Strawberry - requirements

To develop healthily, strawberries need full sun and sheltered location. As the flowers develop after the end of the cold period, they are endangered by late frost. Optimal conditions for strawberries has a profound and well-drained soil. He should be humus and nutrients. Particularly beneficial is a slightly acidic soil with a pH between 5.5 and 6.5. The root system of the strawberry is very sensitive and can be affected by various soil-borne fungi. On wet or prone to waterlogging soil should not be cultivated strawberries, because the roots are then commonly affected by the pink rot (Phytophthora fragariae). Almost all popular varieties are also susceptible to very susceptible to Verticillium wilt, caused by the fungus on strawberries Verticillium dahliae. Plots where potatoes have ever been, are occupied almost certainly with Verticillium microsclerotia and therefore unsuitable. On parcels on which have already been frequently strawberries, you have an infestation of crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum) or black root rot, likely caused by several soil fungi. Some kleinwüchsigere strawberry varieties are also suitable for sunny balconies.