Imagine eating luscious red strawberries fresh from your garden still warm from the sun. What a treat and that treat can be yours. Here are easy tips for growing strawberries.Strawberries need at least six hours of sun a day to flower and set fruit. Keep that in mind when selecting a site for your berries. Strawberry pots, those big pots with little holes in the sides are not ideal for strawberries because they dry out too fast.
Strawberries prefer rich soil. Dig down about six inches with a sturdy shovel and turn the dirt over. Remove rocks and twigs and sprinkle in a slow release fertilizer per package directions. Add a bag of compost or well rotted manure for every 8 square feet of your strawberry patch. For example if your patch is 12 feet by 12 feet you would need 4 bags. Spread the compost evenly and then turn over the soil again to mix the fertilizer and compost into the soil.Plant strawberry plants about 12 inches apart. Strawberries grow quickly into a bush about a foot around.Water well. Every month use a liquid fertilizer that feeds the foliage (leaves) as well as soaking into the ground. Strawberries have small white flowers between the size of a dime and quarter with yellow centers. Each plant can have from 3 or 4 berries to a dozen. Depending on the variety of the berry you buy, you can have all the berries setting and ripening at once to berries that ripen continuously over the summer.When the berries are showing a blush of pink think about how you're going to discourage birds from eating the berries. This can be accomplished with netting held over the berries by tying the net to posts about one foot off the ground. Or you can try using tinsel, yes the kind you buy for Christmas decorations or specially made foil that grape vineyard use.If slugs or snails are a problem in your area , Set out jar lids filled with beer in the evening. The slugs and snails love beer, will fall in and drown.Don't spray the flowers with insecticides. You risk killing the bees which pollinate the flowers turning them from flowers into berries. Use a strong spray from your garden hose to knock any bugs off the plants.Berries don't ripen any more after being picked so wait until your berries are a bright crimson red before picking.Follow these easy tips from Easy Garden Care and you'll have lush sweet strawberries fresh from your garden. [EXTRACT] Imagine eating delicious red strawberries fresh from your garden still warm from the sun. What a treat and treatment can be yours. Here are some easy tips to strawberries.Strawberries growing need for at least six hours of sun a day in the flowering and fruit set. Keep this in mind when selecting a site for your berries. Strawberry pots, large pots with small holes in the sides are not ideal for strawberries because they dry quickly. Strawberries prefer a rich soil. Dig about six inches with a sturdy shovel and turn the land over. Remove rocks and branches and sprinkle in a slow release fertilizer to the package directions. Add a bag of compost or well rotted manure per 8 square feet of your strawberry field. For example, if the patch is 12 feet by 12 feet 4 bags needed. Spread the fertilizer evenly and then turn the soil again to mix the fertilizer and manure on soil.Plant strawberry plants about 12 inches. Strawberries grow quickly into a bush a foot around.Water too. Each month, use a liquid fertilizer that feeds the foliage (leaves) as well as soaking into the ground. Strawberries have small white flowers between the size of a dime and quarter with yellow centers. Each plant can take 3 to 4 dozen berries. Depending on the variety of the berry to buy, you can have all the berries setting and ripening of the berries ripen at the same time continuously in summer.When berries are showing a pink blush to think how we can prevent that the birds eat the berries. This can be achieved with a net held in the fruits by linking the network with messages about a foot off the ground. Or you can try to use mesh, if the type you buy for Christmas decorations or specially designed aluminum grape vine use.If slugs or snails are a problem in your area that are full of beer caps at night. Slugs and snails like beer, fall in spray and drown.Don 't the flowers with insecticides. You risk killing the bees that pollinate the flowers of flowers to make them berries. Use a strong spray from a garden hose to knock down any error plants.Berries not ripen after being elected to wait until the berries are bright scarlet red before these easy tips picking.Follow easy care & Garden " that have lush sweet strawberries fresh from your garden.
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