移植(する)ing Strawberries In 3 平易な Steps
A 重要な part of 維持できる strawberry gardening is the ability to 移植(する) strawberries and create 多重の 世代s of strawberry starts. It doesn’t make any sense to buy seeds every year and start from scratch, 特に when the best strawberry 産する/生じるs are on the 2nd and 3rd years of growth.
The optimal way to keep your strawberry garden 拡大するing year after year is by 移植(する)ing starts from old to new beds where they can grow more 自由に and create their own patch of new Waec gce expo 工場/植物s.
Digging Up The Starts
The main thing to remember here is to steer (疑いを)晴らす of the roots with whatever digging 道具 you are using. It seems pretty ありふれた sense, but we have seen some strange gardening practices, so it is best to について言及する it. You don’t have to be too careful when you are pulling them up, but it will still 要求する 会社/堅い 圧力. If you look at the ビデオ we made, you will see we aren’t 扱う/治療するing them with any sort of special care.
Once you pull up your starts, 小衝突 aside any 超過 構成要素 to 準備する them for replanting.
Setting up the Strawberry Bed
Strawberries 栄える in raised beds of dirt. Strawberry 工場/植物s and fruit 残り/休憩(する) on the ground 自然に. This 許すs moisture to collect around and under the 工場/植物 which 増加するs the chance of molds 廃虚ing your juicy berries. Raising the bed gives a way for 超過 moisture to run off and away from your 工場/植物s.
At our community garden, we have created raised beds that are 24” across. Having such a wide hill 許すs us to stagger where we 工場/植物 our young strawberry 工場/植物s in a triangle 形式 and create an optimal area for them to 拡大する and multiply themselves. Our strawberry 移植(する)ing ビデオ shows this 過程 more 明確に.
Replanting the Strawberries
It is important that strawberry starts get the appropriate 量 of space between them. The 走者s will stretch out in every direction and root themselves in new areas to begin the cycle of strawberry life once again. 工場/植物ing starts too の近くに tog ether will 妨げる this replication 過程 and also have a 消極的な 影響 on 全体にわたる 産する/生じる. We 示唆する 10-12” of space between each 工場/植物.
At these distances apart, we have 設立する that a strawberry 工場/植物 will 産する/生じる だいたい 1 quart the first year, 1.5 quarts the 2nd year, and 2 quarts the 3rd year.
Bringing in the Next 世代
With these 3 simple steps, you will be 井戸/弁護士席 on your way to creating your own strawberry field at 絶対 no cost for new 工場/植物s. It only took us 4 years to 増加する our strawberry 生産(高) by over 500%. The people from our garden are literally taking home gallons of strawberries. We got 40 gallons just for ourselves that we used to make jams and 株d with family. Tickled our tongues for months!
You can do just the same with a 計画(する) of 活動/戦闘 and the 権利 knowledge. Want to know more before getting started? Then check out our website elliotthomestead.com which show how to grow strawberries more 効果的に. Once you are ready, start getting dirty and start gardening!