Crop Focus: Strawberries

Today, we have Tyler in the farm and he's going to tell us everything we need to know about strawberries, how to grow them and how to overcome the challenges that come with it.
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[@donethos]

Interesting and informative. As far as salt based nutrients goes, you say to keep the EC between 1.0-1.2...
I presume that's factored from 10, or 100 EC. Could you please elaborate?

[@ZipGrowInc]

Hello Don,
You are correct! EC is measured in either µS (Microseimens) or ms (milliseimens) where 1MS=1000µS (similar to ml and L)

[@user-tv9tq9vn8u]

G'day! Thanks for fully of information video:) Tell me, please, how many brix in yours strawberry's?

[@ZipGrowInc]

This is something we are currently gathering data on! Once we have compiled the numbers from a few projects we will definitely share, make sure to keep an eye on our blog posts because we will be sharing a lot of our research there soon

[@timtrimble1670]

Taking care of pests.... I've got spider mites and Neem oil is too expensive and water blasting is too injorious. A little more info would be appreciated.

[@ZipGrowInc]

We love using predatory mites, for spider mites specifically Phytoseiulus persimilis from Koppert! The key with controlling spider mites with predatory mites is preventative applications and repeat applications throughout the crop lifecycle. Stay tuned for a video on biologicals in the near future!

[@Deutschclub8300]

Can grow tomatoes in zipgrow towers

[@ZipGrowInc]

Hello!
Yes you can, however they can grow quite large and wild and you need to be prepared to prune regularly and tie up the plants to prevent the weight of the fruit from breaking the plant. We have had success with some dwarf varieties such as "Red Robin" and "MicroTom"
Thanks for watching!

[@johnroa6842]

I have been in agriculture for eight years, imo those strawberry plants look terrible

[@ZipGrowInc]

Hello John!
Some of these plants have been fruiting for over 8 months, so they are a little tired. We are more interested in growing healthy fruit than healthy plants though! These plants have given us higher yields and quality than comparable outdoor plants of the same variety
Thanks for watching!