Kitchen Garden

IN THE GREENHOUSE

CARE FOR STRAWBERRIES IN CONTAINERS

I always look forward to late May and early June when the first of the strawberries are ready to pick from the polytunnel. I grow them in containers and hanging pots and even without any artificial heat, the plants start to produce sweet, juicy berries several weeks earlier than plants growing outside in the garden.

A mixture of warmth created in the polytunnel, good

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