Growing strawberries from seeds

Nowadays, it is absolutely not necessary to search all the specialized stores for summer residents in search of your favorite or desired variety of strawberries. There are many different catalogs and online stores offering their products, delivering by mail. This saves a lot of time and is quite comfortable. But many people think: “Isn’t this a pig in a poke?” In fact, you place an order under the same conditions as buying it on the market or in a store, and if the result obtained is not particularly pleasing, then questions should arise only to the manufacturer, and not to the seller who sent it to you by post. tax payment.

Many gardeners like to experiment with varieties of their favorite berries, and growing strawberries from seeds has proven to be a good idea if you approach the issue in the most correct way, because growing good strawberries is not so easy. It is necessary to clarify the fact that it is possible to grow all varieties of strawberries from seeds, except hybrid ones.

There are quite a few different ways to grow strawberries from seeds. Personally, I gave the greatest preference to the following: you need to buy planting soil and fill a low box (no more than 10 centimeters high) halfway with it and water it properly. Place the strawberry seeds on the surface so as not to cover them with soil. Next, the box must be converted into a kind of greenhouse, covering it with glass or polyethylene. I place the box in a warm place; it should be noted that the soil must be constantly moist. After the strawberry shoots appear, the box must be placed in the brightest place and the polyethylene or glass must be removed. After the leaves have appeared, the seedlings must be transplanted into small pots and fed with fertilizers weekly. As they grow, I transplant the seedlings to a summer cottage.

The harvest is always a pleasant surprise!