Growing Strawberries (Part 1): Planting Bare Root Strawberries, Sun, and Soil
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- 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 think local nursery/plant shops is always best. The chances it grows well in your climate/soil is much higher. Worked for me so far :)
Got mine from Stark Bros. 25 bare roots in my greenstalk and 100% of them have new growth. They rebounded overnight, no exaggeration.
Hi Kevin! Going through the above-mentioned online stores, I was unable to find a strawberry variety suitable for zone 10b (according to their site). How did you pick the 2 varieties you went with for zone 10b?
Would strawberries do well in hanging pots? I have room for hanging pots. :D
Albion and Seascape are said to do well in CA, I'm in south Louisiana and they do well here surviving the Summer much better if they have afternoon shade.
My mom planted strawberries two years ago and one pot she used still produces them. Every year we forget they are there until we have a ton of strawberries all over the ground.
(From another 10b area) My strawberries were never really growing all that well, so I've been experimenting with companion plants, and I found a companion that helped my berries thrive: Carrots. I just mixed them in all over the place. The other planters I have with other experimental mixes still have the same underperforming plants, so there's something about the carrots that the strawberries like.
Wasn't really something I expected, but, hopefully somebody else finds this comment useful.
I will try this! Thx!
That’s so bizarre, my daughter in law just told me yesterday, 5/10/23 don’t plant strawberries with carrots because the berry tendrils choke out the carrots. She ran out of room in her garden due to not wanting to plant berries with carrots but I’ll tell her of your success with this method which just gained her more room, thanks for sharing! 🍓🥕
Thanks so much! My kids love carrots and Strawberries so it would be great for me. I'm working on my 1st garden and am so lost with where to start lol
how much spacing did you use?
@@ulysseserazo6727 none. just mixed em all together. they seem happy like that
"Loves 8+ hours of sun."
I keep hearing that, but they never mean Australian sun 🤣
Try 6 hours of direct sun starting at crack of dawn. And then 50% shade cloth during harsh afternoon sun.
Dude. I literally just started soaking the bare root strawberries that I got in the mail today. I'm planting them in like 30 minutes. Perfect timing!
All these comments are making me feel so much better. I’ve been trying from seed since last summer (sigh, no luck) and have an order of bare root everbearing coming this week. I thought for sure I was going to be too late!
I don't know why I always watch these videos AFTER I do the planting.. but I'm grateful I did because I had planted them too deep. I pulled em up a bit and I'm excited to have some delicious strawberries!
You are the first person I've heard say strawberries are easy to grow.
That's beause he is not doing them from seeds, after you get them going they don't need much. Growing from seed they are kind of pain in the ass in the beginning.
@@RistoPaatsama Tell me about it. I started Rügen (alpine strawberry) about three weeks ago, and while most popped out pretty nice within a couple of days, they a) grow slow as hell and b) some lost their leaves and died soon after coming up without me having any idea why. The remaining still have only few millimeter long cotyledons - and this is after three weeks of growing.
@@Beregar79
Yes, I’ve grown from seed and from runners.
And starting from runners are so much quicker.
Good luck, with your alpine strawberries. Once they get a bit established they really can handle a lot.
But in the beginning they can dry out and die very easily, because they have such shallow root systems and are so small plants.
Probably one of the easiest things I’ve ever grown (and one of the most delicious).
My verity of alpine is a runner verity, so they quickly become their own ground cover. So I have more or less no weeds to handle.
They leaves quickly cover all the available soil, so it’s under shade and helps keep the moister.
Most summers I don’t even water my alpine land. Only occasionally if it’s a dry spell. But that will obviously depend on your climate. Alpine strawberries grow in the wild all around me in my area.
And my relatively small land produce so much I can make a small harvest every 1-2 days, that is enough for a berries and cream desert for 4 ppl. And it produces for months.
Letting the berries get a dark red colour I’ve found really let’s the alpine taste amazing.
And the berries grown a little slower under the leaves in shade or partial shade often are the sweetest.
@@RistoPaatsama So I am a bit of a beginner and this is the first year I have been growing strawberries from seeds, not realising that that could be challenging. Any tips for my 1 week old seedlings aside from not letting them dry out?
@@laartje24 There is no magic tricks. They will grow very slowly and you will have to just baby them, making sure the soil doesn't dry out as you said. I prefer using fairly low nutrient soil, and giving fertilizer only when i see signs of too slow growing. In general I probably use less fertilizer than others since I always prefer growing good root system before pushing the plant to grow.
Mulch is also important to keep dirt off the strawberries and keeping them from going moldy. Straw is a good choice (thus STRAWberries) but wood chips are decent too. Strawberries make a nice ground cover in a food forest or orchard. You might think about rooting the runners that will come from those strawberries into solo cups and soil, and transplanting those runners around your fruit trees when you put them in. They can do alright with partial sun, but if you are concerned you can plant them to the south side of the trees to maximize light. If you let them set runners, the number of plants will easily triple by the following year. That'll triple your fruit production. You might harvest 8 oz a week this year, and then 24 oz a week next year. That'll be enough to start making strawberry jam. :D
I’ve been researching this for the past week, and here comes plant daddy, always pulling through with exactly what I need 😭💚
Here for you
Plant daddy 😁👍
Strawberriws are my fave to grow. I started with 6 plants and once it got to producing, we were getting about a pint a week.
I planted bare rooted everbearing strawberries last year. All of them produced well. With the daughters (the runners), I now have nearly 100 plants in my raised beds. Although I mulched them, I added a layer of pine straw once winter temperatures dropped well below freezing. Just checked them, and they're all happy 😊 Loved the video!!!❤
I had to laugh at your spacing, planted all in neat rows....... we all know what will happen by the end of the season, that bed will just be a huge mass of strawberries. No gaps and no space. I love using strawberries as a living mulch.
This brings me to another point. I know you have blueberries in pots, but for those of us who can grow them in the ground, if you get the medium to tall blueberries, plant the strawberries around the blueberries, cut the strawberries back from the base of the blueberries. Now you have the perfect companion plants, they both use the same fertilizer mix, both have similar water requirements, the strawberries don't mind the acidic soil, the strawberries will help keep the blueberries moist and the strawberries will help attract pollinators for the blueberries. I have 11 varieties of blueberries with 11 varieties of strawberries all in one bed. We are still getting fruit going into autumn.
LOL just trying to control the madness
@@epicgardening It's ok, so was I, except now the sneaky buggers have gone into the neighbour's yard. They never stop. Really need to share photos or do a video at some point on it all.
I know what companion planting is but when you said the perfect companion plants I went straight to them both being in the same bowl of ice cream.
@@bradcarby3765 Lol, can't say that hasn't happened a few times, along with blackberries and raspberries lol
@@matthewfarrell317 Lol, I'm glad I'm not alone. I had to suffer tonight because we only have mangoes and ice cream available....Take care.
Wow, you have so much more space in your new home.
Just planted a batch of bare root strawberries myself a few weeks back, they’re doing great and already flowering. Gotta love that Florida’s weather is perfect for year round gardening.
hey, i would LOVE to see a raspberry / black berry grow from you too! expecially in containers for indoor growing
Kevin hearts all comments, that shows how much he respect his fans
"Seascape" is a wonderful strawberry. The fruit is red all the way to the center unlike typical supermarket strawberries and sweet, tangy, and delicious. Yumm!
Bare roots for the win once again. My strawberries and eggs helped me save my home during a work change. We have a 3rd acre dedicated only to berries. We plant our blue straw red blackberries together in rows with bush beans almost hugging the runners mid summer. Someone brought up carrots I would think that would b stellar as well mixed in ill try it
Strawberries definitely need their own area! They took over my first raised bed.
My batch was just delivered, so I will be doing some planting when I get home!
Strawberries are called Strawberries because they grow in Straw! Simple name for a delicious berry!
Everything can be easy to grow given proper research, knowledge and understanding of the needs and of the plant in particular
I grow Seascape in zone 3B, which is a lot colder than 10b, it can get as cold as -40C which is the same as -40F in the winter. These are the best strawberries I have ever eaten and they will continue to ripen when you pick them when they still have some white or pink flesh. I ordered another 100 bare rooted plants from my supplier in Canada. I would recommend growing these fantastic strawberries and they even produce strawberries on their runners! Your demo on planting bare roots is excellent!
I'm growing strawberries from seed again this year. I failed completely last year but I'm stubborn. So far I'm having a lot more success this year hopefully it continues. Great video I really like your videos thanks
I started growing strawberries in containers last year. Best tasting strawberries I've had. 🍓
I started mine from seed and I can assure you it takes time and work: anxiety when nothing is germinating, punny small seedlings and roots, regulating the soil and making sure it doesn't die from disease but they are giving fruits now!
You are my hero. I’ve been trying to do them from seeds for about a year now and haven’t figured out the magic formula. I currently have a mini pot with a couple of sprouts (not too excited, I’ve killed them after this before) and another seeded mini pot in the fridge. Such a frustrating project, esp for a fruit that REALLY likes to grow itself everywhere al on its own. 😂
@@melissasullivan1658 let's say like 90% of the seeds I planted died, considering the dozens that I tried... the survivors are the real heroes xD
I'm working on them for about a year too... had to wait until the developed a reasonable roots to even think about transfering them to soil... they took a LONG time to grow a crown and around 4 months until the started giving flowers with the first ever not giving fruit after I failed to polinate it OTL
if you want I can reference the video that I used, but it's in Portuguese...
How long after the seeds germinate do they produce fruit? 1 or 2 seasons?
@@stevenallen9592 the earliest of all flowers came after 8 months(?), a few weeks, almost a month after pollination to develop a decent sized fruit(?), maybe because it's our first time but they came really small 😅
I am certainly not the most qualified person to give tips... just be careful with plant diseases and use mulch, some leaves tend to grow very close to the soil
I am trying from seed this year. Fingers crossed.
Yet again, you gave so much more useful information and not just the physical planting part like other videographers do. Thank you!
I’m planting our bare roots today. Thank u for this video
I have been watching your videos for months as my wife and I start our own homestead.
Great to hear!
I’m going to try and grow strawberries for the first time this year. It’s also my first year gardening so may be a bit ambitious!
Good luck.🙂👍🍓🍓🍓
You won't regret it!
So... everyone is so proud of my “green thumb”
I put seed in dirt, I put water in dirt, and seed grow.
I put fake sunlight over them. They grow.
Nature knows what to do.
They're not very temperamental. So, you'll do great. Just don't plant them in the ground next to other crops. They're very invasive.
Me too!! Good luck!
This is coming at the best time, I’m doing some very large strawberry containers and I had no idea I could buy them like this, I must have missed them at my local nursery. Thank you so much!
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.
You make the best videos Kevin, can't get enough of them!
I was just bringing a couple of strawberries in pots home today, perfect timing
As a very new gardener, this was soooo helpful. Very comprehensive, thank you!!!
I just bought seeds yesterday and today I see a great video on how to grow it. Perfect timing 😁
OMG, thank you soo much for this video! I need to start my strawberry seeds right away! Love your videos, your channel is something I aspire to do myself. Cheers from Manitoba, Canada
Thanks for the advice. Beginning to understand my struggle with strawberries.
You're my new fave gardening youtube page. Thanks for all the great vids. I just happen to have 60 bare root strawberries on the way right now...
Perfect timing as I'm starting to plan out which berries I'll be adding to my garden this year. I'm getting blue, rasp, and strawberries, but haven't picked my varieties yet.
I absolutely love strawberries and blueberries in my salad! I might try growing my own this season 😋
i just ordered strawberry bare roots today!! perfect timing for this vid!!!
I was hoping you would do a strawberry video! Thanks! I love your videos cuz you give a lot of good info but not TMI. It's really easy to follow and cover the good basics.
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.
Feel ready to plant my 50 bare root plants coming this spring after watching this. Thanks
you: listing the different types you can choose from
me: im getting all of them, i got june bearing, everbearing, day neutral, and pineberries. Im playing for maximum strawberriness
LOL do it
I ended up with 11'ish types lol. Pineberries are amazing, but let them ripen a little more before eating.
I call it rogue gardening 🤪
Instantly liked this -strawberries are my favourite! I have two plants that grew from starters. As a beginner, I thought they would die but it's been a year and they're still going strong so now I am tempted to grow more and in a bigger container/bed. Thank you for the informative video as always, there's always more to learn about everything :)
well timed!! I just picked up a pack from Sam's Club on an impulse. So excited to grow strawberries this year!
I've got some bare root strawberries ordered so this vid is just in time. You did exactly what I was going to do so I'm glad to see that I was going to do it right' Thank you. I just hit the sub button so that I will be blessed with a bounty of strawbs.
Hmm. I just did this about a week ago. However, I rinsed off the plants to 1. remove the soil they came in (I have no idea what they used). 2. I trimmed about an inch off the roots. 3. Removed any dead/decayed growth. 4. Planted them in pots with good raised bed soil. 5. Kept them watered to damp (not soaked or dry) point every 1 to 2 days. 6. They get 15 hours of non shaded indirect light from growth lamps. A week later they are growing strong and healthy and new growth has begun.
Btw never trim the roots it’s not good
I was wondering if the morning could get better and when I opened youtube I noticed that you had posted a new video, in the same second my morning got much better.
Started some using winter sowing method. Hope to get some started indoors this week!
Kevin, Great video / channel, you inspire my gardening adventures. I hope your season is going well. Thank you for all of the work you put into making this channel so good. - John
I started strawberries from seed last year and am excited to get some fruit this year! (Also excited they survived the winter!!)
I absolutely love this channel, any questions I have it seems like he has a video for. Awesome content 👍
I have been waiting for this!!!!
And here I am growing mine from seed
Thank you so much for this amazing video!! TIME TO START PLANTING SOME EPIC STRAWBERRIES! :D :D
Perfect timing I just received my first order of bare rooted strawberries.
I love how this video came up on my feed, after buying some blindly.
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!!! :)
I have had the "same" strawberry plant for over 10 years now. There was one in the house I first moved in to and every year I have let the runners grow to produce new plants. I have have moved house twice since then but still have a few in bed and in pots all from that one plant
This was fabulous!
yay thanks kevin! strawberries are one of my favorite fruits :)
GREAT video! I totally messed up my bare root strawberries, last year. I'd love to try again, this year!
Just ordered 8 dragon fruit cuttings inspired by you 🤙🏻 zone 5, tropical greenhouse starting this summer!
Fantastic, I can’t wait to see how your strawberries do🍓🍓🍓
I should be getting mine tomorrow.. Right on time! 😍😍
So funny, I just bought my bareroot plants on Saturday and got the same exact varieties! I am in the PNW so it will be interesting to see how yours turn out down in San Diego. Happy Growing and thanks for the video!
Thank you Kevin! I love your videos!
Always great information!
I needed this information thanks kevin you are always clever
Another strawberry video please, I just bought my bare roots and my strawberry starts!!!!!!!!!
I just bought strawberries today! Thanks, Kevin!
I’ll be starting the Alpine strawberries from seed. I have a few in my grow cabinet now. Finally got a greenhouse and put up the framing for it. Cover will probably go on this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing how they grow in a Mr. Stacky. I finally put my Greenstalk together and planted that with Purple carrots, Beets, Leeks, onions, chives and peas. I just hope we don’t get anymore bad freezes. Zone 8a in Virginia. Keep up the good work Kevin! Your place looks amazing!
Good luck!
This is really cool I will definitely try it!!!!
Right on time! Can't wait for my bare roots to be delivered so I grow my own instead of paying so much money on organic strawberries in store.
I've started alpine strawberries from seed this year because I've read they are small but very flavorful compared to large or pretty strawberries, perfect for making jams, pies, and smoothies.
Excellent tips Kevin
great video! I just got some strawberry crowns, Im planing on planting them tomorrow.
Three years late, but thank you. My 10 bare roots came DAYS earlier than I expected and ngl I have been procrastinating getting anything ready for them… now I’m frantically trying to figure out what to do 😂
I planted strawberries one year, but they practically caught fire under the Florida sun! I'll try again this year AFTER doing proper research 🤞🏽
Try using white sheer curtain as a cover to reduce sun intensity. Or avoid planting where they'll get afternoon sun, that's when the day's heat is at it's worst.
@@joshuarichards8065 lol that does not work down here. Shade cloths are minimally effective bcus the humidity will still overheat the plants. Also it doesn’t really cool down during the night and that exhausts the crap out of most edibles which want to focus on fruiting for the most part. Planting strawberries in the fall is the way to go
@@joshuarichards8065 I now will start using shade curtains without a doubt! And I can't keep most things in direct sun because it's WAYYYY too intense! Thank you so much for your advice 💖👏🏽
@@elderberryjamz3654 I agree! I definitely can only plant certain crops in the fall, because our summers are so ridiculously hot 🔥
@@sachmo884 The Florida sun is not joke! I also hope I have more luck now that I know more! 🙂
Looking forward to part 2!
Love my Espoma products!
ohh nice I had a few varieties of everbearing strawberries in a raised bed 2 years ago and 1 of my chickens got out and decimated the entire patch so I'm starting over this year with some from stark bros
G’day mate love your channel and I’m looking to next grow strawberries in my garden! Big love and support from Melbourne, Australia x
This video inspired me to grow strawberries in my home garden!
Very helpful video, thanks so much!
I'm growing "strawbs" 🤣 for the first time in Northern ky. I'm super excited since the last time I gave it a go I lived in the Ozarks where it's nothing but rock and red clay.
I love to grow my own strawberries no chemicals and so easy to grow
100%
Kudos on your tutorial. Thank you!!
Our strawberry patch made it through the winter and are ready to fill in the space. We planted in ground on a terraced side of an incline so they have the best access to water in either a flood or drought.
I planted mara des bois and tribute strawberries this year. They're gonna make a great groundcover in my edible landscape!
Great tip about not covering the roots. Thinking that's been my mistake when propagating more from runners. As I get ready to go check on them 😎
Dude I just started growing and I LITERALLY came to the conclusion that strawberries and a lil but of sugar are my favorite snack 😋... so thank you good sir. And love the garden😄
This is the video that made me realize what I thought was a four pack of strawberries I bought was actually roughly a forty pack. Even after culling the weak ones, I still have like thirty planted. If they all survive, I'm gonna become the strawberry fairy
I'm currently doing all three ways to grow them. Got some bare-rooted ones from a friend, seeded out some white ones and today I bought potted ones because of the variety's name (Korona - I thought if you can't beat it, eat it). I'm planning to put them in a grow bag with parsley (to keep aphids away) and violas (for an aroma boost).
Nice lol I stared mine from seeds as an experiment with my daughter so far they are growing
thanks for this tutorial!
Alright Kev, a week later and I have new green growth from my root everbearing straws (I think they’re Albion). Thanks for the advice. One thing I didn’t follow (I got so many that I could expirement), is I started some vertically too with the side cutouts on a large-ish pot. There’s one that ended up rotting while en route but the rest have new growth. Huzzah! 🥳 The only bummer is I have to keep rotating it so every plant gets sun, but it worked. I amended with sand and pine needles for acid and soon will give them a bit of berry tone.
Thanks for your advice!