*Please read* This is a must on your to-do list! Now this Strawberry planter is also feeding itself at the same time, how? Well watch the video to find out and learn a clever way. You don’t need to fill the whole barrel up with compost. This design is also very cheap and doesn’t take long to make. On the top of the barrel you could either plant more strawberry plants or a companion plant like borage.
I really hope you will enjoy this video and I had a great time making it. This is a must for any small space gardeners out there too. Please feel free to share this video on social media.
*In the start with drilling the holes there are two scenes that were meant to be only one and I never edited it out. Please go and like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HuwsGardenNursery
Wow fun fun fun bet your a Laugh on a lads night out …….
Thanks, this was a great idea! I really enjoy your videos, wonderful information 🙂
You look like Percy Jackson.
What about the ink from the paper.. Thats toxic
Did you ever do any updates on this video? I'm curious to see how your strawberries did throughout the season. Do you still have it going for 2015?
thank you……i am inspired
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of accent do you have? It's so familiar sounding but I cant quite recall what kind of UK accent that is 🙂
Please help this is my first year of growing strawberries and I'm very uneducated. I have three plants and I just found out that I can use it to grow more plants or take the runners off to grow strawberries. I had a few strawberries and they seem to either die or rot because they turned brown. My garden is in the ground and I have the black paper or whatever the proper name is and I also have shakers that I water with. My leaves look as if bugs have eaten little holes in them. I put egg shells on them to help with the bugs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for the great tutorial
Soaker not shaker
Can this strawberry plant survive frost?
why do you put the cardboard in there ?
great can strawberries grow in the Caribbean it only sun an rain
Did this work at all?
Potential hurdles were:
The downward drag from the composting action reducing the volume of the inner core
The excessive heat from the composting action
The challenge of keeping this thing irrigated in a way that keeps the top and bottom plants happy.
Trying to grow berries in the shade on the North side of this thing
Defending the barrels from birds and four legged critters.
If you had berries to show for your efforts, please let us know!
where are you from
Run drill in reverse works better
You can plant strawberries very very close together you don't have to space them very far because their roots don't go very far
Is there a link to the update videos?
No luck for me trying to grow strawberry in Vientiane,Laos as it's super sunny and hot all year round here. Any tips?
DO NOT USE NEWSPAPER! All of the colored ink is poison and the paper is also coated with a wax.
A couple of people have asked if this experiment was a success but I can t seem to see your reply – did it work or did the decomposing material cause the centre to collapse inwards ?
Did this work? Pls reply
What happened to it?
All good. Except papers. Have you thought how much different chemicals are in those papers, magazines, even simple cartoon. No need to place such trash in soil for growing food you will eat 🙁
Хорошая идея, спасибо.
I can't find your 20% off online course Huw
Strawberries are my favorite fruit i eat them almost every day.
You look like a kid here. Ha