Balcony planting strawberries to start from the soil, watering, selecting strawberry roots, planting strawberry roots, management of potted strawberries and other aspects; planting skills is to cut and plant.

A, planting method

1, soil: strawberries prefer fertile soil, so in the preparation of nutrient soil, to add more bottom fertilizer, it is best to add a small amount of animal manure.

2, watering: after the nutrient soil into the pot, pay attention to, potting soil and pot along the distance of three or four centimeters, can not be filled. After that, water it thoroughly, and then put it in a cool place for a day or two.

3, choose strawberry roots: choose the growth of the more robust strawberry seedlings, if the root system of the seedlings is damaged, cut off the damaged root system, some old leaves are also cut off, leaving two or three leaves can be.

4, planting strawberry roots: dig a few small holes in the top of the potting soil, the depth of about three to five centimeters, put the strawberry seedling carefully into it, so that the root system to stretch out, and then put the seedling right after the soil is pressed flat.

5, management of potted strawberries: after that, less watering, and then set a plastic bag on top of the pot, which can prevent water evaporation, so that the pot is in a moist state.

Second, planting skills

Planting cuttings: strawberry reproduction ability than any fruit is strong, a strawberry in the spring season in the midst of a lot of runners to open up, in the top of it there will be a lot of seedlings grow out, which can be cut down and re-growing, but also to let our family reproduce more strawberries, a strawberry can be reproduced more than a dozen new strawberries.

Strawberry distribution range

Strawberries are native to South America, widely cultivated throughout China and Europe. China's wild strawberry resources are abundant, mainly distributed in the northeast of the Changbai Mountains, the northwest of the Qinba Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains, as well as the Yunnan-Gui Plateau and the Tibetan Plateau, etc. In the 1980s, China set out to establish a national strawberry resource nursery for the introduction of wild strawberry resources and varieties, identification and preservation.

China has two national strawberry resource nurseries, located in Beijing (Beijing Forestry and Fruit Tree Research Institute) and Nanjing (Horticultural Research Institute of Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences), each preserving more than 400 strawberry varieties and resources; Jiaohe Strawberry Research Institute of Jilin Province (a private enterprise) also preserves more than 500 strawberry resources.