Spring has returned, and with it certain fruits and vegetables. Some are particularly fragile and can only be consumed during this season to reveal their full flavor. This is particularly the case of strawberries, emblematic of sunny days. To make the most of them and without spending too much, the best thing to do is to grow them yourself.
This is good, The beginning of April is a good time to buy strawberry plants and install them in your garden. But strawberries aren’t the hardiest, easiest fruits to obtain. Many amateur gardeners may have been disappointed by the poor production of their strawberries. However, there are several tips for obtaining strawberries in quantity. Pierre le cultivator, influencer with more than 300,000 followers on Instagram but also columnist for RTL and TF1, revealed his secrets in Bonjour !Thursday April 2, 2026. According to him, a few gestures could make it possible to “double production“and go from around 500 g to almost 1 kg of strawberries per plant per year.
Gardener’s tips for obtaining strawberries in quantity
Ideally, young strawberries can be planted in autumn, but also at the beginning of spring. We will then be able to obtain a first harvest at the end of May.
- Choose above all a well exposed place. Strawberry plants need “at least 6 hours of sunlight per day“, insists Pierre Le Cultivateur.
- The quality of the land is also important. It must be well drained and rich, particularly in nitrogen. So add lots of compostéventuellement de la corne broyée.
- Plant your feet, spacing them about 15 to 20 cm each. Don’t hesitate to place a little lavender between these plants. In fact, it will both attract pollinating insects while reinforcing the draining characteristics of the soil.
- Strawberries do not tolerate drought well. It is therefore necessary water them regularly. To keep the soil moist between each watering, you can cover it with a carpet of dead leaves, mulch or even cut grass.
- All these tips will strengthen your strawberry plants. But to have more fruit, the secret is above all to cut the flowers at the time of planting. This reflex may seem paradoxical since it is the flowers that give the fruit. But this gesture will “force the plant to produce new roots” and therefore new flowers. For each of those that we cut, we can therefore hope for two fruits.
Note that the first harvest can still be slightly disappointing. Indeed, Strawberry plants are more productive after a year. Furthermore, not all varieties bear fruit in the same way. Among the hundred species grown in the garden, some are called everbearing and the others non-everbearing. The former will bear fruit several times a year, but in smaller quantities. The seconds will only give once but in large quantities.
What to remember:
- Strawberry season is approaching, so it’s time to plant your plants.
- But we are sometimes disappointed with the number of fruits harvested in May or June.
- However, certain tips allow you to obtain more strawberries per plant.
