You can plant strawberries indoors in any season, to keep them away from the cold and to treat yourself to this fresh and tasty fruit all year round. Here is the easy to follow process.
Steps
Part 1 of 3: Getting the Seeds
Step 1. Choose a fresh strawberry (or two)
Make sure it's not too soft or ripe.
Step 2. Gently push the end of a toothpick under one of the seeds on the rind of the strawberry
Quickly turn your wrist to extract the seed. You have to make a quick movement because the strawberry seeds slide easily and if you try to push them out you will end up only making a hole in the strawberry.
Step 3. Tap the seeds and place them on a plate
Gather as much as you think you will need, 20-30 seeds should be enough to ensure that at least one sprouts.
Part 2 of 3: Planting the Seeds
Step 1. Fill a cup, pot or other container with soil suitable for growing strawberries
Step 2. Dip the toothpick in water
It should be moist, not wet. Stick the tip of the toothpick over a couple of seeds, which must stick together without falling off.
Step 3. After attaching about 5-7 seeds, hold the toothpick over the cup filled with soil
Touch the top of the toothpick (but not the seeds) with your index or middle finger. The strawberry seeds should fall out and disperse in the cup.
Don't push them down
Step 4. Repeat several times until all seeds are in the cup (or container)
Part 3 of 3: Helping the Seeds Grow
Step 1. Fill one third of the cup with water
Add two thirds of hydrogen peroxide.
Step 2. Mix the solution
Dip the toothpick into the cup. Then drip some of the solution over the seeds. This will help them grow, as hydrogen peroxide is a natural oxidant.
Note: There is no need to follow this procedure every day, just every other day, until the seeds have germinated, then it will be more than enough once a week
Step 3. Gently water the soil
Do not overdo it with water, otherwise the seeds will drown and can mold. Keep the soil moist but not wet, water about once or twice a week.
Step 4. Place the container in a warm place where there is enough sunlight for the seeds to germinate
Step 5. Wait until the seeds sprout
A few days should be enough. If enough plants can take root, you can transplant them after a couple of weeks, into separate pots.
Step 6. Take care of your strawberries
When the plants start growing quite a lot, the fruits take shape and some delicious strawberries should start sprouting for you to eat.
Advice
- You can plant strawberries at any time of the year indoors, but not at any time of year outdoors. As long as you have a warm and sunny place to grow the seeds, your plant will grow well!
- There are three types of strawberries, June-bearing, day-neutral, and never-bearing.
- If you live in a rainy area, you don't even have to try replanting strawberries outside; they will drown right away, and all your hard work will be wasted. Just keep your plants inside. This way you also avoid annoying insects outside (unless there are some also indoors due to other houseplants).
- Make a hole under the pot so that the water can drain.
