Summer sweetness: the do’s and don’t’s of strawberry planting

Strawberries are such a rewarding crop to grow and in a good summer, they will produce a bountiful harvest of luscious sweet fruits.

They fall into that category of home-growns that are so bursting with flavour straight from the plant that any shop-bought counterpart can only pale in comparison. Growing your own strawberries ensures that they are picked at their optimum and allows these high value fruits to be eaten straight from the plant, which can only enhance flavour and goodness.

Growing your own also gives you the liberty of choosing varieties that may not don shop shelves and the scope to stretch out the strawberry season by planting early, midseason, late and perpetual-fruiting strawberries.