Strawberries in a barrel - a great harvest and save the earth! Bashny.Net

Summer residents are known to the people on the rich fudge, and if with the help of some suburban know-how will get a good harvest, and even a piece of land at the same time to save money - such inventions doubly appreciated

. So for example there was an interesting proposal to grow strawberries in a barrel.




Old barrels, can be full of holes, or even completely without a bottom, it is not difficult to find, and it is this, and need. Little effort, skill and of course the same fantasy - and the result will not wait long. On your site will be an interesting tool for the cultivation of strawberries or strawberry.



But in a barrel can be grown and other plants, such as cucumbers, peppers and salad greens.

Old useless barrel will be a very useful thing, benefiting and pleasing the eye. Cultivated strawberries in a barrel by the method of the so-called vertical beds.



First, on the walls of the barrels marked the spot where the future will house the bushes. The layout is best done in a staggered manner so that the plants receive maximum sunlight, it has a positive impact on future crops.

The optimum mesh size for planting strawberry seedlings - 5x5 cm, and the land will not fall out and the plant will not feel embarrassed

. On the surface of a 200-liter drum can be positioned about 30 bushes seedlings.



In selected locations need to cut holes, metal edges gently bend inward, so that plants can easily be directed upwards.

in sufficient quantity to provide each of the arranged water plants need to perform a vertical drain drilled using a sewer pipe or using a more complex method - filling the central part of gravel barrels. This will produce a uniform flow of water to the plants throughout the height of the barrel. The space between the walls of the barrel and the drainage pipe should be thoroughly trampled ground.

To make it, you need to mix:
 - Two-thirds of
sod land  - One-third sand
 - You can also add wood ash
 -., Organic and mineral fertilizers on recommended standards for strawberries







Now you can do the actual planting of seedlings. Strawberries in a barrel feels comfortable, but we must remember that the land in a barrel will dry more quickly than in the beds, which requires more frequent watering.