Strawberries- spells Summertime
What can I tell you about strawberries ?Maybe just the growing bit as Im sure you know all about the taste.
You hardly have had any in ice-cream have you?.Off course you have .
They are one of the tastiest fruit out there,and surprisingly easy to grow.
You can start by picking a nice strong plant in your garden centre or maybe your gran or grandad has some in their garden.If they do you could bury a pot in the ground near to the strawberry plant.the reason you do this is ,strawberry plants send out runners that have a little baby plant on the end. it normally finds a resting place and puts its roots down and starts to grow.
But now you will hold the end of the runner into your pot with an old y shaped twig and watch it grow.
as it grows water it when needed and it will soon have roots and new growth. You will know when its ready to move when you give it a wee tug and it feels strong. this might only take 2 weeks if the weather is warm.
Now you can cut the stem.
Now you can plant the strawberry plant in its new home.Do this as you would any other plant with soil and compost and place some mulch around base to keep roots moist.It will grow in sun or part shade.You can also grow your plant in a hanging basket.
Now wait and enjoy your fruits of your hard work. Slugs love strawberries so watch out and use any of the tactics I have elsewhere on my site to fight them.
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