Little tricks for growing strawberries at home: one pot becomes many pots, and the more you grow them, the more lush they get and the more berries they produce

Strawberries taste really good, sweet and tangy, and actually you can grow them yourself at home in pots on the balcony, even fresher and tastier. Figs, strawberries, and cherry tomatoes are all potted fruits suitable for growing at home. A friend grew strawberries on the terrace for several years, starting with just two or three seedlings, and later used a little trick to easily propagate lots of strawberry seedlings:

1. Strawberries can also bear fruit in winter, as long as good insulation measures are taken. For example, if they are grown in pots, you can slip a plastic bag over them and place them in a sunny spot, and they can gradually bloom and fruit until the next spring.

2. After the strawberry fruiting period is over, many runners will grow from the mother plant.

There are also some stolons, and these stolons even come with roots, so they can be planted directly into pots.

3. The first method is to use scissors to cut off these stolons with white roots, then plant them in pots, and they will grow into new strawberry seedlings.

The second method is not to cut them off. Place a small pot beside them, fill it with leaf mold soil, garden soil, or similar. Then bury the plantlet on the stolon in the soil and water it. Once it has grown bigger, cut it off.

4. With this method, one strawberry seedling can be propagated into several, which is very simple and fun.

5. How do strawberry seedlings get through summer? Because they are rather afraid of heat, potted strawberries grown at home must be placed in a shaded and ventilated place, not exposed to strong sun, otherwise the leaves easily wilt and dry up.

You can place them under other potted green plants for shade, or in a semi-shaded spot. Water when the soil is dry, and be careful not to let water accumulate when it rains. Basically, they need very little care.

6. In autumn when the temperature drops, apply a top dressing once to fertilize the strawberries. You can use chicken manure fertilizer, cake fertilizer, and so on, and they will quickly grow again, then start blooming and bearing strawberries again in winter.

A little tip: if strawberry seedlings have been grown for three or four years, the fruiting rate will decline, so we can replace them with new strawberry seedlings for more fruit and more vigorous growth!