Strawberries are an easy to grow perennial plant. They are one of the most common fruits in gardens for both their ease of growth and popularity at the table. All you need are some plants, or shoots, and some sunlight.

Home gardening - How to grow strawberries

Organic gardening is enjoying new popularity and now wonder - growing plants which will bear fruit is so rewarding. Growing strawberries in your own garden will give you a supply of luscious red berries right through summer if you learn the proper care for strawberry plants.

The gardening tips in this clip will show you how to grow strawberries in a pot. To grow strawberries from seed is not common - most commonly you would grow strawberries from a small seedling plant not from strawberry seeds.

What is the best soil for strawberry plants?
To grow strawberries in strawberry pots all you need is the plants and a neutral fertilizer (not too acidic or alkaline). Other growing tips for strawberry plants include knowing when to fertilize also.

Planting strawberries
Growing strawberry plants in pots is just as successful as growing strawberry plants in the ground out in the garden. It means you can even have a strawberry plant on the balcony of an apartment! Caring for strawberry plants is not time consuming. Knowing how to take care of a strawberry plant is simple - even a child can care for strawberry plants!

You will see from the clip that when planting strawberry plants you need to have a little space between them. Once that is done a little water, fertilizer and sunlight is the sum total of strawberry plant care!

Video Transcription


Gord: We used tried several, we do not really tachyon some of the other strawberries that you could use in planters like this in. And which one is really best. What are other ones can use? Karen: You can use other day neutrals like silicon, seas state silver, It think it is called and if you want to grow in a hanging baskets. There is never bearing it is really wonderful for that it is called brothel and has large fruit lean on a nice big fruit just like a June bearing. So, you do have a lot of options, however, you know if most people want to stick to something that there going to be able to get fruit from underlying season and so your day neutrals are the best. Gord: Actually, let us put off to this side a little bit and we will put one layer of to the side here and our last one Karen: There we go. Gord: And we are set. Karen: We are. Gord: Perfect. Now the last thing I wanted to ask is what about fertilizing. Fertilizing means obviously I want to use an organic fertilizer. Karen: I would. Gord: Maybe this is be a loaded question right there. You know there are still certain people always using bone mills and things like that. What type of nutrients you are looking for now, a high nitrogen, high phosphorus. Karen: No, definitely not high nitrogen with strawberry’s, because which you are going to wine up with is a tonic green stuff and new berry’s. Strawberries like a well balance fertilizer and they need consistent small amounts. You can use a bone mill and obviously have a liquid bone mill here. It is great if we first plant to up here because it is going to frostier some root development right away. And give as a boost and you can actually, probably give it a liquid bone mill about three times during the growing season, half dosage. I will give them the first shot now, second shot when you take after that first bloom as often as second winters gives you a second shot and maybe another one little bit later on the a season just to make sure you are going to get fruit rate fruit until frost. Gord: Karen, I really appreciate it you are coming out and you showing us how easy it is to make little strawberry basket. Karen: Oh, you are welcome, it is my pleasure.