feeding. The level of drought tolerance is minimal, almost never survives. We advise you to purchase in a store or make your own drip irrigation system. Installing such a system is as easy as shelling pears.

Fertilizers

As you may have already understood, the San Andreas remontant strawberry needs regular feeding in the form of organic or mineral fertilizers.

Now experienced summer residents and gardeners have begun to use less organic fertilizing. It is important that you feel comfortable and that the plant is suitable for such care. We repeat, you need to fertilize the soil a couple of times a season and you need to start this business from March. Garden strawberries yield a crop a couple of times during the entire summer season, and then the soil remains completely devastated.

With regular feeding and watering, the plant will reward you with a large yield and its amazing taste.

San Andreas strawberries are excellent for cultivation in greenhouses and greenhouses.

Diseases and pests of the remontant strawberry variety

Most people think that San Andreas strawberries are resistant to most diseases, as mentioned in its characteristics, reading the reviews of experienced gardeners and summer residents, you can find out that the plant is often attacked by powdery mildew, white spot, aphids, and strawberry mites.

They recommend performing preventive procedures that will never be superfluous.

You can buy special chemistry for getting rid of parasites in shops with a theme garden and vegetable garden. We advise you not to use them in the fruiting process. You can plant a number of herbaceous neighbors - healers, namely parsley, garlic, dill, calendula.

Strawberry San Andreas: reviews of gardeners about the variety

Alena, 39 years old, Belgorod

For the second year in a row, my San Andreas strawberry has been growing. Every year I rejoice at her like a small child. If you have grown strawberries before, like me, then nothing difficult will definitely not be. We use a little more top dressing than necessary, but this does not harm the bush in any way.

Strawberry San Andreas: photo of the variety

Alexandra, 59 years old, Vologda

A friend brought me one bush of San Andreas remontant strawberries for my birthday. At first I could not grow it properly, but my friend did not leave me in trouble, she pointed out my mistakes, we corrected them. And now we are gathering with my grandchildren and eating sweet strawberries. I still thank my friend for such a wonderful gift.

Alexey, 36 years old, Penza

For the third year I can't get enough of the San Andreas strawberries in my yard. In the spring of next year, you will have to rejuvenate the breast, because the fruits have decreased. Just delicious San Andreas strawberries that are easy to grow and I recommend for a beginner!