The Best Strawberries Around - Imagine....Strawberries in November!
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Do you want to get the most productive Strawberry patch around? Of course!
This week I'll show you how to multiply your plants, and set them up for the best success.
We'll be talking about working with starts & runners, propagating your plants, plant spacing, and also some tips to help you accelerate and lengthen your growing season.
Imagine....Strawberries in November! 
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Love your videos - very informative - keep them coming !!!!
I have about 250 strawberry plants started from just 20 plants purchased less than 5 years ago. I grow most of them in stacking towers and some in plastic trough pots. I grow runners to replace old plants but I also trade them for other produce with other local urban homesteaders on Facebook.
Regards from Australia
How do u prevent slugs and snails?
This is the best strawberry video I've seen. I'm looking forward to ramping up my strawberries plants this season. It will be awesome to have some during winter next year.
I'm glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching. Happy strawberry-ing !
Strawberry 🍓 are truly amazing
Lots of great tips!! Very creative thinking. Thank you!
You're welcome - I hope you can find something useful to implement!
You the man. Great videos. Thanks so much.
Thanks for the info! I am having a go at growing them for the first time, and will be looking out for runners to start new plants with!
fantastic - good luck !
I have learnt a good amount here thank you, have also subbed! 😁
I have had plenty of runners which I let run rampant (thinking the vigor was a good thing) but low berry production. Heading out w my snippers this morning. Thanks for sharing great video and information!!
I'm glad that was helpful. May you enjoy a plentiful berry harvest!
Great information! Im learning new things about growing strawberries this year. And also what are the best kinds to grow. Seascape seems to be pretty good.
Yes, seascape is commonly grown where we are. I don't regularly track the varieties I grow - i could do a better job of that!
You must not have a slug problem. We’ve got so many, I’ve got to grow most everything in raised beds. PS I usually use mulch for water retention rather than “suppression”.😂 you’re just too funny sometimes-definitely my favorite garden channel... great concentrated-no time wasting content! ty!!!
Thanks for the encouragement and laughs - did I really say 'water suppression'? Sheesh!
We have quite a few slugs and they get into raised beds as well. But as the season heats up they start to diminish.
The magic is having ducks around - they LOVE to eat slugs.
We had ducks for about 5 years and they'd go on a morning rampage each day when I let them in the garden snatching up all the slugs. That's very fun to watch :)
blessings on your spring !
Thank you, very helpful
You're welcome Serepina - I'm glad it was helpful :)
very informative, after 3 years when plants dont produce do you have to buy whole new batch of plants or do the runner plants propagated every year keep extending the viability of this starter 25 your bought? and thank you , very thorough keep it up
That's a great question :)
The best thing to do is use runners from your older plants to have new plants.
Best practice would be to always have a variety of different ages. As new ones come on they replace the older ones which age out.
beautiful work. i have a question: is the plants' inability to grow runners related to the plastic they're planted on, or is it just that the runners grow regardless but you prune them off as they appear?
Good question - BOTH: I do cut off runners as they appear AND the plastic prevents the runners' growth.
I put in 25 bare root starts some survived som didn’t but none of them grew runners, I got maybe 4-6 actual berries, I think the birds got them I may have to put some bird netting over my bed it’s a blue a 4’x4’ space but it is November here in the the Pennsylvania climate south central PA I am still getting flowers and green fruit one berry almost ripe!!
Still getting flowers on strawberries in November is wonderful! I'm surprised you didn't have any runners - did you plant quite late in the season?
It's true re: the birds - if they find your patch you'll likely need a defense plan !
Great video! What varieties of everbearing do you recommend ?
I'm glad you liked the video !
think it's key for recommendations to be based on location and growing zones.
@SustainableStace I’m growing strawberries this year for the first time. I recently purchased a raised planter box to grow them in. The measurements are L x W x H x depth of planter bed itself (31.3 in x 15.35 in x 34.65 in x 11.5 in). It does have drainage that goes through the legs. I’m wondering how many plants should I grow in this container and how far apart should I plant them. Thanks for any suggestions and advice. I love your video and I’ve already subscribed to your channel and saved this video. Your video is so helpful!! Thanks 😊
Hello Teresa !
Spacing about 1 foot apart is ideal for strawberries.
Get creative and set up a planting grid to optimize the number of plants with that spacing and you'll be golden!
@@SustainableStace I was thinking I probably couldn’t get more than 3 plants in one of those containers. What do you think? Also, I’m wondering when I should think about dividing up the strawberry plant in my hanging basket. It’s quite full, not sure if it’s overcrowded or not.
OH “CRAP”!😳
I planted 1 “clump”-Quinalt & 3 Seascape
DAMN cozy,
between Artichoke & Tomato.
(Coastal California)
Uh oh..
PS
just brought home 12 more plants.
Won’t put them there now.
Thx Cuzzo❤️
It sounds like you've been busy. Way to plant. I hope the harvest is abundant!
Hi! Can these runners be dug up and planted all season or should this be done in the fall only? Thanks! Great videos!
Great question. Runners can be transplanted anytime in the growing season. Best success will be spring and fall. The challenge will be keeping them moist if you try in the warmest/driest months. Generally, the propagate and take off like 'weeds' !
@@SustainableStace Great thanks!
What are the white plastic pipes made of? Great video, thanks.
Those are PVC pipes. Hard, flexible, hollow plastic.Typically these are used for underground potable water piping into homes.
Hi Stace, I love the idea of keeping my berries (and veg) going into the fall-winter months. I see that you use PVC for your hoops, but I've read that PVC breaks down rapidly in the sun and elements and needs to be tossed in only a couple of years. True? What is your experience?
Many thanks for your expertise and enthusiasm. Jeff
Good question Jeff
I've used the same PVC pipes for hoop houses for 6-7 years with no degradation visible. i.e. no discolouring or brittleness.
They bend as needed and get moved around and continue working well!
@@SustainableStace That is very good to hear. It's a much easier solution that bending metal conduit. You're the best.
@@jeffrische5407 I’ve read that the plastic draped over pvc decades faster in the vicinity of the pvc and that warranties for a certain number of years for the plastic cover is voided if pvc is used. No personal experience tho.
At 2:42 How do you position them to NOT grow runners???
Great question - fast forward to 5:21 and I explain it all! Good luck growing.
Where do you get a black cover like that?
Hello! I got mine from a friend. I'd suggest a garden supply centre. Ask for 'nursery ground cloth' and see if they can help you out.
Thank you
If you want them to bloom do you cut off their runners?
Excellent question - YES.
Removing the runners encourages the plant to use its energy to flower & fruit!
@@SustainableStace Thanks I have never grown them before and am starting plants this spring so your info is very helpful
Can runners produce another set of runners?
Yes they can. Once the first runner has a some roots down it will often start it's own new baby right away :)
What kind of strawberries?
They are an everbearing and I don't recall the name of the variety. Sorry 'bout that.
Where are you in Canada ?
We live in British Columbia on Vancouver Island - a little community outside Victoria called Brentwood Bay.
Please help this first time strawberry mom keep her plant growning in a pot in an apartment.
Hi again Rose - Strawberries do great in pots usually. It will likely enjoy some organic fertilizer/compost for nutrition.
Do you have outdoor deck/patio space? If so, I'd get it outside by early June and expect good things.