Grow Your Own Strawberries

Strawberries do not take up much room. They also produce delicious fruit and are very easy to look after.

How To Grow Your Own Strawberries?

  • Dig over the soil, remove weeds and add compost or manure.
  • Put strawberry plants 13 inches apart in rows which are 30 inches apart.
  • Place plants in soil, with crowns showing at soil level. Water well.
  • Put a net over the plants, preventing birds and squirrels eating the fruit.
  • Remove all strawberries. Otherwise, they can rot on the plant.
  • Check plants on a daily basis during ripening period.

What You Need to Grow Strawberries

  • Manure
  • Strawberry plants
  • Trowel
  • Watering can
  • Slug pellets
  • Trowel