{"id":14752,"date":"2012-11-08T02:19:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T09:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14752"},"modified":"2012-11-08T02:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T09:19:32","slug":"five-a-day-strawberry-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/five-a-day-strawberry-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Five a Day Strawberry Growing"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many reasons to grow one of the nations favourite fruit & here are our five with a bonus five health benefits.
\nThere are many ways to grow Strawberries and here again we offer five tried and tested tips.<\/p>\n

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Reasons to grow Strawberries<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. They taste better when picked fresh as a result of your own efforts.<\/li>\n
  2. Strawberries have many healthy properties.<\/li>\n
  3. Jam made from strawberries and particularly wild strawberries is a top conserve.<\/li>\n
  4. Plants can look ornamental and still produce a good crop.<\/li>\n
  5. By selecting a range of varieties you can eat strawberries from May to September.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \nHealth Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Your daily need for vitamin C is covered with only 25 calories of sweet juicy fruit.<\/li>\n
    2. Strawberries have health benefits that include cholesterol lowering properties and contain elligic acid reputed but not yet proven to fight cancer.<\/li>\n
    3. Ignoring cream (if you must) then strawberries have half the calories of an apple and a quarter of a banana weight for weight.<\/li>\n
    4. Strawberries are rich in manganese essential for controlling blood sugar levels and enhancing memory.<\/li>\n
    5. Eating strawberries is a comforting peace enhancing activity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Best Tips for Growing Strawberries<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Select the best varieties from a good nursery.<\/li>\n
      2. Remove runners to channel energy into fruit not new plants.<\/li>\n
      3. Mulch with straw or strawberry mats to conserve moisture and keep fruit clean.<\/li>\n
      4. Feed with high potash feed when the first flowers appear. Check for cultivation tips<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      5. Force strawberries<\/a> to produce fruit early and beat the imports. Lift crowns at the end of January and pot up in John Innes No 2. Water well and keep in a cool well lit greenhouse or cold frame.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Best UK Varieties<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Royal Sovereign is a mid season variety that can be forced in 5\u00e2\u20ac\u009d pots in a cold greenhouse for an early crop<\/li>\n
        2. Cambridge Vigour is a very good cropper of sweet aromatic fruit.<\/li>\n
        3. Ellana is used by jam makers and on some pick your own farms.<\/li>\n
        4. New varieties have been bred for the patio and hanging baskets like \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSweet Success\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/li>\n
        5. Honeoye is an early fruiter with shiny deep red fruit. There are many more varieties to select from Thompson Morgan <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Five varieties, five healthy reasons and 5 cultivation tips are some of the many reasons to grow one of the nations favourite fruit .
          \nThere are many ways to grow Strawberries and here again we offer five tried and tested tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}