Strawberries usually germinate about 15-20 days after sowing, and it will be able to blossom and bear fruit about 3~4 months after sowing. The germination time is relatively long, so you can do germination treatment before sowing. If you find it troublesome to raise seedlings, you can just buy seedlings and transplant them. After germination can be appropriate to let the seedlings sun, adequate light can let the seedlings grow better, in addition to light should pay attention to the management of water, fertilizer and temperature.

Strawberry germination time

Generally, strawberries will germinate 15-20 days after sowing, you can _soak_germination_before_sowing_the_seed_to_make_the_seed_germinate_faster. Strawberry seed germination time is relatively long, many feel the trouble of sowing seeds are chosen to directly buy seedlings transplanted, you can eat strawberries faster.

Strawberries grow very quickly, usually about 3 to 4 months after planting (usually about 90 days), it will be able to blossom and bear fruit. Strawberry seedlings in pots will bloom even faster, usually in 1~2 months.

How to plant strawberry seeds

Planting time

The best time to plant strawberries on the balcony is in spring and fall, which are the best seasons. Of course, other times are also possible, as well as growth, but the time required can be a little longer. Indoor cultivation has sufficient artificial maintenance conditions, the indoor temperature is not too low, you can grow anytime, anywhere.

Selecting soil pots

①Pot

There is no limit to the pots, best plastic pots, easy to move. Plastic pots have a wide range of choices and can be selected according to the size of our indoor balcony.

②Soil

Because it's a home grown planting, it's best to have a well-drained soil. After all, it is not the natural conditions of the outdoors, with the special nutrient soil for home flower gardening can be, you can add a small amount of bottom fertilizer in the soil.

Seedling

Most flower markets sell strawberry seeds, and there are many varieties, so choose one of the most common ones. Go home and soak the seeds in water for two hours, then sprinkle them evenly over the surface of the soil in the pot.

Then cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. If you don't want to plant seedlings, you can buy finished seedlings.

About 15-20 days time will sprout small shoots, can be placed on the balcony, sunshine. The sun will make the small strawberry seedlings grow a little faster, and daily watering will be just like watering flowers.

Later fertilization

You can choose the use of fertilizer according to the growth of their strawberries. Usually just use a nutrient solution poured in water and fertilize through daily watering. Potted strawberry root system are relatively weak, if the use of fertilizer particles, easy to cause injury to the roots of strawberries, is not conducive to growth.