GROW STRAWBERRIES ON YOUR PATIO

Grow strawberries are difficult but grow on the patio it is harder to grow. People think the patio is only for sitting place but in today’s era, the concept behind the patio is felt a comfortable and focal point of gardening and lawn. Now a day’s people grow such types of plant that attain more attraction and cause a sense of beauty.

Are you wanna grow strawberries for a long time that you can enjoy fresh? This article is going to very helpful to you for growing strawberries on the patio. In this article, I am going to guide you completely that one can grow strawberries on the patio from scratch to end so read this article completely for full information. This is the work of passionate persons who adopt advanced gardening techniques in their garden.

In this article I cover these contents

1. Why Grow  strawberries on Patio
2. What Should be the Size of the Patio
3. Selection of Planting Material
4. Selection of Potting Material
5. Watering and Irrigation for strawberries
6. Fertilizer Management for Strawberry Plant
7. Diseases and Pest for Strawberries
8. Insect Pest of Strawberry Plant

 Grow strawberries is difficult but grow on the patio it is harder to grow People think the patio is only for sitting place but in today’s era, the concept behind the patio is to feel the comfortable and focal point of gardening and lawn. Now a day’s people grow such types of plant that attain more attraction and cause a sense of beauty.

Why Grow Strawberries on Patio

Most of the people think this question. Why to grow strawberries on the patio because there are so many places to grow strawberries, so why grow on the patio. Every person has a different situation, some have less space, and some want to make an excellent aesthetic look because the red and green color gives more attraction and also a source of a focal point.

In Patio gardening, you don’t need to go to the backyard or anywhere in the garden. All the things are under your easy access. 

Strawberries are the best plant for the Patio gardening because it is low height and small volume, having very low biomass, and give a colorful look. One can save strawberries by growing on a patio for different diseases and the management of strawberries is very easy.

What Should be the Size of the Patio

Before planting strawberries it is very essential that what will be the size of your patio. This depends upon the need of your family.

What are the numbers of family members you have?

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You have to grow strawberries accordingly. For a medium type of family containing 4-5 family members having 4-5 containers are enough. You can put theses container along the border of the patio for growing strawberries on the patio.

Selection of Planting Material

It is very important to select what type of strawberry you have to grow on your patio there are three types of strawberries plant which are mention here

1. Day-neutral strawberries
2. Ever bear strawberries
3. June bear strawberries

Depending upon your weather and choice you have to select your own. If you want to read more about the selection of planting material of strawberry plant I have read an awesome article click here for that article. 

Selection of Potting Material

Every plant performs best when they have the desirable potting mixes. The Strawberry plant has its desire. Rich organic soils prefer by the strawberry plant.

If you have the garden soil, adds an ample quantity of organic matter to make the soil best for strawberry. If you purchase the good potting mix that is also good for patio planting. Soil should be well-drained have not high pH.

Watering and Irrigation

As the Strawberry fruit is very fleshy and full of water content. So strawberry needs more water for its nourishment and fruiting. Too much water can cause root rot so irrigate the medium of strawberry before drying and after soggy condition.

There are so many ways to irrigate the strawberries. You can use sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation, and overhead irrigation.

 Strawberries cover a very small area on the patio so you need to irrigate with the help of a shower or overhead irrigation.  But the problem starts when the strawberry plants bear the fruit then showering and overhead watering leads to the fruit rot. The best method of fruit gearing strawberries plant applies water at the base of the strawberries that have not direct contact with the fruit and leaf of the strawberries.

Things to Consider for Care of Strawberry plant

There are different things that you have to consider while growing strawberries on the patio. A few of them I mention blew

Fertilizer Management for Strawberry Plant

Just like water, fertilizer is also a good maintainer for disease management. Excessive uses of nitrogenous fertilizer not only increase the vegetative growth of the strawberry plant and lead to the insect and disease attack.

Strawberries plant gives more yield when feeds on complete and balanced fertilizer.

A balance fertilizes like 10:10:10 or 15:15:15 or 20:20:20 are the good maintainer for managing the diseases of the strawberries and for good production. For those who want to grow organic strawberries one of my advice use an organic potting mix for the growth of the strawberries and not use this synthetic fertilizer. You can addpeat moss, vermicompost, leaf compost, coco peat, and  Farmyard manure (FYM).

Diseases and Pest

The fungus is a very destructive pathogen of the Strawberries. The remedy of fungus diseases is very essential. As you grow your strawberries on the patio good and healthy strawberries give more attraction. But if your strawberries are infested with the diseases it gives a bad sign for the visitor and can make annoy for the sitting person.

The wise use of water leads to the healthy fruiting of the strawberries and good maintainer for the management of the disease.

These are the common diseases that attack the strawberries

• Anthracnose Crown Rot
• Leather Rot
• Gray Mold
• Black Root Rot

If you want to study the diseases of strawberries you can click here

Which Insects Attack on Strawberry Plant

As discus earlier managing plants is not only leading good and healthy fruit but it also a question of competency for you. Several insects attack the Strawberry fruits.

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These are the common insects that attack the strawberries fruit and plant.

• Aphid
• Sap beetle
• White fly
• Sugarcane beetle
• Strawberry bud and root weevil
• Fruit fly
• Strawberries Fruit thrips
• Leaf hopper
• White grub
• Two-spotted spider might

Several methods prevent and control the insect pest of the strawberry plants. Chemical pesticide ,cultural practices and the use of biological agents are the most widely used methods for insect pest control.  If you want to read about the control of insect pest you can click here.

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