Strawberries 🍓 will thrive and bear fruit in any soil, as long as it is permeable and in good horticultural condition. Continue reading “Soil Requirements for Strawberries”
How Densely Should You Plant Strawberries? What’s the Best Spacing?
Well, on one hand, you’d want to plant strawberries 🍓 as densely as possible in hopes of a high yield. On the other hand, there’s a sensible limit to the number of plants per unit area, and excessive crowding will cause individual plants to compete with each other for water and nutrients, and the maturing fruits, lacking sufficient sunlight ☀️, will be smaller and not as sweet as they could be. Moreover, due to the increased humidity in overly dense plantings, conditions become favorable for various fungal infections, especially gray mold. Continue reading “How Densely Should You Plant Strawberries? What’s the Best Spacing?”