Planting Strawberries with Strawberry Plugs

Strawberry plants are juicy red fruits that are sweet and attractive. They can be defined as the plant with dark green leaves which stands upright and luscious producing chilly red firm fruits which taste divine. They need extreme cold temperatures for the growth and extra care is to be taken to obtain better yield. They can grow in varied soil types and different regions. Some of the strawberry varieties common among the commercial growers are the chandler and sweet Charlie ranges. They are known for the color of the fruit, the flavor and the increased yield. They also stand against diseases and produce very sweet, tasty and firm fruits.

 

Strawberry plugs could be planted to adopt a better growing pattern. While doing this, you need to be extra careful by placing them in greenhouse environment so as to increase the yield, quality and also to decrease the damages caused to the crop due to diseases and other pests. After fruiting, the plugs are removed to make the fruit hard and to ensure that they are proper and ready for shipping. With this, you get the top rated strawberry plants at affordable rates.

 

Planting with strawberry plugs is the latest technology implemented in growing strawberries. With this you can ensure healthy growth, faster establishment of the plant and even very less loss of plant. You can note several advantages of planting strawberry plugs as there are plenty to be noted. When you are following this method the entire technique of strawberry growing becomes pretty easy for you. After receiving the plugs, it is not necessary to place them in cold storage or plant them immediately. You can do the transplanting process weeks after receiving them. All that should be done is to place them in sunlight and water them regularly.

 

The total loss from strawberry plugs just counts to be 1 to 2 percent which is much lesser than the bare root variety which accounts to be around 15 to 20 percent. The root ball is pretty large and intact for planting when compared to the other varieties. This makes the entire planting process easy and a little confidence also builds up. The establishment of the strawberry plugs is considered to be much easier than the bare root plants. This is due to minimized transplant shock due to the intact and solid feature of the roots.

 

One of the distinguishing features is that overhead watering should be done just once after planting. On the other hand, this process should be carried for several days for establishing the plants grown from bare root. The plant can also be prone to diseases like anthracnose due to continuous watering. The plugs could also be planted during the fall and then start picking the fruits during the spring! Isn’t that wonderful?

 

With increasing advantages of strawberry plugs, other industries including tobacco, pepper and tomato are switching to this new technique for better yield and ease of cultivation mostly. It will not take much time for strawberry plugs to become the standards in strawberry growing.