How to Plant Thyme With Strawberries
- 1). Remove weeds, large stones or other debris to prepare the soil. Add 2 to 3 inches or organic mulch and to the bed and work it into the top 6-inch layer of the soil with a rake or hoe.
- 2). Plant strawberries 12 to 18 inches apart in rows that are spaced about 3 feet apart. Bury the roots of the strawberry plant but do not cover the entire crown with soil. The crown is the middle section that supports leaf growth at the top and roots from the bottom. Place the strawberry plant so the crown is midway under the soil.
- 3). Position thyme plants 8 to 12 inches apart. Plant a border of thyme completely around the bed of strawberries as a deterrent to worms or plant thyme between the outside rows of berries and whatever crop they are next to. Thyme planted between strawberry rows, especially ground cover types like woolly thyme, will smother weeds and help keep the soil from drying out quickly.
- 4). Scatter a 1-inch layer of clean straw around the berry plants as a mulch. Mulching with straw reduces the need for water and provides a clean surface for growing berries to rest on.