How to grow strawberries in hanging baskets Bashny.Net

Strawberries can be grown not only in beds but in pots and hanging baskets.

And what kinds of grades are suitable for vertical growing?

Everyone knows that strawberries grow in the raised beds. However, much fun can deliver and strawberries, "growing from the sky" — in balcony boxes, hanging boxes and baskets. But not all varieties are suitable for such experiments.





 

For balcony boxes, it is best to buy the variety called "Hummi-Meraldo". On the one hand, it is resistant to heat, and with another — has short foliage, making this variety are very compact.

For balcony boxes and hanging pots perfect grade "Tuscany". It is characterized by many long aerial roots and mustaches that grow well in hanging. And yet, this variety has pink color flowers instead of white, which gives it a decorative value. Despite the fact that this variety is considered purely decorative, during the summer, he gives a lot of berries. You can expect a harvest within one kilo of delicious berries from the Bush.

Curly sort of "Hummi" also recommended for growing in hanging pots and baskets. The plants of this sort usually are strong, though, and have more slender stems and a mustache. This difference makes the variety more popular among the so-called "vertical" varieties of strawberries. Thinner stem allows for faster is to provide a plant water and nutrients to the other parts of plants, including inflorescences, and fruits – and You will be able thus to gather a richer harvest of higher-quality berries.

The sort of "Hummi" given by us as suitable varieties for growing vertical in suspension designs, but it also can be used as climbing up a plant.

Strawberry varieties "Hummi" growing very well, is to provide itself with water and nutrients, can grow up to two meters in height by means of supports.





Tip: Growing strawberries, do not allow drying of the soil — it should be constantly moist, otherwise the plants will react by stopping the growth.

After planting and before growth of the bushes of strawberries, the soil should be slightly damp; and starting from the phase of flowering and before the fruit setting phase - never moisten the leaves, and later on to baste the fruit and the core of the plant to avoid rotting and defeat infections.published

 

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