Strawberries on the windowsill will delight you with vitamins in winter

Strawberries can delight you all year round with their berries. With proper care, it is not difficult to grow a piece of summer on your balcony or windowsill. After the summer season, or rather at the first frost, you just need to take healthy strawberry bushes with you and plant them in plastic containers or pots.

Planting and caring for strawberries on the windowsill

At the bottom of the container you need to arrange drainage to drain excess water, fill it with expanded clay and sand on top, and then with earth. The soil for strawberries should be light, loose and well fertilized. Ideally, the soil will be made of peat, sawdust, leaf and turf soil.

Strawberries will feel great on the windowsill if you care for them properly.

Care Tips:

• Lighting is very important. In the autumn-winter period, the lack of bright sun can be replaced by fluorescent lamps. They should be turned on for at least ten hours.
• Strawberry leaves should not come into contact with cold glass.
• The plant likes plenty of watering. 2-3 times a week, 100 ml of warm water per bush.
• Strawberries also need frequent feeding with fertilizers (2-3 times a month).
• An important point is the prevention of diseases of plant bushes.
• When flowers appear, it is necessary to pollinate the strawberries using a soft brush or shaking the bushes.
• Do not forget about removing the mustache and dry leaves.

If it is not possible to transplant bushes from your summer cottage, then you can plant strawberries on the windowsill, sprouted from seeds.This method takes more time, because... Strawberry seeds germinate in about 2-3 weeks.

In the spring, when moving to your summer cottage, you need to take care of a small greenhouse for strawberries, the roots of which will be weakened after transplanting.