Grow more ‘juicy’ strawberries and keep bugs away with gardening hack
@mindandsoil said: “Not only will this lift them a few inches off the ground, but many microorganisms stay away from metals like steel and copper, which will result in your strawberries no longer getting munched on before you get to them.”
In the comments, people gave other options that achieve the same results.
“Put the strawberry plant in a hanging pot. We in the Netherlands grow a lot of strawberries off the ground,” one commenter said.
Another user wrote: “Just use straw/strulch… straw… berry, the name for a reason. Also snails and slugs hate straw.”
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