Planting Strawberry Plants
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Getting Your Strawberry Plants in the Ground
If you like to eat strawberries, it saves a lot of money if you grow your own at home.
After you have purchased your strawberry plants - you need to get them in the ground so that you can get your harvest and start eating them.
Thank goodness these are easy to grow plants and with proper care you will get plump, delicious fruit for several years. After three growing seasons you should replace your plants that give harvests several times per season, in because the harvesting takes a lot of energy from the plants.
Strawberries are a great source of nutrition but that may be shoved to the background because of just how good they taste.
Read here for growing tips for strawberry plants.
These Rules Apply to All Planting Methods
There are a few planting methods that you can use but, what ever method you choose, there are certain rules that you need to follow.
The best time to plant strawberries - in the early Spring
Or late Fall
Look for plants with a healthy root system that are disease-free.
Do not plant near potatoes, peppers or eggplant.
Do not plant in soil that has harvested potatoes, peppers or eggplant.
Before planting, add some organic compost to at least 2 inches of the soil.
Make sure the roots are pointed downward
Get rid of all weeds around the plantings.
What is the best soil for strawberry plants?
The best soil for strawberries is well drained sandy soil with a pH balance around 6.0.
What is the best soil for strawberry plants?
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How To Grow Strawberries
How to Plant June Bearers
These Rules Apply to June Bearer Plants
June Bearers produce a lot of strawberry runners. Mother plants need to be placed further apart that the other varieties.
Place your plants 18 inches apart in each row.
Make your rows at least 4 feet apart.
Shortly after planting - flower buds and leaves will appear
All flowers and leaves should be pinched off during the first growing season. You will get no berries this year but it is worth the wait. Next year, your berries will be bigger and tastier.
Place the runners where you want them to grow and then gently press them into the ground so they can take root.
Place your plants 18 inches apart in each row.
Make your rows at least 4 feet apart.
Shortly after planting - flower buds and leaves will appear
All flowers and leaves should be pinched off during the first growing season. You will get no berries this year but it is worth the wait. Next year, your berries will be bigger and tastier.
Place the runners where you want them to grow and then gently press them into the ground so they can take root.
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How To Plant Day Neutral Strawberry Plants
The Day Neutral plants do not send out a lot of runners so they do not have to be planted as far apart at the June Bearers . they main focus is put on producing several different harvest during the growing season.
Day Neutral plants need to be planted on a mound that you make with soil. Make your hill/mound at least 8 inches hign and alt least 2 feet wide.
Put your plant 12 inches apart in double rows.
Remove all runners, flowers and leaves until the beginning of July so that when the strawberries do begin to grow - they are as big and juicy as they can be.
You will get two or tree seperate harvests during the season.
After a few growing seasons, you should replace your plants because after years of giving you their best - they really just want to retire because the fruit is not as good as it used to be.
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Day Neutral plants need to be planted on a mound that you make with soil. Make your hill/mound at least 8 inches hign and alt least 2 feet wide.
Put your plant 12 inches apart in double rows.
Remove all runners, flowers and leaves until the beginning of July so that when the strawberries do begin to grow - they are as big and juicy as they can be.
You will get two or tree seperate harvests during the season.
After a few growing seasons, you should replace your plants because after years of giving you their best - they really just want to retire because the fruit is not as good as it used to be.
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How To Plant Ever Bearer Strawberry Plants
The Everbearer plants are a lot like the Day Neutral plants and the planting rules are basically the same. The information here is the same as above for the Neutral plants.
They also do not send out a lot of runners so they do not have to be planted as far apart at the June Bearers . their main focus is put on producing several different harvest during the growing season.
Ever Bearer plants need to be planted on a mound that you make with soil. Make your hill/mound at least 8 inches hign and alt least 2 feet wide.
Put your plant 12 inches apart in double rows.
Remove all runners, flowers and leaves until the beginning of July so that when the strawberries do begin to grow - they are as big and juicy as they can be.
You will get two or tree seperate harvests during the season.
After a few growing seasons, you should replace your plants because after years of giving you their best - they really just want to retire because the fruit is not as good as it used to be.
They also do not send out a lot of runners so they do not have to be planted as far apart at the June Bearers . their main focus is put on producing several different harvest during the growing season.
Ever Bearer plants need to be planted on a mound that you make with soil. Make your hill/mound at least 8 inches hign and alt least 2 feet wide.
Put your plant 12 inches apart in double rows.
Remove all runners, flowers and leaves until the beginning of July so that when the strawberries do begin to grow - they are as big and juicy as they can be.
You will get two or tree seperate harvests during the season.
After a few growing seasons, you should replace your plants because after years of giving you their best - they really just want to retire because the fruit is not as good as it used to be.
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Water and More Water
When strawberries are beginning to bloom and especially while they are giving you berries, make sure you give your plants enough water.
Do not let your plant get dry out during harvest time - from the earliest blooms to the end of the harvest. Enough water will produce plump juicy strawberries.
Do not let your plant get dry out during harvest time - from the earliest blooms to the end of the harvest. Enough water will produce plump juicy strawberries.
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What Kind of Fertilizer To Use
When you find the place for your plants, you need to get some good and appropriate fertilizer for them.
You need to make sure the balance is 10-10-10 and you should not ever-fertilize your plants.
When Should You Fertilize?
You should fertilize your plants when you first put them in the ground
After you thin your plants
and
After the second harvest.
How much is enough?
For every 100 feet of garden space, you should work in one pound of fertilizer.
[For every 50 feet - 8ounces]
[For every 25 feet - 4 ounces]
[For every 12 feet - 2 ounces]
[For every 6 feet - 1 ounce]
[For every 3 feet - 1/2 ounce]
Do not over fertilize
When you add too much fertilizer, you end up with leafy plants, few flowers and even fewer berries.
You need to make sure the balance is 10-10-10 and you should not ever-fertilize your plants.
When Should You Fertilize?
You should fertilize your plants when you first put them in the ground
After you thin your plants
and
After the second harvest.
How much is enough?
For every 100 feet of garden space, you should work in one pound of fertilizer.
[For every 50 feet - 8ounces]
[For every 25 feet - 4 ounces]
[For every 12 feet - 2 ounces]
[For every 6 feet - 1 ounce]
[For every 3 feet - 1/2 ounce]
Do not over fertilize
When you add too much fertilizer, you end up with leafy plants, few flowers and even fewer berries.
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