How to grow strawberries in a greenhouse, prolonging the growing season as much as possible

In order to answer the question “How to grow strawberries in a greenhouse?”, you first need to create all the necessary conditions for them and decide which variety is best to grow.

Only remontant strawberry varieties can produce berries for a long period of time. In addition, varieties need to be chosen that are self-pollinating (modern strawberry varieties are mostly like this, but old varieties will have to be pollinated artificially - with a brush, or by installing a beehive).

To get a good harvest of strawberries out of season, you will have to create good conditions for growth and development. So how to grow strawberries in a greenhouse?

Flower buds form on plants only if the night is long enough. If such varieties are grown in open ground, then flower buds are laid in the fall. The longer the “day” in protected ground, the earlier the strawberries begin to bloom. Daylight lasting 16 hours (achieved by additional lighting) allows strawberries to begin to bloom after 10 days, and they begin to bear fruit after about 35 days. The length of the day, which is 8 hours, accordingly increases the period (14 and 48).

To grow strawberries in a greenhouse, planting material is taken from the tendrils that formed in the past season.

The mustaches are rooted in open ground in mid-July - August, and in October-November they are transplanted into a heated greenhouse.Artificial crop lighting makes it possible to harvest from mid-March to early May; if there is no additional lighting, from late March to mid-May.

In protected soil, strawberries are usually grown as an annual crop.