Growing strawberries can be a piece of cake!
Our passion for strawberries is well grounded, If you love strawberries, maybe you could try growing strawberries in your own garden or in a pot. Growing strawberries is perfect for people with small gardens because they don't take up much space but they produce a great harvest. Besides, home-grown strawberries taste so much better than those bought from the shop! So why not give it a go and grow your own strawberries.
Plant strawberries in March or April for best results.Strawberries may be grown in rows or mounds. Not too deep though, strawberries have a shallow rooting system. Strawberries like full sun and will not do well in a 'cold' spot. Although strawberries will tolerate some shade, they do best in full sunshine. Strawberries are a good source of complex carbohydrates, and are packed with vitamin C. Growing strawberries is a piece of cake when you follow the right steps! Because strawberries tend to suffer from diseases which can remain in the soil, it is best not to grow strawberries in the same bed that they have been grown in recently.
Another good way to grow strawberries is as a border around other gardens. Because growing strawberries requires a rich soil, it is a good idea to add blood and bone fertilizer and compost or well-decayed animal manure to the garden beds.
In cool climates, you can grow strawberries under a glass or plastic shelter to protect the flowers from frost and so reap an earlier harvest than otherwise possible. Steady harvesting will encourage the plants to yield more strawberries for your enjoyment. In Winter, thin out the strawberries and remove any dead leaves which may otherwise carry diseases. With a little planning and some know-how on planting and care, you can grow beautiful, sweet strawberries.
The three kinds of strawberries are June-bearing, everbearing and day neutral. June-bearing strawberries produce one large crop each spring. Everbearing strawberries produce up to three crops from spring to fall. Day neutral varities produce several crops through the entire growing season. June-bearers produce flowers, fruits and runners. The taste of a strawberry fruit basically depends on the cultivator. Ideal for the beginner, strawberry plants can grow in pots, hanging planters or flower beds. With proper care, strawberry beds will produce good crops for three to five years, beginning one year after planting.
The modern strawberries that we use today belong to the genus Fragaria Strawberries are octoploid, which means that they have eight sets of chromosomes compared to typical diploids with two sets. Strawberries are a false fruit, meaning that they are not formed by the ovary of the strawberry plant.
Everybody's hungry for fresh fruit by late spring, which is why early-bearing strawberries are irresistible. There's nothing sweeter than growing strawberries. Strawberries are one of the most delicious, nutritious and popular summer fruits around.