Climbing Strawberry Plants

smk77

I've just been sent an email from Thomson and Morgan about the Mount Everest strawberry plant.

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/small-offer-wse329.

the plant in the picture looks impressive! I'm in SE Scotland and haven't had much luck with strawberry plants so was wondering if this would grow well in my greenhouse.

Has anyone grown this variety before?

~~Diane~~

I've got Mount Everest, I bought from Ideal World a little ealier in the year. Up to now I've had a few fruits from them which I didn't expect this year.

I don't know about a greenhouse but I've a couple in baskets and the rest in the ground.

Carrie_Bloomy

!!!!!!. I have never seen climbing strawberry.

Orange_King

Yes, I saw this in their brochure and thought that these would greatly save on space! I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has found these successful. Had a great crop off my plants this year and hope for more next.

How old are the plants you have smk77? It may take a year for them to fully establish so I wouldn't give up on yours if they have only been in a short time.

smk77

Orange_King wrote: »

Yes, I saw this in their brochure and thought that these would greatly save on space! I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has found these successful. Had a great crop off my plants this year and hope for more next.

How old are the plants you have smk77? It may take a year for them to fully establish so I wouldn't give up on yours if they have only been in a short time.

I planted them early 2009 in my raised bed so they've had long enough to establish. Plenty of leaves this year but very few flowers. They're right next to my raspberries (the canes don't cast a shadow over them) which were originally planted at the same time in 2009 as the strawberries in another part of the garden and then moved early 2010. I had a reasonable crop of raspberries considering I up-rooted them!

wssla00

I really like the look of these too! But trying to be good on the spends......we'll see how long that lasts!!!

SMK- Did they send out a load of runners? Some will do that to the detriment of the fruit so cut back the leaves to ground level now and they should grow nice new ones ready for fruit next year and cut off the runners as they come up. If it's all green and leafy without any fruit, they are prob at the end of their life. Allow them to send off runners, peg them down and cut them off once rooted. Then dig up the old plants and you should be ok again.

smk77

wssla00 wrote: »

I really like the look of these too! But trying to be good on the spends......we'll see how long that lasts!!!

SMK- Did they send out a load of runners? Some will do that to the detriment of the fruit so cut back the leaves to ground level now and they should grow nice new ones ready for fruit next year and cut off the runners as they come up. If it's all green and leafy without any fruit, they are prob at the end of their life. Allow them to send off runners, peg them down and cut them off once rooted. Then dig up the old plants and you should be ok again.

Yes, lots of runners!

I hope that they're not at the end of their life...They're only in their 2nd year!