Strawberries Vima Kimberly: description of the variety, photos and reviews of gardeners

Versatile Vima Kimberly

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety.
Features of cultivation.
Recommendations for cultivation.
What gardeners say.

Vima Kimberly is from Holland. This is another variety of the Vima line of the Dutch company Vissers Aardbyplanten B.V. The originator positions it as an early variety. But Vim Kimberly’s strawberries are included in the State Register of Russia as mid-early.In the article you will find a photo by Wim Kimberly, a detailed description of the variety and reviews from gardeners who have been growing this variety of strawberries on their plots for a long time.

Description of the Vima Kimberly variety

The variety has a mid-early ripening period, flowering begins in mid-May and continues until the end of the month. Fruiting - mid to late June. In the southern regions, flowering and fruiting occur 2 weeks earlier. The variety is non-repairable. The bushes are very powerful, tall, spreading, their foliage is not very dense.

The leaves are large, light green, bubbly. On this basis, Vima Kimberly differs from other varieties. The mustache is average, the mustache is red, of medium length.

The berries of this strawberry variety are conical, neckless, bright red, sometimes with an orange tint, and shiny. The first berries are large - up to 36 g, mass harvest - 20 g, yield - 1.5 kg/m². Berries contain a lot of sugar - 10%, but it accumulates only with proper agricultural practices. The taste is sweet with a caramel flavor and aroma, rated at 5 points. The pulp is juicy, dense, orange-red.

Advantages.

Great taste.
High yield.
Good presentation of strawberries, one-dimensional fruits.
The variety is winter-hardy and is not damaged by winter thaws.
High heat resistance and drought resistance.
The variety is resistant to verticillium wilt and powdery mildew.
Strawberries are suitable for transportation.

Disadvantages of the variety.

If improperly cultivated, sugars practically do not accumulate in fruits, and the berries become sour and unsuitable for consumption.
Buds and flowers can be damaged by severe frosts.
Requires good agricultural technology.

The Vima Kimberly variety is suitable for cultivation in the Central and Central Black Earth regions, although, according to some data, it grows well in the Southern Urals and southern Siberia. In preparations, strawberries do not become soft and do not lose their unique aroma.

Features of cultivation of the variety

Due to the large powerful bushes, it is better to plant Vima Kimberly in a single row with a distance between bushes of 50-60 cm; Strawberries grow quickly and should not be crowded in the garden. When plantings become thicker, the characteristic caramel taste of the variety is lost.

Vima Kimberly needs to be planted only in bright sun. The plot should be illuminated from morning to evening, since strawberries require as much direct sunlight as possible to accumulate sugars in the fruit. Even in light partial shade, the berries become very sour.

Strawberries are undemanding when it comes to soil, but you won’t be able to get tasty berries on unkempt soil. The plot must be loosened as the soil compacts. All weeds must be removed. The best state of the beds for Vima Kimberly is almost no blade of grass. Weeds compete with bushes for nutrients, which leads to a decrease in yield and a deterioration in the taste of the fruit.

During the flowering and fruiting period, strawberries are very sensitive to lack of moisture in the soil. If the summer is hot and dry, then daily watering is carried out. If it rains regularly, then water the plantation 1-2 times a week.

If there is insufficient moisture, the berries become small and extremely sour.

And only in very wet summers does Vima Kimberly’s strawberries not need watering. In this case, it is necessary to constantly loosen the soil so that the roots do not suffocate. This variety requires intensive watering only during the fruiting period. At other times, strawberries tolerate a lack of moisture without any problems.

The most important thing when growing Vima Kimberly is as much sun and water as possible. If one of these indicators deviates, the taste of the berries immediately becomes very sour. By the way, in a warm and humid summer, but with a lot of cloudy days during the fruiting period of strawberries, the berries also do not accumulate sugars and have a bad taste.

Vima Kimberly's strawberries respond very well to feeding. It is carried out 2 times: in the spring before flowering and after fruiting. More than 2 fertilizing should not be carried out, otherwise the bushes will become fat.

In the spring, add either ash with humus, humates or herbal fertilizer, or just ash. Fertilizers are planted to a depth of 3-5 cm.

After fruiting, organic matter is added. The best fertilizer for strawberries is chicken manure (sold in garden stores). If it is not there, then you can add humates, humus, and rotted manure.

In the middle zone it overwinters well without shelter or with a light covering of soil. In Siberia, it is necessary to cover strawberries with straw for the winter, otherwise there may be large outbreaks in the spring.

Reproduction by mustache from 2-year-old bushes.

Recommendations for growing strawberries

The life of the plantation is 3-4 years, then the berries become smaller and become sour despite all agrotechnical measures.

By agricultural cultivation technology Vima Kimberly is very similar to the English variety Lord. They have the same requirements for lighting and watering.

Overall, Vima Kimberly is a very good variety. When grown correctly, it produces excellent yields. Strawberries can be recommended for growing both for personal consumption and for sale.

Reviews from gardeners about Vima Kimberly's strawberries

All reviews about the Vima Kimberly variety are taken from gardening forums, where gardeners discuss different varieties of strawberries.

Review of Vima Kimberly from the Chelyabinsk region

“This is my Kimberly strawberry, the bush is medium, wide, when planting the distance between the bushes is 50-60 cm, the growth is average, the leaf is light green, I have not observed five-fingered leaves, mostly four, three-fingered, in the conditions of Chelyabinsk the ripening is average at 20 on the 1st of June, taste 4+, strawberry aftertaste.”

Review of Kimberly from Ryazan

“Kimberly is a very tasty variety. I would give it 4++. The berry is large and practically does not shrink. The bushes grow very quickly. And the twig gives a berry and a mustache. In my conditions, a productive variety. The berries are a little uneven, but a good impression of the variety in all respects.”

This is how they speak about strawberries from Yaroslavl

“The Kimberly variety was planted together with Honey and Pine Bury, in the same bed, Frigo seedlings were purchased from a nursery, they sold the surplus from their purchases. I’ll make a reservation right away, I didn’t do anything to the beds or manure, I plowed up a plot of pure clay (nothing except dandelion and porridge grows), I broke the clods in the meadow with a rake, covered them with agrospan and planted them with a formula of 30 x 30, it has been growing and bearing fruit for 8 years, no How can they not get around to uprooting it? Throughout use, the fruits ripen simultaneously with Honey, the berries become slightly smaller. In general, the variety is good and of the same type as Honey, both should be allowed to ripen well to evaluate their taste.
This year in the spring I planted a new bed for 200 bushes mixed with Honey, I took the planting material directly from the bed, tore out the rooted tendrils from the fabric, there wasn’t enough, I took younger horns, everything took root right in the bed, fortunately there was enough rain, the harvest was small but it already produced about 10-15 kg."