Plants Strawberry – Growing Strawberries in the Home Garden

Executive Summary by: Aura Angheliu

Plants Strawberry: Strawberries are the number one fruit crop for home plantings.

Strawberries are tasteful fruits and you can prepare many recipes with strawberries for your family or kids: strawberry ice cream, strawberry salad, strawberry jam, strawberry muffins or strawberry pie and the list can keep going.

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• Strawberries soil preparation

If the site is in grass sod, wait one year before planting strawberries. Have the soil tested several months before planting strawberries.

Till the soil to provide a weed-free planting area.

• Strawberries propagation and planting

Strawberries are propagated by removing rooted runners from the mother strawberry plants and placing them in a new strawberry bed.

Before planting, remove all but two or three of the most vigorous leaves from the strawberry plants. Plant the straw berries 1.5 to 2.5 feet apart, depending on the vigor of the variety. Since the strawberry plants has the potential to produce 30 to 50 runner plants the first year of growth, this distance will allow plants to develop runners in the row, while keeping the middle between the rows free of plants.

Spread the roots out somewhat in the planting hole. Pack the soil firmly enough to hold the plant in the ground if you tug on a leaf, but not so firmly as to crush the strawberry plants.

Do not allow plants to become dry during the planting operation. As each bundle of plants is opened, place the plants in a container with just enough water to keep the roots wet.

Care for Strawberry Plants

Executive Summary by: Ethan Boton

Strawberries are probably the most practical fruit for home gardens.
Care for strawberry plants as with all fruit, a sunny location is needed. The better June varieties are Armore, Fairland, Sparkle, Plentiful, Pocahontas, Catskill, and Vermilion.

Sour cherries are easy to grow but sweet cherries need another tree to pollinate them. Apples and pears become large trees unless dwarfs are planted. Set strawberry plants with the crown at soil level, remove the first blossoms.

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