Last summer we started strawberries from seed and went from zero to five-hundred in one season, and now we're crossing the strawberries for even more interesting ones next year~
I'm going to try this next spring. Too busy wrapping up fall projects to do it now and it's time to mulch the bed, but I have lots of runners despite a rough start this spring to the bed. I did prepare a new bed so I'm all set.
Hi, I am from Habana, Cuba. This is my first expirience planting strawberries. I had the idea that it was something for another climate. But now I am convinced that here in the Caribbean I can get that fruit. Thanks for your explanations. I love the way you talk.
Awesome video! Thank you, going to attempt this tomorrow! My fav part was the border collie making appearances in the back ground 😅 haha as i have 2 of those!
It honestly depends on your zone and weather. We do this in December or February. Those times are very mild for us (zone 8b). If you live in a zone that is much colder then try mid fall (October) or late spring (early April).
I have a 4x8’ raised garden bed right now that I have used the past few years for mainly peppers and tomatoes. This year we put a fence in and I put eight raised beds that are 2x4’ along it. I planted strawberries and pineberries in it and was planning to relocate my big garden into the small ones next year and throw out my big bed but my mom suggested turning that into a strawberry patch which seems like a great idea. It will be less chaos than all the tomato plants in the middle of my yard next year. 😹 I have got to transplant all my strawberry plants in it and I’m trying to figure out if I should do that in the fall or spring. They’ve been planted in their bed for two months now and it would probably be another month before they can be moved. I also have a few in pots that have lived there happily for a couple of years. There are currently a handful of young runners that are being established. I don’t know when I should move them all! 😭
So. I have no idea how Ive never found your videos before. Ive been watching tons over the last year. But finding gardeners in Texas seems hard to find. I started strawberries in the fall. But not sure when the best time to plant is. Also, which varieties have you found best for Texas. I only started with Ozark Beauties. Do you sell any strawberry plants or plugs? I am now subscribed. 👍🏼. So awesome
Welcome to the channel. I always plant Seascape. They do well most of the year. I think I originally planted them in the spring. I don't sell any currently but may in the future.
@@CountryLivingExperience I'm over-run with them at the moment, lol. The berries have started to attract raccoons and I can't have a dog where I am in a rental. Still, it's a nice problem to have. Strawberries that ripen on the plant have 10x or more flavor than the ones you can buy anywhere. My freezer is filling up because I can't eat my ever-bearing variety fast enough
birds and slugs got most of mine that i planted in the ground, here in wa state,which is also zone 8b, but the strawberries i grew in a pot up high on a tall fence grew great, so no more planting in the ground i guess. a couple slugs crawled up a 6 foot cedar fence even to try to get them!!!!
Oh my ! I divided my crowns but I trimmed the roots there were sooo many. I’m planting them in a tower planter. ! I’m wondering if I put a little root stimulator on them if that would help them ? I left some of the fruit on if the plant looked like it could manage. I have ever bearing strawberries 🍓 which really have done well but they were so overgrown I felt I had to transplant. What can I do other then wait and see to help. Its so hot here I’m shielding them from the direct sun . Please thank you 😊
Your video is really helpful. I'm growing strawberries for the 1st time. The plants are in their 2nd year and right now in zone 8a, unlike last year, the patch is yielding good berries. I have few runners from last year that have fruits too but are growing at the edge of the bed. Can they be transplanted with fruits? I don't have another bed for transplant but can I move the runner cuts to a planter or container? I see 1st signs of bites on ripe fruits. Is there a home remedy to keep the insects away? By any chance do rabbits eat the berries? Thanks.
Glad it was helpful. Best not to transplant with fruit on them. Try to keep the berries off the ground because pill bugs (rollie pollies) will chew on them. Rabbits will also eat the berries. Use fencing to keep them out.
If the mother crown plant is on year 3 hypothetically, does that mean a runner that grows in year 3 is a new clipping that begins as year one or is it still year 3 with the mother plant as far as lifecycle is concerned?
Should you pinch the flowers off the daughter plants in their first year the way you would for a new plant? Also, do your strawberries need to be shaded in mid summer?
I don't pinch them and they have all still produced and grown well. They can benefit from some shade in the mid-summer especially if you live in an area like me (East Texas).
Question.. How close do you, or know can you cut the runner lines without damaging, or shocking the new plants? My idea is the closer the better so less energy is spent maintaining.. I could be wrong though, your thoughts?
Are you replanting the mother plant? How do you keep track of the original so that it can be discarded when it gets to, say, 5 years old? And finally, did uou fo this in the autumn?
Hello. You can do this in late autumn or early spring but it depends on your variety. Mine are everbearing and still produce in the autumn. As for the mother crown, you are dividing it into smaller pieces as I showed. So there is technically no mother plant after that point and the new plants will develop into new mothers. Some die off after a year, some two, some three… it all depends.
Thank you so very much. The plants I have for now are the June fruiting ones. The climate here is so mild that I will follow your advice in October and let you know how it goes.@@CountryLivingExperience
Im having problems with black spots on my strawberries. I live in 6a growing zone. What can i do in winter and spring to prevent this. Fertilizer suggestion etc..?
I seen your video and love it. But I want to plant in buckets hanging. Someone said you should face them a certain direction and don’t over fill dirt or will rot…. Any answers
@@CountryLivingExperience I have seen many videos on RUclips. I seen you plant them in containers also where there is not connected to the earth just in a wooden box or it look like you had a purple ceramic container or maybe it was plastic. When you plant in small containers, you must put them in a certain way or direction or the strawberries will remain seen on top of the dirt in the bucket and if you plant them too deep with all that little red mark sticking out, they will rot if you bury them deeper. They say you must see that little red area in the base of the plant.
The mother plant will split into many daughters. Just break them apart. Snip off the runner plants when they establish a good root system. The mother plant will die when it has completed it's lifespan.
@George Ackerman Strawberries are productive for 3-5 years. Commercial growers have varying strategies, but generally get new plants every 3-5 years as the older ones begin to decline. I hope that helps.
Just curious do the Runners (daughters) then become mothers once they are established ? Also what do you do at the end of the season (autumn winter) do you prune them or cut them back ?
Mine didn’t do that last year when I planted them and they’re not doing well this year either! Only produced like 10-20 berries and I have runners all alive but not producing fruit 😢 what am I doing wrong??? 😭
Hi, great video! If you live in colder climate and therefore in October/after frost when in dormant state wrap that amount like 10, what is best method to refrigerator/freezer them enough until spring transplant? Thanks!
Hello , I have strawberry plants in 5 gal bucket and doing great. But i am haveing bad luck transplanting the runners they hang over the edge of bucket. I wait till I see little baby roots bumping out …I lay them slightly in water with small container. No good. Then I tried in dirt on small can(soup can) all died. I did not Barry them. Just setting tiny roots on soil …. What in the world can I do?
@@CountryLivingExperience I cut the runner from the base of the plant and on the other side I cut it completely off and leave about 2 inches from the runner so it just sticks and touches the water and it’s got a little wet little baby ball sticking out some of them have a little roots hanging out
@@CountryLivingExperience I want my strawberries to be producing nice size strawberries, so I got to get the runners off to do that. How long do I freaking have to wait until I can cut them off because there’s no way I can let them sit in water or dirt still connected to the mother plant
I still have good sized strawberries with some runners attached. I understand pruning them will help but larger berries but you won't have as many plants for the next year. You have to wait a while to cut them off and be patient until they can root properly.
This is my first year trying strawberries. I put 4 plants in a long planter mounted to my fence to try to keep the chipmunks and slugs away from the fruits. Had to put a cage around it after I watched a mockingbird lunching on them. Anyway, there really isn't room for runners to establish, but they are shooting out through the cage and all around the mother plants like crazy. If I cut the runners and make a raised bed for all, will they establish even though they don't have much as far as roots hanging in the air?
Cool. Those runners won't produce or survive unless they can put down good roots. I would build another tier of your planter a short distance underneath for them to reach to.
My home state. Since you probably have frozen ground right now, I would wait until it thaws. Usually I would recommend transplanting for that zone in about Mid-October.
@@CountryLivingExperience No it doesn’t really freeze much here. Snow rarely sticks, melts by noon the next day. Temperature drops below freezing are only at night. Averages in the upper 40’s during the day.
I havr no idea why all my videos i want go watch the screen will not remove the dark shade with all the control features off the screen . I can see things due to it and cant find a reason or setting to remive this
Great video on strawberries, for for us cause I’m planning right now for this coming year massive vegetable garden, but my wife also wants a strawberry patch. Good information and walk through. Do you plant ever bearing or June bearing? Any thoughts on what’s better for us up here in Ontario Canada?
@@CountryLivingExperience thanks for the info, I tried looking it up on google but it keep bringing up off topic things about strawberries lol 😂 Thanks again
It helps to find what is indigenous to your area. I live in middle TN, blueberries love the acidic soil, everybody grows them here. I also found Rosemary grows very well. Basically these grow without needing virtually any care.
I love to see how your dog loves to run back and forth vvery happy
Last summer we started strawberries from seed and went from zero to five-hundred in one season, and now we're crossing the strawberries for even more interesting ones next year~
Nice!
That's amazing
Just wow! That's splendid 😊
@@NashvilleMonkey1000 That's awesome what type of fertilizer do you use for your strawberry plants?
I prune my roots when I transplant and they do quite well.
I'm going to try this next spring. Too busy wrapping up fall projects to do it now and it's time to mulch the bed, but I have lots of runners despite a rough start this spring to the bed. I did prepare a new bed so I'm all set.
Great video, thanks especially for all the close up shots as you explain what to do.
Thank you
Hi, I am from Habana, Cuba. This is my first expirience planting strawberries. I had the idea that it was something for another climate. But now I am convinced that here in the Caribbean I can get that fruit. Thanks for your explanations. I love the way you talk.
So nice of you. Good luck with your strawberries.
Yea you can I have some in Jamaica
Awesome video! Thank you, going to attempt this tomorrow! My fav part was the border collie making appearances in the back ground 😅 haha as i have 2 of those!
Thank you. He is in almost all of my vids.
When do you dig up and thin your strawberry plants? What time of year? Spring? Autumn? Winter? Summer?
It honestly depends on your zone and weather. We do this in December or February. Those times are very mild for us (zone 8b). If you live in a zone that is much colder then try mid fall (October) or late spring (early April).
I have a 4x8’ raised garden bed right now that I have used the past few years for mainly peppers and tomatoes. This year we put a fence in and I put eight raised beds that are 2x4’ along it. I planted strawberries and pineberries in it and was planning to relocate my big garden into the small ones next year and throw out my big bed but my mom suggested turning that into a strawberry patch which seems like a great idea. It will be less chaos than all the tomato plants in the middle of my yard next year. 😹 I have got to transplant all my strawberry plants in it and I’m trying to figure out if I should do that in the fall or spring. They’ve been planted in their bed for two months now and it would probably be another month before they can be moved. I also have a few in pots that have lived there happily for a couple of years. There are currently a handful of young runners that are being established. I don’t know when I should move them all! 😭
That is really great information you are giving me . Thank you for the information . I am planting them on a box. this winter.
So. I have no idea how Ive never found your videos before. Ive been watching tons over the last year. But finding gardeners in Texas seems hard to find. I started strawberries in the fall. But not sure when the best time to plant is. Also, which varieties have you found best for Texas. I only started with Ozark Beauties. Do you sell any strawberry plants or plugs? I am now subscribed. 👍🏼. So awesome
Welcome to the channel.
I always plant Seascape. They do well most of the year. I think I originally planted them in the spring. I don't sell any currently but may in the future.
Wow, My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed
You're welcome. Blessings.
And when you are sick of strawberries and can't allow another to grow, the leaves are highly nutritious: you can feed the extra runners to rabbits :)
Who gets sick of strawberries?!
@@CountryLivingExperience I'm over-run with them at the moment, lol. The berries have started to attract raccoons and I can't have a dog where I am in a rental. Still, it's a nice problem to have. Strawberries that ripen on the plant have 10x or more flavor than the ones you can buy anywhere. My freezer is filling up because I can't eat my ever-bearing variety fast enough
That is a blessing. You can make jam and can it for long term storage.
birds and slugs got most of mine that i planted in the ground, here in wa state,which is also zone 8b, but the strawberries i grew in a pot up high on a tall fence grew great, so no more planting in the ground i guess. a couple slugs crawled up a 6 foot cedar fence even to try to get them!!!!
Everyone loves strawberries.
Oh my ! I divided my crowns but I trimmed the roots there were sooo many. I’m planting them in a tower planter. ! I’m wondering if I put a little root stimulator on them if that would help them ? I left some of the fruit on if the plant looked like it could manage. I have ever bearing strawberries 🍓 which really have done well but they were so overgrown I felt I had to transplant. What can I do other then wait and see to help. Its so hot here I’m shielding them from the direct sun . Please thank you 😊
It may help them but I have never used a root stimulator. Never trim the roots of strawberries. You will just have your wait and see.
I"m moving to east Texas and will start my garden soon, probably too late for this year, since I have yet to buy a house.
Great video! I can’t wait to split my strawberry plant like this!
😊Thank you. Wonderful teacjing video
You’re welcome
This is such a helpful video. Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Great video!!
You’re welcome
Thank you
You’re welcome
is that concrete bedding? if so what is the size you use? thank you!
You are blessed.
What if you have more than you can eat and they are going to rot?
@@CountryLivingExperience give them away to my neighbors or make jam
Your video is really helpful. I'm growing strawberries for the 1st time. The plants are in their 2nd year and right now in zone 8a, unlike last year, the patch is yielding good berries. I have few runners from last year that have fruits too but are growing at the edge of the bed. Can they be transplanted with fruits? I don't have another bed for transplant but can I move the runner cuts to a planter or container? I see 1st signs of bites on ripe fruits. Is there a home remedy to keep the insects away? By any chance do rabbits eat the berries? Thanks.
Glad it was helpful. Best not to transplant with fruit on them. Try to keep the berries off the ground because pill bugs (rollie pollies) will chew on them. Rabbits will also eat the berries. Use fencing to keep them out.
Thank you so much for your reply.
If the mother crown plant is on year 3 hypothetically, does that mean a runner that grows in year 3 is a new clipping that begins as year one or is it still year 3 with the mother plant as far as lifecycle is concerned?
The runner would be year 1
Great tutorial, thank you!
You’re welcome
Should you pinch the flowers off the daughter plants in their first year the way you would for a new plant? Also, do your strawberries need to be shaded in mid summer?
I don't pinch them and they have all still produced and grown well. They can benefit from some shade in the mid-summer especially if you live in an area like me (East Texas).
Good morning from malta. Strawberry plants how many times give fertiliser
Good morning. I do not fertilize them. I add fresh compost every year and that is enough to feed them properly.
My brother has a bed and he was surprised they keep blooming again each year.
Absolutely
I grow in tires and thin to six plants a tire each fall
I hade mine for 5+ years and it grew larger each time and I got at least 15 runners in one year
Nice!
Question.. How close do you, or know can you cut the runner lines without damaging, or shocking the new plants?
My idea is the closer the better so less energy is spent maintaining.. I could be wrong though, your thoughts?
Once you cut the runner, it dries up very quickly. There is not any real energy spent maintaining it. You can cut it where you like.
Leave about one inch and it helps as an ankor when planting
Are you replanting the mother plant? How do you keep track of the original so that it can be discarded when it gets to, say, 5 years old? And finally, did uou fo this in the autumn?
Sorry that last sentence should read did you do this in the autumn. I live in North Wales
Hello. You can do this in late autumn or early spring but it depends on your variety. Mine are everbearing and still produce in the autumn. As for the mother crown, you are dividing it into smaller pieces as I showed. So there is technically no mother plant after that point and the new plants will develop into new mothers. Some die off after a year, some two, some three… it all depends.
Thank you so very much. The plants I have for now are the June fruiting ones. The climate here is so mild that I will follow your advice in October and let you know how it goes.@@CountryLivingExperience
Im having problems with black spots on my strawberries. I live in 6a growing zone. What can i do in winter and spring to prevent this. Fertilizer suggestion etc..?
I spray mine with copper sulfate.
I seen your video and love it. But I want to plant in buckets hanging. Someone said you should face them a certain direction and don’t over fill dirt or will rot…. Any answers
I have never planted mine in containers but those suggestions the person said to you do not make any sense.
@@CountryLivingExperience I can’t read the whole thing . I tap on it and pops to leave you a message
OK I figured it out. I had to tap on my question.
@@CountryLivingExperience I have seen many videos on RUclips. I seen you plant them in containers also where there is not connected to the earth just in a wooden box or it look like you had a purple ceramic container or maybe it was plastic. When you plant in small containers, you must put them in a certain way or direction or the strawberries will remain seen on top of the dirt in the bucket and if you plant them too deep with all that little red mark sticking out, they will rot if you bury them deeper. They say you must see that little red area in the base of the plant.
@@CountryLivingExperience it would be a lot easier if a guy could send photos on here … easier to what I mean.
Do you replant the mother plant or only the daughter plant? If you plant the mother, how do you keep track of how old the mother plant is?
The mother plant will split into many daughters. Just break them apart. Snip off the runner plants when they establish a good root system. The mother plant will die when it has completed it's lifespan.
@George Ackerman Strawberries are productive for 3-5 years. Commercial growers have varying strategies, but generally get new plants every 3-5 years as the older ones begin to decline. I hope that helps.
What was the white powder you threw into your bed?
Diatomaceous earth to control slugs.
Just curious do the Runners (daughters) then become mothers once they are established ? Also what do you do at the end of the season (autumn winter) do you prune them or cut them
back ?
Most of them will become mother plants but not all. I just leave them until early spring. No cutting or pruning necessary.
Watch the Border Collie in the background...a very busy dog!
He's always working.
Mine didn’t do that last year when I planted them and they’re not doing well this year either! Only produced like 10-20 berries and I have runners all alive but not producing fruit 😢 what am I doing wrong??? 😭
Interesting why they would not do it. Not all of them produce a lot of other plants but many should. I can't think of a reason why they didn't.
Please how can i get strawberry plants
Can you transplant strawberries in the summer?
Yes if necessary, but they prefer the winter or early spring.
Hi, great video! If you live in colder climate and therefore in October/after frost when in dormant state wrap that amount like 10, what is best method to refrigerator/freezer them enough until spring transplant? Thanks!
Thanks. Sorry, I do not understand your question.
@@CountryLivingExperience He is asking how to preserve the new plants until Spring, for those of us that live in colder Northern climates.
@@jeffmeyers3837 I used to live in Michigan. I do not recall ever having to insulate or preserve the plants for spring. They are very cold hardy.
Leave them in the ground or put them in pots you can bring inside. You may have to wait til later to transplant.
How long will it be before the newly set plants produce strawberries?😮
Should be just a few months.
Are these June berries?
How can u cut the runner off and replant them without roots?
You can’t. You have to wait for the runner plant to root.
I remove my strawberry plants mid September
Just after the runners were removed and when the leaves start going red
1 question about the crowns
Would the strawberry crown just separate like a little tug or do you have to snap it off
I got my strawberry plants from someone who was thinning and a bit overwhelmed!
Hello , I have strawberry plants in 5 gal bucket and doing great. But i am haveing bad luck transplanting the runners they hang over the edge of bucket. I wait till I see little baby roots bumping out …I lay them slightly in water with small container. No good. Then I tried in dirt on small can(soup can) all died. I did not Barry them. Just setting tiny roots on soil …. What in the world can I do?
Are you clipping off the runner? The roots really need to establish before the tether is cut.
@@CountryLivingExperience I cut the runner from the base of the plant and on the other side I cut it completely off and leave about 2 inches from the runner so it just sticks and touches the water and it’s got a little wet little baby ball sticking out some of them have a little roots hanging out
@@CountryLivingExperience I want my strawberries to be producing nice size strawberries, so I got to get the runners off to do that. How long do I freaking have to wait until I can cut them off because there’s no way I can let them sit in water or dirt still connected to the mother plant
@@CountryLivingExperience tell you what since we can’t send each other photos on here for some reason how about I get your Facebook page
I still have good sized strawberries with some runners attached. I understand pruning them will help but larger berries but you won't have as many plants for the next year. You have to wait a while to cut them off and be patient until they can root properly.
This is my first year trying strawberries. I put 4 plants in a long planter mounted to my fence to try to keep the chipmunks and slugs away from the fruits. Had to put a cage around it after I watched a mockingbird lunching on them. Anyway, there really isn't room for runners to establish, but they are shooting out through the cage and all around the mother plants like crazy. If I cut the runners and make a raised bed for all, will they establish even though they don't have much as far as roots hanging in the air?
Cool. Those runners won't produce or survive unless they can put down good roots. I would build another tier of your planter a short distance underneath for them to reach to.
@@CountryLivingExperience That is a really cool idea! Thank you, I'll do that!
Is it better to buy the strawberries by strawberry roots or by plant from the nursery?
Either
I just plant the runners along my ditch banks fences and any wasted space, live or die most live
Is that black weed control underneath your beds too, or just in the walk paths?
Just on the walk paths
I'm in Michigan. what month would you recommended I do this to my strawberries that I planted this past June?
My home state. Since you probably have frozen ground right now, I would wait until it thaws. Usually I would recommend transplanting for that zone in about Mid-October.
Can I ask You what is in Your soil ?
Hard to say. I have been building my soil for 6 years by adding organic matter and amendments.
Middle TN here, is now (Jan) the time to replant?
It depends. Is your ground frozen?
@@CountryLivingExperience No it doesn’t really freeze much here. Snow rarely sticks, melts by noon the next day. Temperature drops below freezing are only at night. Averages in the upper 40’s during the day.
Ah, I see. It would be a good time to transplant them for sure.
I havr no idea why all my videos i want go watch the screen will not remove the dark shade with all the control features off the screen . I can see things due to it and cant find a reason or setting to remive this
Great video on strawberries, for for us cause I’m planning right now for this coming year massive vegetable garden, but my wife also wants a strawberry patch. Good information and walk through. Do you plant ever bearing or June bearing? Any thoughts on what’s better for us up here in Ontario Canada?
Thank you. We plant Seascape. They are everbearing. I would check with a local university agricultural office to find the best for your zone.
Did i miss him say when this should be done? Is this a fall time task?
Early spring
in zone 8b what time do i start to buy my strawberrys for the first time and plant them. ty for everything that you do and keep up the good work!
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words! Plant them in late Feb to early March for a late summer harvest (depending on variety).
Am I right you did this to get plants that will bear in a few years
No. They will bear immediately in my climate.
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Oops I bought like 12 strawberry plants lol 🤣
Some die so that is a good amount to start with.
I am curious why you do not mulch your strawberries? Runners don't take a hold when the soil is covered in mulch.
No need to mulch them. We never have.
You need a scissors. To cut thr runners close to the mother plant.
I’m confused? Does a daughter plant ever become a mother plant?
Yes. The next year it will.
@@CountryLivingExperience thanks for the info, I tried looking it up on google but it keep bringing up off topic things about strawberries lol 😂
Thanks again
@@Dandymancan You're welcome
I can't grow. anything.🥺
Sure you can. Keep trying. Just get your soil balance right and give the proper amount of water.
It helps to find what is indigenous to your area. I live in middle TN, blueberries love the acidic soil, everybody grows them here. I also found Rosemary grows very well. Basically these grow without needing virtually any care.
And birds. Oh, the birds. Almost every berry we got last year was taken by a bird. How do you combat?
They sell bird netting. It works great. This is the one we use.....amzn.to/3HxZqo8
Why is the black and white dog running back and forth in the background?
Because he is very fast and usually steals the show in my videos. I thought I would give him a highlight....lol!
I've seen the saddest, dried out nuggets of a "dead" runner come back to life in a season, even without roots. These things are like weeds!
Yep. They keep going.
It shouldn’t take 5 minutes in till you actually start demonstrating.
They make fast forward buttons.
7:41 "I'M FAST AS FCK BOIIIII"