In recent years ""trade"" offers set of grades of wild strawberry in seeds. It is favorable, tempting, and, above all - it is not difficult if to know several subtleties of cultivation.
Buying wild strawberry seeds, pay attention to quantity of seeds in bag. Beginners should not get expensive hybrids at once, usually in such bags several pieces of seeds lie. It is better to begin ""to train"" on inexpensive grades where there is a lot of seeds in bags.
The first secret of success - preparation of the soil for crops. Substrate has to be moderately fertile and friable. The garden earth with addition of small part of the humus, bank sand sifted and which is washed out will approach. Usually experienced gardeners stock up with the soil in advance, expose to frost it on cold. To use peat, clay soil it is undesirable. It is better to grow up wild strawberry seedling without addition of fertilizers in soil substrate. At the beginning are not necessary to sprouts of fertilizer. Before crops substrate should be humidified and mixed slightly that it became friable. Also it is possible to fill the prepared glasses, ditches, containers.
It is possible to sow seeds in grooves, no more than 0.5 cm in depth, humidified from spray. Then grooves slightly powder with the earth. It is possible to scatter them on the surface of the humidified soil and to press slightly finger. Wild strawberry seeds very hardy also ascend not bad.
The second secret - care of shoots. The first several weeks kids need the hothouse (greenhouse) environment. For this purpose containers place in transparent package or cover with film. Very opportunely, here use of small transparent plastic confectionery containers from shop. The most important, it is necessary to check availability of ""perspiration"" regularly. At strong fogging it is necessary to slightly open film, container cover slightly. It is impossible to remove sharply film or to open cover. Because of temperature difference the shoots can fall. The lack of condensate is bad too.
Gradually, with development of root system and emergence of the first, second leaf, but not cotyledonous leaves, carry out training of seedling. On sunny days slightly open a little hotbed that ""kindergarten"" received enough light. At emergence of the third leaf, seedling can be grown up further without shelter, to such seedlings even dehumidification of soil is not terrible any more. During this period for seedling the training will be important. After emergence of the fourth leaf bushes it is necessary to hill or pour the soil to roots. It is possible even to raspikirovat if there is not enough place in container.
The sowing time of seeds of wild strawberry is carried out in February - the first half of March. It is possible to sow also in May, but then the harvest of berries will be only the next year.