Home Gardens And Strawberries.

Strawberries are great antioxidants and vitamins. Their most potent ingredients are when they are on the vine, and you can eat them straight off of it, if you want too! The flavors of freshly harvested strawberries are just amazing. If you have a problem with sweet tooth cravings, eating a few fresh strawberries will satisfy your sweet urges and be very healthy and refreshing at the same time.

Where can strawberries be grown?

Strawberries could make pretty ornamental plants, so the could be grown in containers on the patio. As long as they get sunlight, they can be grown in a condo, a small home garden, or an apartment. Any place that gives them enough sunlight is a great place.

A hanging basket might also be a pretty choice, so they can hang over the edge. The beautiful lush green leaves on these plants are very decorative. The fruit is a bright red when ripe and basically the plant is not only an excellent source of food but visually very ornamental. Placement of your container, whichever type you choose, should optimally be in full sunlight for the most fruit. In partial sunlight, they will produce, but not nearly as well. If you are working with restricted light, try alpine strawberries.

Strawberries in containers:

The strawberries will need to spread out, so the container needs to be large enough. The depth of the dirt should be a foot so the root system has room. The container’s material can range from plastic to terracotta. The depths of the container and the drainage are the important points for good growth. The plants will need ten inches between, so the number of plants is dependent on the container size.

What kind of soil do strawberries need to grow?

Good drainage is as important as space for healthy plants so a loamy type of soil is best. The more organic compost you use the better for your plants like peat moss or shredded bark with some sand mixed in. The bottom of the container should have holes for drainage and if you have compost then about an inch should be placed on top. Because plants enjoy nitrogen, the fertilizer can be as strong as 10-10-10. Everbearing varieties will give you fruit your very first year. Water your plants, and enjoy!

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