A planting guide with instructions

Which location is suitable for wild strawberries?

If you come across the native wild strawberries on hikes, they thrive along sunny forest edges, in bright clearings and even under the protection of tall deciduous trees. You should therefore offer the plants a sunny to partially shaded area in the garden as well place. The closer the soil texture comes to the loose, humus forest soil, the more diligently the everbearing strawberries will take root.

Which planting time is recommended?

The months of July and August are considered the optimal planting period. If you miss this date, March and April can be considered as alternatives. Thanks to the robust constitution of Wild strawberries, they will still grow well at a later point in time in early summer.

How does the planting work in detail?

The soil is prepared a few weeks before the planting date so that it can settle. The addition of ripe compost, rotted

Horse manure or commercially available humus completes the nutrient content in the soil. A dosage of 5 liters per square meter is considered appropriate. After a waiting period of at least two weeks, it continues like this:

• Place the root balls of the young plants that have already been grown or purchased ready-made in water for 30 minutes
• meanwhile weed the clod again without digging deep
• put the potted plants in pits with twice the volume of the root ball
• Insert so deep that the heart bud remains free and pour
• consider a planting distance of 20-25 centimeters

In the planter on the balcony first create a drainage with pebbles over the water drain. Then fill in the substrate enriched with compost and let it rest. Plant the young wild strawberries, water them and take them with you Expanded clay(€ 16.36 at Amazon *) or Perlite(€ 39.50 at Amazon *)mulch.

When is harvest time?

One of the great advantages of wild strawberries is based on a perpetual harvest throughout the summer. The fruits are much smaller than the mighty cultivated strawberries. The Wild Art, on the other hand, makes up for this with a unique aroma. Always harvest strawberries that are colored throughout, without a light green collar. The ripe fruits are picked so that part of the stalk and the green sepals remain on it.

Tips & Tricks

Wild strawberries develop strong offshoots that are ideal for propagation. In late summer, place a clay pot with substrate next to a vital mother plant in the ground and place a suitable offshoot over it so that it takes root there. If the pot is rooted, the young plant is cut off from the mother and planted in the new location.