Hydroponic Strawberry Growing
Day-neutral strawberries adapt well to your heated hobby greenhouse. Instead of discarding runners from your strawberry patch, keep those from your healthiest plants for hydroponic growing. Insert the roots into an inert growing medium such as perlite, coconut fiber or Rockwell.Alternatively, you can purchase starter plugs from most hydroponic suppliers. Cover your transplants with a clear plastic dome to keep humidity levels high and keep them out of direct sunlight until roots are established. Next, simulate a winter for your new seedlings. Dip roots (or plugs) in microbial solution, gently wrap them in clear plastic and refrigerate them for two to five months. After this rest period, your transplants are ready to be added to your hydroponic system. If possible, grow your hydroponic strawberries in a glassed in porch or green house. However, indoor garden lighting also provides them with the six to seven hours of full spectrum sunlight they need each day. Keep temperatures in a range from 64 to 77F (18 to 25C) for best results. Nourish your strawberry plants with a commercially prepared organic hydroponic preparation. Although pH should be maintained between 5.8 and 6.2, in lieu of constant testing, changing your solution twice a month typically works as well. Since you won’t be able to depend on honeybees to pollinate your blossoms, you need to hand pollinate. Simply brush the blossoms just after they open, transferring some of the pollen from the stamens to the pistils. Also, use an oscillating fan to help accomplish pollination.
Oh, well 64-77F degrees and nourish my plants with 5.8 phs. Thank you for all the insight.
Although, I am well-versed in hand pollination.
~Grow Monkey
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