• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Caramel & Parsley
  • Gardening
    • How To's
    • Bees
    • Vegetables
    • Fruit
    • Flowers
    • Pests
  • Recipes
    • Canning
    • Main Dishes
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups & Stews
  • Health
  • About
  • Contact
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Gardening
  • Recipes
  • Health
  • About
  • Contact
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • ×

    Home » Gardening

    Quick Tips for Planting Strawberries

    Published 27 May 2020 by Liz Gardner | Leave a Comment

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Here are a few quick tips for planting strawberries to help you get them into the ground as soon as possible. If you are new to gardening much depends on the variety. Hopefully there was a card or information from the giver or seller as to the name and type of the variety. "Everbearing" the berry I am familiar with is true to its name. They flower early in the Spring and keep producing fruit right up until freeze up or snow.

    First strawberry pick - sweet and juicy strawberries
    First strawberry pick

    Containers ...

    If you live in a townhouse or strata you may have an extra challenge if you do not have a garden to plant the strawberries you will need containers. Having said that I have successfully kept strawberry plants in small wooden homemade trays about 2 ft x 1 ft and approximately 6 " deep for several years until they could be planted into a permanent garden. For short periods I have also grown them in larger round plastic pots. This is something I am not familiar with so have included links to various sites on this subject in References.

    General Information & Directions:

    • If there is a label always follow your specific variety planting directions, eg:
    • Always grow in full sun 
    • Soil should be a light compost rich soil (ie not heavy clay soil)
    • Spacing: again follow label directions perhaps 12 to 18" (a little closer in containers)
    • Plant strawberries to the crown & not too deep in the soil
    • Plants do not like to sit in wet soil so keep well-drained
    • Important to fertilize monthly, and,
    • Growing plants in containers usually takes more time & care to water, etc.
    • Protect in winter with a mulch such as hay
    • When runners set a baby strawberry transplant, save the first new plant for next year & cut off the remainder
    Strawberry with many spring blossoms - some plants had 15 flowers this year

    Strawberries have always been a gardening favourite and once established take little care. They are quite forgiving and with regular fertilizer (compost), bloom and produce juicy, healthy fruit.  Hope this has been of help. See links to previous articles on how to grow strawberries and how good they are for your health.
     
    Have fun and enjoy your gardening ~ Cheers ~ Liz

    Links & References :

    • Many reasons to grow your own Strawberries
    • Strawberries are good for your health  
    • Oregon State University Oregon State University "Growing Strawberries" 
    • Growing Strawberries in the home garden : University of Minnesota Extension 
    • Growing Berries on the Oregon Coast (similar climate to BC) includes section on containers 
    Winter hardy strawberry

    More Gardening Articles

    • Small Fruits for the Home Garden
    • Devan Greenhouses - A "Destination Garden Centre"
    • Leah's Fabulous 2nd Year Vegetable Garden
      An Incredible 2nd Year Vegetable Garden
    • Save Dandelions for the Bees
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Filed Under: Gardening

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Hi, I'm Liz! I have been a happy gardener all my life. My goal on this blog is to share tips and resources to help you learn how to garden too. Passionate about all things "healthy". Life long learner and asker of "how".

    More about me →

    Popular

    • Vegetable gardening on a steep slope
      Vegetable Gardening on a Steep Slope
    • Fragrant fresh Meyer lemons growing at home
      Growing Citrus Trees in Lower Mainland, B.C
    • The Great Potato Debate ~ which variety to grow
    • Bright yellow kale flowers attract bees & hummingbirds
      4 Reasons to Leave Kale to Winter-Over

    Gardening

    • Top 8 Vegetables to Grow at Home
    • Tomatoes growing inside
      Spring Gardening Journal - April
    • Planting Your Spring Garden
    • Chemical free beans tomatoes strawberrry & raspberry
      It's Berry Time again
    See more Gardening →

    Recipes

    • Three Quick & Easy Dinners to Make
    • Chicken Cacciatore
      Easy to Make Chicken Cacciatore
    • Roast Butternut Squash Soup - the best!
    • Home grown beetroot - No chemicals added
      Beet or Borscht Soup - An easy to make Meal
    See more Recipes →

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About
    • Start Here

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Contact

    • Contact

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Copyright © 2023 · Caramel & Parsley
    Disclaimer & Copyright