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How to Get Strawberry Plants for Free, Forever

Strawberries are a favorite for home gardeners, but buying new plants every season can get expensive. Luckily, strawberry ...
Growing strawberries in pots is a simple way to get delicious homegrown fruit all summer long. Any variety of strawberry can be grown in pots and there is a wide range of containers to choose from.
Strawberries are a common pick for container gardens — there's even a specific type of planter designed just for them, the strawberry jar. But is that the best method for growing strawberries? Not ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Whether dipped in chocolate, tossed in a fruit salad or eaten naked, strawberries say summer in a big way. But they aren’t always cheap or sweet when bought at the store, so save ...
Strawberries propagate themselves through stolons that grow out of the plant's crown; thus, growers often follow suit and plant starts, then allow them to fill out a bed. Strawberry plots can produce ...
I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s ventured out into a pick-your-own strawberry field recently. There’s something a little magical about bringing in a bucket of those delicious ripe berries into the ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Given how quickly strawberries begin to bear fruit and how easily they are grown, it’s a wonder that strawberry beds aren’t as common in backyards as lawns ...
Strawberries have a reputation of being difficult to grow, especially organically, though that’s only true if you don’t know the tricks. Their beauty is that they are perennial: plant them once, and ...
Researchers from the University of Helsinki, in collaboration with their Canadian colleagues, have demonstrated how strawberry inflorescence development is dictated by the small growing points, called ...