Strawberries are best planted in the spring – March or April are the best months. Keep an eye on frost – you’ll need to hold off planting strawberries until the last frost has passed, so if there’s a late frost that year, don’t rush to plant your strawberries.

Water and fertiliser are the two key components you’ll need for a healthy strawberry plant. While trying to establish your strawberry plant, make sure that you water them frequently. In hot weather, check the soil and give the plants extra water if the top half-inch of compost has dried out. 

Strawberries grown in pots or hanging baskets can be fed with a balanced fertiliser every two weeks then with a high-potash liquid fertiliser once flowering begins. Water-retaining granules are also a good addition to the compost to prevent dehydration.

Strawberry plants produce fruit quite quickly you can expect a strawberry plant to bear fruit in the first year you plant it. If you’re growing your strawberry plant from seed, it should start to bear fruit around 160-210 days from starting growth indoors. 

Be aware that although it's likely your strawberry plant will bear fruit in the first year, the first round of fruit may be a little sparse.

There are so many different kinds of strawberry varieties to choose from in our collection, so make sure to browse our cultivar guide to learn which strawberries will produce particular flavours. Discover even more fruiting plants for your garden here at Primrose.