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Strawberry Cultivation

Strawberries need drainage, morning sun, and fruits should not rest on wet soil.

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In containers, strawberries thrive if you don't drown them. Fruits resting on wet soil rot; a mulch or cut mesh lifts them up.

Container

Deep containers or pots 5-11 L. Coco with perlite. Renew plants every 2-3 years; stolons are offspring, not an infinite miracle.

Regular, at the base. Avoid wetting the fruit. Mesh or straw under the clusters. Sun for 6 hours; in August, shade from 3 PM if they overheat.

Gray rot, snails, birds. Aphids in spring. Remove old leaves from the center.

Pots 5-11 L, coco, and a cut of weed control mesh in the container to prevent fruits from resting in the mud.

Indoors?

Low light = few flowers. Better on a terrace or south-facing window.

Hydrogel?

Low dose in containers in the sun. Excess rots the neck.

Fertilizer?

Balanced; too much N = leaves and few strawberries.

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