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Melinda's Garden Moment - Strawberries

Posted at 1:32 PM, May 23, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-23 13:32:06-04

Add a bit of nutrition and beauty to your patio, deck, or balcony with a pot of strawberries.

The runners, flowers and fruit of June or spring bearing as well as day-neutral strawberries make for an attractive hanging basket. 

Set the plastic pot inside a decorative container.

Or use a traditional strawberry pot. 

Consider growing everbearing plants that produce several harvests and no runners.

Place soil on the bottom of the container.

Set a couple of perforated PVC down through the planter.

As you water, the water travels through the pipe and out the holes providing moisture to all plants from top to bottom.

Slide the plants through the hole from the inside of the pot.

Fill the remaining space with soil. Gently tamp and water thoroughly to eliminate air pockets.