How to Pot Strawberries

Visit your garden center or nursery and ask for recommended strawberry plants for your region and for growing in pots. Typically, ever-bearing or seasonal strawberries will grow in pots, but seasonal strawberries are typically best suited for cold climates.

Place a strawberry pot in a location that receives six to eight hours of light a day.

Cut a piece of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe to the height of the pot using a hacksaw. Drill several holes up and down the pipe.

Set the pipe upright in the center of the pot, where the bottom is not covering the drainage holes. The pipe will ensure water and air flow throughout the soil.

Fill the pot with fresh, organic potting soil until the soil level reaches the bottom of the lower planting pockets.

Remove strawberry plants from their plastic starter pots and set the root balls into the pockets. Fill soil in the spaces around the root balls and continue to fill the pot until you reach the next tier of pockets. Continue to fill the pot with soil and plant strawberries until the top pockets are planted.

Place the number of strawberry plants that will fit in the top opening of the pot on the surface of the current soil level, around the PVC pipe. Place plants approximately six inches apart, unless otherwise recommended by your garden center or nursery.

Add soil around the strawberry plants in the top opening until the soil just covers the root balls.

Water the soil by sprinkling the soil surface at the top opening and filling the PVC pipe.