How to Plant Strawberries in Baskets

You do not have to have a large garden to grow strawberries. Plant baskets with a few strawberry plants and hang them from your balcony or patio. Choose everbearing or day-neutral varieties that will produce fruit all summer long.

Things You'll Need

Hanging basket
Potting soil
Potting trowel

High-potassium fertilizer
5 strawberry plants

Instructions

- 1
  Fill the basket with potting soil. Choose a light soil mix that will encourage good water drainage.
- 2
  Dig a hole in the center of the basket with a potting trowel, making it deep enough to accommodate the root ball of the strawberry plant.
- 3
  Place the plant in the hole and cover the roots up. Keep the crown of the plant above the soil.
- 4
  Plant the other four plants around the center one, spacing them evenly between the center and edge of the basket.
- 5
  Water the strawberry plants well and place the basket in a sunny spot where there is at least six hours of sunlight and protection from the wind.
- 6
  Feed your strawberry plants during flowering to harvest time every 10 days with a high-potassium fertilizer such as a tomato-fertilizing feed.

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