Starting:
Germination is the trickiest aspect to growing strawberries. Be patient, and check out the tricks below.
Tuck your strawberry seed packet inside a sealed plastic bag or airtight container and place in your refrigerator freezer (not deep freeze) for 3-4 weeks. When you remove the bag or container, do not break the seal until it (and its living contents) have reached room temperature. This may take several hours. Err on the side of caution. Opening the package too quickly may result in water condensing on the cold seeds, and this will reduce your chances of success.
Once the sealed package has ¡°thawed¡± to room temperature, you¡¯re in a position to plant. Sow the seeds on the surface of pre-moistened, sterilized seed starting mix in trays or small containers. Place these on a piece of felt or other thick cloth that has its end sitting in water. The idea is to wick up water from below in order that the seedling medium stays continuously and evenly damp until germination.
An alternative method is to sow strawberry seeds on the surface of moistened soil in a germination tray (or in small pots). Tuck the tray or pots inside a sealed plastic bag, and store in the refrigerator for 3-4 weeks.
Keep your seeded trays under bright fluorescent lights at a constant temperature of 18-24¡ãC (65-75¡ãF). Seedling heat mats work very well. Germination may take anywhere from 7 days to 6 weeks. Be patient. Once germination occurs, increase ventilation around your plants to prevent damping off.
Once the seedlings develop their third true leaf, they are able to be gently transplanted into their own pots. Make sure you harden your seedlings off carefully and step by step before transplanting out of doors.
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The strawberry succeeds in a surprisingly wide range of soils and situations and, compared with other horticultural crops, has a low fertilizer requirement.
It is, then again, vulnerable to drought and requires moisture-retaining soil or irrigation by furrow or sprinkler.
Strawberries are very perishable and require cool dry storage.
Strawberries are produced commercially both for immediate consumption and for processing as frozen, canned, or preserved berries or as juice.
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