The optimal location sets the course for successful cultivation of strawberries in the hobby garden. Pay attention to the following tips to ensure your strawberry plants thrive.
Which location conditions are optimal for strawberries?
The optimal location for strawberries should be sunny, warm, surrounded by air and protected from heavy rain. A humus-rich, nutrient-rich and loose soil with little waterlogging and a slightly acidic pH value of 5.5 to 6.5 is ideal.
The best location conditions
So that strawberry plants produce the juicy, refreshing fruits they long for, the location should be carefully selected when planting. These lighting and soil conditions are important:
- sunny and warm, like to be surrounded by air
- partially shaded location reduces crop yield
- ideally protected from pelting rain
- humous, nutrient-rich and loose soil
- preferably fresh, but without waterlogging
- a slightly acidic pH value of 5.5 to 6.5
In addition to the light and soil conditions, crop rotation plays a central role in the choice of location. There must not have been any strawberry plants in cultivation here in the past four years. Lettuce, mustard, parsley and deep-rooted legumes are welcome as previous crops. In mixed cultivation, strawberries tolerate low-growing plants such as onions, marigolds or marigolds that do not cast any shade.