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Thank you for a strawberry video, Curtis. I'm in Southern Arizona and second year of berries in raised beds, started with 12 and now have 60+ plants. i cover mine with a simple pvc hoop and shade cloth 50% during the day and uncover at night. i still water by hand twice a day. would love to do a drip system… one day i will. always great content.
We had a really good patch going then our puppy got into them so we went and bought more and for some reason we aren’t getting anything is it because I’m keeping them in to much sun or what could make them be dying after they flower just a little?
Curtis, I have one doubt. If you allow the plants to grow wild like that, don't you think there will be a lot of vegetation and very little berry production?
We have the same strawberries in our garden and there is NOTHING that the grocery store strawberries have on the tasty sweet strawberries we grow. We LOVE them. Like you said, we're eating so much that we're not going to have enough either. Maybe I'll propagate more like you. Great idea!
Nice !
Very good info.
Seascape I think is getting to be the main one everyone seems to be planting. I tried to get them this spring and most places were sold out or had order limits. I wanted 1200 but could only order 1000. They are so amazing with fairly large berries for be a day neutral and last year they kept producing until the first frost in the first year being planted and were the first to produce before the June bearing.
I believe the reason for the wide spacing recommendation at planting time is so that in the second year (when you are supposed to start to crop, after you've removed the flowers in the first year) you have a full strawberry patch consisting of the second year plants and their runners. Last year I planted 4 new strawberry varieties much closer than recommended in a new strawberry patch and this year especially the Senga Sengana are heavily congested and, on top of that, they are sending out runners.
Ok basic rule for strawberry 1 year presorvation.
20 plants per person.
Fresh eating 10.
I have provided my family with 85% of our food for 10+ years as strawberries I grow enough to eat year round.
No Stores!
i'm from Jersey UK. I have strawberries plants all around the borders in my garden…. picking easily around a pound of berries everyday for like 20 days now. Only me, the wife and a 6 months old so can't eat them all. Been giving strawberries to neighbours, made jam and froze the rest….
My favorite way to use my runners for propagation is to fill peat pots with compost/soil and sit them under the end of the runner. Let them root, then transplant. But, I’m lazy! Lol
Those are the same strawberries that I got! But I didn't get them planted as soon as you so they are still just young… I had to wait for my raised bed to get finished. And I also planted in an offset manner. My bed is 48 inches across and I also have cukes, herbs, carrots, beans and nasturtium in there. Oh, and beets, radishes and bunching onions. It's my first bed, so I'm just getting warmed up! Next year could be really fun, cause I'll add another bed or two.
Can you keep us updated with your strawberries?
I wanna have a pretty garden like yours
I have a 10 x 4 bed with my strawberries that I grow under my Concord grapes. I've had the bed for about 5 years which is always productive.My biggest issue is slugs and small beetles. Any idea for the slugs with out spraying?
My problem, is that my chickens gets to them before I do.
Hallo Curtis, are you planning to do a 5-days Workshop in Germany? That would be great. Greetings from Bavaria.
Great advice about the spacing for foliage cover!
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We did a more dense planting and have encouraged self propagation in our 3' x 40' strawberry bed. We have seen great results with the addition of fresh compost at the start of the season and the addition of straw to keep the weeds down. Thanks for the update.
This is what I'm hoping for with ours
I am having trouble with squirrels. They are stealing all my strawberries. The pests take a bite of a strawberry and throw the rest away. :/ I think I'll be making strawberry cages for my raised beds. Ugh :/
v.good info 🙂
Since there's no fabric and no woodchips, do your strawberries tend to get soggy and rot when sitting in wet soil?
Very helpful, THANKS!
You and your family could be rich harvesting all those berries you could make your own jams and jellies and pies
Thanks for this. I will try it.
I can't believe the wife's brother doesn't get some help in his strawberry growth!
I’ve been aware of gardening since I was a fetus but am just now becoming excited about it. You said that many replace their strawberry plants every couple of years. Can the runners from old plants be considered “new” plants?
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