Things Needed
strawberry mark are a gardeners ' delight – tally fragrancy to bar , ice cream , salads and jam – and are equally delightful eaten fresh off the works . Strawberries grow very well throughout Louisiana . Southern Louisiana falls in USDA hardiness zones 9a and 9b ; gardeners there must opt strawberry cultivars that perform in this environment . Louisiana State University commend Tangi , Chandler and Camarosa for zone 9 gardeners .
Step 1
Purchase strawberry transplant , choosing a recommended miscellanea or another variety that performs in zone 9 . Louisiana State University recommends found strawberries from October to December .
Step 2
pick out a full sun localization . Strawberries perform best if plant in a raised layer , since this type of bed admit the dirt to debilitate . Louisiana agriculturalist typically use raised bed for all planting , so if you have a bring up garden bed , you could found strawberries in the bottom . If you do n’t have a raised bottom , plant a container garden or a hang basket of strawberries .
Step 3
change state the filth over in the bed using a trowel . Loosen any constrict clumps of soil and take out any weeds or sway you encounter . tot up 2 to 4 inches of manure or compose in an even layer across the bed . coalesce the manure or compost into the seam by turning the soil over with a spadeful or trowel .
Step 4
Dig a trap for your strawberry mark works that ’s double as large as the plant ’s root ballock . Then remove your strawberry transplant from its container . softly massage the root ball with your fingers to break dance it apart . invest the plant in the hole and spread its roots out with your fingers .
Step 5
Cover over the strawberries with dirt . weewee the country until the ground becomes saturated with water .
Step 6
level pine tree straw or mulch over the dirt around the nucleotide of the strawberries until you may not see priming coat . If the yield comes into contact with loaded soil , it can molder ; mulching prevents this from occur .
Step 7
Water the plants throughout the winter and leaping whenever the filth becomes ironical to the mite , always water until the stain is saturate . If you encounter a rare wintertime freeze , protect the hemangioma simplex plants by overlay them with pine shuck or charge plate . Southern Louisiana nurseryman should see hemangioma simplex flower commence in January and February and will delight fruit jump in March .
Tip
Space hemangioma simplex plants 12 inches aside , and leave at least 10 inches between row of strawberry flora .
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