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How To Grow Strawberries



When the worst of the frosts are over in your area, it’s time to get your strawberry plants in the ground. Strawberry plants need the cool winter chill to set them off to flower, but they need the warmth of the sunshine to produce sweet, juicy fruit.
Strawberries like an acidic soil of pH5.5 to 6.5. Regions with high rainfall are going to have soils that are more acidic than drier regions. Clay soils are also more acidic than sandy, free-draining soils.
You can add acidity to your soil with:
– coffee grounds, which also add carbon
– peat moss, which helps with moisture retention as well
– elemental Sulphur
– pine needles, which are a good mulch and deter slugs and snails
Dig a trench where you’re going to plant your strawberries, place animal manure (chicken poo, sheep pellets, horse or cow poo) into the trench and then mound the soil over the manure in the trench. It’s not until the plant is several weeks old and the roots of the plant reach down to the animal manure, that they get a nitrogen burst, exactly when leaf growth needs a boost.
You’ll need 5 plants for every person in your household. Plant about 25 cms apart to ensure good air movement in your bed which reduces the likelihood of fungal diseases developing.
Make sure you plant the crown above the soil level. If it gets covered in soil, the flowers will rot.
After planting, apply volcanic rock dust around each plant. This is a fertiliser high in phosphorus which helps with root growth. When the plants start to flower, apply more volcanic rock dust which has a high potassium content as well. Volcanic rock dust is not high in nitrogen, but by the time the plants need nitrogen, their roots will be down to the animal manure.

29 Comments

  3. MM

    tip : plant them the previous summer if you want a big crop the first year.

  4. flatsville1

    Your hoops for the netting are interesting. Could you provide a link to the source?

    I am in the US and may be able to find an equivalent. The loops on the ends look useful for clipping netting or row cover.

  12. Editha Antopina

    Very informative vedio Thanks for sharing Ì learned a lot. Planting strawberry is also my hobby only in my Terrace.Watching from South Korea .New Supporter here idol.

  18. Tom Mac

    How do you know when to water? With all that mulch you can’t see soil, waterlogged or dry?

  19. NotTheGrandma

    Wow there are so many how-to's on YouTube to grow strawberries and they are just a waste of time. This one is worth subscribing to. I knew ph was important as most berries prefer more acidic soil. The DIYers won't tell you that (because they just don't know it). Last time I planted strawberries, it was among our fir trees and they were the best I have ever grown. It is nice to see someone on here who actually has experience and is willing to share. Thanks so much! Subscribed!

  20. Djadjanesia

    They just need light soil, compost, and husk charcoal (2:2:1). When they ready to fruiting, just sprinkled on guano fertilizer, but if you too lazy you don't have to though, they still can bear fruits (although not optimal).

  22. Victor B

    I get the feeling this guy makes a lot of us assumptions. I don't know that anything he does is wrong or damaging. But there are some things that could be skipped without causing damage.

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  27. bazza Harrington

    Pine needles Do NOT lower the pH of soil they are pH neutral when dried simple pH test will confirm my statement most basic garden chemistry test

  28. etm567

    And finally , what? Something something chaff? I'm american, so I do speak english, but I don't understand what you said.

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