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Meadow strawberries, or Fragaria virídis, are known under many names: green strawberries, half-trees, steppe strawberries, hilly strawberries. It is a perennial plant of the genus Strawberry family Pink.
Botanical description of the plant
Meadow (field) strawberries are often confused with other plants of the order Rosaceous and the genus Strawberry. You can recognize it by characteristic signs.
| Plant part | Botanical Description |
| Aboveground part | Height varies from 5 to 20 cm. The rhizome is thick, brown in color. The mustache is shortened. The stem part is thin. |
| Leaves | Oval or ovoid, rhomboid, with blunt denticles. The lower part has a dense pubescence. |
| Inflorescences | Wrong, flowered. Flowering bisexual. The flowers are white, with a diameter of up to 2 cm. Petals are slightly pointed. |
| Berries | Spherical, weighing 1-2 g, poorly separated from the calyx. A cup when fully ripened is not tight. The color at the stage of technical ripeness is pinkish-red with greenish-white spots, at the stage of full ripening - cherry. The pulp is fragrant. |
Beneficial features
Strawberry meadow is very similar to strawberries, but differs from it in chemical composition:
- sugars - 4.5-15%;
- pectin substances - 1-1.7%;
- tannins in the leaves - 0.16-0.25%;
- tannins in the rhizome - up to 9.4%;
- ascorbic acid in berries - not more than 90 mg per 100 g;
- ascorbic acid in leaves - not more than 280 mg per 100 g.
Meadow strawberries: harvest
Berries are appreciated due to the presence of folic, malic, citric, salicylic, quinic and other acids, as well as copper and manganese. In addition, the pulp contains a large amount of carotene, essential oils, phytoncides, easily digestible fiber, iron, zinc and chromium.
Strawberries have been successfully used to treat and prevent many diseases.
| Appointment of berries | Mode of application |
| To increase appetite, improve digestive processes, quench thirst | Fresh berries |
| With anemia, various types of anemia and uncomplicated uterine bleeding | Fresh berries |
| Diaphoretic | Dried berries |
| With diseases of the liver tissue, scurvy | Berry juice |
| With any inflammatory processes in the stage of persistent remission associated with the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, with renal diseases, viral colds, impaired water-salt metabolism | Decoction and infusion of leaves and berries |
| As a wound healing and regenerating agent | Decoction of leaves |
| With diseases of the cardiac and vascular systems | Decoction of flowers |
| For cosmetic masks | Fresh berries and juice |
It should be remembered that strawberries are an allergen, therefore, it is recommended to use it together with dairy products that reduce the allergic effect of the berry. It is also not recommended to eat fresh berries with increased acidity of the gastric juice, exacerbation of peptic ulcer of the gastrointestinal tract. With great care, fresh strawberries should be included in the diet for pregnant and lactating women, as well as young children.
Places of natural growth
Under natural conditions, meadow strawberries grow in forest zones of almost all regions of the European part of Russia. Often it can be found in Crimea, Western and Eastern Siberia, the mountainous regions of Central Asia, Western Europe.
Growing rules
The cultivation of meadow strawberries is not difficult: it is unpretentious and can grow even in slight shading. The best predecessors of the berry are cabbage and bean cultures, salad, garlic, onions, carrots, beets.
For propagation of strawberries use a mustache. Planting is carried out both in spring and autumn, in an ordinary way, maintaining a distance of 60-70 cm between rows and 15-20 cm - between bushes.
The soil must be cleared of weeds in advance. Landings are preferably located on a hill where it will be lit as much as possible by the sun. With a high occurrence of groundwater there is a risk of developing root diseases, so growing on beds is recommended.
Meadow strawberry care is standard and consists of watering and top dressing, which are especially important in the phases of flowering and ripening of the berry, as well as after harvesting. It is recommended to use complex fertilizers such as Zdraven, Kemira Lux and Ideal: they positively affect the yield and quality characteristics of berries.
Also, strawberries require weeding and loosening of the soil, preventive spraying. For protection against plant parasites, the recommended preparations are Akarin and Iskra-bio, and Fitosporin, against the main diseases.
Ripe berries of meadow strawberries are widely used for making jam, desserts, pastries, for freezing and drying.
How to plant meadow strawberries
Strawberry meadow differs from wild strawberries in the spherical shape of berries, as well as its characteristic taste and aroma. In central Russia, the berry fully ripens in late June or early July. The culture does not differ in high productivity, therefore, its cultivation in household plots and garden plots is economically inexpedient and is rather decorative in nature. If you are going to cultivate strawberries primarily for the sake of a berry, it is better to give preference to other varieties.
