Srinagar Garhwal. As soon as winter arrives, strawberries start appearing in the market. This red colored fruit is everyone’s favorite due to its taste. Vitamin A and Vitamin C are found in abundance in this fruit. It is considered very beneficial for health. In such a situation, if you want to leave the expensive strawberries of the market and grow strawberries at home, then today we are going to give you information about it. Often in big cities, people do not even have space for farming and kitchen gardens. In such a situation, you can grow strawberries on the terrace of the house or in any empty space in the house with the help of a grow bag and taste this fruit prepared at home.
Agricultural expert Ishwar Singh of the Horticulture Department of Garhwal University, Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal told Local 18 that grow bags are required to grow strawberries at home. Grow bags start available in the market at a price of Rs 100. You can take grow bags as per your space. He said that before planting the plants, soil has to be prepared for the grow bag. In this, a mixture of vermi compost has to be mixed with soil. After that it has to be filled properly in the grow bag. After this, you can buy strawberry sapling from any nursery, the price of which starts from Rs 40. After that the plant has to be planted in a grow bag. For strawberry cultivation, a temperature of 18 to 25 degrees is required, which is present at this time.
Keep these things in mind
He said that after planting strawberry sapling in the grow bag, the distance from one grow bag to the other should be 20 centimeters. To maintain soil moisture, you can lightly water the grow bag at an interval of about three days. The plant starts flowering in about 50 days and after 10 days the plant starts giving fruits. The weight of one strawberry ranges from 25 grams to 50 grams.
use net
Once strawberries grow in outdoor plants, it is important to protect them from birds. You can use a net for this. The area with the grow bag can be covered with a net so that birds cannot damage the plant and the fruits growing in it.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 11, 2024, 11:11 IST
