Almost everyone looks forward to the first strawberries in spring. Many people ask themselves whether you can't also grow strawberries in a flower pot in normal potting soil on the windowsill. To do this, you should know which special nutrients the strawberries need to make them particularly tasty.
Young plants or seeds need nutrient-poor soil
The right soil for strawberries
Strawberries like normal garden soil with humus and sand. It should be permeable and loose. Stored compost brings nutrients, sand, clay, fine gravel or bark humus loosen the soil. Horn shavings (32.93€) or bedrock provide the necessary trace elements.
All of these ingredients can also be mixed yourself, because the trade often offers expensive special products that do not really support the growth of strawberries.
Another thing to keep in mind is that strawberry plants don't like freshly tilled soil. If you plan to plant strawberries, the soil should be prepared a few weeks before planting. The strawberries will thrive if the bed meets the following requirements:
- the earth is full of nutrients, deep and humus (humus content between 10 and 30%)
- the soil contains up to 30% green compost
- the earth is moist, but there is no risk of waterlogging
- the pH is between 6 and 7
- some clay flour is incorporated, increases the water storage capacity
If the earth does not correspond to the ideal state,
- sand can be incorporated for loosening
- horn shavings bring an extra portion of nitrogen
- provides the plants with trace elements
- silicon is added to calcareous soil
- Lime is added to acidic soil
The components of the potting soil
This soil is specially put together for indoor, pot, balcony and terrace plants, as plants in narrow pots make different demands on their soil.
Potting soil contains more nitrogen, more phosphates, less potassium, but more sulfur than normal garden soil.
An important component is peat or humus, along with fibers and clay granules for water storage. The stable structure of the potting soil allows the potted plants to grow well.
Strawberries will certainly also grow in the potting soil, since there is usually a slow-release fertilizer here. Whether the berries taste good, however, depends on a try.
However, anyone who has the opportunity to plant strawberries in the garden bed or in the balcony box with self-mixed "strawberry soil" should use it to get a delicious harvest.