Growing strawberries.

[Train]

Last year's garden was pretty kick ass. Had jalapeno's, cayennes, banana peppers, cucumbers, 4 diff kinds of tomatoes, asparagus. Everything grew pretty well. Habanero's failed hard core for some reason, I think I may have overwatered them.

Wifey wants me to add strawberries this year. I don't want to give up any current garden space, so I'm thinking of adding a box garden along the side of the house where it can get a lot of sun. Thinking I will probably have to build a cage with some chicken wire to keep the birds and other critters from eating it. Other than that I have no clue.

Tips, tricks?

 

[wirednuts]

being serious, strawberries are the closest sister genetically to marijuana. look on pot growing forums for more information then you could ever imagine about growing plants like that. tomatoes grow in similar conditions too.

 

[Broheim]

you definetely need a cage or a net to keep shit away from the berries, other than that I think it's pretty straight forward.

 

[Train]

being serious, strawberries are the closest sister genetically to marijuana. look on pot growing forums for more information then you could ever imagine about growing plants like that. tomatoes grow in similar conditions too.

Interesting.

If tomato conditions are good for strawberries, then I think I am good. My soil is great for toms

 

[isekii]

grow some blueberries.

 

[MrChad]

Strawberries will take over your entire garden if you don't manage them properly. Make sure you trim the runners before they grow out of control.

 

[wirednuts]

Interesting.

If tomato conditions are good for strawberries, then I think I am good. My soil is great for toms

it wont be exactly the same for ideal conditions, but between marijuana and strawberries it nearly is. its known by science that genetically, weed's closest relative is strawberries.

and, from my past I know that tomatoes grow with the same nutrients and temperatures that weed does... so if you got nice tomatoes you will probably have nice strawberries too

 

[MayorOfAmerica]

Strawberries will take over your entire garden if you don't manage them properly. Make sure you trim the runners before they grow out of control.

This. They are easy to grow, but kind of a pain to manage. Tomato conditions work well for strawberries. Also, bees sometimes gorge themselves on the berries. One year, I was finding bees inside the berries with their asses sticking out. That, along with growth management made me give up on them. If you keep them in a container, they are easier to manage, similar to mint plants.

 

[BladeVenom]

Grow wild ones, they taste better.

 

[BoomerD]

Strawberries will take over your entire garden if you don't manage them properly. Make sure you trim the runners before they grow out of control.

No kidding. I planted 12 strawberry plants...last year, I took out over 100 and tossed them out. They had taken over my entire garden area.

 

[Fern]

Some years ago I had planted about 100 strawberry plants in my garden. (Tomatoes also grow really well here.) My suggestion would be using some sand for the soil they're planted in. I noticed that the berries that rested against the soil would rot. I'm thinking it was poor drainage and am believe sand would help prevent that.

Fern

 

[OverVolt]

Some years ago I had planted about 100 strawberry plants in my garden. (Tomatoes also grow really well here.) My suggestion would be using some sand for the soil they're planted in. I noticed that the berries that rested against the soil would rot. I'm thinking it was poor drainage and am believe sand would help prevent that.

Fern

They are called strawberries because of the way they are grown, they place straw on top of the soil so they don't rot.

Derp.

:awe:

 

[Kaido]

Last year's garden was pretty kick ass. Had jalapeno's, cayennes, banana peppers, cucumbers, 4 diff kinds of tomatoes, asparagus. Everything grew pretty well. Habanero's failed hard core for some reason, I think I may have overwatered them.

I had a family member who did "growboxes" in his back yard...they look like horse troughs for watering...had 4 of them, grew 500 pounds of tomatoes a season. No idea how that little of space grew that many tomatoes

 

[Fern]

They are called strawberries because of the way they are grown, they place straw on top of the soil so they don't rot.

Derp.

:awe:

I had a neighbor in FL that grew acres and acres of strawberries. He never used straw, he used sand.

Fern

 

[OverVolt]

I had a neighbor in FL that grew acres and acres of strawberries. He never used straw, he used sand.

Fern

Well...... they used to... oops. You caught me :awe:

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Last year's garden was pretty kick ass. Had jalapeno's, cayennes, banana peppers, cucumbers, 4 diff kinds of tomatoes, asparagus. Everything grew pretty well. Habanero's failed hard core for some reason, I think I may have overwatered them.

Wifey wants me to add strawberries this year. I don't want to give up any current garden space, so I'm thinking of adding a box garden along the side of the house where it can get a lot of sun. Thinking I will probably have to build a cage with some chicken wire to keep the birds and other critters from eating it. Other than that I have no clue.

Tips, tricks?

Www.boomerbed.com. Know the owner personally. Great guy and his raised garden beds are awesome. Worth the $$ if you ask me.

 

[gorobei]

use some high grade soil/manure and it should grow like wildfire. birds will be a problem but bugs will be even worse. caterpillars and aphids will eat the leaves and fruit respectively. buy some ladybugs and distribute them among the plants to deal with aphids. dont know how tight a mesh of chicken fence you would need to keep out moth/butterflies to avoid caterpillars.

 

[homebrew2ny]

They are called strawberries because of the way they are grown, they place straw on top of the soil so they don't rot.

Derp.

:awe:

Actually they were originally called strewberries because of the way they grew all strewn about the ground, but at some point it morphed in to strawberries. Similar I suppose as to how the flutterby became the butterfly...

 

[Imp]

We used to... very very bad yield without pest prevention.

 

[OverVolt]

We used to... very very bad yield without pest prevention.

Yea I've never grown strawberries, definitely a leave it to the experts type of thing, which I've known.

I've done tomatoes and cucumber and other easy to grow things. Its a very fun and delicious hobby. Those cucumbers from the yard in a salad were literally the best salad I ever had. Tomatoes are also completely different when picked fresh vs the ones from the grocery store.

I'm not that interested in strawberries. Leave it to the experts!

 

[monkey333]

Strawberries will take over your entire garden if you don't manage them properly. Make sure you trim the runners before they grow out of control.

Oh but a problem to have. I just recently started enjoying strawberries. We have 3 planter gardens (2 too many by my accounts). I would love to dedicate at least 1 to the luscious berry. I heard it takes a few years to get them going.

 

[Train]

Www.boomerbed.com. Know the owner personally. Great guy and his raised garden beds are awesome. Worth the $$ if you ask me.

linky no worky

edit: I think you were looking for this: http://boomerbeds.com/

 

[Capt Caveman]

If you're going to grow them in a container, make sure to provide them with a minimum of 8 inches of soil depth.

fwiw, great book on container gardening - http://www.amazon.com/McGee-Stuckeys-Bountiful-Container-Vegetables/dp/0761116230

 

[bradley]

Strawberries like sandy soil. Get some black plastic, poke small holes for aeration and larger holes to plant the strawberries; it keeps the insects at bay and protects perishable fruit from rotting under wet soil.

And like others have stated, cut the runners, otherwise your plant expends more energy in creating runners and not strawberries.