Frozen ❄️ strawberry flowers are a common sight in early or even mid-May. Practically every year, numerous reports of losses due to this issue come from various parts of Europe. Strawberry flowers need very little to freeze.
Just a drop in ground temperature to -2°C is enough.
Buds and undeveloped buds withstand slightly lower drops (to -3°C). If the ground temperature drops even more, we can be more than sure that in a day or two, we will find plenty of flowers with black centers.
What to do to avoid this?🧐 Well – cover them, don’t skimp on the <b>white agrotextile</b>. On small, amateur “plantations” the cost will not be high and the effect very positive.
Good results in protecting flowers from frost are given by sprinkling them, or rather misting. If we have the opportunity, just before the frost occurs and during its duration, to provide strawberries with water through fine droplet sprinklers, then let’s do it by all means (the smaller the droplet diameter, the better). 😊A thin layer of ice will form on the surface of the flowers and buds, protecting them from freezing (tested!). Moreover, it is worth remembering that moist soil has a greater ability to accumulate heat, thanks to which the air just above the ground will have a higher temperature than if the soil were dry.
What to do when the frost, despite everything, damaged the strawberry flowers? A remedy can be the immediate spraying of plants with the <b>Asahi SL</b> preparation in the amount of 10 ml/100m2 and repeating the spraying after 7 days and after 14 days. It is a biostimulator that very effectively supports and accelerates the regenerative processes of plants after stressful conditions have occurred. <b>Asahi SL</b> applied 1 to 3 days before the expected frost can significantly increase the resistance of strawberry flowers to temperatures below 0°C. Professionals often use it.🙂
