Methods for planting garden strawberries

Strawberries are a wonderful garden crop; it is not without reason that they are called the queen of all berries. Attractive in appearance, strawberries have excellent taste, and in terms of vitamin C content they can compete even with black currants.

Each gardener chooses the most convenient methods for planting strawberries: in open ground on long beds, in a greenhouse or winter garden using a stacked-pyramid method, you can also adopt the vertical method of growing strawberries in bags.

Traditionally, strawberry planting methods are divided into spring and summer.

In spring, strawberries are planted from late April to mid-May, in summer - from late August to mid-September.
Summer planting has some advantages, first of all, such seedlings will produce the first harvests the following year, in addition, the area for strawberries can be used during the summer to grow other crops, such as vegetables and herbs.

Also, methods of planting strawberries are divided into one-line and two-line.

In open ground, strawberries are usually planted in two rows, at a distance of about 40 cm from each other. Young strawberry bushes are placed 20-30cm apart in a row. This method allows you to place a larger number of plants per unit area, thereby obtaining a larger harvest. The width of the bed with this planting method depends on soil moisture, but should not be less than 80 cm.

Strawberries can be planted in one row between rows of garden trees, placing the bushes at a distance of 20-30cm from each other.The intervals between single-line rows must be at least 60cm.