How to plant a strawberry hanging basket

Find out all you need to know about growing strawberries in our practical guide: How to grow strawberries.

You can also grow strawberries in a hanging basket – it will not only look great, but will provide you with rich pickings of fresh fruit over several weeks, and all for just a few pounds.

Choose your varieties carefully and you can have fruit from June until early autumn - find out how to enjoy strawberries all summer.

As a guide, a 35cm basket will hold four plants. Here's how to create a strawberry hanging basket.

You Will Need

• Strawberry plants
• Hanging basket and liner
• Multi-purpose, peat-free compost

Step 1

Make a few holes in the polythene lining of your basket, to allow for drainage.

Step 2

Fill the basket with multipurpose compost to just below the rim.

Step 3

Space the strawberry plants evenly around the edge of the basket.

Step 4

Water the basket well to settle the compost and encourage the roots to grow. Start feeding the plants once flowering has started. Hang the basket in a sheltered, sunny spot to encourage pollinating insects and help the fruit ripen.

Snip off runners

The strawberry plants will produce runners after they have fruited – snip them off and pot them on to create new plants for free. They’ll produce fruit of their own the following year so it really is worth the effort.