1. The Best Way To Start Your Strawberries<\/p>\n
How to grow strawberries<\/a>, if you have purchased a potted strawberry plant and wish to transplant it into your garden be sure to look at it to see exactly what depth your plant is now so that you can put it exactly the same depth when you transplant it. You do not want to put it too deep or too shallow as it can effect the health of your plant.<\/p>\n When you look at your strawberry plant, once it out of the dirt, you will see a definite line where the plant was in the dirt from the pot. That’s going to tell you exactly how deep to plant it.<\/p>\n 2. Meeting The Needs Of Your Strawberry Plants<\/p>\n Your strawberries require plenty of water but not so much they drown. For this reason it’s wise to make sure you have soil that drains well. This will also keep your strawberry plants from getting diseases related to wet soil and plants.<\/p>\n Once the roots are established they will need less watering but when they strawberries start to show you want to start watering them regularly so you get nice plump strawberries. If you don’t give them enough water your strawberries my be small, drier with less taste. They may even form cracks if they are too dry.<\/p>\n 3. First Season With Strawberries<\/p>\n I was taught to pinch off any fruit that appears for the first year so that plant will get strong and healthy. This will give you much more fruit in following years, so it’s worth it.<\/p>\n I would have to say it worked great as we had so many strawberries and they tasted like the strawberries we used have at home when I was just a little guy.<\/p>\n We use compost to feed our plants, strawberries included and seldom ever feed them anything else. We did learn that you could use tomato feeder if they need some help, just be sure to use it diluted, they like the potassium.<\/p>\n 4. Out Of Control Strawberry Runners<\/p>\n Our first strawberry plant was in a small pot we purchased at our local nursery. We moved it to a bigger pot when it quickly out grew the small one. Once I saw the runners started I decided I better get it in the ground. So we planted it in one of your raised beds.<\/p>\n As the runners moved across the bare patch of ground we pegged each node, which is an individual plant. I moved each runner in the direction we needed a new plant, just that simple. <\/p>\n Allowing the runners to go wild like that drains strength for them main plant but we were not planning on having strawberries that year.<\/p>\n Like I said we snipped off any blossoms for that first year and in no time it had grown to fill the 4×10 footy raised bed.<\/p>\n 5. Using Mulch Around Strawberry Plants<\/p>\n When the strawberry plants were large enough and numerous enough we started putting mulch around them to keep weeds from growing but also to keep water from evaporating. We were careful not to put mulch on top of the plants so we cleaned each plants.<\/p>\n Growing strawberries<\/a> is actually quite easy, once you know these helpful tips.<\/p>\n