It’s probably easier to grow strawberries in your garden than you think. Strawberries are a favourite fruit for many Brits, and a huge number of us buy them in supermarkets regularly. But many people don’t know how easy it actually is to grow your own strawberries at home. All you need is some soil and a pack of supermarket strawberries, and you need to water them. Then, take good care of what you have planted and watch them become delicious fruit.
One Instagram user shared her hack for growing her own strawberries using what she bought in the supermarket with her thousands of followers. Alina Garden Design shares a huge array of gardening tips, many of which open her followers’ eyes to what they can achieve themselves in their home gardens. When it comes to strawberries, Alina has a simple method that is foolproof. She simply uses the strawberries she bought in the supermarket and watches the magic happen.
In a viral clip, we see Alina simply slicing the top of her strawberries, a piece of the fruit we wouldn’t normally eat anyway. She then places them in a small pot of soil, leaving the leaves on top of the strawberry facing upwards.
She then covers them with a layer of soil and waters the pot generously. The clip cuts to a few weeks later, when green shoots can be seen coming out of the soil with small strawberries hanging down among large healthy green leaves.
“I no longer buy strawberry plants because I grow my own,” she writes in the caption of the post. “It’s really easy and they taste amazing.”
Fiona Jenkins, gardening expert at MyJobQuote.co.uk says it is possible but the results can be hit or miss. She explains: “Shop-bought strawberries are usually a hybrid variety, so there’s no guarantee that your seeds and pieces will germinate or that you will end up with crop-producing plants.”
She adds: “However, it’s still worth giving it a go as successful plants could give you a good few seasons of fresh strawberries.
“Cut the tops off and leave them on some kitchen roll to dry out. Once fully dried out, you can gently scrape the seeds away.”
