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The sweet strawberries from your own garden simply taste best. We'll tell you how best to plant strawberries.

When planting strawberries, it is important to pay attention to the correct planting depth
Growing

Strawberries (Fragaria) in your own garden or on the balcony is actually not difficult. With the right soil in the right location, well cared for, fertilized and watered, nothing stands in the way of a delicious harvest between June and August. In the following, we will introduce you to everything that needs to be considered when planting strawberries, from the choice of location to the planting time and procedure.

Planting Strawberries: Location

The location is crucial for a successful strawberry harvest. The rhizome, i.e. the rootstock, of the strawberry plants is sensitive to frost. Gardens exposed to the wind and cold storage areas are therefore not suitable for growing strawberries. Even very sheltered locations, which lead to premature budding and then expose the plant to late frosts without protection, are not ideal. Rather, strawberries like well-structured, well-aerated and slightly acidic (roughly pH 6) soil with lots of humus. Sunny places are ideal, but watering should not be forgotten when fully exposed to the sun. Soil compaction and waterlogging can reduce the success of cultivation, as this increases the risk of root rot. If you fear problems with waterlogging or have very loamy soil, you should consider growing on dams. Where the soil conditions absolutely do not meet the criteria, it is advisable to plant strawberries in pots or boxes, which can be moved to a sunny place, sheltered from the wind and out of the danger of frost in winter.

If the planting conditions in the garden are not right, strawberries should be planted in pots or boxes

You shouldn't plant strawberries in beds where cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, celery, cabbage or legumes (beans, peas) were growing the year before. Because all these plants can be attacked by the Verticillium wilt and therefore unknowingly offer potential risks of disease for the strawberries. Beds that have grown strawberries in the last three years should also have a three-year-old for the time beingreceive a break in cultivation. A green manure (e.g. barley, oats, buckwheat, phacelia) that leaves the soil weed-free is the best pre-culture for a new strawberry bed.

What should be considered when choosing a location for strawberries?

  • Strawberries like it sunny and sheltered from the wind and detest frost
  • Well aerated, humic and slightly acidic soil
  • If the soil is loamy or there is a risk of waterlogging: consider ridge cultivation, higher beds (e.g. 40 cm high) or select varieties that can cope better with these conditions
To avoid waterlogging, strawberries can also be grown in higher beds

Planting strawberries: planting time and procedure

The optimal planting time is late July to mid-August. This gives the plants enough time to establish roots and flower buds in September for next year's first harvest. But strawberries can also be planted into September and in spring, but they will not bear fruit in the first year. So-called Frigo strawberries (in "A+" quality) can be planted between the beginning of April and the end of June. They are a little more expensive, but bear fruit in about eight weeks after planting. This is possible because the runners that became frigo plants were separated much later than normal and these have already formed flowers as runners.

So that the strawberry plants have enough energy to grow, some primarily organic organic fertilizer with potassium content, such as our Plantura organic tomato fertilizer, should be added to the planting hole before planting. For cultivation in the home garden, three-row beds with a distance of 40 to 45 cm between the rows have proven themselves. A maintenance and harvesting path with a width of 60 cm should be created after every three rows. There should be a distance of about 25 to 30 cm between the plants in the row (15 cm for monthly strawberries).

Because the transition between roots and shoots is minimal, you should pay close attention to the correct planting depth when planting. If the plants are too deep, the heart leaves (the small growth tips in the middle of the plant) or the roots can easily rot. On the other hand, if the plants are too high, the roots and heart leaves can dry out easily. Immediately after planting, the strawberries should be watered properly. Especially in high summer temperatures, you should always ensure an adequate water supply two or three weeks after planting (watering once a day).

Leave about 25 to 30 cm between plants when growing in rows

When and how are strawberries planted?

  • At best between the end of July and mid-August, then a harvest can already be expected in the following year
  • Frigo plants (harvest after 8 weeks) can be planted from the beginning of April to the end of June
  • When planting, pay attention to the correct planting depth

We have compiled the best strawberry varieties for your garden or balcony for you here.

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