Strawberry Pot

Terracotta Strawberry Planter

This type of pot also works great for herbs, succulents and annual flowers.

Planting a terracotta Strawberry pot.

1. Get the pot adequately moist. Terracotta pots will wick all of the water out of your soil unless you moisten them before planting. To do this, simply lay your pot in a tub of water for about an hour. It will soak up water so it won't suck it out of the soil later.

2. Place a piece of window screening or broken flower pot over the drainage hole so the soil doesn't leak out.

3. Fill with soil until you reach the lowest level of pockets. Insert your strawberry plants in these pockets, filling around them with soil. Make sure the crown of the plants is just above soil level.
Insert either a one-inch PVC pipe drilled with holes along its length or a cardboard tube from wrapping paper near the center of the pot, but not directly over the drainage hole. You will be using this as a watering pipe to ensure that all of the pockets get adequate moisture.

4. Continue filling to each level of pockets and inserting plants.
Stop adding soil when you get to two inches below the rim of the pot. You can add three to four plants in the top of the container, and fill in with soil around them.

5. Water everything in well. Pour water down the tube, on the soil at the top of the pot, and into each pocket (do this slowly so the water doesn't make the soil slosh out.)

6. Place your pot in a spot that gets at least six hours of sun per day. You will soon be enjoying berries on your cereal or a strawberry shortcake.