by Peter on October 27, 2020
There are many varieties of strawberries, but they all have one thing in common: They need to be kept cool during the summer months. When it’s hot outside, the berries start to ripen too early and become bitter. That means they’re not good for eating until after the first frost.
The best way to keep your strawberries from turning brown and spoiling before their time is up is to hang them in a cool place. There are several ways to do this, depending on what kind of strawberries you want to grow. You could plant them directly into the ground or put them in a hanging basket with some other plants. Both methods will work fine if you just want to grow strawberries indoors, but there are advantages and disadvantages for each method.
So which one should you choose?
Planting Strawberries Into Ground
If you don’t mind digging around in the garden, planting strawberries into the ground works well. If you live near a farm where the soil is rich and fertile, then this might be a good option for you. However, if your backyard isn’t very fertile or you don’t have access to any farms nearby, then planting strawberries into the ground may not be an option for you.
Some people have success with this method, while others do not. For those who live in the city or somewhere where the soil is hard and clay-like, it’s probably not the best idea to use this method. If you are one of the few for whom this method works, you’ll be able to harvest more strawberries because the plants aren’t competing with other plants.
Planting strawberries in hanging pots also has its advantages and disadvantages. They are pretty and you can move them around easily from one hanging pot to the next. It makes getting the strawberries off the ground easier, too.
However, they don’t offer a significant advantage over planting into the ground unless you live in a region where the soil is not fertile enough to support your plants or if you have a large collection of strawberry plants.
Strawberries are, perhaps, the easiest plants to grow. They don’t need much water and they don’t need to be fertilized. If you live in an apartment, you can almost certainly use this method because you won’t have access to a yard or garden. You can also use this method if your soil is not fertile enough to grow most other plants.
Hanging Basket Strawberries
There are several ways you can grow your strawberries in a hanging basket. You can grow the plants themselves in the hanging basket or you can grow the plants in the ground and then put them into the hanging basket when they’re of a decent size.
Both methods have advantages and disadvantages. Growing the plants in the ground first and then transferring them to a hanging basket is a good idea if you don’t have enough light to keep the plants healthy otherwise.
If you’re using this method, you will have to water the plants every day or so because the ground soaks up most of the moisture that would otherwise be used by the plant. That requires some maintenance on your part and it’s not something you want to do if you’re busy at work all day long.
The second method is to grow your plants directly in the hanging basket because it requires less maintenance and you don’t have to transfer the plants into a different container. It’s just easier all around.
However, if you’re going to go this route, you will need to make sure the hanging basket has enough holes in the bottom so the water can drain out.
Have you ever seen a potted plant sitting in a pool of water?
The same thing can happen to your hanging basket if the holes aren’t big enough.
As you can see, there are several methods to growing strawberries in a hanging basket. You just need to decide which one is right for you and your situation. Whichever method you choose, you should be able to harvest several pounds of delicious strawberries from a single hanging basket.
Do Strawberry Plants Grow Back
Strawberries can grow back if the plants are taken care of. The most common way people grow them is in small containers, such as a pot, and then putting that pot (with the plant still in it) in a bigger container that has soil in it. The soil takes a while to drain, so the water stays longer around the little pot. Get Strawberry Plants here!
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