advice on growing strawberries

BigDonut

staceydaisy wrote: »

big donut there is a post above saying u can get 10 plants for p+p i think it really is wrth it

Thanks.
Would these be suitable for putting in window boxes?

nodwah

angelavdavis wrote: »

Great idea Nodwah!

I was wondering what to do with some old pots which I stacked at the side of the shed, but you have got me thinking!

Love-in time!!
I've just looked at your calendar - it's brilliant!:money:

tomsolomon

potsofmoney_(I_wish) wrote: »

Hi there,
Also if you go to the Gardeners World website and click on to offers you can get 10 strawberry plants for postage, mine arrived the other day and I only just remembered what they were, it's my first time with a strawberry pot, my mum kindly bought mine, good luck.

Bargain £3.49............;)

http://fothergills.co.uk/Partners/GardenersWorld.aspx?section=417

leiela

I bought some dormant strawberry plants, and now ive planted them out im kinda nervous.

I want, strawberry's ... no i NEED strawberries.. haha and im REALLY worried about them, how long does it take before i'll see some life do you think? because im seriously tempted to go and buy some "plants" grown green leafy ones just in case.

Im just terribly scared that these ones are already dead and i'll end up with no strawberry's at all... that would be a disaster. I bought 6 plants and im not holding out for tons of strawberry's this year, more hoping for runners to start my little strawberry invasion of the garden haha.

Soooo ... when should i start to "see life" if they are indeed alive, rather than dead like i suspect.

Penelope_Penguin

leiela wrote: »

Soooo ... when should i start to "see life" if they are indeed alive, rather than dead like i suspect.

You need patience if you're going to make a gardener If you've planted them into good ground and they have enought water, they should start growing in a week or so :T I bought some plants by post and they looked terrible, but started showing new green leaves after a few days.

If yoyu want these plants to thrive and produce fruit for several year, you should be allowing them to put all their energy into producing good root systems this year, so remove all the runners, and only allow one or two pfruit perplant. See - patience

I'll add this to the exisitng strawberry thread to give you more ideas.

Penny. x

leiela

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

You need patience if you're going to make a gardener If you've planted them into good ground and they have enought water, they should start growing in a week or so :T I bought some plants by post and they looked terrible, but started showing new green leaves after a few days.

If yoyu want these plants to thrive and produce fruit for several year, you should be allowing them to put all their energy into producing good root systems this year, so remove all the runners, and only allow one or two pfruit perplant. See - patience

I'll add this to the exisitng strawberry thread to give you more ideas.

Penny. x

Oh yeah i know they wheren't gonig to just pop up out of the ground in a few days haha... im just didn't want to be staring at my pots of earth in 6 weeks if by then its clear they are indeed DEAD!, ok i'll give them about 2 weeks and see how they are looking before concidering panic buying more... these just looked Soooo dead i wasn't sure anything could possibly grow from them

My husband thinks i've LOST the plot, 15years together and he's never seen me so much as step foot in the garden,now i have pots and tubs EVERYWHERE!!! yay ... :T

How many strawberry plants would you say a family of 4 needs?? i have other soft fruit plants too so im thinking there is only SOooo many we can eat, but im so excited hubby has FINNALLY agreed to the 2nd freezer ive been buging him for.

noodles3

Hi everyone, noodles here yet again....
I was very naughty last year and left my strawberry plants outside all over winter and did nothing to them, they have started growing again and i have cut them back and sorted them out, will i still get some fruit from them and will i still be able to eat them, even though i was very lazy and did nothing with them.....:rolleyes:

thanks noodles:o

Penelope_Penguin

noodles3 wrote: »

Hi everyone, noodles here yet again....
I was very naughty last year and left my strawberry plants outside all over winter and did nothing to them, they have started growing again and i have cut them back and sorted them out, will i still get some fruit from them and will i still be able to eat them, even though i was very lazy and did nothing with them.....:rolleyes:

thanks noodles:o

Mine are planted in the ground, so get left out in all weathers - that's what they expect

Did you have fruit from them lst year If so, give them a general feed (pelleted chicken manure or growmore) and they should have more fruit this summer :T

I'll add this to the existing strawberry thread to keep ideas together

Penny. x

pandora205

I bought a pack from Aldi yesterday for £2.99 and have just ordered the Gardeners World ones too.

butterfly72

There are some great ideas here. Are all types of strawberry plants suitable for hanging and stacking? I ask, because I have 6 plants but not sure what type (if you get types of strawberrys that is:o :rotfl: )

Also, what compost do they prefer?

thanks