To grow strawberries successfully you need not have to put a lot of effort. With certain valuable strawbery growing tips, any one can grow strawberries in their garden or on their windowsill using pots and containers. Thirty plants in your garden will provide enough strawberries for a family with four members. Selecting the right site is very important in strawberry cultivation. Any soil where you can grow other garden crops can be used for growing strawberries. Both sandy and heavy clay land can be chosen to plant strawberries.

Apply plenty of organic soil before you plant a strawberry plant on the land. This is a very basic but important strawberry growing tip. And make sure that it is a place where the plants will be exposed to full sun. You can start preparation to plant strawberries in early spring or in the late winter. Land should be spaded to a depth of seven to eight inches to ensure proper growth of the plants.

You will have to decide which variety of strawberry you need in your garden before you go to a nursery to purchase plants. Ever bearing strawberries will start to give fruits the year you plant them. June bearing strawberries will bear fruits in the next year. Choose only vigorous plants that are free from virus infection from an established nursery. You can purchase the baby plants either from your local nursery or through mail-order nursery system.

The main advantage of buying baby plants from the local nurseries is that you will be able to ensure that the cultivar that you select is someone that has been doing well in your local area. But you will be able to purchase rare varieties of plants by availing the service of mail-order nurseries. If you are not able to plant the strawberries at once, make sure that they are properly moisten, till you plant them in your garden.

The family refrigerator will be an ideal place to keep small lots of plants at your home. Large shipments are to be kept in cold storages under thirty two degrees Fahrenheit. If you do not have this facility, then keep them in four to five inches deep V shaped trenches. To get maximum yield out of your crop make sure that you are planting it in cite where it gets maximum sunlight.

Drought or standing water is not good for strawberries. Select only a well drained area of your garden to plant strawberries. This is a very important strawberry growing tip to follow. If this is not available in your garden, then you can plant strawberries in containers or pots. Beds to plant strawberries should be prepared beyond the rot zone of larger trees to avoid troubles to strawberries. If you are thinking of a large scale strawberry plantation it is always advisable to conduct a soil test of your land with the help of experts.

Try to plant strawberries early to get the best out of your strawberry plants. Around March or April, after the last frost is the best time to plant strawberries. Do not forget to water the plants every day and make sure that you pick them from the plant without fail. If the fruits sure not picked in time the plant will not yield as much fruit as you expect.