It is difficult to imagine a summer without strawberries - tasty, juicy and fragrant. Her berries, red with a pink flesh, have an amazing taste and, in addition, they have a valuable composition of nutrients. Thanks to its delicious taste and healing properties, this culture is grown in many regions of Russia, even in the north of the country. What are the nutrients and microelements allocated to strawberry garden? Useful properties of this plant, we will highlight in our article. This bright and juicy berry is really a real storehouse of biologically active substances, vitamins and minerals.
Garden strawberries: early, medium and late varieties
There is a wide variety of varieties of this beautiful berry. Garden strawberry, ripening early, is represented by such species as Alpha, Early Chisinau, Zagorje Beauty, Biryulyovskaya early. The most famous grades of medium ripening are Vityaz, Lakomaya, Beauty and Festivalnaya. Of the late strawberries can be noted such popular species as Saxonka, Bogota, Zenith and others.
Strawberry garden. Useful properties and healing potential of this fragrant berry
The structure of strawberry berries includes vitamins (C, K, B, B5, B6, E, PP), folic, salicylic, apple, lemon, omega-3 fatty acids, phosphorus, cobalt, zinc, calcium, manganese, silicon, copper. It contains a large amount of iron (more than in grapes), so it is used for blood diseases: anemia and anemia, as well as with brittle vessels. In berries, there are antioxidants that stimulate the activity of brain cells. Strawberry helps to improve mental abilities and memory.
The constant consumption of these juicy berries helps to normalize the metabolism and work of the intestines. Also, this product has an antimicrobial effect - it fights against the flu virus and intestinal infections. Strawberries are also used for diabetes as a sugar reducing agent. Decoction of berries and leaves of this culture is used for violations of blood pressure. Strawberries can also be used as a means of fighting insomnia. In order to sleep soundly and quietly throughout the night, you should regularly eat several sweet delicious berries in the evenings. Thanks to such an extensive list of valuable microelements, strawberry has a general health and wellness effect on the human body. It is considered a low-calorie product, since it contains only 30 kcal per 100 gr. It removes excess fluid from the body and is often used as the main dish during the fasting days. The main thing is to remember, despite all the valuable nutritional properties of these berries, that they should be used with caution to people with gastritis and peptic ulcer. In addition, many diets have been invented, the basis of which is the strawberry garden. Useful properties of berries not only contribute to getting rid of unnecessary kilograms, but also purify the entire body as a whole. Fiber, contained in strawberries, displays accumulated toxins and wastes. They also use these valuable berries in cosmetology.
Strawberry garden. Useful properties, peculiarities of planting and growing
In order for the strawberry to please you with delicious sweet berries, the place for it should be sunny. It is advisable not to plant the plant next to tomatoes, pepper, potatoes and eggplant. Do not place a strawberry next to the garden trees. Their root system will interfere with the development of the plant. Planting strawberries produce in early spring. The site is prepared in advance - fertilized with humus and compost. Plant the plant in the evening. It is necessary before this to cut off excess leaves, leaving only three, and pinch the longest root. So planted strawberry garden. The photo shows the beds of this plant. Care for this culture requires regular and sufficient watering. In hot periods it is necessary to perform this procedure at least twice a week, and even more often. During flowering, watering is minimized or even stopped (if weather permits). With regard to fertilizing, then for the season once introduced organic fertilizer - horse or cow dung. Periodically, it is necessary to remove shoots and whiskers, as well as weed beds. If you observe these simple agrotechnical rules, your strawberry will be healthy and abundantly fruitful.