The Most Suitable Time To Plant Strawberries

Strawberries are plants you can grow even in your house garden.  Growing strawberries doesn’t require pro gardening abilities.  Even small kids can help out in doing this job at home. 

Beginners in growing strawberries have similar questions regarding this past-time.  They’d like to understand the right conditions for growing this plant.  Many also ask on when the ideal time to plant strawberries is.  These are some of the things which amateurs in growing strawberries should know. 

* The perfect time for planting strawberries depends on the climate in your location.

Most strawberry variations grow in colder regions.  Nonetheless there are some variations that may be grown in tropical climates. 

For nations with cooler temperatures, the perfect time to plant strawberries is in the spring.  The 1st year often does not give you a lot of harvest.  What you can do is to pinch off the flowers in the first year and the next strawberry season will give you a lot of fruits.  Another option for you is to plant the strawberries during late summer. 

By the following spring, you’ll be able to enjoy its fruits. 

For those living in the tropics, the best time to plant the strawberries is during the fall.  With correct care, the fruits will be ripe and ready for consumption by the next spring . 

* Decide on the sort of strawberry that you will plant. 

There are three common varieties of strawberries and each has a recommended time when planting them.  As an example, the single crop strawberries that could be cropped in only one or two weeks could be planted before, during or after summer ( which is the strawberry season ).  However, planting this type of strawberry is generally done by the professional strawberry growers. 

* Although you are not yet ready to plant the strawberry, you have to start preparing you are the strawberry bed. 

If possible, prepare the strawberry bed in fall.  That way, when the seeds start being sold during spring, you’ll be prepared to plant them into your garden.  The best part of your garden to plant the strawberries is the part that gets plenty of sunlight during daytime.  Till about one foot of soil and mix it with compost.  You also must do something to protect the soil from weeds and mulch.

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