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growing strawberries in rubble sacks

daska
daska Posts: 6,212 Forumite
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My strawberry plants arrived today and I just wondered - could you use a rubble sack for strawberries? This 'I wonder if' has been going round in my head for a few days since I went to B&Q to buy the sacks for my potatos.

I've seen pop-up strawberry planters on sale and I'm thinking that if I cut + shape openings in the rubble bag to plant the strawberries through this would be pretty much the same. Any observations?

How far above the ground should I start cutting?
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants - Michael Pollan
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  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    Good idea, although a bit flawed I think. The reason I know is because I tried a similar thing a couple of years ago, although it was with a harder plastic bendy pot.
    The problem is with the suppleness of the material, the plants moved around alot.
    If you want to give it a go, put the compost in and let it settle, water it well and let it settle again, let it settle some more, push it down a bit. I think you may be getting the idea :D

    Cut your holes, fit the strawberry plant and try not to muck up the roots. Try to work out how to water all the way down the pot/bag without the water going out one of the holes and washing out the plant. Putting a leaky pipe down the middle works to an extent, till the water finds an easy way out, then always runs that way.

    The compost will have settled again by this time and you will be wondering where your plants have gone. (Then you see a tiny bit of leaf sticking out of a hole)

    Then you realise that you have placed the strawberry planter next to a slug hotel and you want to move it....... Oh biggest problem, you can't. Its not strong enough.

    Hope that helps :)
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  • mcspanna
    mcspanna Posts: 188 Forumite
    have you seen this other thread? i wish i'd seen the idea of stacking different size pots before splashing out on a terracotta one!

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1525233
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  • daska
    daska Posts: 6,212 Forumite
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    Good idea, although a bit flawed I think. The reason I know is because I tried a similar thing a couple of years ago, although it was with a harder plastic bendy pot.
    The problem is with the suppleness of the material, the plants moved around alot.
    If you want to give it a go, put the compost in and let it settle, water it well and let it settle again, let it settle some more, push it down a bit. I think you may be getting the idea :D

    Cut your holes, fit the strawberry plant and try not to muck up the roots. Try to work out how to water all the way down the pot/bag without the water going out one of the holes and washing out the plant. Putting a leaky pipe down the middle works to an extent, till the water finds an easy way out, then always runs that way.

    The compost will have settled again by this time and you will be wondering where your plants have gone. (Then you see a tiny bit of leaf sticking out of a hole)

    Then you realise that you have placed the strawberry planter next to a slug hotel and you want to move it....... Oh biggest problem, you can't. Its not strong enough.

    Hope that helps :)

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    Will go with the tower of pots that I had been planning until this non-brainwave hit me!
    Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants - Michael Pollan
    48 down, 22 to go
    Low carb, low oxalate Primal + dairy
    From size 24 to 16 and now stuck...
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