Strawberries trying to do a "Runner"
By David
- 24 Aug, 2009
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Strawberry "Marshmello"
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Not a huge crop, but the fruits were very large. Forgot to take a pic of them before they were all eaten. :-( There were three plants in a bucket of water I found later, which I'd forgotten about and didn't plant out. Even those ones produced fruit.
24 Aug, 2009
mine were a disaster,ive got them in hanging baskets,i dont think i watered them enough silly me.
24 Aug, 2009
My strawberries, weren't up to much either, however, eagerly eaten the by kids, when they were spotted, as were the raspberries :) Well that's what they were planted for !
24 Aug, 2009
Of course, Janie! I don't know why I bothered buying cream - it never saw the strawbs!! :-)
In my last garden, Sue, I always grew the strawbs in hanging baskets, with great success. The baskets looked good (especially with a mulch of real straw to keep the non-dangly fruits clean. They were safe from the slugs, and the birds never noticed them - but the twice-daily watering could sometimes be a "pain". :-)
24 Aug, 2009
Mine was terrible not doing strawberries next year.
24 Aug, 2009
:-( Clarice.
Sorry to hear this. How did you grow yours?
24 Aug, 2009
In strawberry pots, grew some a few year ago and said then i was'nt growing them nomore, but gave them another go this year, i was buying them 2 big pullets for £1 afew week ago.
24 Aug, 2009
Those so-called strawberrry pots/planters are, in my own experience, useless for growing - well - strawbs!, as the water never reaches the lower plants - unless you drown them yourself with water every day, have a hose, and "inject" the water through every hole.(then, the compost floods out and marks the patio!!!!)My best "show" ever in a strawberry planter was with Bizzy Lizzies (in a shady part of the patio). Those planters also, I find, are good for a fine display of "Mediterranean" herbs, which look great with a plain terracotta strawberry planter, and don't need nearly as much watering! Also, trailing sedum or "succulents". Those planters are always available, and the smallest (and useless) ones are not cheap, either!
Grow your strawbs in a half-barrell, as I did this year, or in hanging baskets, if you dare, and keep your "strawberry" pot for something more ornamental, and more drought-tolerant, would be my "motto"! :-)
2 for £1 !! Where did they travel from? How old were they?since harvesting? How were they grown?
Sorry, for all the ?s. Hope you will try "growing your own" next year, in a different way!
Will send you some of our plants, if the runners "take", if you like? Then, you can experiment !
24 Aug, 2009
Glad I read this! I was going to get Strawberry pots!!
Before I blag the plants from my dad of course!
3 Sep, 2009
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did you get many strawbs this year? David
24 Aug, 2009