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Growing strawberries is so easy you don't even need a garden to grow these luscious berries successfully. 

Strawberries will grow quite happily in pots, tubs and most types of containers. And by careful selection of varieties you can have strawberries from late spring to well into autumn 

If you're growing strawberries for the first time choose a sunny spot where the soil is  free draining but doesn't dry out too quickly. Strawberries like plenty of moisture but hate standing in waterlogged soil.

Make sure you prepare the ground where you're growing strawberries by digging over the soil deeply and adding plenty of garden compost or decayed manure. Strawberry plants will also benefit from an organic fertilizer dressing 

Before planting your strawberry plants remove all perennial weeds. Allow 10inches (25cm) between plants and 12 inches (30cm) between rows. 

Growing strawberry plants of early, mid-season, late and autumn fruiting variety will give you a good crop over several months.  

 

New strawberry plants are best planted in late summer to allow them to become well established before winter. This applies particularly if you are growing early strawberries and to those grown under cloches. (read more about strawberry plant)

  

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