Sweet strawberries can be grown at home without the hassle of a garden or vegetable beds. They require little care, and once grown, you’ll have both early seedlings for your summer cottage and a harvest right in your apartment.

Growing strawberries at home has its own subtleties. It’s best to avoid greenhouse varieties, as the air in an apartment is dry rather than humid.

Everbearing varieties are ideal: they bear fruit not only in summer but also in autumn. These varieties will produce their first harvest the year they are planted.

The easiest varieties to find in gardening stores are: Tristan, Selva, Geneva and Albion.

For indoor planting, seeds are first sown in small containers. Once the first sprouts appear, they are transferred to larger containers.

When 4-5 leaves form, it’s time to move the planting to a larger pot. This is where the first berries will appear. Strawberries can be planted in long containers with equal success.

They’re even more convenient for placing on windowsills. Another good option is to use large five-liter bottles with the bottoms cut off for planting. They’ll be convenient to hang in the kitchen.

Buy ready-made soil for planting; making your own will be much more difficult.

Growing strawberries on a windowsill is relatively trouble-free. Fertilizing is only required once every three weeks, and watering is possible daily.

The first harvest of home-grown strawberries can be harvested in just three months.