How to Grow Strawberries in Pots: Many Gardeners Have Already Switched to This Method
There are many benefits to growing strawberries in pots.
As the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh explained, such “compositions”, firstly, decorate the plot, secondly, it is convenient to pick berries from them, thirdly, the fruits will not rot on the ground, and pests attack such strawberries much less often.
In addition, thanks to the mobility of strawberry pots, you have the opportunity to protect the plantings from bad weather by moving them to a shelter.
Instead of continuing to list the advantages of this method of growing strawberries, we will tell you how to do it.
First, about the containers in which you can plant strawberries. They should be equipped with holes for draining water and a drainage layer.
As for the soil, strawberries will grow best in a mixture of turf soil, humus, peat and compost with the addition of a small amount of sifted sand and a couple of spoons of azophoska for every 5 liters of soil.
If you are at a loss as to what to do with wintering such strawberries, the answer is very simple.
Everbearing varieties will continue to bear fruit if you bring the strawberries into a heated room.
If the goal is to send strawberries into winter hibernation, then place the pots with strawberries in a room where the temperature is from -3 to +3 degrees.
