ENCYCLOPLANTS
STRAWBERRY PLANT
The Strawberry plant is a fantastic plant to grow in ant garden producing a delicious fruit around may time usually 4-6 weeks after flowering.
After purchasing your strawberry plant from your local nursery or online, you must plant out into your designated spot in the garden or in a large pot, and keep in a full sun location.
The Strawberry plants require plenty of water keeping moist as much as possible as the strawberry plant has a shallow rooting system.
This plant is hardy and will survive cold winters and hot summers so no need for frost protection.
Propagation of this plant is by offsets called runners produced from the mature plant during the autumn after the harvest is over, these can be rooted and separated from the main plant and will produce fruit the following year.
The Strawberry plants best harvest is usually in it's 2nd to 3rd year and maybe more, this is when the harvest will be at their biggest and juiciest.
Key information:
Watering: Water when dry
Sun/Shade: Full sun to partial shade
Origin: Europe
Propagation: Off shoots from mature plants
Temperature: 60F-80F for best results, will survive frosts