Sweet, aromatic and healthy: The delicious berries of the strawberry bush (Fragaria) belong in every fruit and vegetable garden. The strawberry plant, which belongs to the rose family, is a perennial herb with soft or silky hairs and a thick rootstock. Depending on the variety, the three- to five-part leaves are characteristic. At the base of the yellow…
It is by no means certain that the strawberries belong to the fruit. In reality, nuts are involved here, so it would be entirely conceivable to classify strawberries as vegetables. You can find out more about the classification of strawberries and many other things about the strawberry plant that are of interest to gardeners in the following…
Healthy, sweet and wonderfully aromatic – strawberries are one of the most popular types of fruit in home gardens. With good care of the strawberry bushes, hobby gardeners can harvest the tasty fruit from early summer to autumn, depending on the variety. However, there are sometimes considerable differences between the individual varieties in terms of taste, yield,…
The season of strawberries from your own garden is always far too short. That is why we want the perennials to be bright red, interspersed with fruits through and through. So that the crop yield never stops during this time, enough building blocks should be provided in good time. Artificial fertilizer is not necessary, because some home remedies…
From a botanical point of view, strawberries are not berries, but rather common nut fruits, which in turn belong to the false fruits. When ripening, a fleshy, red pseudo-berry is formed, what we know as a strawberry. The actual fruits of the strawberry are the small, yellowish kernels on the outer skin of the fruit, the so-called…
There are various reasons why strawberries do not want to bloom, we differentiate here between strawberries planted as young plants and strawberries that you have grown yourself. Strawberries grown as young plants 1. Obvious maintenance errors If this is the first time you have planted strawberries, overzealous and insufficiently trained salespeople may assure you that…