I think it depends on how much nutrients they have… i have a Charlotte that i brought from Colorado over 3 years ago that’s so producing runners. Its been my mother plant since i got it lol. This year will be it’s 4th or 5th year of life haha. When i got it from gurneys, it was TINYYYY
They will produce runners but not fruit is what i meant. But yes i think theyd continue to make new plants
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A very nice strawberry. On of the first in Spring in France.
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A prolific strawberry.
Most of my plants don’t look like this (have 1/3-1/2 the berries), and I’m trying to figure out why. I am fertilizing all plants the same this year, yet, the in ground plants around the property have substantially more berries and fewer/smaller leaves than my raised bed and container plants that are big and beautifully leafed with substantially fewer berries. So my ground plants have put energy into berries and the containers focused on leaves. Why? If the container pH was wrong, I wouldn’t expect to see the lush growth. If the soil pH was wrong, I wouldn’t expect to see all the berries. Right? Everything has recieved near identical fertilization: alfalfa early on, then Holly tone at the start of the month and I plan to do monthly. Then, I recently learned about high potassium helping berry formation and taste, so I got Masterblend and applied last week. The only thing I can come up with is that there was much more potassium available in the clay vs containers as they started to grow before fertilizing?
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Or more nitrogen in the pots
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I’m about to plant in a lot of last years runners- i want fruit this year not more plants!! oh please please. I’ve got those plus these too. lots!
they are in Berry Prison right now waiting a few days. these are all the ones everyone sent me to try
should i give them the low N ferts when they are done settling in? they are going in half sun, straw mulch. the ones i had in full sun got scorched and died last time. 2k elevation high desert stuff
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I have discovered a very small strawberry that was put into my crate by mistake. It looks like an Alpine, but it turns out to be a ‘wood-land’ strawberry. It is somewhat elongated according to photos but many if them are round as well. Supposedly it is very fragrant. Can’t wait to try it! Its name is Reine des Vallées. Queen of the valleys.
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How did you make the mix acidic?
Grow more strawberries in a small space #gardening #strawberry #garden
Some people grow them in rain gutters. I’d like to grow some, but short on space. I grew some decades ago. Animals ate them and weeds took over. Strawberries in the store are crap. Tasteless and loaded with poison.
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Here… I have strawberries growing as ground cover in a food forest bed.. under /between goumi bushes and raspberries.. there are some Chinese chives growing in there too.
My older CHE tree has a large mulched bed under it.. and I have Evie2 strawberries growing under it. They are growing well.
I have another mulched bed with a few blueberries growing.. and a thick bed of strawberries growing all under and between the blueberries.
I have put up 15 half pints of strawberry and strawberry/mulberry jam already this year.
They are still producing and we eat lots fresh every day.
I have walking onions and comfery planted in the mulch ring of near 30 fruit trees. Think I will add some strawberries in there and let them battle it out.
TNHunter
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i grow that one and its a non runner alpine. a very productive one also.
try growing them in those shallow wash bins you can get for $3. just drill some holes. easy to move and keep nearby for easy watering. care is simple. im doing some day neutrals on my deck this year for fresh eating.
The Tower of Doom that ended up looking nice cleaned off, was dismantled over the weekend. I’ve had maybe 3 strawberries out of many bareroot packs of 25 die, yet half the tower leafed out and died. I potted them all in some spare bags with soil I had laying around to see what I can bring back to life. Greenstalk on the way to try again. Now, I have to figure out what to do with all the cedar that has holes in it. I’m thinking, bird houses…
I also found that my strawberry pallet beds are a serious PIA to fill. I used hardware cloth and wool to fill the gaps. I decided not to fill one. Might board up the openings on the sides more than just burlap and just plant the top alone or top and middle with some flowers or herbs. The largest one is all alpines. 50-50 whether it gets turned into an accessory sweet potato bed next year and I just build a 2x12 wooden strawberry bed here!
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i particularly like the last one. theres enough soil there to hold moisture long term.
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Yes. I checked my notes and of my 3 deck beds, I put alfalfa in one, cottonseed in another and both in the third to experiment when they started growing. After that, they received the same treatment. The cottonseed container has medium large leaves and the both container is all leaves least berries. No more cottonseed meal on strawberries! I’m wondering if I shouldn’t fertilize at all until maybe mid summer once Holly tone. Next spring, I’ll only do the Masterblend high potassium at bloom for the containers.
That said, I swear I also put cottonseed meal around the blueberries that the most prolific strawberries are with. This area is definitively more acidic than my raised beds and containers. Is nitrogen more accessible at higher pH and potassium more are lower for strawberries?
Everyone loves a picture- Here’s the container that got cottonseed/alfalfa to start and is all big leaves
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anyone ever bag their in ground strawberries with ziplock or organzas?
Ozark Beauty being mislabelled as everbearing is pretty common from what I’ve seen. The genuine everbearing ones tend to be noticeably smaller fruited than the June bearers, so if you’re getting big fruit once a season that’s probably what’s happened. Worth trying a different supplier if you want the true everbearing habit.
Ziplock will cause rot in warm temps. They need sufficient airflow. I would suspect organza to do the same depending on weather as well. I’ve seen some people in the Facebook strawberry group post photos of strawberries going bad in organza bags in the past
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