Want to know how to grow strawberries indoors but don’t know where to start?
Don’t worry, strawberries are one of those plants that, with a few basic care steps and a few simple rules to remember, will reward you with the tastiest strawberries you’ve ever tasted.
How to grow strawberries at home
The best strawberries you can taste are those you grow at home . For supermarket sale, they’re usually picked a little green (otherwise, they wouldn’t reach the consumer in good condition), which prevents the strawberry from producing all the sugar it’s capable of.
The more sugar a strawberry produces, the more strawberry flavor it has. Growing them at home allows you to harvest them at the right time, when they’re already packed with sugar and nutrients.
What is the best strawberry variety to grow?
There are many strawberry varieties with different flowering times: some bloom once a year, others year-round. There’s no need to be confused; the care for all varieties is practically the same ; you just have to choose the ones that catch your eye or appeal to you the most.
Wild strawberries are incredibly small, but they make up for it with a very intense flavor. They’re very productive, and if you don’t have ideal light at home, they’re also the best. They’re practically impossible to find in supermarkets because they don’t keep well; you have to eat them the day they’re picked.
Where to plant strawberries: light and climate
Strawberries are a good source of antioxidants, including anthocyanins, which give them their characteristic red color.
Antioxidants help protect cells from free radical damage and can have a positive impact on health by reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. All reasons to always eat them fresh and free.
Strawberries love the sun, so choose a sunny spot with about seven hours of direct sunlight. Although they’re big sun worshippers, they also tolerate shade quite well, although their production will be much lower.
This fruit tolerates a wide range of temperatures. Its optimal temperature for new stems, flowers, and fruit development is 10-13ºC at night and 18-22ºC during the day.
To grow them indoors, you don’t need much: just a few plastic bottles, the wider the better. Cut them in half with a carpet knife and drill holes around the bottles with a hot awl or screwdriver.
You can use either the part with the lid or the part with the
