Can you recommend soil amendments, outside of what you've show here, for those of us that have other soil sources? I have at my usage; local (tested by Ohio State Agricultural Extension as ph neutral "suitable for growing vegetable crops"), processed topsoil-ground fine, 4 year aged cow manure, the stuff is like peat, and composted wood pulp and leaves, 2 years old. Utilizing 3 gallon pots and Gurney's everbearing berries. Our water here in SW Ohio is a little on the sweet side from lime bedrock at 6.5ph. Or, 5.6ph rainwater. Thanks.
Sounds like you will have a pretty good bodied mix. Consider adding a pinch of composted chicken or rabbit manure.....rabbit preferably. It's a cold fertilizer and no worries of burning up the plants. Has a higher nitrogen and phosphorus content than steer manure. To amend properly, because every soil does a little different, the only other advice I can give is to watch your new berries ......they will show you in three weeks if you need other goodies. They are pretty good about growing well even in not the best stuff......but it sounds like your mix will do very proper. The one thing buries will not take is soppy soil.....make sure you add perlite for drainage....I like about 10% more to the mix....then I never have drainage issues.
I think I figured out the secret on how to get the proper separation between the cups. So you'll want to use a torch an heat shrink the bottom cup so that its interior diameter is less than the receiving cup so that you get the 3/4 inch gap which is important in the root growth. There.....I'm done. Better yet. Just throw a 3/4 inch rock in the bottom of your bottom cup. There. Now I'm done!
i need to know how much fertilizer to put in my tomato seedlings, in double solo cups! dr earth organic - 2-2-2 how much do i add to solo cup? they have been up a few weeks!
Okay with the 222 mix, I use one teaspoon per Red Solo cup. Not even a heaping one either.......mix it into the top of the soil in the cup or add it and top with a little soil and water in...... Your babies will be good to go for 20-30 days .
Something you said didn't sound right...Arkansas being a major producer of strawberries. Being a USDA Mediator, I looked it up. California is #1 with 91% of the market. Florida is #2 at 8% of the market. Arkansas isn't even in the top five states producing strawberries. In fact, according to the state of Arkansas, only 200 acres of land is planted in the state for strawberries. Could you maybe explain what you were trying to say? It is very possible I misunderstood what you were trying to infer about the importance of Arkansas strawberries.
In a desert sand like my home is built on full of caliche...... Not importing organic matter would mean no garden. Maybe after three to five years of heavy composting and mulching with chips you could plant shallow root plants but that's still importing soil lol ......if I lived somewhere in the green belt and had the ability to use native soils I would agree....but here in the desert...... It's doing it right 👍😎 💪 Give me about two more years and we will have the homestead up and running and I will make a video to prove your point 👍....from the greenbelt
Last year i was finally able to get enough of my own strawberries to make jam. It was just strawberry but it was mine and it was organic and tasted magnificent. Love to start seeds so ill be workin this method this year. Thanks, loved the whole series
The reason they're called strawberries is because, hundreds of years ago in England, "urchin" children aka orphan peasant children would sell them strung on a stick of straw in the marketplace. Just a bit of trivia I learned decades ago that has stuck in my brain all these years...
The original name was strewn berries because of the plant's propensity for sprawling about on the ground via runners. The strawberries today are hybrids from North American strawberries being crossed with South American strawberries. The crossing was a complete accident that lead to a sellable and marketable berry.
@@KenJohnsonUSA correct 💯💪😎............ The latter designation came with the berries love of growing in rotting straw. A favorite medium and mulch. Stuff does amazing with potatoes too....much less digging.
I went to Buena High School in Ventura. Good digs there. The best part about that strawberry capital comment is that there have been about 15 cities that have chimed in saying they are the capital hahaha 🤣 I love it.
Get a ever baring strawberry plants and you will have strawberry from May till frost and they put out what is called runners and when the runner touches dirt it will root and you will have another plant. I bought 2 planets last year and now I have 4 big pots and a raised bed full of strawberry . They are cold hardy to . Don't know what state you live in but I'm in SC
Avocados would be a terrible decision to grow from seed and also wonder if the rest you mention grow true to seed or not. Not all lemons do @@MaryPoppins-tu1ms
I just came across your channel! You have helped me immensely. I have been wanting to start organic farming in planters. I am apprehensive and nervous. No more!! You’re down to earth ; ) way of teaching is so encouraging. Thank you!
I have Autumn leaves and grass clippings berries. I lucked out this year with some straw. Crushed leaves and grass clippings lay close to the ground, and keep the ground damper than with straw. But straw keeps the berries off the dirt so they don't rot. I'm experimenting with all natural compost with NO commercial fertilizer in two 4x8 raised beds. This gives me very loose soil that absorbs water better, but also dries out faster. From my mixture, I got berry leaves twice the size of normal--5 inches x 5 inches, but few berries. Growing from seeds: Berries from grocery store? Are they GMO? Are the seeds also GMO? My berries come from the 1950's. Each time we moved from one town to another, we took some plants with us.
Thank you for the depth planting pointer! I'm sure that has been a problem for me in the past. I think it contributes to fungal problems when planted too deep.
Yeah they really want a lot of $$$ for those nursery starts.....and most aren't even of heirloom varieties. With soil costs, additives and electricity I probably turn out plants for between .50 - $1 each. It's so cheap actually I've been contemplating starting hundreds to just sell off for cheap or just hand out to all the neighbors. ❤️
Fantastic!!! Just found you and subscribed! I am looking to grow strawberries so this is timely for me. I am disheartened by buying seeds from numerous stores because they are just not growing. I've had a lot of friends having that same exact problem so it's not my soil. So I am looking for other means to secure seeds. I will be using your idea now. Want to try blueberries also that way.
Watching your video and saw the avocado seed in water. Trick we do with avocado seeds is to peel it and plant in solo cup w potting soil. Quickly produces a tree in a week or 2. I'm looking into strawberries for tips n tricks.
If you are growing in containers, then use potting mix not potting soil. Potting mix has great drainage and great moisture retention. Strawberries love evenly moist but not wet soil. They are heavy feeders too.
So sorry... I have equipment on the way to help me with filming ❤️. It was a little Shakey, I only have a cell for recording ATM....soon it will be much better and professional.
I like the new video where you start so many different types of tomatoes! My strawberries are sending out vines and selfplanting about 10 new plants. From seed yo strawberry patch. 😂
Arkansas? No way! I would've bet $100 it was Hillsborough County, FL. I live here and there is a huge Strawberry Festival every year in Plant City. The even built an airport in Plant City years ago just to export strawberries. People go nuts here! I sell handmade items and from December to February, all I make is strawberry notebooks, purses, anything strawberry! If we go big here I wonder what Arkansas does. Funny thing is I am a huge gardener and have never had success with strawberries! Thanks for the tips, Ill be sure to try them.
They should be ok there for their first year.....I like them a bit closer for the shade value here in AZ...it helps a bit. If they go too crazy I can always split them up. Cinnamon does help a bit, but I found the trick it the mycorrhiza .....that and getting them watered in relatively quickly.
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Thank you very much for that. We went some dumb places and did some dumb things but some people came home because of it.... I'm very glad you like the video. Thank you for that wonderful compliment ❤️
You did great with this video, I imagine the others in this series are equally good. I have grown many strawberries and I like the tips you give. Wood chunks are great. Thank you for mentioning OAG, much respect there. I am going to stick around here.
OAG was a total hero of mine.....I keep him around with "water it well and watch it grow". I really miss that old man. I still go watch his video sometimes because there is so much knowledge there and I love seeing him in the garden ❤️🙏😇
I'm from the Caribbean and was able to germinate the seeds on the strawberries and got beautiful healthy plants. I transplanted some yesterday into larger pots. Thanks for the video.
Since you started these plants from seed, have they grown out true to parent? Clones always do, but almost every store bought strawberry is from a hybrid plant, so if using seeds, it seems you'd get some high % not true to parent. It's hard to find wild strawberry (non-hybrid) that isn't teeny tiny.
There is always the possibility of getting an off set from either parent plant, but being that hybrids typically are infertile, I think we might do ok. I've always gotten really nice berries every year. Selection is key when you buy them. A lot of pkgs will tell you organic and or the type. 👍...... The strawberries that these plants produce can be even further narrowed down after berries come on....only the best of the best will get their seeds taken for next year ensuring our berries stay pure. Each year through this process you will not only produce fruits acclimated to your area but their production will be more consistent.
I was actually raised in Alma lol. Grew up on a farm up above Alma lake there.....and yes I think Arkansas does grow the best ❤️..... It's not biased when it's the truth lol 😂 l
Grew up in Dodd city Arkansas we had a berry patch that was huge and raspberries and blackberries. They all grew wild from the 1800s it was a old hotel where we built
You know of course if that strawberry was a store-bought strawberry it’s probably a hybrid which is not going to give you the same kind of berry that you bought from the store.
The plants production of sugar and reduction of acid....when this exchange occurs the berries naturally change colors and get tasty........did you know that's to both protect and spread them 🤔 When a fruit is underdeveloped a seed is not viable and the plant knows this so it makes itself taste bad look not attractive and be very bitter until the time in which it knows its seeds are fertile and ready to be spread around the world. Then it chemically changes itself to be attractive, very bright in color and the taste and smell are there to attract critters to spread those seeds. Lots of plants use this technique to keep their seeds safe until they are ready. I guess in truth, chemistry aside, they are sweet to help spread their seeds 🌱❤️🙏😇
For the mixture of the soil for the strawberries will you post it. You are saying it but that is to fast to write it down. I have been trying for several years but I was planting in regular dirt.
That starts with your berry selection I guess. Most growers use new plugs each year because typically the first year sometimes the second is most productive. Fortunately for us, with strawberries, organic growers only use true strains. The fact the seeds germinate is a tell all that momma plant wasn't a hybrid or it would most likely be sterile. That's why when you try the same trick with let's say jalapeno peppers, if the parent plant wasn't a true breeding plant, or a hybrid, the seeds are almost always infertile. Strawberries give you a great opportunity because you've not only get to taste the berry but you get to see it with your own eyes so you can select amongst them for the best genetics in the group. I have yet to not make tasty berries 🍓🍓🍓. That was a really good question. 👍
I live in Arizona, talk to me about hot lol. If I can do it you can do it. 50% shade screen will lower the temperature is by over 15°, making it a perfectly acceptable environment or strawberry plants
Is this method specifically for potted strawberry plants? Every year I replant the runners of my strawberries to a new row and i'm at around 30 strawberry plants right now :)
Can you post links to the various soils you're using? I found just one of them online. That is great you were able to grow from seed from a store bought strawberry! I might try that, as I have a box of them in the refrigerator now.
how do you make the water bottle - - - so do you heat a pin or needle to poke it thru the lid? Oh that is what I need to make today for my little starter greenhouse while I decide whether to go to the store to buy organic strawberries orwait until my strawberries come up and do it then. . . trying to be frugal since my income got halved during this mess!!! Thanks!
I think this is very important, but what soil mix or brand of soil do you use, and how much light or what light medium do you use. I get strawberries to germinate all the time, but they usually wilt and die after a few weeks after they stop growing when they are still very small. Researching this, I learned that the ones that were leggy didn't get enough sunlight, one that I grew got too much sunlight and burned, but all of them likely died because my soil ph was too high and they couldn't absorb the nutrients.
Using purified water with a 6.5 pH will correct that. I used a combination of Kelloggs indoor potting mix, some pro mix #4 and some peat moss. I only increased the food for them after about two months. I grew these under t5 UV lights. 60watt bulbs. 6500kelvin. Keep the lights maybe two three inches from them and they will grow well. They are sooooooo tiny that care must be taken in the first month to not harm their growth. When gardening them off outside two hours max for first four days then increase to 4 hours for four days then six until you can build them up strong enough to take 8 hours full sun. They take a bit longer to harden off but once they do.... It's off to the races.
Depending on when you start them between four to six months.....their first year is hit and miss........their second year is when they just load out in my garden. Most commercial growers use plugs which can range between six months to a year old. Had a guy once tell me I was wrong saying it's their first year.......... But never taking into account his plugs were already a year old hahahahaha 🤣🤣😜 In my opinion first year is all about establishment. They will kinda die back in the fall and winter but the following spring 🌱 hit them with compost, fresh mulch and stand back. We love our patriot gardeners 🌱❤️😇🙏
I use a water bottle with a bunch of little holes poked in the cap. The key to the strawberries is to get the soil evenly moist and for sure use the cinnamon to prevent the seedlings from dying from dampening off. I will add that into the next indoor gardening video I put up
11:31 “water well and watch it grow.” (Recycled Water bottle w holes poked in the lid) followed by his secret soil mix he uses for best strawberry production rate: 15% sunshine mix, 25% patio plus, 10-15% perlite, a couple handfuls all natural garden soil & Kellogg organic plus 50% + 2 cups pure gold organic & natural 2-2-2 mix
The year I had a strawberry boom I fed the bad ones to the chickens and they produced the heaviest meat birds ever with a thick layer of pink breast meat
Great video! Starting my own. I don't want to buy food I can grow anymore. That and they all come from a different country. I can't find USA grown strawberries any more. It will take me time but I've got time.
I did mine indoors overwinter simply because I was bored but with the timing of it it was perfect to have them ready for spring...for my zone seeding in November and December for the following spring was perfect. Maybe 3 months. They grow very slow at first ❤️
In colder zones it is advisable to wait two weeks after last frost date for tomatoes.....this allows the soil to defrost as well and warm up to that 45-50 degree range that's needed. If you plan for about three weeks before that last frost date on planting day you should be five or six weeks and perfect size 👍
They are a unique plant for sure.....it's not just the berries either. The leaves, roots and stems of the plants are highly valuable as medicinal ingredients ❤️
Because strawberries take such a long time to germinate and because of the extreme high humidity conditions that are required for their germination, it is much easier to manage them in a much smaller container at first and then remove all of the little shoots that do well as opposed to throwing all your eggs in a giant planter..... It would be very space consuming under the lights. I would use roughly 2 cubic feet of space per five or six plants as opposed to 4 cubic inches with 15-20 starts. I can literally grow five times the amount in the same space using the cups 👍 Plus I only transplant the best of the best.....direct sowing you get what you get.
the hardest part to growing these for me is getting the seeds started lol, i managed to get few plants last year and i still have them in doors under a grow light
I try to shy away from GMO or generic produce when selecting stock......it's much better to pay the Xtra and get a true heirloom or organic non GMO from a local farm, farmers market or a organic certified market. You will like those results better, have better plants and be healthier not eating that stuff. There is no comparison in taste or nutrition between an organic non GMO berry 🍓 and a commercial crop hybrid.
Sometimes.........if I were better at my timing on starting them so they were full size by say December I might pull it off their first summer but typically at least in my area they start around July then really hit hard the second year. Third is ok, but by then they have spread and the clock starts over with the new babies.
Here is something really funny about the word hybrid........ It doesn't always work lol 🤣 I totally agree with your statement 100% by the way. Have you ever had a hybrid plant produce seeds that were actually viable?..... I had my first run-in with it this year with a suite 100 tomato which is a true 100% hybrid and supposed to have sterile seeds.......I have three plants now from their seeds 😱😱😱.......all produce good fruit and their seeds are 50/50 germination rate. I guess and rare or certain cases nature finds a way....,.I'm still wondering how, but it does.
I was NOT expecting you to say medicinal! Wow!😮😊 🍓
I’m confused. What was the secret trick to get 10x the amount of strawberries?
You have to watch to the end
Can you recommend soil amendments, outside of what you've show here, for those of us that have other soil sources? I have at my usage; local (tested by Ohio State Agricultural Extension as ph neutral "suitable for growing vegetable crops"), processed topsoil-ground fine, 4 year aged cow manure, the stuff is like peat, and composted wood pulp and leaves, 2 years old. Utilizing 3 gallon pots and Gurney's everbearing berries. Our water here in SW Ohio is a little on the sweet side from lime bedrock at 6.5ph. Or, 5.6ph rainwater. Thanks.
Sounds like you will have a pretty good bodied mix. Consider adding a pinch of composted chicken or rabbit manure.....rabbit preferably. It's a cold fertilizer and no worries of burning up the plants. Has a higher nitrogen and phosphorus content than steer manure.
To amend properly, because every soil does a little different, the only other advice I can give is to watch your new berries ......they will show you in three weeks if you need other goodies. They are pretty good about growing well even in not the best stuff......but it sounds like your mix will do very proper.
The one thing buries will not take is soppy soil.....make sure you add perlite for drainage....I like about 10% more to the mix....then I never have drainage issues.
I think I figured out the secret on how to get the proper separation between the cups. So you'll want to use a torch an heat shrink the bottom cup so that its interior diameter is less than the receiving cup so that you get the 3/4 inch gap which is important in the root growth. There.....I'm done. Better yet. Just throw a 3/4 inch rock in the bottom of your bottom cup. There. Now I'm done!
Do the berries from these taste as good as mother plant?
I thought so...... They were super sweet. They are loaded up right now.
Put the camera on a tripod next time so you can use both hands to transplant and have a steady image properly aimed.
Lol 🤣...I know right.
I just got a small one
I actually have some new camera equipment coming soon to help me make better videos so people don't get motion sickness 🤣
i need to know how much fertilizer to put in my tomato seedlings, in double solo cups! dr earth organic - 2-2-2 how much do i add to solo cup? they have been up a few weeks!
Okay with the 222 mix, I use one teaspoon per Red Solo cup. Not even a heaping one either.......mix it into the top of the soil in the cup or add it and top with a little soil and water in...... Your babies will be good to go for 20-30 days .
Something you said didn't sound right...Arkansas being a major producer of strawberries. Being a USDA Mediator, I looked it up. California is #1 with 91% of the market. Florida is #2 at 8% of the market. Arkansas isn't even in the top five states producing strawberries. In fact, according to the state of Arkansas, only 200 acres of land is planted in the state for strawberries. Could you maybe explain what you were trying to say? It is very possible I misunderstood what you were trying to infer about the importance of Arkansas strawberries.
If you are paying for soil you are doing it wrong.
In a desert sand like my home is built on full of caliche...... Not importing organic matter would mean no garden. Maybe after three to five years of heavy composting and mulching with chips you could plant shallow root plants but that's still importing soil lol ......if I lived somewhere in the green belt and had the ability to use native soils I would agree....but here in the desert...... It's doing it right 👍😎 💪
Give me about two more years and we will have the homestead up and running and I will make a video to prove your point 👍....from the greenbelt
Not here I'm not. You must have never seen clay soil like ours
Last year i was finally able to get enough of my own strawberries to make jam. It was just strawberry but it was mine and it was organic and tasted magnificent. Love to start seeds so ill be workin this method this year. Thanks, loved the whole series
Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️
The reason they're called strawberries is because, hundreds of years ago in England, "urchin" children aka orphan peasant children would sell them strung on a stick of straw in the marketplace. Just a bit of trivia I learned decades ago that has stuck in my brain all these years...
The original name was strewn berries because of the plant's propensity for sprawling about on the ground via runners. The strawberries today are hybrids from North American strawberries being crossed with South American strawberries. The crossing was a complete accident that lead to a sellable and marketable berry.
@@KenJohnsonUSA correct 💯💪😎............ The latter designation came with the berries love of growing in rotting straw. A favorite medium and mulch.
Stuff does amazing with potatoes too....much less digging.
Interesting ❤
Part of me was hoping the secret trick was going to be something like singing to the berries every morning!
While you're joking, it has been shown in trial research that some species of crops/plants do respond to music 🎶.
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@@bri0013 ummm, 🤔 I don't think they were joking 😃
@@bri0013 yes, read that somewhere too 😊
I was Born in Oxnard CA and thats the strawberry capital
We were stationed in Port Hueneme and used to go to the strawberry festival every year in Oxnard. Oxnard is the strawberry capital.
I went to Buena High School in Ventura. Good digs there.
The best part about that strawberry capital comment is that there have been about 15 cities that have chimed in saying they are the capital hahaha 🤣
I love it.
What's your point?
I can't believe I never thought of using the seeds ON a strawberry to grow strawberries!
It is a fun adventure for sure....now that you know, you will always see potential babies when you look at a strawberry 🍓 ❤️
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Get a ever baring strawberry plants and you will have strawberry from May till frost and they put out what is called runners and when the runner touches dirt it will root and you will have another plant. I bought 2 planets last year and now I have 4 big pots and a raised bed full of strawberry . They are cold hardy to . Don't know what state you live in but I'm in SC
Anf blueberries, and lemons, rasberries, avocado, apricot trees, many more. )
Avocados would be a terrible decision to grow from seed and also wonder if the rest you mention grow true to seed or not. Not all lemons do @@MaryPoppins-tu1ms
I just came across your channel! You have helped me immensely. I have been wanting to start organic farming in planters. I am apprehensive and nervous. No more!! You’re down to earth ; ) way of teaching is so encouraging. Thank you!
You are very welcome 🤗😁
Great strawberry info. I do wish you would hold the camera still. Definitely going to check out your other videos.
I have Autumn leaves and grass clippings berries. I lucked out this year with some straw. Crushed leaves and grass clippings lay close to the ground, and keep the ground damper than with straw. But straw keeps the berries off the dirt so they don't rot.
I'm experimenting with all natural compost with NO commercial fertilizer in two 4x8 raised beds. This gives me very loose soil that absorbs water better, but also dries out faster. From my mixture, I got berry leaves twice the size of normal--5 inches x 5 inches, but few berries.
Growing from seeds: Berries from grocery store? Are they GMO? Are the seeds also GMO? My berries come from the 1950's. Each time we moved from one town to another, we took some plants with us.
Too much nitrogen
I can't be the only one who thinks he sounds like Jeff Goldbloom, lol 😆
Great video!
That's really funny 🤣
Actually u are the third person to say that lol 😂
Not a bad voice to be compared to hahahahaha 😜
❤ I love a good manly voice,,makes these videos even more fun, thank you
Who's Jeff Goldbloom?
@@donniedotzler7387Tall Guy with glasses in Jurassic Park 1st one … best one
Thank you for the depth planting pointer! I'm sure that has been a problem for me in the past. I think it contributes to fungal problems when planted too deep.
Gotta try this! Purchasing the plants are so expensive. Such a valuable tip. Thankyou God Bless
Yeah they really want a lot of $$$ for those nursery starts.....and most aren't even of heirloom varieties. With soil costs, additives and electricity I probably turn out plants for between .50 - $1 each.
It's so cheap actually I've been contemplating starting hundreds to just sell off for cheap or just hand out to all the neighbors. ❤️
Fantastic!!! Just found you and subscribed! I am looking to grow strawberries so this is timely for me. I am disheartened by buying seeds from numerous stores because they are just not growing. I've had a lot of friends having that same exact problem so it's not my soil. So I am looking for other means to secure seeds. I will be using your idea now. Want to try blueberries also that way.
First time hear. But just hearing "patriots" you earned a like and a sub. God bless you.
Me too
Strawberries have 56 chromosomes and we only have 46. So do not trick strawberries. 😊
It is unpatriotic to only get 9x the berries, you MUST get 10x! :P
My strawberries grow like weeds, I overdid it.
Love it lol 😂
Better to have and not need than need and not have ❤️
Wow I never knew the cinnamon trick😁👍 !!!
Oh I loved Old Albama Farmer's videos and presence! I still rewatch his videos ❤
Nice to see somebody mention him. I still watch his videos too. He was a true gem.
I miss him. Learned quite a lot from him over the years.
I live here in Arkansas!! Your video is very informative! Thank you so much!
Personally, I would stagger the plants in the planter trough to allow each plant a little more room.
Watching your video and saw the avocado seed in water. Trick we do with avocado seeds is to peel it and plant in solo cup w potting soil. Quickly produces a tree in a week or 2. I'm looking into strawberries for tips n tricks.
Can you spell out the soil ingredients?
If you are growing in containers, then use potting mix not potting soil. Potting mix has great drainage and great moisture retention. Strawberries love evenly moist but not wet soil. They are heavy feeders too.
Motion sick from camera movements. Love strawberries!
So sorry... I have equipment on the way to help me with filming ❤️.
It was a little Shakey, I only have a cell for recording ATM....soon it will be much better and professional.
I like the new video where you start so many different types of tomatoes! My strawberries are sending out vines and selfplanting about 10 new plants. From seed yo strawberry patch. 😂
I got the message loud and clear to grow strawberries. Doing it via aquaponics NFT 450+ plants. Also great to trade with during the Apocalypse
Arkansas? No way! I would've bet $100 it was Hillsborough County, FL. I live here and there is a huge Strawberry Festival every year in Plant City. The even built an airport in Plant City years ago just to export strawberries. People go nuts here! I sell handmade items and from December to February, all I make is strawberry notebooks, purses, anything strawberry! If we go big here I wonder what Arkansas does. Funny thing is I am a huge gardener and have never had success with strawberries! Thanks for the tips, Ill be sure to try them.
I was thinking Plant City as well. I think it runs out of oxygen each year due to so many people!! ;)
So precious strawberries 🍓!
Aren't they too close together? Doesn't cinnamon powder help with transplant shock?
They should be ok there for their first year.....I like them a bit closer for the shade value here in AZ...it helps a bit. If they go too crazy I can always split them up.
Cinnamon does help a bit, but I found the trick it the mycorrhiza .....that and getting them watered in relatively quickly.
@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 great to know, thank you
Great info! I planted some but didn’t know that they don’t have to be planted too deep…thank you for sharing! Appreciate it a lot 🙏🙏
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Thank you very much for that. We went some dumb places and did some dumb things but some people came home because of it.... I'm very glad you like the video. Thank you for that wonderful compliment ❤️
I sub'd at Zombie Apocalypse, lol.
"There called straw-berries for a reason" I never knew that!
Oh man I miss Old Alabama Gardener.
Me too.
Just found you today! We used to live just south aways from Marshall! Not sure why it's special to you but that area is special to us! God bless
Like your "Joe garden dirt/berries" reference.
You did great with this video, I imagine the others in this series are equally good. I have grown many strawberries and I like the tips you give. Wood chunks are great. Thank you for mentioning OAG, much respect there.
I am going to stick around here.
OAG was a total hero of mine.....I keep him around with "water it well and watch it grow". I really miss that old man. I still go watch his video sometimes because there is so much knowledge there and I love seeing him in the garden ❤️🙏😇
I'm from the Caribbean and was able to germinate the seeds on the strawberries and got beautiful healthy plants.
I transplanted some yesterday into larger pots. Thanks for the video.
Your very welcome 🤗....I'm glad to hear it's working well...... Enjoy all those berries 😁
Since you started these plants from seed, have they grown out true to parent? Clones always do, but almost every store bought strawberry is from a hybrid plant, so if using seeds, it seems you'd get some high % not true to parent.
It's hard to find wild strawberry (non-hybrid) that isn't teeny tiny.
There is always the possibility of getting an off set from either parent plant, but being that hybrids typically are infertile, I think we might do ok.
I've always gotten really nice berries every year.
Selection is key when you buy them. A lot of pkgs will tell you organic and or the type. 👍......
The strawberries that these plants produce can be even further narrowed down after berries come on....only the best of the best will get their seeds taken for next year ensuring our berries stay pure.
Each year through this process you will not only produce fruits acclimated to your area but their production will be more consistent.
You typically know when you get a hybrid strawberry because it seeds won't germinate.
This is cool! I have to try this. 👍👍👍😀💕🌱🌱🌱
Arkansas grows the best strawberries, I might be a little biased-I'm an Arkie girl! We even have a little town named Strawberry!
I was actually raised in Alma lol.
Grew up on a farm up above Alma lake there.....and yes I think Arkansas does grow the best ❤️..... It's not biased when it's the truth lol 😂 l
Grew up in Dodd city Arkansas we had a berry patch that was huge and raspberries and blackberries. They all grew wild from the 1800s it was a old hotel where we built
Can you send me a link to buying the soil amendments you use for the strawberry soil mixture?
You know of course if that strawberry was a store-bought strawberry it’s probably a hybrid which is not going to give you the same kind of berry that you bought from the store.
Great video!!!
‘🎉Glad I caught your show. Am subbing now.
What makes strawberry sweet?.
The plants production of sugar and reduction of acid....when this exchange occurs the berries naturally change colors and get tasty........did you know that's to both protect and spread them 🤔
When a fruit is underdeveloped a seed is not viable and the plant knows this so it makes itself taste bad look not attractive and be very bitter until the time in which it knows its seeds are fertile and ready to be spread around the world. Then it chemically changes itself to be attractive, very bright in color and the taste and smell are there to attract critters to spread those seeds.
Lots of plants use this technique to keep their seeds safe until they are ready.
I guess in truth, chemistry aside, they are sweet to help spread their seeds 🌱❤️🙏😇
Thank you!
This is awesome! Thank you for this
For the mixture of the soil for the strawberries will you post it. You are saying it but that is to fast to write it down. I have been trying for several years but I was planting in regular dirt.
How do you know the berries will be true?
That starts with your berry selection I guess. Most growers use new plugs each year because typically the first year sometimes the second is most productive.
Fortunately for us, with strawberries, organic growers only use true strains. The fact the seeds germinate is a tell all that momma plant wasn't a hybrid or it would most likely be sterile.
That's why when you try the same trick with let's say jalapeno peppers, if the parent plant wasn't a true breeding plant, or a hybrid, the seeds are almost always infertile.
Strawberries give you a great opportunity because you've not only get to taste the berry but you get to see it with your own eyes so you can select amongst them for the best genetics in the group.
I have yet to not make tasty berries 🍓🍓🍓.
That was a really good question. 👍
i cant grow strawberries here it is both too hot and too cold :(
I live in Arizona, talk to me about hot lol. If I can do it you can do it.
50% shade screen will lower the temperature is by over 15°, making it a perfectly acceptable environment or strawberry plants
Nice job planting one handed! 😊
Is this method specifically for potted strawberry plants? Every year I replant the runners of my strawberries to a new row and i'm at around 30 strawberry plants right now :)
Unless your wanting them to root in a pot to move around, yes, for potted plants.
Can be used on ones in the ground too to help with that spreading.
Can you post links to the various soils you're using? I found just one of them online. That is great you were able to grow from seed from a store bought strawberry! I might try that, as I have a box of them in the refrigerator now.
how do you make the water bottle - - - so do you heat a pin or needle to poke it thru the lid? Oh that is what I need to make today for my little starter greenhouse while I decide whether to go to the store to buy organic strawberries orwait until my strawberries come up and do it then. . . trying to be frugal since my income got halved during this mess!!! Thanks!
I think this is very important, but what soil mix or brand of soil do you use, and how much light or what light medium do you use. I get strawberries to germinate all the time, but they usually wilt and die after a few weeks after they stop growing when they are still very small. Researching this, I learned that the ones that were leggy didn't get enough sunlight, one that I grew got too much sunlight and burned, but all of them likely died because my soil ph was too high and they couldn't absorb the nutrients.
Using purified water with a 6.5 pH will correct that.
I used a combination of Kelloggs indoor potting mix, some pro mix #4 and some peat moss.
I only increased the food for them after about two months.
I grew these under t5 UV lights.
60watt bulbs. 6500kelvin.
Keep the lights maybe two three inches from them and they will grow well.
They are sooooooo tiny that care must be taken in the first month to not harm their growth.
When gardening them off outside two hours max for first four days then increase to 4 hours for four days then six until you can build them up strong enough to take 8 hours full sun.
They take a bit longer to harden off but once they do.... It's off to the races.
The ones at Walmart here in our town are always moldy we've grown ours for a while now.
You shouldn't buy anything from Walmart
Agreed
Nice video🍓
Thank you 😋
Hey! I'm a patriot and I'm a gardener! How long until the plants start producing strawberries?
Depending on when you start them between four to six months.....their first year is hit and miss........their second year is when they just load out in my garden.
Most commercial growers use plugs which can range between six months to a year old.
Had a guy once tell me I was wrong saying it's their first year.......... But never taking into account his plugs were already a year old hahahahaha 🤣🤣😜
In my opinion first year is all about establishment.
They will kinda die back in the fall and winter but the following spring 🌱 hit them with compost, fresh mulch and stand back.
We love our patriot gardeners 🌱❤️😇🙏
My biggest problem is how much to water my strawberries that are in a pot
Too much or too Little?
@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 too much for me
@@brandyjaques6865 adding additional perlite will increase your drainage to help with that.
Thanks the lord for this information.
I will start and see how I do.
Thank you Ser.
Sir hw to water soil of seeds must the soil be wet always becoz my seeds die after they grow plz can u tell hw to water the seedlings plz
I use a water bottle with a bunch of little holes poked in the cap.
The key to the strawberries is to get the soil evenly moist and for sure use the cinnamon to prevent the seedlings from dying from dampening off.
I will add that into the next indoor gardening video I put up
What's the secret?
The secret is the outrageous price if you buy all the products he uses for soil mix. 😄
The soil. It's around 12 minutes into the video.
11:31 “water well and watch it grow.” (Recycled Water bottle w holes poked in the lid) followed by his secret soil mix he uses for best strawberry production rate: 15% sunshine mix, 25% patio plus, 10-15% perlite, a couple handfuls all natural garden soil & Kellogg organic plus 50% + 2 cups pure gold organic & natural 2-2-2 mix
@@Thankful_. I have never seen any of these products in my area..
Thanks for your video! I'm going to give this a go. One question... what did you use to make pin holes in that bottle cap? It's brilliant!
Just a regular sewing 🧵 pin needle
@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 Thank you.
can I do this inside this winter
I cant even get the damn thing to germinate
The year I had a strawberry boom I fed the bad ones to the chickens and they produced the heaviest meat birds ever with a thick layer of pink breast meat
I've heard strawberry doesn't come true if you plant seed instead of runners which are clones of the original plant
I will have to share that with mine lol......they are loaded right now .
@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 not saying they WON'T produce, just saying what they produce may not be the same as the parent. Like apples or squash
Are you a Harding graduate? Our sons went to college in Searcy. Love this idea!
No I'm not....but what a beautiful place.
I'm actually buying a place in Searcy county.
Should be epic gardening videos then lol .
So now I have a great use for the spoiled hay laying around!!!
Great video! Starting my own. I don't want to buy food I can grow anymore. That and they all come from a different country. I can't find USA grown strawberries any more. It will take me time but I've got time.
There is nothing that taste better or more rewarding than your own produce.
First time strawberry planter here! I have my seeds stratifying now. How far apart do you need to plant strawberries? I’ve seen as much as 12 inches?
I tend to crowd mine a bit at 10" lol......so 12-14" in a good very growing location is perfect for them to fill up.
👍👍Eugene Oregon
Great video. Can you please advise me which month is best to plant the strawberries seeds please? Thank you.
I did mine indoors overwinter simply because I was bored but with the timing of it it was perfect to have them ready for spring...for my zone seeding in November and December for the following spring was perfect.
Maybe 3 months.
They grow very slow at first ❤️
Great video
Can you tell me when you plant up your tomatoe seedlings how long before your last frost date
My last frost date was yesterday. They do not get up potted from this point. They go right in the garden
So just wondering my last frost dat is April 30 so you mean I should start my tomatoe seeds about 45 days before my last frost date
In colder zones it is advisable to wait two weeks after last frost date for tomatoes.....this allows the soil to defrost as well and warm up to that 45-50 degree range that's needed.
If you plan for about three weeks before that last frost date on planting day you should be five or six weeks and perfect size 👍
strawberries are my favorite!
They are a unique plant for sure.....it's not just the berries either. The leaves, roots and stems of the plants are highly valuable as medicinal ingredients ❤️
Awesome content!
Am wondering why couldn't you have planted the seeds directly into the rectangular potting container and skip with solo cups?
Because strawberries take such a long time to germinate and because of the extreme high humidity conditions that are required for their germination, it is much easier to manage them in a much smaller container at first and then remove all of the little shoots that do well as opposed to throwing all your eggs in a giant planter..... It would be very space consuming under the lights.
I would use roughly 2 cubic feet of space per five or six plants as opposed to 4 cubic inches with 15-20 starts.
I can literally grow five times the amount in the same space using the cups 👍
Plus I only transplant the best of the best.....direct sowing you get what you get.
the hardest part to growing these for me is getting the seeds started lol, i managed to get few plants last year and i still have them in doors under a grow light
They are so tiny..... It's very delicate work at first
Glad to hear you got some ❤️
At my place rather many many days later... What temp? What light?
There is a video on the channel on how to set up a grow room for under $75 that may answer your questions for you. 👍
Poteet Texas
If you get Grocery store fruit, possibly GMO, Will you still get a good crop?
I try to shy away from GMO or generic produce when selecting stock......it's much better to pay the Xtra and get a true heirloom or organic non GMO from a local farm, farmers market or a organic certified market.
You will like those results better, have better plants and be healthier not eating that stuff.
There is no comparison in taste or nutrition between an organic non GMO berry 🍓 and a commercial crop hybrid.
Do strawberry seeds need to be cold stratified?
I cold stratified my strawberry seeds before planting. The seed packet recommended it. 😊
I knew about Marshall My granddad was from there and raised on a strawberry farm just outside of Marshall.
That's awesome...we are looking at properties there 👍
they like lower acid
Great video Sir
Do these plants produce fruit on the first year??
Sometimes.........if I were better at my timing on starting them so they were full size by say December I might pull it off their first summer but typically at least in my area they start around July then really hit hard the second year. Third is ok, but by then they have spread and the clock starts over with the new babies.
🙏,🇺🇸✌️
Can I use Berry-tone instead of the Dr. Earth for the slow release feeding?
You can.....it's a good product.
Should have an OMRI label on it showing it's 100%organic derived
@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 thanks!
The seed part works if they are a non hybrid variety
Here is something really funny about the word hybrid........ It doesn't always work lol 🤣
I totally agree with your statement 100% by the way.
Have you ever had a hybrid plant produce seeds that were actually viable?..... I had my first run-in with it this year with a suite 100 tomato which is a true 100% hybrid and supposed to have sterile seeds.......I have three plants now from their seeds 😱😱😱.......all produce good fruit and their seeds are 50/50 germination rate.
I guess and rare or certain cases nature finds a way....,.I'm still wondering how, but it does.
Will that double cup method work in a seed tray over a heat pad ?
Never tried it 🤔
Can’t wait to plant my babies thanks❤
So nice of you
My strawberry patch is producing! 1 was 3 inches & very sweet! Ty
WHERE CAN I FIND PART 1 M?
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