Zemclunika: varieties, features of planting and care

Zemclunika, or Fragaria, refers to berry. Culture, as already clear from its name, absorbed the qualities of both strawberries and strawberries. Its fruits are fragrant and large. This plant is completely man-made. Nowhere in nature until the twentieth century did not meet zemluknik.

Description

There was this amazing culture in our country thanks to the hard work of specialists from Biryulyovo. Using special methods of influence, they in the late seventies of the twentieth century as a result of pollination pollen of garden strawberry female strawberry flowers got a viable offspring. The hybrid is fairly resistant to seed reproduction. The plant is distinguished by its excellent winter hardiness, it is unpretentious and pleases gardeners with its tasty, fragrant, fragrant berries.

The two-homed zemklunika has high powerful shrubs and corrugated beautiful flowers. Most stems are upright. The berries practically do not touch the ground, they are well blown and do not get dirty, so they are very rarely affected by the gray rot, and the yield losses even in rainy weather are minimized. The Zemluniks have abundant flowering. During this period, the plant looks very interesting, as if it is wearing a smart white hat. Fruits, ripening, take an oblong form. They are painted in red or burgundy color and have a purple hue. With due care, their quantity is amazing. From one bush you can collect up to three hundred grams of dense berries. Fruits are well transported and have an unusual taste with muscat aroma.

Features of landing

Only if all the agrotechnical norms of the Zemluknik are observed, the reviews about which are mostly only good, will please the gardeners with enough tasty berries. Before planting, it is necessary to prepare the soil. First, in the holes need to make fertilizing of mineral and organic fertilizers. Further the ground should be carefully dug. Plant zemluniku can either spring or late summer, closer to the autumn. However, the specialists consider the first option to be the most optimal. As already mentioned, this culture is quite lush, so planting planting material to each other can not be very close. Forty centimeters - the most optimal distance between the bushes of a plant, like zemluk. Seedlings in the soil can be placed both in checkerboard pattern and on two beds.

Care

The main condition for obtaining a good harvest is the site selection. The place for planting the crop must be open, well lit. If there is even a partial shade on it, then very few fruits can be tied up, and they will not taste so sweet and aromatic. In this case, the berries will ripen two weeks later. Zemclunika requires careful care. An important role in it is feeding. It is assumed that there are three periods in which fertilization is a prerequisite: before and during flowering, as well as after the setting of fruits.

In autumn the plant needs to be sheltered for the winter, however only if there is little snow in this region. If there is a lot of precipitation, do not worry. As a shelter, lapnik is most often used.

Another important stage in the care of zemklunikoy is the removal of antennae. If this is not done, the fruits can be affected by gray rot. Most often this disease affects the culture, growing on the soil with high humidity. Watering zemkluniku should be constantly, especially during the drought season.

Sort of "Penelope"

This medium-early, very winter-hardy and extremely resistant to diseases and pests variety of culture has dark cherry with a violet hue of delicious berries. They are distinguished by a special aroma and tender flesh. Zemclunika grade "Penelope" at the first harvest from the bush yields up to two hundred and fifty grams. This hybrid was obtained as a result of crossing strawberries and strawberries "Milanese", which is closer in quality. Judging by the reviews, zemklunika "Penelope" reproduces very quickly. In the second year of life there are already up to twenty peduncles. This variety requires a lot of moisture, so many gardeners grow it in fairly low areas. In addition, with the carpet method of growing the bushes completely cover the bed, so the soil is always wet. Nevertheless, during the dry season additional watering is necessary. This is necessary in order to make the berries larger, and the harvest - richer.

Zemclunik "merchant"

About this variety, Russian gardeners have learned relatively recently. Nevertheless, the zemklunik "merchant" has already become quite popular. It is a product of Russian breeders from Kokinsky VOSTIP. Authors of this hybrid variety assure that the "merchant" collected the best characteristics of their "parents", and by some parameters even surpassed them. This zlakklunik almost no flaws. It is partly similar to strawberries and forest strawberries. Judging by the reviews, this statement is entirely true. For crossbreeding, European muscat strawberries and large-fruited garden strawberries were used by breeders. Zemclunika varieties "merchant" fully corresponds to the qualities claimed by breeders. She has powerful and tall bushes. Wide triple leaves of a juicy-green color grow to twenty-five centimeters.

Zemclunika varieties "merchant" can throw up to fifteen and more peduncles, which adorn about ten white flowers, which have bright yellow centers. When the plant blooms, the leaves are almost invisible. Peduncles of the zlokluniki of this variety are strong and thick: they are able to withstand a sufficiently rich harvest. The berries of the "merchant" are large, reaching a length of up to six centimeters with a weight of up to twenty-five grams. They are oblong, painted in ruby-burgundy with a purple tint of color. Their form is very unusual. Judging by the reviews, this is what attracts many gardeners. Sometimes the "merchant" has oblong berries with three and two horns. The first of them and the largest ones can be collected already in the middle of June, when the flower stalks are just beginning to be thrown out in the neighboring beds where the usual strawberry grows. Weather conditions practically do not affect the yield. Each plant can give up to four hundred grams of delicious and very fragrant berries.

Variety "gift"

This species is a hybrid of strawberries and strawberries. It perfectly tolerates both heat and frost. Zemclunika variety "gift" pleases gardeners with large berries, reaching in weight more than fifty grams. They have a sweet muscat taste and practically do not deteriorate, as they seldom bow down to the ground. Zemclunika "gift" - is an improved version of the famous brand "merchant". At the same ripening of berries on it occurs more evenly and two days earlier. The nose of the fruits of the "gift" is more pointed.

Raisa

This variety is dark red with a purple hue roundish fruit, having a mass of eight to ten grams. Their taste is dominated by a rich strawberry flavor. Zemklunika "Raisa" externally very powerful plant. Its peduncles are much higher than the leaves. The flesh of the fruit is cherry red, it is juicy and has an average density. Berries on a bush are located on tall peduncles in small groups, so they are easy to assemble. Raisa has bisexual flowers, conical oval and very fragrant berries, the first of which reach a weight of up to twenty grams.

"Knight"

This The cultivar is considered to be the most winter-hardy. Even in the coldest of the cold its leaves remain green. Zemclunika variety "Vityaz" has good yield. With the right growing conditions, up to seven hundred grams of fruit can be harvested from each bush. They mature at the end of June. Flower stalks of the "knight", towering over the foliage, reach up to ten or more pieces on each bush.

Variety "Zagorje's hope"

This zemklunika has powerful bushes and tall, strong and fairly thick peduncles. It is the very first hybrid in this selection series. The flowers in the variety are bisexual, not requiring an additional variety for pollination. The first berries reach a mass of up to twenty grams. Zemclunika varieties "Zagorje's hope" are yielding: two or more dozen berries can grow on each bush.

"Kokinskaya"

Sorts zemluniky to date, a lot is derived. Judging by the reviews, this hybrid culture has become quite widespread among domestic gardeners. But the greatest distribution was received by the Zemluknik "Kokinskaya select". Her berries are really all as for selection - unusually large. They have an elongated, sometimes even slightly flattened shape, isthmus and curved sepals. By its qualities, the variety is closer to strawberries.

The fruits of the "Kokin select" are very dense. They are superficial golden seeds. The berries are unevenly colored: there are both dark red and greenish shades, apparently, the strawberry qualities are affected. But this is noticeable only at the beginning of their maturation. Then the berries become stained evenly in a dark red color. Pulp is pinkish-scarlet, has excellent taste and aroma.

Additional Information

Zemclunika can be grown not only as an edible and incredibly useful crop that quickly enters the fruiting period, but also as an ornamental plant. Many gardeners have become accustomed to the fact that it is necessary to prepare separate beds, mostly rectangular ones. But not everyone knows that the zemluniku can be planted with rosettes around the flower bed. So you can not only save space, but also help the cultures growing in the neighborhood, successfully overwinter, especially when the frosts are too strong. In addition, the zlokklunika decorates the flower bed, because it looks beautiful not only during flowering, but also after. After all, its leaves remain green for a long time. And some varieties, even leaving to winter, do not discard them.

Zemklunikoy can be edged paths leading to the house. Designers believe that it can be planted in all free open spaces: in workplaces or on flower beds, and near bushes and trees. And already in the second year after planting the seedlings in the ground you can not only admire the beauty of the site, but also get a decent harvest of very tasty and fragrant berries. Moreover, the splendid bushes of Zemlunniki with their powerful roots and large leaves will suppress the growth of weeds. They are great for plotting. The soil, covered with bushes zemkluniki, does not need weeding at all. The gardener simply enough in the early spring to loosen the ground with pitchfork, slightly lifting the plants.