Have you ever tried to grow strawberries starting from the fruit? Cultivating strawberries in the garden or pot is really simple and it is possible to grow strawberry seedlings with fruit waste. Let’s see together how to do it.
Strawberry, characteristics and properties
There strawberry (Fragaria Vesca L.) It is a perennial herb that belongs to the rosaceae family characterized by leaves arranged in rosette, radical air stolons, small white flowers and educated fruits.
The fruit of the strawberry is made up of an enlarged receptacle – the red part – sprinkled by Small acheni yellow green on the surface.
The receptacle of the strawberry is rich in flavonoids, including anthocyanins, with an antioxidant, anti -inflammatory and vasorilassant action. Strawberries also have antiviral properties, hypoocolesterolemic and ipolityptidemic.
The acheni are the real fruits of the strawberry, who they can give rise to a new plantas they contain the seeds.
In this strange period, those who want to enrich their vegetable garden on the balcony with some strawberry seedlings could encounter some difficulties in finding plants already developed. However, this can turn into an opportunity to experiment and try to obtain strawberry plants starting from the acheni.
Grow strawberries starting from the fruit: here’s how to do
For obtain strawberry plants from the fruits You can proceed in two ways. The first consists in obtaining small acheni from the strawberry, while the second – decidedly simpler – provides for interrare small external portions of the strawberry. Let’s see this second method, faster.
Before proceeding, get one or two strawberriesa vasetto or a suitable container, even recycled: the plastic packs in which strawberries are often sold, equipped with holes in the lower part are very well.
Fill the container with universal soil almost to the edge, then arrange the strawberries on the surface of the earth. You will have to cut the strawberries by obtaining strips with the acheni, and then arrange the strips on earth, with the acheni facing upwards.
Then pour a layer of land of about one centimeter on the strawberry sections and wet abundantly with water. Cover the vase with film transparent film, ensuring it for the container thanks to an elastic. Practice a few hole on the plastic wrap with the help of a knife and place the vase in light, for example on the window sill.
After 10/15 days you should see the first leaflets sprout: at that point you can remove the film and grow the plant outside, in a half -shaped position.
Once grown, Strawberry plants occupy little spaceTherefore they lend themselves well to the garden on the balcony or on the terrace, because they can also be grown in small containers.
Cultivating strawberries starting from the fruit can be a satisfactory project if you carefully follow the necessary steps. It is essential to start with a well -prepared soil, guarantee correct germination of the seeds and transplant the seedlings only when they are quite robust.
During growth, it is important to monitor humidity, avoid stagnation of water and protect parasitic plants. With patience and attention, you can get a collection of fresh and tasty strawberries, which not only are a pleasure for the palate, but also an excellent personal satisfaction.
