If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Different Types Of Strawberries 1:37 Maximizing Yard Space For Planting 3:06 Companion Planting Strawberry Plants 4:09 How To Plant Bare Root Strawberries 7:51 Bare Root Strawberry Results 10:13 How Strawberry Plants Propagate 11:26 How To Fertilize Strawberry Plants 12:28 How To Transplant Strawberry Plants 14:55 Strawberry Plants Two Months Later 17:02 Adventures With Dale
I watched the video with JP. It was a great video. I watch his channel too. He's always enthusiastic and energetic. I'm so jealous. Love Adventures with Dale and he has Tuck. Both precious additions to the channel.
I have way too many plants in my 6 foot bed. I have shade cloth. Im composting in a 6 foot kiddie pool for transplant when it finally cools down some. No monsoons at my house and 100+ degrees 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You know you are a natural at this. You explain everything and the words roll off your tongue so easy. Thank you for all your videos. Love Dale. Saw his ears perk up when you said "mommy". So cute. Central NC.
I appreciate it. In fairness, sometimes it takes 2-3 takes where it doesn't roll off so easily 😂 Dale is a massive momma's boy. I'm jealous. When mommy is around, it's like dad doesn't exist 🙄
This video clearly took a long time to collect the clips across time, edit and assemble together. Thumbs up for effort and thoroughness. I also have noticed that variety matters, when selecting strawberries. The ones you get in hanging strawberry bowls at the big box stores don't do so well in the ground.
I did see your other video with James. He is certainly a high energy man! New Jersey has a short growing season but he sure maximizes his space and he has a huge harvest!! I am pulling plants as my harvest has been pretty bad…next season I will get more and I thank you for your help!!
“Keep your crowns high…” 🤣 ALWAYS good advice right there! I’ve got “everbearing” and did not care for the flavor - not sweet enough. Loved your visit with James and I decided to also try the strawberries under my fig trees. Thanks!
There are many, many varieties of everbearing and day neutral strawberries. You may not like your specific variety, but there are very sweet everbearing/day neutral berries. My Albion berries are by far the sweetest I've ever had, but they're on the small side. I recommend researching varieties pretty intensely for your area, because there are so many options, and not all strawberries do well everywhere.
It's a hassle, but if you cover them in row cover every night you can make your fruit sweeter. The row cover increases relative humidity at nighttime which is a significant factor in sugar production in ripening berries, the row cover helps because strawberries typically start guttation at night or releasing water from their stoma. This technique is often employed when growing indoor or hydroponically but works just as well for conventional in ground. And this is true of all strawverries, higher night humidity increases brix
@@TheMillennialGardener Interesting, I grew some Albion berries and they were too big, the fruit was splitting apart, very good flavor though. Probably just a difference in climate since Albion were bred for California. @joannc147 Some everbearing/day neutrals I've tried that I'd recommend based on flavor here. Mara des Bois has excellent flavor, though are especially small. Mignonette is a very good alpine strawberry with a larger size than other alpine strawberries. Pineberries have unique and good flavor and are very vigorous and hardy, but are also small. Delizz f1 also has excellent flavor. Albion can be very good, and I hear seascape is good, though the berries I got were unimpressive. Having some June bearing plants is very nice, since unless you have a lot of everbearing/day neutral plants you're not going to get enough at once for recipes, though I'm inexperienced with many of those varieties. Day neutrals are great if you want to harvest a handful of berries consistently throughout the year, in mild enough climates they'll even bear fruit during winter, though the quality is lesser.
Great video Anthony. Thanks for sharing with us Hand Picked Nurseries. Being from NC too I will definitely use them from now on. Also, very appreciative on showing us how you planted the bare root plants. I see where we can do much to improve our success with them. Thanks for sharing video.
I love Hand Picked Nursery. I too bought my strawberry root stock there. All are growing great after direct sowing. Last year I bought asparagus crowns. They are a several year process and these too are growing great.
Hand Picked Nursery is great! They have 1 day turnaround almost every time I’ve ordered. I’m about 75 miles down 95 from Benson and have thought about making a morning trip to them but need plenty of room. I’ve bought June bearing and Everbearing from them with great success. I am going to have to replace some plants because we had a stretch of 103-106 air temp days and I couldn’t get enough water on them. Lost 10 plants overnight on night that got to a low of 86! They went from green on a Tuesday afternoon to brown on Wednesday morning. I ordered a shade cloth for them now!
I've ordered strawberries from them in 3 separate orders over the last 6 years, and also my 2 varieties of asparagus. Every single root I've ever gotten has been outstanding. I know the Raleigh area has been getting pounded with 100 degree temps this year. We haven't gotten that hot on the coast, but the humidity has been something special these last few weeks. At this point, I'm just used to labored breathing 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener I completely understand about the humidity. Normal morning humidity for us is 95-100%. We’ve had 2 3-week stints with no rain this spring/summer. I have 5 55 gallon rain barrels but have frequently had bone-dry barrels (BTW, thanks for your video on the diverters-I ordered them the day you put out your video-have 2 and have one with an overflow barrel). My garden is literally a tribute to the Millenial Gardener-raised beds, grow bags, shade cloths, incandescent Christmas lights, frost cloths, and so much more-24X13 garden in the back, 6X22 section for raised beds and grow bags between driveway and lot line, grow bags and 4 GreenStalks on the patio (and I used them with grow lights in my garage to start my plants for spring transplants-have you tried them?) and 2 small planters for my strawberries. I am anxiously awaiting your video on your shade cloth system!
I don’t know if this comment just went through, so please forgive me if you’ve already seen this one: First, thank you so much for the amazing content! I’ve gotten so much valuable information and have also referred several of my gardening friends to you 😊 😉. (And I love your adventures with Dale! I look forward to them every video!!) Second thing, since you mentioned this toward the beginning of the video, I was wondering in your experience, when do most stores start putting gardening stuff on clearance for the season?
Dale and I appreciate you watching! To answer your question about garden clearance, it's always different. Not only does it vary by location, but it varies by year. Here where I live, I've seen fertilizers cleared out as early as early September and as late as January. It's different every single year. But my region won't be the same as others. Places with longer seasons, like Florida, and places with shorter seasons, like the Northeast, may be on entirely different schedules. It seems to be regional. All you can do is pop into stores once summer starts winding down. It's risky, because you never know when it happens.
Another great idea for strawberry lovers.I ve planted my white alpine type strawberry plants near my melon and squash vines and some mid season planted tomato plants. The tomato plants should give my alpine strawberries some nice afternoon shade while the melon plants will help shade the soil near my berries. Have not tried planting them under my newly installed fruit trees but will do so next year after the trees put on some serious growth.Tganks Millenial man for your interesting and helpful gardening videos!
I ordered from Hand Picked Nursery specifically because of this video. I wanted to try to replicate what you did and the way that you did it. I soaked for three hours, cut the roots to three inches (that was a weird thing for me) and planted 60 bare root strawberries in 4" pots on Wednesday evening of this week. It is now Friday morning and every single one of those plants has started to push new growth. I don't know if it is the nursery, the technique, or what...but this is my new plan every year for new strawberries! GREAT VIDEO!
@@TheMillennialGardener Brother I'm so freakin poor in money but rich in spirit and love of organic gardening in earth or containers. I totally appreciate your videos, sooo well done. I wish you the very best. 🤠🖖
I am glad that they are turned out well! I grew up and still live in berry country (Lynden, WA) where I started picking them for money at the age of 7. To be honest, I would have expected far more growth at the two month mark. In comparison, I was picking a decent amount of berries at the two month mark after planting bare root Albions into my dollar store stackers and in my fabric grow bags. I am wondering if the warmer weather, smaller starting roots, or you not using Berry Tone/Worm Casting impacted that. My production last year was horrible as I got used to growing them in fabric grow bags and those two things added in Fall/Spring made a world of difference in last year’s plants, this year. Regardless, I respect and appreciate your effort and enthusiasm in each of your videos to help gardeners find success all around the world 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
Generally, plants don't do much the first season after planting, because they need to grow roots before they put on vegetation. Fruit trees, for example, usually wait until Year 3 to put on vertical growth. They spend the first 1.5-2 seasons growing roots underground before they have confidence to grow up. Strawberries notoriously don't do much Year 1. It's Year 2 where you see production, because the initial months are lost to the establishing process. The reason why I planted them in the middle of the year is because I want them to produce next season, so this is the year where they won't do much. I expect them to provide a mediocre harvest come next May, a significant harvest in May 2026, and a tremendous harvest in May 2027 with a real patch that's taken over the area by then.
Awesome video. I did the same thing & its worked great this year. When i soaked my strawberry plants i put a little bit of copper powder in the water just in case there were any diseases. Every plant is thriving now.
Thank you for recommending Hand Picked Nursery. I saw that their prices are very reasonable. I love supporting Veteran owned businesses so I will be ordering my asparagus and strawberries from them soon.
I’m also planning on using the greenstalk next year for strawberries. This year they looked a lot like those shown in this video and I’m hoping the greenstalk will keep them away from so many pests.
You filmed this at the beginning of May and it is now the third week of July. Strawberry season is over for us in the south, at least for southwest Florida. The heat had knocked out out of all my strawberry plants!
The Fall is strawberry planting season in the South. I specifically timed this video for now, because now is when you want to order your bare roots. By the time you get them started and they root in containers, it'll be end of August/September. Late August/September is the ideal month for planting strawberries for 90% of the landmass of the continental US.
So helpful that he had the patience to start the video in May and give his true update in July so we can see the results. Evidence based garden trials😊. But I was wondering the same thing when I started watching and listening closely. I think He and James P truly want us all to succeed learning from their trials and errors.
Needed this one. I bought two packs back in February at Tractor Supply that had 9 bare root plants each and only 3 survived 😕 I’ll definitely use this going forward.
I did this along with yarrow because that is good with fruit trees too. I also let any clover that sprouted stay because apparently it's a nitrogen fixer as well!
I want to ask you a question but I’d like to start by saying I love the content. So many of your videos and tips have helped my garden tremendously. Now after that being said… my question is do you leave your shade cloths up 24/7? or do you remove them if temperatures lower to a specific degree? I ask bc of your video showing some tomatoes growing in the mostly shaded areas and if temperatures now impact when you remove shade cloths. Thanks for your time and keep up the phenomenal work.
I tried this and the next day won the lottery. It changed my life!!! LOL ALl the garden people are always looking for something new. They should make videos usiong the things they grow in food preparation. Everyone likes food, it's universal and easy.
❤ you know, this is my favourite gardening channel. It is always simplistic and fully understandable. 👍 But what I appreciate the most, is that you have the consideration to translate metrics like inches, Fahrenheit and pounds/ounces to cm, Celsius and grams/kilos. You also explain the fertilizer so I can pick up on the "idea" and can use Carp fertilizer here in Australia. It is difficult enough to solve the alternate season equivalent, given that July is dead winter for us. It is timely because it is bareroot time here! You have explained that too! It is a long comment but like your runners, good things grow into substantial feedback 😂❤❤👍🦘🦘🦘🦘🙋♀️
I appreciate it. Roughly 1/3 of my audience is based in countries outside of the US, so I always want to make sure these videos are easily understandable and helpful for everyone. What's the point of making the videos if you can't help everyone, right? I'm sure all these little products vary from place to place, country to country, but as long as the general concept is clear, I feel confident everyone can make it work.
I actually got gifted a strawberry patch + apple pear tree. From a neighbor gardener so i know it is good for my micro climate. I have similar ideas!! Symbiotes!!
First, thank you very much for the amazing information! I have referred several of my garden and friends to you 😉. Random question since you mentioned something about it at the beginning of the video … approximately when do you see storage starting to put gardening stuff on clearance?
Great point about June bearing vs Everbearing! Ive been pondering this since i say your interview with james. I typically peel back the mulch around my trees to fertilize, having berries here makes that more labor intensive...thoughts?
@@katiedavis5861 That was my first thought. I use organic fertilizer and drip irrigation below the mulch and i'm worried it would take forever to break down and that the mulch will rob the nitrogen. I guess eventually it will get into the ground.
Honestly, I barely fertilize my well-established trees anymore. It's pretty much all mulch layer maintenance. The roots eventually become so deep and mature that they can find what they need provided you give them tons of mulch so there is always something decaying. I fertilize my young trees and my vegetable garden. The established trees just get mulch and usually compost in spring. I guess I'll feel it out. My end goal is to basically feed all my trees with mulch, and only mulch, once they're fully established.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for chiming in, im a huge fan. The problem is these are not mature trees. I recently bought my "forever home" outside Greenville SC. The FIRST thing i did was to order and plant 10 fruit trees in the spring and 40 strawberries from gurneys (in a temporary raised bed & greenstalk). That is about the same time you posted about planting bare root trees along your fence line. I followed that to a tee . I even put "temporary" raised beds between them. I did 2 rows of 5 trees spaced 8' apart, covered the entire area with cardboard and hauled 6 cubic yards of much in and covered it. They have thrived, tons of green growth up top, and i noticed today that the trunks of these trees which were straw thin when i planted them are 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick, so its going well. Maybe i get myself out of analysis paralysis and just lay down more fertilizer and mulch and put the new strawberry runners out there and see what happens.
I also just built a raised bed between 2 of my fruit trees to turn it into a strawberry bed, what a coincidence. I also got the idea from seeing strawberries under other people's trees, but I was worried about root interference so I figured a raised bed would be better.
Be sure you line the bottom of your raised bed to prevent root intrusion. I have a video on that here: ruclips.net/video/hwEYLGdX1iY/видео.htmlsi=7596_6JoVNnUScZq
Thank you for another great video! Strawberries do really well in partial and even not so partial shade where the sun is really intense like here in north east FL. However root knot nematodes are a big problem here. How often do you apply the crab and lobster shell and how do you apply it for plants that are already in the ground? And in case you know of resources to learn more about dealing with the nematodes in a sustainable manner please share.
@@TheMillennialGardenerI could send you some cuttings when mine are up and running or some seeds down the road if you like (from SC). Or you could look up project tree collard’s site and RUclips channel. Don’t think there are too many sources in the US.
How come the apple trees are supported by the lines? Is this to help prevent the branches from breaking when fruit bearing? Ive seen the goblet technique with peaches but was curious about this.
thank you so much, new to your channel appreciate your knowledge and saring. i am curious if you have experimented not using any fertilizers or any store bought addittions? i am looking to garden but with nothing man made...on this smae land in the 1970s and 80s things grew and my parents added nothing and i just got vack from south americaa and observed fruit trees in wild areas.. less than a mile from the beach like tamarind, mango, avocado and others.. we used horse and chicken manure but now my mom now gives industrial animal feed w chemicals and that has changed the manure i THINK. thank you again
I’ve gone 100% June bearing. Just pulled the rest today. Too much work pruning runners and the list goes on. Heat pounded them even between my trees like that. I had a beautiful harvest of June bearing Chandler strawberries in a raised bed like James P has with the net cover. Didn’t lose one berry. Before I put the net up I got almost none of them. I picked almost a quart a day. I had 12 in the raised bed and 25 in ground at work. It still wasn’t enough to make jelly because I always eat the entire quart before I get finished.
I forget the company on Amazon but i ordered some Ozark bare root strawberry. They were the healthiest bare root plants I've ever had. Might of been the same company.
Thank you , Anthony! Another wonderful video. I have had my strawberries in two greenstalks for the last two years. A mediocre result. I’m moving this winter and would like to do this with those third year strawberries. Do you think it would work? Also on a side note, what is the horizontal line with green tags you have running along the fruit trees?
The problem with those greenstalks, as I see it, is that a strawberry plant only lives around 2 years or so, so the strawberries have to constantly replace themselves with runners. The original plants die very soon. It seems like the greenstalk tower is easy to plant initially, but strawberry plants don't do well Year 1, and you must also find a way for the new runners to take root, because your initial planting will be dead in 2-3 years. It just looks hard to navigate for something like strawberries. I'm sure it can be done, but it seems a lot easier to do this on solid ground.
@@TheMillennialGardener I agree. Your assessment is dead on. That’s why I want to transfer them to the ground at the new house. I just wasn’t sure if I could transplant these or should start with new bare roots.
He has said in other videos that adult trees don't need fertilizer. I presume he will still mulch, and will just shrug at the damage to strawberries, figuring they'll grow back and whatever can be harvested is simply a bonus versus having no strawberries there originally.
Everytime i try to plant strawberry seeds the bugs ate it twice. I even bought a couple of ready plants and died. Maybe because I didn't let the roots out like you mentioned.
I've been painstakingly installing border bricks from Lowe's for the last 3 years as I installed more and more fruit trees. I use a string line and a trowel. They carry these bricks outdoors by the play sand and concrete pavers.
I did same think but had problems with Robin's but took rocks similar sized to strawberries 🍓 painted them red an scattered amongst plants birds left them alone probably bent beaks 😂
I tried bare root plants this year from a big box and had zero success even with planting multiple ways. I then found a cheap seed kit from the dollar store and they are now thriving!
Hey you said fertilizer 7 to 10 times a week ? Everything I have seen is twice a month I'm confused on that also do you have natural fertilizer videos ? Thank you!
I have a problem where black spot appear on the leaves then the strawberries die. I plant them directly in the ground . I live in zone 5a.What is causing this and how can I avoid this? Thank You.
The beautiful thing about strawberries is you can go to any farm that grows them and pick some. You can germinate 1 seed and have hundreds if not thousands of plants to last you your entire life… from 1 seed. It’s amazing.
I’m not sure if they grow true, though, and then you have a problem with maturity. These bare roots will fruit for me next spring. I think the bare roots are truly worth it. I will pay a small premium to get genetically pure varieties that fruit years sooner.
I have a question when we just start planting tomato pepper and other vegetable How often should I give Jack fertilizer 2020& and bonemeal and organic fertilizer?
Every 10-14 days in ground. Every 7-10 days in containers. Containers don't hold nutrients well and wash out, so when you container garden, you need to apply it more frequently.
The vast majority of apples can be grown in Zone 8b. All Zone 8's nationwide have anywhere from 600-1,000+ chill hours. That is more than enough to grow almost any apple tree. If you're in Zone 8b, you have more than enough chill hours to grow the overwhelming majority of apples. Growing apples aren't really an issue until you get south of Jacksonville, FL. Then, you'll need to start getting selective. Find yourself a chill hour map and cross-reference that with the varieties you desire. Ensure they're in compatible pollination groups. You'll have to treat them with a copper fungicide regularly, but that isn't a huge deal.
Do you have a strawberry farm near you? We have a giant one here in SC and come March/April our town has gobs of great strawberries everywhere. Other than cost, no need to grow them!
I bought 2 strawberry plants from Walmart 4 years ago...let's just say that if you let them, they will take over a whole bed and grow out side of the bed and will take hold of your yard 😂 I've given away so many of the plants and even got rid of that bed but I Still get new strawberry plants coming up around the yard every year!
I have ozark beauty ever bearing strawberries. When the plants have been there so long will the strawberries be bigger than when they are first growing. And I’m thinking about either getting two 20 gallon planters or a big 40 gallon container for only strawberries and getting another kind of strawberries that grow lots of berries and big ones. I live in Arkansas. What other kind of strawberries do u think I should get that I could get lots of berries and fairly big ones also. Ty
Not really, because a strawberry plant only lives for 2-3 years before it dies. Your very first year, you may have small berries since all your roots will be new, but those original roots will be dead shortly. You have to let the runners re-populate, because they have short lifespans. Ozark Beauty, I believe, is a smaller berry. If you want larger strawberries, you have to get varieties that are known for large berries. Most of the larger strawberries are junebearers. Check your local cooperative extension to find what does well in your area. If you're in Arkansas, these Sweet Charlie roots would probably do well for you.
@@TheMillennialGardener so I guess I would check my nearest plant nursery and see if they sell this kind sweet Charlie strawberry plant. And also if I’m going to grow them in either a 20 gallon planter or a 40 gallon trough. Do u think getting only two or three plants and letting those plants runners make more plants as the older ones grow?
@@TheMillennialGardener cuccumber patch 2 yrs previous with no rotation for at least 10 yrs using Marketmores on a 10 ft split rail fence trellis. Strawberry plants came from a 3 yr old patch that needed redoing. Pulled 10 plants from that, 4 made it, and last year the runners covered the entire patch. Compost and a light coat of chicken manure. I know sounds crazy but you should see my garden. It'll make some of you young boys cry. Gardening for 46 years. And yes 26 qts of strawberries this yr off that little patch. 48 lbs. of Blackberries off of 2- 20 ft rows. Last yr 65 lbs of figs from 4 Chicago Hardy. I could go on and on.
Good question. The answer is: maybe. The best time to mulch your strawberries is in early spring as they're waking up. That will keep them weed-free throughout most of the season. Then, by the time they start sending runners in late summer, the mulch should be sufficiently broken down for them to take root. Alternatively, you can simply control them. Dig holes in the mulch and manually place the strawberry plants so they root exactly where you want them to. I often do this.
Well I made the mistake of taking a chance on the big box store (Lowes). They had their bare root stock 50% off because it was clearly past its window. It turns out 50% off on something dead isn't a great deal. If they surprise me and sprout I will report back but I don't have much hope.
When the big box stores get the bare roots in, you basically have to buy them within the first week. If you don't frequent the stores all the time, I wouldn't even bother. They'll be burnt to a crisp in no time under those fluorescent lights, drying out to nothing. I recommend Hand Picked Nursery. The root sizes are insane. I've ordered 3 strawberry varieties and 2 asparagus varieties from them over the years and the quality is nuts.
Spinosad. That is what you need. Apply it at sundown. It needs to sit on the plants and the worms need to consume it. They'll all be dead within 2 days. The downside: you need dry weather. If you're getting daily rain, it'll wash it off and it won't be as effective. If you can apply it during a 2-3 day stretch of dry weather, that will solve your problem. If you get daily rain and it's not an option, you can really only use pyrethrin, since it's a contact killer, but pyrethrin wears off in a matter of hours. Spinosad during dry spells is the ticket.
So basically a food forest sort of idea? How do you protect the berries? I was thinking of adding all of mine to a raised bed so that I can more easily protect them from rodents. Everything I plant has a pest assigned to demolish it 😭
Sure. I don't see why not. The only potential problem I can see is soil pH. If you specifically target the blueberries with acidic fertilizer, it's possible the strawberries may not like it as acidic as the blueberries, but if you aren't heavily amending your soil and the blueberries are doing well, they should be fine. It's definitely worth a try.
☝🏾I wish I had known this🤦🏾♀️ I literally did just that last week and my strawberries aren't happy! I used berry tone, probably too much, thinking that would make them all do well but it seemed to have the opposite effect 👎🏽
I specifically waited for now to post this video, because it was filmed over 2 months and now is the ideal time to order strawberry roots. By the time they arrive, soak them, pot them up and they wake up and form a root ball, it'll be end of August/early September. That is the ideal time to transplant your strawberries.
I don’t want to kill anything in the soil. I wouldn’t mind spraying the plants with pyrethrin, but insect netting is easier. You have to spray constantly for unprotected plants, which I don’t like doing.
Digged mine up because they tasted so watery and tasteless until the last few lbs of the first crop. My berries are ever-bearing and day neutrals. My raided bed soil was rock hard and well majority of the roots broke and the plants were extremely crown bound.. planted back the best who had roots and the rest i just crown divided and plugged them into sand. Hopefully a small pourcentage roots. Im pretty much done with strawberries. They taste like store bough if i fertilize, if i berely fertilize the plants new growth after the first fruiting is done is terrible and tiny and clogs the crowns making new growth come crooked and makes the strawberries to make more crowns... i can grow watermelons and pretty much anything else even fig tress. Who i started last winter and most of them hve 30+ figs and are 4 feet high in their 5 gal container...
Are you concerned about the strawberries vining under the fence and out of the area you have allotted for them? And can we talk about the fruit trees being strung up like grape vines?! Or have I missed that one already?😊
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If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Different Types Of Strawberries
1:37 Maximizing Yard Space For Planting
3:06 Companion Planting Strawberry Plants
4:09 How To Plant Bare Root Strawberries
7:51 Bare Root Strawberry Results
10:13 How Strawberry Plants Propagate
11:26 How To Fertilize Strawberry Plants
12:28 How To Transplant Strawberry Plants
14:55 Strawberry Plants Two Months Later
17:02 Adventures With Dale
I watched the video with JP. It was a great video. I watch his channel too. He's always enthusiastic and energetic. I'm so jealous. Love Adventures with Dale and he has Tuck. Both precious additions to the channel.
hey i thought you were going to talk about strawberry towers but they can be pricy but they can also be a garden changer by saving space
I have way too many plants in my 6 foot bed. I have shade cloth. Im composting in a 6 foot kiddie pool for transplant when it finally cools down some. No monsoons at my house and 100+ degrees 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You have to give the Millennial Gardener 10/10 for enthusiasm... but also chuckle whenever he finds the new "best" way of doing something.
You can tell he's found his calling. Money can't buy love.
Gardening is always an adventure.
@@TheMillennialGardener a fun adventure!
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Hey, i’m always ready to try the latest and the greatest!
Silent fan here, you’ve been mentoring me from novice to slightly better novice. Your expertise are appreciated
You know you are a natural at this. You explain everything and the words roll off your tongue so easy.
Thank you for all your videos. Love Dale. Saw his ears perk up when you said "mommy". So cute.
Central NC.
I appreciate it. In fairness, sometimes it takes 2-3 takes where it doesn't roll off so easily 😂 Dale is a massive momma's boy. I'm jealous. When mommy is around, it's like dad doesn't exist 🙄
@@TheMillennialGardeneryou speak like a Teacher.. answering all the class questions.. before they're even asked. 😊
This video clearly took a long time to collect the clips across time, edit and assemble together. Thumbs up for effort and thoroughness. I also have noticed that variety matters, when selecting strawberries. The ones you get in hanging strawberry bowls at the big box stores don't do so well in the ground.
I’sons nursery sells strawberry plugs
I did see your other video with James. He is certainly a high energy man! New Jersey has a short growing season but he sure maximizes his space and he has a huge harvest!! I am pulling plants as my harvest has been pretty bad…next season I will get more and I thank you for your help!!
“Keep your crowns high…” 🤣 ALWAYS good advice right there! I’ve got “everbearing” and did not care for the flavor - not sweet enough. Loved your visit with James and I decided to also try the strawberries under my fig trees. Thanks!
There are many, many varieties of everbearing and day neutral strawberries. You may not like your specific variety, but there are very sweet everbearing/day neutral berries. My Albion berries are by far the sweetest I've ever had, but they're on the small side. I recommend researching varieties pretty intensely for your area, because there are so many options, and not all strawberries do well everywhere.
It's a hassle, but if you cover them in row cover every night you can make your fruit sweeter. The row cover increases relative humidity at nighttime which is a significant factor in sugar production in ripening berries, the row cover helps because strawberries typically start guttation at night or releasing water from their stoma. This technique is often employed when growing indoor or hydroponically but works just as well for conventional in ground. And this is true of all strawverries, higher night humidity increases brix
@@ethankaufman8577 fascinating! I thank you for your insights - bonus for new botanical words for me!
@@TheMillennialGardener Interesting, I grew some Albion berries and they were too big, the fruit was splitting apart, very good flavor though. Probably just a difference in climate since Albion were bred for California.
@joannc147 Some everbearing/day neutrals I've tried that I'd recommend based on flavor here. Mara des Bois has excellent flavor, though are especially small. Mignonette is a very good alpine strawberry with a larger size than other alpine strawberries. Pineberries have unique and good flavor and are very vigorous and hardy, but are also small. Delizz f1 also has excellent flavor. Albion can be very good, and I hear seascape is good, though the berries I got were unimpressive. Having some June bearing plants is very nice, since unless you have a lot of everbearing/day neutral plants you're not going to get enough at once for recipes, though I'm inexperienced with many of those varieties. Day neutrals are great if you want to harvest a handful of berries consistently throughout the year, in mild enough climates they'll even bear fruit during winter, though the quality is lesser.
I've been spreading mine around my fruit trees for a few years working great
What a wonderful idea! This will be my next project. I have 6 fruit trees that I can add berries under. Thank you for the video.
Great info. I didn't understand how to plant bare root strawberries. Now I do thanks to you. Maggie UK
Thank you for the tips. I also enjoy James' RUclips channel. The end of this video was too precious!
Great video Anthony. Thanks for sharing with us Hand Picked Nurseries. Being from NC too I will definitely use them from now on. Also, very appreciative on showing us how you planted the bare root plants. I see where we can do much to improve our success with them. Thanks for sharing video.
I love Hand Picked Nursery. I too bought my strawberry root stock there. All are growing great after direct sowing.
Last year I bought asparagus crowns. They are a several year process and these too are growing great.
Always top quality information and application. Thanks for all you do ❤
I appreciate it!
I live in Salisbury NC, and love supporting North Carolina businesses, so I'll definitely be ordering from them from now on!
Hand Picked Nursery is great! They have 1 day turnaround almost every time I’ve ordered. I’m about 75 miles down 95 from Benson and have thought about making a morning trip to them but need plenty of room. I’ve bought June bearing and Everbearing from them with great success. I am going to have to replace some plants because we had a stretch of 103-106 air temp days and I couldn’t get enough water on them. Lost 10 plants overnight on night that got to a low of 86! They went from green on a Tuesday afternoon to brown on Wednesday morning. I ordered a shade cloth for them now!
I've ordered strawberries from them in 3 separate orders over the last 6 years, and also my 2 varieties of asparagus. Every single root I've ever gotten has been outstanding. I know the Raleigh area has been getting pounded with 100 degree temps this year. We haven't gotten that hot on the coast, but the humidity has been something special these last few weeks. At this point, I'm just used to labored breathing 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener I completely understand about the humidity. Normal morning humidity for us is 95-100%. We’ve had 2 3-week stints with no rain this spring/summer. I have 5 55 gallon rain barrels but have frequently had bone-dry barrels (BTW, thanks for your video on the diverters-I ordered them the day you put out your video-have 2 and have one with an overflow barrel). My garden is literally a tribute to the Millenial Gardener-raised beds, grow bags, shade cloths, incandescent Christmas lights, frost cloths, and so much more-24X13 garden in the back, 6X22 section for raised beds and grow bags between driveway and lot line, grow bags and 4 GreenStalks on the patio (and I used them with grow lights in my garage to start my plants for spring transplants-have you tried them?) and 2 small planters for my strawberries. I am anxiously awaiting your video on your shade cloth system!
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First, thank you so much for the amazing content! I’ve gotten so much valuable information and have also referred several of my gardening friends to you 😊 😉. (And I love your adventures with Dale! I look forward to them every video!!)
Second thing, since you mentioned this toward the beginning of the video, I was wondering in your experience, when do most stores start putting gardening stuff on clearance for the season?
Dale and I appreciate you watching! To answer your question about garden clearance, it's always different. Not only does it vary by location, but it varies by year. Here where I live, I've seen fertilizers cleared out as early as early September and as late as January. It's different every single year. But my region won't be the same as others. Places with longer seasons, like Florida, and places with shorter seasons, like the Northeast, may be on entirely different schedules. It seems to be regional. All you can do is pop into stores once summer starts winding down. It's risky, because you never know when it happens.
Thank you Thank you Thank you! 9b low desert AZ and 95% of my garden is toast! 🥵 Theirs hope!!
We have alkaline soil that strawberries like.
Excellent idea and demonstration. ❤ Dale 😊
Thank you so much! Dale says hello 🐶
Excellent information!!!
Thank you so much!
I watch James but I didn't see that video on strawberries ... have to watch it too!
Another great idea for strawberry lovers.I ve planted my white alpine type strawberry plants near my melon and squash vines and some mid season planted tomato plants. The tomato plants should give my alpine strawberries some nice afternoon shade while the melon plants will help shade the soil near my berries. Have not tried planting them under my newly installed fruit trees but will do so next year after the trees put on some serious growth.Tganks Millenial man for your interesting and helpful gardening videos!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I ordered from Hand Picked Nursery specifically because of this video. I wanted to try to replicate what you did and the way that you did it. I soaked for three hours, cut the roots to three inches (that was a weird thing for me) and planted 60 bare root strawberries in 4" pots on Wednesday evening of this week. It is now Friday morning and every single one of those plants has started to push new growth. I don't know if it is the nursery, the technique, or what...but this is my new plan every year for new strawberries! GREAT VIDEO!
Great intel as usual. Im doing it just like you showed next spring
Excellent! It's such a good, efficient system. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@@TheMillennialGardener Brother I'm so freakin poor in money but rich in spirit and love of organic gardening in earth or containers. I totally appreciate your videos, sooo well done. I wish you the very best. 🤠🖖
I am glad that they are turned out well! I grew up and still live in berry country (Lynden, WA) where I started picking them for money at the age of 7. To be honest, I would have expected far more growth at the two month mark. In comparison, I was picking a decent amount of berries at the two month mark after planting bare root Albions into my dollar store stackers and in my fabric grow bags.
I am wondering if the warmer weather, smaller starting roots, or you not using Berry Tone/Worm Casting impacted that. My production last year was horrible as I got used to growing them in fabric grow bags and those two things added in Fall/Spring made a world of difference in last year’s plants, this year.
Regardless, I respect and appreciate your effort and enthusiasm in each of your videos to help gardeners find success all around the world 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
Generally, plants don't do much the first season after planting, because they need to grow roots before they put on vegetation. Fruit trees, for example, usually wait until Year 3 to put on vertical growth. They spend the first 1.5-2 seasons growing roots underground before they have confidence to grow up. Strawberries notoriously don't do much Year 1. It's Year 2 where you see production, because the initial months are lost to the establishing process. The reason why I planted them in the middle of the year is because I want them to produce next season, so this is the year where they won't do much. I expect them to provide a mediocre harvest come next May, a significant harvest in May 2026, and a tremendous harvest in May 2027 with a real patch that's taken over the area by then.
Awesome video. I did the same thing & its worked great this year. When i soaked my strawberry plants i put a little bit of copper powder in the water just in case there were any diseases. Every plant is thriving now.
Loving it! U r remarkable! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
I watch James as well, and I saw your interview a few months ago. Great job as usual.
We have been doing this for four years, and we are just about to implement a bit more under planting.
Thank you for recommending Hand Picked Nursery. I saw that their prices are very reasonable. I love supporting Veteran owned businesses so I will be ordering my asparagus and strawberries from them soon.
Strawberries. I’ve also run out of space so plan on getting greenstalk for next year!!!
Excellent!
I’m also planning on using the greenstalk next year for strawberries. This year they looked a lot like those shown in this video and I’m hoping the greenstalk will keep them away from so many pests.
James rocks!! Glad y'all got to kick it and learn.
This was sooo helpful! Thank you!!!
🎉 yes!! Just got some bare roots so perfect timing!!
I'm always watching 😅
Bareroots in summer?
@@TheMillennialGardener yasss 💃🍓🍓🍓
@@afrocraft1 yes! 👏🏻
@@TheMillennialGardener this vid got me out of a jam 🍓🫣
I live right next to Benson NC might check out that nursery in person
You filmed this at the beginning of May and it is now the third week of July. Strawberry season is over for us in the south, at least for southwest Florida. The heat had knocked out out of all my strawberry plants!
The Fall is strawberry planting season in the South. I specifically timed this video for now, because now is when you want to order your bare roots. By the time you get them started and they root in containers, it'll be end of August/September. Late August/September is the ideal month for planting strawberries for 90% of the landmass of the continental US.
So helpful that he had the patience to start the video in May and give his true update in July so we can see the results. Evidence based garden trials😊. But I was wondering the same thing when I started watching and listening closely. I think He and James P truly want us all to succeed learning from their trials and errors.
@@TheMillennialGardener we plant ours in October.
Needed this one. I bought two packs back in February at Tractor Supply that had 9 bare root plants each and only 3 survived 😕 I’ll definitely use this going forward.
I did this along with yarrow because that is good with fruit trees too. I also let any clover that sprouted stay because apparently it's a nitrogen fixer as well!
Oooh I have a new small apple tree and another with a cherry bush in 50 gallon grow bags. I bet i can plant with them. 🤔😁😁😁
You certainly can. They'll act like mulch. But, unlike mulch, they will increase your need for fertilizer and water.
I was thinking of switching to June bearing too. I like big harvests at one time, so I can focus on something else.
Good information.
Thanks!
Awesome video,I will try to plant some in South America.
Thank you so much!
I want to ask you a question but I’d like to start by saying I love the content. So many of your videos and tips have helped my garden tremendously. Now after that being said… my question is do you leave your shade cloths up 24/7? or do you remove them if temperatures lower to a specific degree? I ask bc of your video showing some tomatoes growing in the mostly shaded areas and if temperatures now impact when you remove shade cloths. Thanks for your time and keep up the phenomenal work.
I tried this and the next day won the lottery. It changed my life!!! LOL ALl the garden people are always looking for something new. They should make videos usiong the things they grow in food preparation. Everyone likes food, it's universal and easy.
❤ you know, this is my favourite gardening channel. It is always simplistic and fully understandable. 👍 But what I appreciate the most, is that you have the consideration to translate metrics like inches, Fahrenheit and pounds/ounces to cm, Celsius and grams/kilos. You also explain the fertilizer so I can pick up on the "idea" and can use Carp fertilizer here in Australia. It is difficult enough to solve the alternate season equivalent, given that July is dead winter for us. It is timely because it is bareroot time here! You have explained that too! It is a long comment but like your runners, good things grow into substantial feedback 😂❤❤👍🦘🦘🦘🦘🙋♀️
I appreciate it. Roughly 1/3 of my audience is based in countries outside of the US, so I always want to make sure these videos are easily understandable and helpful for everyone. What's the point of making the videos if you can't help everyone, right? I'm sure all these little products vary from place to place, country to country, but as long as the general concept is clear, I feel confident everyone can make it work.
@@TheMillennialGardenerthis right here is one reason why you’re my favorite. Love what you do man ❤❤❤❤❤
Lovely vid! 😊
I actually got gifted a strawberry patch + apple pear tree. From a neighbor gardener so i know it is good for my micro climate. I have similar ideas!! Symbiotes!!
Very nice sir
Thank you!
First, thank you very much for the amazing information! I have referred several of my garden and friends to you 😉.
Random question since you mentioned something about it at the beginning of the video … approximately when do you see storage starting to put gardening stuff on clearance?
Great point about June bearing vs Everbearing! Ive been pondering this since i say your interview with james. I typically peel back the mulch around my trees to fertilize, having berries here makes that more labor intensive...thoughts?
Why can't you fertilize over the mulch?
@@katiedavis5861 That was my first thought. I use organic fertilizer and drip irrigation below the mulch and i'm worried it would take forever to break down and that the mulch will rob the nitrogen. I guess eventually it will get into the ground.
@@craigwyse274 gotcha!
Honestly, I barely fertilize my well-established trees anymore. It's pretty much all mulch layer maintenance. The roots eventually become so deep and mature that they can find what they need provided you give them tons of mulch so there is always something decaying. I fertilize my young trees and my vegetable garden. The established trees just get mulch and usually compost in spring. I guess I'll feel it out. My end goal is to basically feed all my trees with mulch, and only mulch, once they're fully established.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for chiming in, im a huge fan. The problem is these are not mature trees.
I recently bought my "forever home" outside Greenville SC. The FIRST thing i did was to order and plant 10 fruit trees in the spring and 40 strawberries from gurneys (in a temporary raised bed & greenstalk).
That is about the same time you posted about planting bare root trees along your fence line. I followed that to a tee . I even put "temporary" raised beds between them.
I did 2 rows of 5 trees spaced 8' apart, covered the entire area with cardboard and hauled 6 cubic yards of much in and covered it.
They have thrived, tons of green growth up top, and i noticed today that the trunks of these trees which were straw thin when i planted them are 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick, so its going well.
Maybe i get myself out of analysis paralysis and just lay down more fertilizer and mulch and put the new strawberry runners out there and see what happens.
Good stuff. I'm facing this very dilemma. No one beats your channel in pointing out opportunities for value in gardening. Thanks!
I really appreciate it! Thank you!
I also just built a raised bed between 2 of my fruit trees to turn it into a strawberry bed, what a coincidence. I also got the idea from seeing strawberries under other people's trees, but I was worried about root interference so I figured a raised bed would be better.
Be sure you line the bottom of your raised bed to prevent root intrusion. I have a video on that here: ruclips.net/video/hwEYLGdX1iY/видео.htmlsi=7596_6JoVNnUScZq
Thank you for another great video! Strawberries do really well in partial and even not so partial shade where the sun is really intense like here in north east FL. However root knot nematodes are a big problem here. How often do you apply the crab and lobster shell and how do you apply it for plants that are already in the ground? And in case you know of resources to learn more about dealing with the nematodes in a sustainable manner please share.
That's funny I was going to make a video about doing this.😂
It’s about that time of year for fall planting.
Love to see the collaboration between favorite youtuber garneners ❤🎉😊
It was a fun trip.
Can you do a video about how you trained your trees to trellis
This is how I grow my strawberry’s too
The only issues I have is chasing runners early season and then competing with pests for the berry’s
Hey MG, I’d love to see a video on tree collards!
I’ve only ever grown standard collard greens. I would have to look into it.
@@TheMillennialGardenerI could send you some cuttings when mine are up and running or some seeds down the road if you like (from SC). Or you could look up project tree collard’s site and RUclips channel. Don’t think there are too many sources in the US.
How come the apple trees are supported by the lines? Is this to help prevent the branches from breaking when fruit bearing? Ive seen the goblet technique with peaches but was curious about this.
thank you so much, new to your channel appreciate your knowledge and saring. i am curious if you have experimented not using any fertilizers or any store bought addittions? i am looking to garden but with nothing man made...on this smae land in the 1970s and 80s things grew and my parents added nothing and i just got vack from south americaa and observed fruit trees in wild areas.. less than a mile from the beach like tamarind, mango, avocado and others.. we used horse and chicken manure but now my mom now gives industrial animal feed w chemicals and that has changed the manure i THINK. thank you again
@TheMillennialGardener How do you keep the strawberries in their dormant state once they arrived from Handicked?
I’ve gone 100% June bearing. Just pulled the rest today. Too much work pruning runners and the list goes on. Heat pounded them even between my trees like that. I had a beautiful harvest of June bearing Chandler strawberries in a raised bed like James P has with the net cover. Didn’t lose one berry. Before I put the net up I got almost none of them. I picked almost a quart a day. I had 12 in the raised bed and 25 in ground at work. It still wasn’t enough to make jelly because I always eat the entire quart before I get finished.
It’s so freaking hot here idk if I could do juneberries
I forget the company on Amazon but i ordered some Ozark bare root strawberry. They were the healthiest bare root plants I've ever had. Might of been the same company.
Can you grow strawberry plants under banana trees? I’m in zone 9b, Florida.
Thank you , Anthony! Another wonderful video. I have had my strawberries in two greenstalks for the last two years. A mediocre result. I’m moving this winter and would like to do this with those third year strawberries. Do you think it would work?
Also on a side note, what is the horizontal line with green tags you have running along the fruit trees?
That's the airplane cable used to espalier-train- the trees to grow into a desired shape.
The problem with those greenstalks, as I see it, is that a strawberry plant only lives around 2 years or so, so the strawberries have to constantly replace themselves with runners. The original plants die very soon. It seems like the greenstalk tower is easy to plant initially, but strawberry plants don't do well Year 1, and you must also find a way for the new runners to take root, because your initial planting will be dead in 2-3 years. It just looks hard to navigate for something like strawberries. I'm sure it can be done, but it seems a lot easier to do this on solid ground.
@@commonlaw5400 thank you!
@@TheMillennialGardener I agree. Your assessment is dead on. That’s why I want to transfer them to the ground at the new house. I just wasn’t sure if I could transplant these or should start with new bare roots.
How will you manage pulling back the mulch and feeding your trees if there are strawberries everywhere?
He has said in other videos that adult trees don't need fertilizer. I presume he will still mulch, and will just shrug at the damage to strawberries, figuring they'll grow back and whatever can be harvested is simply a bonus versus having no strawberries there originally.
Everytime i try to plant strawberry seeds the bugs ate it twice. I even bought a couple of ready plants and died. Maybe because I didn't let the roots out like you mentioned.
Thank you. Great video. Can you tell me what you used for the boarder that's in the video?
I've been painstakingly installing border bricks from Lowe's for the last 3 years as I installed more and more fruit trees. I use a string line and a trowel. They carry these bricks outdoors by the play sand and concrete pavers.
Thank you for replying. Your hard work has really paid off, it looks great. Very tidy.
I did same think but had problems with Robin's but took rocks similar sized to strawberries 🍓 painted them red an scattered amongst plants birds left them alone probably bent beaks 😂
😂😂good one 😂😂👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Next year, I'm just going to drape insect netting over the area.
@@TheMillennialGardener
That’s what I was thinking 🤔👵🏻👩🌾❣️
What do you grow on the shaded perimeters?
I tried bare root plants this year from a big box and had zero success even with planting multiple ways. I then found a cheap seed kit from the dollar store and they are now thriving!
So if I am in zone 6 central Ohio what time of the year should I be looking at ordering strawberry roots?
Now. They'll arrive by next week and they'll be ready to plant by late August.
Hey you said fertilizer 7 to 10 times a week ? Everything I have seen is twice a month I'm confused on that also do you have natural fertilizer videos ? Thank you!
I have a problem where black spot appear on the leaves then the strawberries die. I plant them directly in the ground . I live in zone 5a.What is causing this and how can I avoid this? Thank You.
The beautiful thing about strawberries is you can go to any farm that grows them and pick some. You can germinate 1 seed and have hundreds if not thousands of plants to last you your entire life… from 1 seed. It’s amazing.
I’m not sure if they grow true, though, and then you have a problem with maturity. These bare roots will fruit for me next spring. I think the bare roots are truly worth it. I will pay a small premium to get genetically pure varieties that fruit years sooner.
I have a question when we just start planting tomato pepper and other vegetable How often should I give Jack fertilizer 2020& and bonemeal and organic fertilizer?
Every 10-14 days in ground. Every 7-10 days in containers. Containers don't hold nutrients well and wash out, so when you container garden, you need to apply it more frequently.
@@TheMillennialGardener thank you so much.
yes under alot of things just groud cover even tomatos, peppers
You have apple trees in the south? Which type? I cannot get any to grow here in zone 8b
The vast majority of apples can be grown in Zone 8b. All Zone 8's nationwide have anywhere from 600-1,000+ chill hours. That is more than enough to grow almost any apple tree. If you're in Zone 8b, you have more than enough chill hours to grow the overwhelming majority of apples. Growing apples aren't really an issue until you get south of Jacksonville, FL. Then, you'll need to start getting selective. Find yourself a chill hour map and cross-reference that with the varieties you desire. Ensure they're in compatible pollination groups. You'll have to treat them with a copper fungicide regularly, but that isn't a huge deal.
Do you have a strawberry farm near you? We have a giant one here in SC and come March/April our town has gobs of great strawberries everywhere. Other than cost, no need to grow them!
I bought 2 strawberry plants from Walmart 4 years ago...let's just say that if you let them, they will take over a whole bed and grow out side of the bed and will take hold of your yard 😂 I've given away so many of the plants and even got rid of that bed but I Still get new strawberry plants coming up around the yard every year!
I have ozark beauty ever bearing strawberries. When the plants have been there so long will the strawberries be bigger than when they are first growing. And I’m thinking about either getting two 20 gallon planters or a big 40 gallon container for only strawberries and getting another kind of strawberries that grow lots of berries and big ones. I live in Arkansas. What other kind of strawberries do u think I should get that I could get lots of berries and fairly big ones also. Ty
Not really, because a strawberry plant only lives for 2-3 years before it dies. Your very first year, you may have small berries since all your roots will be new, but those original roots will be dead shortly. You have to let the runners re-populate, because they have short lifespans. Ozark Beauty, I believe, is a smaller berry. If you want larger strawberries, you have to get varieties that are known for large berries. Most of the larger strawberries are junebearers. Check your local cooperative extension to find what does well in your area. If you're in Arkansas, these Sweet Charlie roots would probably do well for you.
@@TheMillennialGardener so I guess I would check my nearest plant nursery and see if they sell this kind sweet Charlie strawberry plant. And also if I’m going to grow them in either a 20 gallon planter or a 40 gallon trough. Do u think getting only two or three plants and letting those plants runners make more plants as the older ones grow?
26 qts. off a 4 x 10 patch of Jewels this yr, zone 7. Old cuccumber patch
Cucumber? 🥒 That is a haul if you meant strawberries.
@@TheMillennialGardener cuccumber patch 2 yrs previous with no rotation for at least 10 yrs using Marketmores on a 10 ft split rail fence trellis. Strawberry plants came from a 3 yr old patch that needed redoing. Pulled 10 plants from that, 4 made it, and last year the runners covered the entire patch. Compost and a light coat of chicken manure. I know sounds crazy but you should see my garden. It'll make some of you young boys cry. Gardening for 46 years. And yes 26 qts of strawberries this yr off that little patch. 48 lbs. of Blackberries off of 2- 20 ft rows. Last yr 65 lbs of figs from 4 Chicago Hardy. I could go on and on.
@@TheMillennialGardener Check out Chef's Harvest Farm ch. We grow very similar. Gauranteed you'll binge watch his videos
Q: if I mulch my strawberries, I'd be interfering with a runner's ability to root?
Good question. The answer is: maybe. The best time to mulch your strawberries is in early spring as they're waking up. That will keep them weed-free throughout most of the season. Then, by the time they start sending runners in late summer, the mulch should be sufficiently broken down for them to take root. Alternatively, you can simply control them. Dig holes in the mulch and manually place the strawberry plants so they root exactly where you want them to. I often do this.
Well I made the mistake of taking a chance on the big box store (Lowes). They had their bare root stock 50% off because it was clearly past its window. It turns out 50% off on something dead isn't a great deal. If they surprise me and sprout I will report back but I don't have much hope.
When the big box stores get the bare roots in, you basically have to buy them within the first week. If you don't frequent the stores all the time, I wouldn't even bother. They'll be burnt to a crisp in no time under those fluorescent lights, drying out to nothing. I recommend Hand Picked Nursery. The root sizes are insane. I've ordered 3 strawberry varieties and 2 asparagus varieties from them over the years and the quality is nuts.
Gardens are like South African taxi's, there's always space for one more😂
Mmmm the best way to grow strawberries is over on my community page 🏃🏽♀️ 🏃 🏃♂️
I live in Wilmington NC, where do you purchase your fig trees?
Through various websites. I have a list here: ruclips.net/video/bpZq5Dk2WWM/видео.htmlsi=GnRPpyZqaaVuHHjY
Is there a recipe you could recommend for an at least mostly-organic pesticide spray I could put on my tomatoes and cucumbers to deter the worms?
Spinosad. That is what you need. Apply it at sundown. It needs to sit on the plants and the worms need to consume it. They'll all be dead within 2 days. The downside: you need dry weather. If you're getting daily rain, it'll wash it off and it won't be as effective. If you can apply it during a 2-3 day stretch of dry weather, that will solve your problem. If you get daily rain and it's not an option, you can really only use pyrethrin, since it's a contact killer, but pyrethrin wears off in a matter of hours. Spinosad during dry spells is the ticket.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks a ton!!
So basically a food forest sort of idea? How do you protect the berries? I was thinking of adding all of mine to a raised bed so that I can more easily protect them from rodents. Everything I plant has a pest assigned to demolish it 😭
Unlike figs, Strawberry roots are a lot more durable. So don't feel like you have to be delicate with them.
What time the year is this done?
Now. Strawberries are best planted in fall.
Question: could I add strawberry plants around BlueBerry Plants?
Sure. I don't see why not. The only potential problem I can see is soil pH. If you specifically target the blueberries with acidic fertilizer, it's possible the strawberries may not like it as acidic as the blueberries, but if you aren't heavily amending your soil and the blueberries are doing well, they should be fine. It's definitely worth a try.
@@TheMillennialGardener OK thank you for the advice.
☝🏾I wish I had known this🤦🏾♀️ I literally did just that last week and my strawberries aren't happy! I used berry tone, probably too much, thinking that would make them all do well but it seemed to have the opposite effect 👎🏽
Sunday. May 19? Doesn't work for groweres in July when this video appears.
I specifically waited for now to post this video, because it was filmed over 2 months and now is the ideal time to order strawberry roots. By the time they arrive, soak them, pot them up and they wake up and form a root ball, it'll be end of August/early September. That is the ideal time to transplant your strawberries.
How will planting strawberries under trees help with the pest problem?
Can't U use organic pesticide or H2O2 3% mixed with water to the soil?
I don’t want to kill anything in the soil. I wouldn’t mind spraying the plants with pyrethrin, but insect netting is easier. You have to spray constantly for unprotected plants, which I don’t like doing.
@@TheMillennialGardener Makes sense. Ty for the vid!
I tuck plants in everywhere. Flowers fruit veg. Have way less pest issues. My strawberries are everywhere
I hope to add even more strawberries to this area. The goal is to have them all over this entire area.
I do the same but have an unbelievable amount of pests, with new ones showing up every year. There have to be other factors at play.
How many square feet is your backyard?
Digged mine up because they tasted so watery and tasteless until the last few lbs of the first crop. My berries are ever-bearing and day neutrals. My raided bed soil was rock hard and well majority of the roots broke and the plants were extremely crown bound.. planted back the best who had roots and the rest i just crown divided and plugged them into sand. Hopefully a small pourcentage roots. Im pretty much done with strawberries. They taste like store bough if i fertilize, if i berely fertilize the plants new growth after the first fruiting is done is terrible and tiny and clogs the crowns making new growth come crooked and makes the strawberries to make more crowns... i can grow watermelons and pretty much anything else even fig tress. Who i started last winter and most of them hve 30+ figs and are 4 feet high in their 5 gal container...
Chipmunks got all my strawberries this year.
They're just too easy to pick off. Insect netting on top is the best solution. I should've done that sooner.
I crumble egg shells to deter snails from my strawberries
Are you concerned about the strawberries vining under the fence and out of the area you have allotted for them? And can we talk about the fruit trees being strung up like grape vines?! Or have I missed that one already?😊
May be espalier fruit trees
Wait, Sunday May 19????