Strawberries are an easy and delicious beginner fruit to grow. If you’re just starting out in the garden, you’ll get fruit faster and with less problems than fruit trees or larger bushes. Better yet, growing them from bare root strawberries will also save you a TON of money when getting you strawberry garden off the ground.
0:00 – Intro
0:50 – Bare Root vs. Potted
1:50 – Types of Strawberries
2:41 – Bare Root Anatomy
3:23 – Soaking Strawberries
4:10 – Sun and Soil Requirements
5:40 – Planting Strawberries
8:06 – Mulching Strawberries
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I got my strawberries from Bonnie Plants, but you can also get from Stark Bros, Nourse Farms, or your local nursery 🙂
I trimmed my roots heavely because its still chilly here in wisconsin and planted them in 4 inch pots. I hope they will be okay.
Mine are being attacked by aphids. The insecticidal soap helps a bit, but the ants just bring more. I wish i knew more about benificial insects in the garden, I found out that ladybugs eat aphids so that's what I'm trying next.
what can you grow to make your own garden straw?
Totally! Bare root is the way to go. I also grow alpine strawberries from seed, which really saves me money and, with the right type, can create a less demanding groundcover than the garden-variety. Berry season is almost upon us!!! 🙂
Problem with Bare Root strawberries, is that many being sold are actually 3 or 4 year old strawberry plants that are on the downward producing cycle, and will no longer produce very many strawberries. MANY farms remove their older stock, trimming them down to small bare roots they then can get further money from that plant. There was an investigative story on tv about this scam about 10 years ago. So I NEVER buy bare root any more. Otherwise a great video 🙂
Looking forward to part 2!
I planted mara des bois and tribute strawberries this year. They're gonna make a great groundcover in my edible landscape!
Is there a part 2 to this? I am having trouble keeping bugs from eating my strawberries. Any tips?
I'm on the Mississippi Coast where it gets VERY hot. Usually my full sun plants start to wilt after a full day in the sun. For instance I planted tomato plants, some in full sun- some that get partial shade in the afternoon. The ones in the partial shade are thriving; the others seem stunted and haven't grown at all. Do you think I should grow my strawberries in partial shade?
I have learned so much from this video! I have a apartment and I want to do strawberries. I feel more confident about starting. Thank you so much.
I got Albion this year
You make the best videos Kevin, can't get enough of them!
As a very new gardener, this was soooo helpful. Very comprehensive, thank you!!!
Where can I find Part 2 of your Strawberries?
I only have a little balcony to grow strawberries, and literally, every place sell like 25 roots in a pack, I don't really need that much, plus I don't even know how to preserve them, do you know is there any way to preserve them or places that sell only 1 root?
I planted June-bearing strawberries in 2020. Runners took over in the small area where they were initially planted, and I moved these new plants to another space in the garden. All of these produced amazing strawberries this spring, and huge quantities. The problem I’m having is with this year’s new runners. I’m finding lots of videos for planting, but not any for maintaining after planting. I don’t have enough space to keep all the new plants. Does it harm the plant to not allow runners? How long do strawberries live, and aren’t the runners there to replace the old ones dying off?
I bought some strawberries from Lowe’s around a month or so ago and they are doing good. The berries are small but taste great. They are starting to send off shoots that are taking root. I placed those in a pot so I can plant them in another location. I want to get a few more varieties and plant them in different locations. My theory is if I plant multiple varieties and spread them throughout my garden the pests won’t be able to move about them as easily.
My mom refused to plant strawberries because the birds always ate them all
My strawberries were pitiful this year. Small and barely getting red. Some are all knobby and bumpy. Not sure what happened. Maybe it got too cold one night?
Kevin, I ordered 60 Albion Strawberry plants from Amazon. I planted them in a dark composted soil with Coco Coir and Perlite. I use automatic drip lines and used straw for mulch. All the plants died and grew a better crop from the oat straw. Is July a bad time to start propagating bare root strawberry plants. What went wrong?
Growing strawberries from seeds in a container and some in greenhouse. I hope they live.
What with the frigo plants? Are they available in US? In Europe you can
buy the green plants, frigo roots , and potted plants.
Hello. I accident bought Espoma Holly-Tone instead of Berry-Tone both are 4-3-4. Can I use the Holly-Tone? Oh and I just got your book! 🙂
Can u do a video on doing strawberries but from store bought ones because.. i planted the ones from the store and they are growing they sprouted about 3 or 4 days ago n now idk what to do ._.
Nutritious foods–strawberries, salmon, salmonberries–taste like ballerinas dancing on my tongue; they fall down my gullet and burst with energy in my flavour-filled stomach.
What is your suggestion for dealing with spotted wing drosophila with ever bearing varieties?
I have a plan for netting my new June bearing beds that will be installed for next spring.
However, ever bearing strawberries require pollination throughout the year correct?
My wife and I are slowly brining more beds online each year of different fruits and vege and try to be critical thinkers before adding new items.
We live in Southern NJ where Rutgers has confirmed and issues advice for commercial growers.
They are in our general area but haven't experienced them yet in our yard with our tomatoes.
I'm concerned with planting a lot of Perennial fruits which initially was our primary objective with our yard. I'm afraid a large mass of unprotected fruits will lure them into our suburban neighborhood and would like to be equipped to deal with them.
Being on only a suburban 1/4 acre lot, we don't have a lot of space to store removable hoops and the appearance is also a concern with our front yard garden.
Just wondering since you don't have winter really if you deal with them persistently.