We are redoing our strawberry beds after 4 years. We finally dug everything out, filled the beds up, and are planting them out. It was a good opportunity to show you how to plant bare-root strawberries and answer some questions about them too.
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I planted bare root strawberries 3 months ago. Only 1 sprouted. Some I soaked. Some I didn't but they were a bit moist already. I didn't leave as much crown exposed but most of the crown is above the soil. Do you think there is any hope they will grow?
(I'm in S. Mississippi)
still waiting for reply thanks
Do you mulch your strawberry raised bed with straw (between the strawberry plants)?
Here in Florida, we have to plant them in the fall. Do you sell them then?
I was scrolling past this super late at night and I saw "root" and "strawberry" and my whole brain thought the thumbnail picture was of a rooted strawberry fruit. Hahaha
Luke i am planting 2 4×8 strawberry beds from bare root this year. One june and one everbearing bed. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Luke…..I'm going to plant some soon for the 1st time
Why not just top dress with compost, natural fertility amendments, and mulch right on top of the weaker plants? The stronger ones will take over the bed and be healthier for it! Seems like that would save a lot of work
Well, gee. That WHOLE top part is the crown. No wonder the ones (just 10) that I planted a couple weeks ago all died. Great video! And, yes, I did learn something new. So glad I watched.!
I'm in zone 6a in RI it's still in the 40 to 60 degree range and my bare root strawberries came in yesterday is it too cold to plant them
I just received bare root strawberries. They seem much fresher than I was expecting. I don't know of that's a good or bad thing. Some of the green tips broke off during planting. Will they be ok?
Hello. Wer can i buy seeds?
Any concern over frost with new plants?
I soaked them at 12.30 am.now I have to go out in the dark with a flash light and plant! I leaned you said get them in the ground right away.
How do I order strawberries from you
Thanks for all this great info. Do you mulch it after? Keeping the mulch away from the crown?
So that is interesting, do I get this right, you let the runners do their thing? What we always did was replanting and rotating over the garden in a I believe 2-4 year cycle. That is, runners were planted in a new field (as shown by you here) the first years runners were kept short. When the plants where getting old, we transplanted the runners in a new bed and pulled the old plants. Do you ever pull old plants? My impression was alway that they have their prime in year 2 and then decline in yield. But it might also be that this was due to soil issues. We usually planted in new compost but did not amend later.
What about using mulch or straw around the bed? Any success with that?
Started a new strawberry bed this year, mainly from bare-root plants. These have grown into nice plants with large leaves and average about 15 main stalks. I planted 2 potted strawberries to fill in the garden space. These two plants have 70-100 stalks, tiny leaves and even tinier strawberries. Should I pull these out or split them? They are all suppose to be everbearing.
I just bought some bare root plants that have a crown only 1/2 the size of the ones in your video. Planting them is difficult because with the crown above the ground, some of the roots are exposed. I've read where the roots aren't supposed to be exposed, what can I do?
can you plant bare root strawberries in March? How long can you keep the bare root plant before planting? Thanks!
I don't know why any of these videos never share when is the best time to plant these in ground.
Thanks so much for the video, very helpful. Just got some bare root strawberry plants and getting ready to plant them.
Soooo helpful!
Why do I see so many strawberry plants in towers and tight spaces? How do those thrive? I even saw hanging grow bags online for strawberries all cramped together (but all with fruit)
I buried the roots with the crown today lol I’ll dig them up tomorrow
I just started more in the house. Its going to get to 24 tonite and I dont want to kill them!
I bought some from Walmart but they’re all dead
I thought I should soak the roots first. Ty