Hi Kevin! Going through the above-mentioned online stores, I was unable to find a strawberry variety suitable for zone 10b (according to their site). How did you pick the 2 varieties you went with for zone 10b?
Albion and Seascape are said to do well in CA, I'm in south Louisiana and they do well here surviving the Summer much better if they have afternoon shade.
My mom planted strawberries two years ago and one pot she used still produces them. Every year we forget they are there until we have a ton of strawberries all over the ground.
(From another 10b area) My strawberries were never really growing all that well, so I've been experimenting with companion plants, and I found a companion that helped my berries thrive: Carrots. I just mixed them in all over the place. The other planters I have with other experimental mixes still have the same underperforming plants, so there's something about the carrots that the strawberries like. Wasn't really something I expected, but, hopefully somebody else finds this comment useful.
That’s so bizarre, my daughter in law just told me yesterday, 5/10/23 don’t plant strawberries with carrots because the berry tendrils choke out the carrots. She ran out of room in her garden due to not wanting to plant berries with carrots but I’ll tell her of your success with this method which just gained her more room, thanks for sharing! 🍓🥕
All these comments are making me feel so much better. I’ve been trying from seed since last summer (sigh, no luck) and have an order of bare root everbearing coming this week. I thought for sure I was going to be too late!
I don't know why I always watch these videos AFTER I do the planting.. but I'm grateful I did because I had planted them too deep. I pulled em up a bit and I'm excited to have some delicious strawberries!
Mulch is also important to keep dirt off the strawberries and keeping them from going moldy. Straw is a good choice (thus STRAWberries) but wood chips are decent too. Strawberries make a nice ground cover in a food forest or orchard. You might think about rooting the runners that will come from those strawberries into solo cups and soil, and transplanting those runners around your fruit trees when you put them in. They can do alright with partial sun, but if you are concerned you can plant them to the south side of the trees to maximize light. If you let them set runners, the number of plants will easily triple by the following year. That'll triple your fruit production. You might harvest 8 oz a week this year, and then 24 oz a week next year. That'll be enough to start making strawberry jam. :D
I planted bare rooted everbearing strawberries last year. All of them produced well. With the daughters (the runners), I now have nearly 100 plants in my raised beds. Although I mulched them, I added a layer of pine straw once winter temperatures dropped well below freezing. Just checked them, and they're all happy 😊 Loved the video!!!❤
Just planted a batch of bare root strawberries myself a few weeks back, they’re doing great and already flowering. Gotta love that Florida’s weather is perfect for year round gardening.
I started mine from seed and I can assure you it takes time and work: anxiety when nothing is germinating, punny small seedlings and roots, regulating the soil and making sure it doesn't die from disease but they are giving fruits now!
You are my hero. I’ve been trying to do them from seeds for about a year now and haven’t figured out the magic formula. I currently have a mini pot with a couple of sprouts (not too excited, I’ve killed them after this before) and another seeded mini pot in the fridge. Such a frustrating project, esp for a fruit that REALLY likes to grow itself everywhere al on its own. 😂
@@melissasullivan1658 let's say like 90% of the seeds I planted died, considering the dozens that I tried... the survivors are the real heroes xD I'm working on them for about a year too... had to wait until the developed a reasonable roots to even think about transfering them to soil... they took a LONG time to grow a crown and around 4 months until the started giving flowers with the first ever not giving fruit after I failed to polinate it OTL if you want I can reference the video that I used, but it's in Portuguese...
@@stevenallen9592 the earliest of all flowers came after 8 months(?), a few weeks, almost a month after pollination to develop a decent sized fruit(?), maybe because it's our first time but they came really small 😅 I am certainly not the most qualified person to give tips... just be careful with plant diseases and use mulch, some leaves tend to grow very close to the soil
That's beause he is not doing them from seeds, after you get them going they don't need much. Growing from seed they are kind of pain in the ass in the beginning.
@@RistoPaatsama Tell me about it. I started Rügen (alpine strawberry) about three weeks ago, and while most popped out pretty nice within a couple of days, they a) grow slow as hell and b) some lost their leaves and died soon after coming up without me having any idea why. The remaining still have only few millimeter long cotyledons - and this is after three weeks of growing.
@@Beregar79 Yes, I’ve grown from seed and from runners. And starting from runners are so much quicker. Good luck, with your alpine strawberries. Once they get a bit established they really can handle a lot. But in the beginning they can dry out and die very easily, because they have such shallow root systems and are so small plants. Probably one of the easiest things I’ve ever grown (and one of the most delicious). My verity of alpine is a runner verity, so they quickly become their own ground cover. So I have more or less no weeds to handle. They leaves quickly cover all the available soil, so it’s under shade and helps keep the moister. Most summers I don’t even water my alpine land. Only occasionally if it’s a dry spell. But that will obviously depend on your climate. Alpine strawberries grow in the wild all around me in my area. And my relatively small land produce so much I can make a small harvest every 1-2 days, that is enough for a berries and cream desert for 4 ppl. And it produces for months. Letting the berries get a dark red colour I’ve found really let’s the alpine taste amazing. And the berries grown a little slower under the leaves in shade or partial shade often are the sweetest.
@@RistoPaatsama So I am a bit of a beginner and this is the first year I have been growing strawberries from seeds, not realising that that could be challenging. Any tips for my 1 week old seedlings aside from not letting them dry out?
@@laartje24 There is no magic tricks. They will grow very slowly and you will have to just baby them, making sure the soil doesn't dry out as you said. I prefer using fairly low nutrient soil, and giving fertilizer only when i see signs of too slow growing. In general I probably use less fertilizer than others since I always prefer growing good root system before pushing the plant to grow.
So... everyone is so proud of my “green thumb” I put seed in dirt, I put water in dirt, and seed grow. I put fake sunlight over them. They grow. Nature knows what to do.
I'm growing strawberries from seed again this year. I failed completely last year but I'm stubborn. So far I'm having a lot more success this year hopefully it continues. Great video I really like your videos thanks
"Seascape" is a wonderful strawberry. The fruit is red all the way to the center unlike typical supermarket strawberries and sweet, tangy, and delicious. Yumm!
I grow Seascape in zone 3B, which is a lot colder than 10b, it can get as cold as -40C which is the same as -40F in the winter. These are the best strawberries I have ever eaten and they will continue to ripen when you pick them when they still have some white or pink flesh. I ordered another 100 bare rooted plants from my supplier in Canada. I would recommend growing these fantastic strawberries and they even produce strawberries on their runners! Your demo on planting bare roots is excellent!
Bare roots for the win once again. My strawberries and eggs helped me save my home during a work change. We have a 3rd acre dedicated only to berries. We plant our blue straw red blackberries together in rows with bush beans almost hugging the runners mid summer. Someone brought up carrots I would think that would b stellar as well mixed in ill try it
I'm growing "strawbs" 🤣 for the first time in Northern ky. I'm super excited since the last time I gave it a go I lived in the Ozarks where it's nothing but rock and red clay.
I bought some strawberries from Lowe’s around a month or so ago and they are doing good. The berries are small but taste great. They are starting to send off shoots that are taking root. I placed those in a pot so I can plant them in another location. I want to get a few more varieties and plant them in different locations. My theory is if I plant multiple varieties and spread them throughout my garden the pests won’t be able to move about them as easily.
This is coming at the best time, I’m doing some very large strawberry containers and I had no idea I could buy them like this, I must have missed them at my local nursery. Thank you so much!
Hmm. I just did this about a week ago. However, I rinsed off the plants to 1. remove the soil they came in (I have no idea what they used). 2. I trimmed about an inch off the roots. 3. Removed any dead/decayed growth. 4. Planted them in pots with good raised bed soil. 5. Kept them watered to damp (not soaked or dry) point every 1 to 2 days. 6. They get 15 hours of non shaded indirect light from growth lamps. A week later they are growing strong and healthy and new growth has begun.
I've started alpine strawberries from seed this year because I've read they are small but very flavorful compared to large or pretty strawberries, perfect for making jams, pies, and smoothies.
I'm currently doing all three ways to grow them. Got some bare-rooted ones from a friend, seeded out some white ones and today I bought potted ones because of the variety's name (Korona - I thought if you can't beat it, eat it). I'm planning to put them in a grow bag with parsley (to keep aphids away) and violas (for an aroma boost).
Perfect timing as I'm starting to plan out which berries I'll be adding to my garden this year. I'm getting blue, rasp, and strawberries, but haven't picked my varieties yet.
I had to laugh at your spacing, planted all in neat rows....... we all know what will happen by the end of the season, that bed will just be a huge mass of strawberries. No gaps and no space. I love using strawberries as a living mulch. This brings me to another point. I know you have blueberries in pots, but for those of us who can grow them in the ground, if you get the medium to tall blueberries, plant the strawberries around the blueberries, cut the strawberries back from the base of the blueberries. Now you have the perfect companion plants, they both use the same fertilizer mix, both have similar water requirements, the strawberries don't mind the acidic soil, the strawberries will help keep the blueberries moist and the strawberries will help attract pollinators for the blueberries. I have 11 varieties of blueberries with 11 varieties of strawberries all in one bed. We are still getting fruit going into autumn.
@@epicgardening It's ok, so was I, except now the sneaky buggers have gone into the neighbour's yard. They never stop. Really need to share photos or do a video at some point on it all.
I have had the "same" strawberry plant for over 10 years now. There was one in the house I first moved in to and every year I have let the runners grow to produce new plants. I have have moved house twice since then but still have a few in bed and in pots all from that one plant
Try using white sheer curtain as a cover to reduce sun intensity. Or avoid planting where they'll get afternoon sun, that's when the day's heat is at it's worst.
@@joshuarichards8065 lol that does not work down here. Shade cloths are minimally effective bcus the humidity will still overheat the plants. Also it doesn’t really cool down during the night and that exhausts the crap out of most edibles which want to focus on fruiting for the most part. Planting strawberries in the fall is the way to go
@@joshuarichards8065 I now will start using shade curtains without a doubt! And I can't keep most things in direct sun because it's WAYYYY too intense! Thank you so much for your advice 💖👏🏽
Our strawberry patch made it through the winter and are ready to fill in the space. We planted in ground on a terraced side of an incline so they have the best access to water in either a flood or drought.
I just ordered Ruby Ann Strawberry from Burpee along with some cucamelons seeds. I had sowed cucamelons seeds at the end of February and made a mistake of transferring the seedlings to Styrofoam cups which held too much water and I believe drowned them. But they did germinate beautifully using the wet paper towel in a zip lock quarter bag and a heat mat. So, going to give it a shot again. Also, had a question about the germ dates posted on seed packs. I got a pack of colored daisies and the pack said 7-14 days to germinate. These germinated in 3 days! I'm not complaining just pointing out the fact how gardening is definitely an art. Trial and error! Thank you for the great videos! I've been learning a whole bunch.
I’ll be starting the Alpine strawberries from seed. I have a few in my grow cabinet now. Finally got a greenhouse and put up the framing for it. Cover will probably go on this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing how they grow in a Mr. Stacky. I finally put my Greenstalk together and planted that with Purple carrots, Beets, Leeks, onions, chives and peas. I just hope we don’t get anymore bad freezes. Zone 8a in Virginia. Keep up the good work Kevin! Your place looks amazing!
Doing my research on growing strawberries and I’m excited for this season, I tried growing some transplants back during the pandemic but was unsuccessful this time around I’ll be trying it in a vertical planter and being more diligent about the varieties I grow. I live in Los Angeles, CA so I’m between Zone 9 & 10, I’ll be keeping the strawberries indoors for a bit until the frost goes down. Also expecting and due in April so I want my baby to be able to have his own strawberries by summer maybe 🤔 😅🍓❤️
I live in a much volder climate than you and a good and cheap way to lower the PH of the soil over heris to cover the strawberrybeds with chopped up branches from the spruce tree. It is very rich in vitamin C and the spring rain will carry that acid into the soil. thank you for this nice video.
you: listing the different types you can choose from me: im getting all of them, i got june bearing, everbearing, day neutral, and pineberries. Im playing for maximum strawberriness
Very good information thank you so much I just planted strawberries for the first time and I did a couple things right and I did a couple of things wrong thank you thank you thank you you're awesome
Dude I just started growing and I LITERALLY came to the conclusion that strawberries and a lil but of sugar are my favorite snack 😋... so thank you good sir. And love the garden😄
So funny, I just bought my bareroot plants on Saturday and got the same exact varieties! I am in the PNW so it will be interesting to see how yours turn out down in San Diego. Happy Growing and thanks for the video!
ohh nice I had a few varieties of everbearing strawberries in a raised bed 2 years ago and 1 of my chickens got out and decimated the entire patch so I'm starting over this year with some from stark bros
Man. I needed this video 😂. I bought a “bag” of strawberry plants one day and got them home and there was this weird looking wad of roots in the bag. Didn’t see any green or crowns or anything 🤷♂️. So I then order some surecrop junebearing strawberry’s from stark bros and they came pretty much the same way but o could see the crowns and green portions you pointed out in this video. 😅 I was about to throw them all out and go buy some single plants lol. This sounds incredibly dumb but I had no idea how these came. I just assumed they were going to come as strawberry plants that were already planted in little pots 😂. Thank you !!
I've got some bare root strawberries ordered so this vid is just in time. You did exactly what I was going to do so I'm glad to see that I was going to do it right' Thank you. I just hit the sub button so that I will be blessed with a bounty of strawbs.
Totally! Bare root is the way to go. I also grow alpine strawberries from seed, which really saves me money and, with the right type, can create a less demanding groundcover than the garden-variety. Berry season is almost upon us!!! :)
I have alpine berries 2 white plants and 4 red. This is the second year and they are blowing up. Even with my tortoise accidently "pruning" them last year. Can't wait for the berries this year. Already flowering heavy.
Kevin, Great video / channel, you inspire my gardening adventures. I hope your season is going well. Thank you for all of the work you put into making this channel so good. - John
This is the video that made me realize what I thought was a four pack of strawberries I bought was actually roughly a forty pack. Even after culling the weak ones, I still have like thirty planted. If they all survive, I'm gonna become the strawberry fairy
OMG, thank you soo much for this video! I need to start my strawberry seeds right away! Love your videos, your channel is something I aspire to do myself. Cheers from Manitoba, Canada
I planted 2 dozen Seascape bare root plants in Indiana a week after buying them, I kept them in the fridge in a wet rag and plastic bag. A week later after planting... leaves on all of them.
I'm no expert I just want to make that very clear. But I had a very good laugh over how much you said to be gentle with the strawberry plants. I tried the plastic covered mound method with mine this year and it was just stab lots of holes in a black plastic bag, jab fist fulls of strawberries into said holes. No finesse, certainly very little gentleness. And I packed them in. (I've a very small cement locked urban garden.) So far so good, they are the tallest I've ever seen home grown strawberries, it's barely May and there are so many flowers! With any luck the plastic mounds will keep the berries from going soggy and gross like they usually do in the rain.
Update: They are now planted in the ground! I created a cute in ground garden bed for them surrounding an orange tree. It looks so cool! Thanks for the inspo and tutorial!
I grew mine from some strawberries I'd bought from the store, i skinned them dried them out, collected and then planted some of the seeds, so they were essentially free idk if there's a downside to this but they are growing quite well.
some people don't like to soak strawberries in an anti fungal, but I would encourage it to help prevent root rot especially if they have been in stassis all winter it will also help to wake them up in spring. There are also some great organic options for those who are concerned about that.
I got my strawberries from Bonnie Plants, but you can also get from Stark Bros, Nourse Farms, or your local nursery :)
I think local nursery/plant shops is always best. The chances it grows well in your climate/soil is much higher. Worked for me so far :)
Got mine from Stark Bros. 25 bare roots in my greenstalk and 100% of them have new growth. They rebounded overnight, no exaggeration.
Hi Kevin! Going through the above-mentioned online stores, I was unable to find a strawberry variety suitable for zone 10b (according to their site). How did you pick the 2 varieties you went with for zone 10b?
Would strawberries do well in hanging pots? I have room for hanging pots. :D
Albion and Seascape are said to do well in CA, I'm in south Louisiana and they do well here surviving the Summer much better if they have afternoon shade.
My mom planted strawberries two years ago and one pot she used still produces them. Every year we forget they are there until we have a ton of strawberries all over the ground.
(From another 10b area) My strawberries were never really growing all that well, so I've been experimenting with companion plants, and I found a companion that helped my berries thrive: Carrots. I just mixed them in all over the place. The other planters I have with other experimental mixes still have the same underperforming plants, so there's something about the carrots that the strawberries like.
Wasn't really something I expected, but, hopefully somebody else finds this comment useful.
I will try this! Thx!
That’s so bizarre, my daughter in law just told me yesterday, 5/10/23 don’t plant strawberries with carrots because the berry tendrils choke out the carrots. She ran out of room in her garden due to not wanting to plant berries with carrots but I’ll tell her of your success with this method which just gained her more room, thanks for sharing! 🍓🥕
Thanks so much! My kids love carrots and Strawberries so it would be great for me. I'm working on my 1st garden and am so lost with where to start lol
how much spacing did you use?
@@ulysseserazo6727 none. just mixed em all together. they seem happy like that
Dude. I literally just started soaking the bare root strawberries that I got in the mail today. I'm planting them in like 30 minutes. Perfect timing!
All these comments are making me feel so much better. I’ve been trying from seed since last summer (sigh, no luck) and have an order of bare root everbearing coming this week. I thought for sure I was going to be too late!
I’ve been researching this for the past week, and here comes plant daddy, always pulling through with exactly what I need 😭💚
Here for you
Plant daddy 😁👍
I don't know why I always watch these videos AFTER I do the planting.. but I'm grateful I did because I had planted them too deep. I pulled em up a bit and I'm excited to have some delicious strawberries!
Wow, you have so much more space in your new home.
Mulch is also important to keep dirt off the strawberries and keeping them from going moldy. Straw is a good choice (thus STRAWberries) but wood chips are decent too. Strawberries make a nice ground cover in a food forest or orchard. You might think about rooting the runners that will come from those strawberries into solo cups and soil, and transplanting those runners around your fruit trees when you put them in. They can do alright with partial sun, but if you are concerned you can plant them to the south side of the trees to maximize light. If you let them set runners, the number of plants will easily triple by the following year. That'll triple your fruit production. You might harvest 8 oz a week this year, and then 24 oz a week next year. That'll be enough to start making strawberry jam. :D
I planted bare rooted everbearing strawberries last year. All of them produced well. With the daughters (the runners), I now have nearly 100 plants in my raised beds. Although I mulched them, I added a layer of pine straw once winter temperatures dropped well below freezing. Just checked them, and they're all happy 😊 Loved the video!!!❤
Just planted a batch of bare root strawberries myself a few weeks back, they’re doing great and already flowering. Gotta love that Florida’s weather is perfect for year round gardening.
I started mine from seed and I can assure you it takes time and work: anxiety when nothing is germinating, punny small seedlings and roots, regulating the soil and making sure it doesn't die from disease but they are giving fruits now!
You are my hero. I’ve been trying to do them from seeds for about a year now and haven’t figured out the magic formula. I currently have a mini pot with a couple of sprouts (not too excited, I’ve killed them after this before) and another seeded mini pot in the fridge. Such a frustrating project, esp for a fruit that REALLY likes to grow itself everywhere al on its own. 😂
@@melissasullivan1658 let's say like 90% of the seeds I planted died, considering the dozens that I tried... the survivors are the real heroes xD
I'm working on them for about a year too... had to wait until the developed a reasonable roots to even think about transfering them to soil... they took a LONG time to grow a crown and around 4 months until the started giving flowers with the first ever not giving fruit after I failed to polinate it OTL
if you want I can reference the video that I used, but it's in Portuguese...
How long after the seeds germinate do they produce fruit? 1 or 2 seasons?
@@stevenallen9592 the earliest of all flowers came after 8 months(?), a few weeks, almost a month after pollination to develop a decent sized fruit(?), maybe because it's our first time but they came really small 😅
I am certainly not the most qualified person to give tips... just be careful with plant diseases and use mulch, some leaves tend to grow very close to the soil
I am trying from seed this year. Fingers crossed.
"Loves 8+ hours of sun."
I keep hearing that, but they never mean Australian sun 🤣
Try 6 hours of direct sun starting at crack of dawn. And then 50% shade cloth during harsh afternoon sun.
Strawberriws are my fave to grow. I started with 6 plants and once it got to producing, we were getting about a pint a week.
You are the first person I've heard say strawberries are easy to grow.
That's beause he is not doing them from seeds, after you get them going they don't need much. Growing from seed they are kind of pain in the ass in the beginning.
@@RistoPaatsama Tell me about it. I started Rügen (alpine strawberry) about three weeks ago, and while most popped out pretty nice within a couple of days, they a) grow slow as hell and b) some lost their leaves and died soon after coming up without me having any idea why. The remaining still have only few millimeter long cotyledons - and this is after three weeks of growing.
@@Beregar79
Yes, I’ve grown from seed and from runners.
And starting from runners are so much quicker.
Good luck, with your alpine strawberries. Once they get a bit established they really can handle a lot.
But in the beginning they can dry out and die very easily, because they have such shallow root systems and are so small plants.
Probably one of the easiest things I’ve ever grown (and one of the most delicious).
My verity of alpine is a runner verity, so they quickly become their own ground cover. So I have more or less no weeds to handle.
They leaves quickly cover all the available soil, so it’s under shade and helps keep the moister.
Most summers I don’t even water my alpine land. Only occasionally if it’s a dry spell. But that will obviously depend on your climate. Alpine strawberries grow in the wild all around me in my area.
And my relatively small land produce so much I can make a small harvest every 1-2 days, that is enough for a berries and cream desert for 4 ppl. And it produces for months.
Letting the berries get a dark red colour I’ve found really let’s the alpine taste amazing.
And the berries grown a little slower under the leaves in shade or partial shade often are the sweetest.
@@RistoPaatsama So I am a bit of a beginner and this is the first year I have been growing strawberries from seeds, not realising that that could be challenging. Any tips for my 1 week old seedlings aside from not letting them dry out?
@@laartje24 There is no magic tricks. They will grow very slowly and you will have to just baby them, making sure the soil doesn't dry out as you said. I prefer using fairly low nutrient soil, and giving fertilizer only when i see signs of too slow growing. In general I probably use less fertilizer than others since I always prefer growing good root system before pushing the plant to grow.
Everything can be easy to grow given proper research, knowledge and understanding of the needs and of the plant in particular
Strawberries definitely need their own area! They took over my first raised bed.
Yet again, you gave so much more useful information and not just the physical planting part like other videographers do. Thank you!
Another strawberry video please, I just bought my bare roots and my strawberry starts!!!!!!!!!
I’m going to try and grow strawberries for the first time this year. It’s also my first year gardening so may be a bit ambitious!
Good luck.🙂👍🍓🍓🍓
You won't regret it!
So... everyone is so proud of my “green thumb”
I put seed in dirt, I put water in dirt, and seed grow.
I put fake sunlight over them. They grow.
Nature knows what to do.
They're not very temperamental. So, you'll do great. Just don't plant them in the ground next to other crops. They're very invasive.
Me too!! Good luck!
I’m planting our bare roots today. Thank u for this video
I started growing strawberries in containers last year. Best tasting strawberries I've had. 🍓
I'm growing strawberries from seed again this year. I failed completely last year but I'm stubborn. So far I'm having a lot more success this year hopefully it continues. Great video I really like your videos thanks
hey, i would LOVE to see a raspberry / black berry grow from you too! expecially in containers for indoor growing
"Seascape" is a wonderful strawberry. The fruit is red all the way to the center unlike typical supermarket strawberries and sweet, tangy, and delicious. Yumm!
Kevin hearts all comments, that shows how much he respect his fans
I grow Seascape in zone 3B, which is a lot colder than 10b, it can get as cold as -40C which is the same as -40F in the winter. These are the best strawberries I have ever eaten and they will continue to ripen when you pick them when they still have some white or pink flesh. I ordered another 100 bare rooted plants from my supplier in Canada. I would recommend growing these fantastic strawberries and they even produce strawberries on their runners! Your demo on planting bare roots is excellent!
Bare roots for the win once again. My strawberries and eggs helped me save my home during a work change. We have a 3rd acre dedicated only to berries. We plant our blue straw red blackberries together in rows with bush beans almost hugging the runners mid summer. Someone brought up carrots I would think that would b stellar as well mixed in ill try it
I have been watching your videos for months as my wife and I start our own homestead.
Great to hear!
My batch was just delivered, so I will be doing some planting when I get home!
I'm growing "strawbs" 🤣 for the first time in Northern ky. I'm super excited since the last time I gave it a go I lived in the Ozarks where it's nothing but rock and red clay.
I bought some strawberries from Lowe’s around a month or so ago and they are doing good. The berries are small but taste great. They are starting to send off shoots that are taking root. I placed those in a pot so I can plant them in another location. I want to get a few more varieties and plant them in different locations. My theory is if I plant multiple varieties and spread them throughout my garden the pests won’t be able to move about them as easily.
Thanks for the advice. Beginning to understand my struggle with strawberries.
Feel ready to plant my 50 bare root plants coming this spring after watching this. Thanks
This is coming at the best time, I’m doing some very large strawberry containers and I had no idea I could buy them like this, I must have missed them at my local nursery. Thank you so much!
I was just bringing a couple of strawberries in pots home today, perfect timing
And here I am growing mine from seed
You make the best videos Kevin, can't get enough of them!
well timed!! I just picked up a pack from Sam's Club on an impulse. So excited to grow strawberries this year!
I just bought seeds yesterday and today I see a great video on how to grow it. Perfect timing 😁
As a very new gardener, this was soooo helpful. Very comprehensive, thank you!!!
I have learned so much from this video! I have a apartment and I want to do strawberries. I feel more confident about starting. Thank you so much.
Hmm. I just did this about a week ago. However, I rinsed off the plants to 1. remove the soil they came in (I have no idea what they used). 2. I trimmed about an inch off the roots. 3. Removed any dead/decayed growth. 4. Planted them in pots with good raised bed soil. 5. Kept them watered to damp (not soaked or dry) point every 1 to 2 days. 6. They get 15 hours of non shaded indirect light from growth lamps. A week later they are growing strong and healthy and new growth has begun.
Btw never trim the roots it’s not good
I started my own garden and I’m hoping for it to thrive this year
You're my new fave gardening youtube page. Thanks for all the great vids. I just happen to have 60 bare root strawberries on the way right now...
I've started alpine strawberries from seed this year because I've read they are small but very flavorful compared to large or pretty strawberries, perfect for making jams, pies, and smoothies.
Just ordered 8 dragon fruit cuttings inspired by you 🤙🏻 zone 5, tropical greenhouse starting this summer!
“It’s gonna be the strawbs!” Lol coined an amazing new name for strawberries there. 🍓
I'm currently doing all three ways to grow them. Got some bare-rooted ones from a friend, seeded out some white ones and today I bought potted ones because of the variety's name (Korona - I thought if you can't beat it, eat it). I'm planning to put them in a grow bag with parsley (to keep aphids away) and violas (for an aroma boost).
Perfect timing I just received my first order of bare rooted strawberries.
Perfect timing as I'm starting to plan out which berries I'll be adding to my garden this year. I'm getting blue, rasp, and strawberries, but haven't picked my varieties yet.
I had to laugh at your spacing, planted all in neat rows....... we all know what will happen by the end of the season, that bed will just be a huge mass of strawberries. No gaps and no space. I love using strawberries as a living mulch.
This brings me to another point. I know you have blueberries in pots, but for those of us who can grow them in the ground, if you get the medium to tall blueberries, plant the strawberries around the blueberries, cut the strawberries back from the base of the blueberries. Now you have the perfect companion plants, they both use the same fertilizer mix, both have similar water requirements, the strawberries don't mind the acidic soil, the strawberries will help keep the blueberries moist and the strawberries will help attract pollinators for the blueberries. I have 11 varieties of blueberries with 11 varieties of strawberries all in one bed. We are still getting fruit going into autumn.
LOL just trying to control the madness
@@epicgardening It's ok, so was I, except now the sneaky buggers have gone into the neighbour's yard. They never stop. Really need to share photos or do a video at some point on it all.
I know what companion planting is but when you said the perfect companion plants I went straight to them both being in the same bowl of ice cream.
@@bradcarby3765 Lol, can't say that hasn't happened a few times, along with blackberries and raspberries lol
@@matthewfarrell317 Lol, I'm glad I'm not alone. I had to suffer tonight because we only have mangoes and ice cream available....Take care.
I love to grow my own strawberries no chemicals and so easy to grow
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I planted mara des bois and tribute strawberries this year. They're gonna make a great groundcover in my edible landscape!
I have had the "same" strawberry plant for over 10 years now. There was one in the house I first moved in to and every year I have let the runners grow to produce new plants. I have have moved house twice since then but still have a few in bed and in pots all from that one plant
I planted strawberries one year, but they practically caught fire under the Florida sun! I'll try again this year AFTER doing proper research 🤞🏽
Try using white sheer curtain as a cover to reduce sun intensity. Or avoid planting where they'll get afternoon sun, that's when the day's heat is at it's worst.
@@joshuarichards8065 lol that does not work down here. Shade cloths are minimally effective bcus the humidity will still overheat the plants. Also it doesn’t really cool down during the night and that exhausts the crap out of most edibles which want to focus on fruiting for the most part. Planting strawberries in the fall is the way to go
@@joshuarichards8065 I now will start using shade curtains without a doubt! And I can't keep most things in direct sun because it's WAYYYY too intense! Thank you so much for your advice 💖👏🏽
@@elderberryjamz3654 I agree! I definitely can only plant certain crops in the fall, because our summers are so ridiculously hot 🔥
@@sachmo884 The Florida sun is not joke! I also hope I have more luck now that I know more! 🙂
Our strawberry patch made it through the winter and are ready to fill in the space. We planted in ground on a terraced side of an incline so they have the best access to water in either a flood or drought.
I'm going to try and grow from seed.
Strawberries are called Strawberries because they grow in Straw! Simple name for a delicious berry!
This is really cool I will definitely try it!!!!
I just ordered Ruby Ann Strawberry from Burpee along with some cucamelons seeds. I had sowed cucamelons seeds at the end of February and made a mistake of transferring the seedlings to Styrofoam cups which held too much water and I believe drowned them. But they did germinate beautifully using the wet paper towel in a zip lock quarter bag and a heat mat. So, going to give it a shot again. Also, had a question about the germ dates posted on seed packs. I got a pack of colored daisies and the pack said 7-14 days to germinate. These germinated in 3 days! I'm not complaining just pointing out the fact how gardening is definitely an art. Trial and error! Thank you for the great videos! I've been learning a whole bunch.
I’ll be starting the Alpine strawberries from seed. I have a few in my grow cabinet now. Finally got a greenhouse and put up the framing for it. Cover will probably go on this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing how they grow in a Mr. Stacky. I finally put my Greenstalk together and planted that with Purple carrots, Beets, Leeks, onions, chives and peas. I just hope we don’t get anymore bad freezes. Zone 8a in Virginia. Keep up the good work Kevin! Your place looks amazing!
Good luck!
This video inspired me to grow strawberries in my home garden!
Doing my research on growing strawberries and I’m excited for this season, I tried growing some transplants back during the pandemic but was unsuccessful this time around I’ll be trying it in a vertical planter and being more diligent about the varieties I grow. I live in Los Angeles, CA so I’m between Zone 9 & 10, I’ll be keeping the strawberries indoors for a bit until the frost goes down. Also expecting and due in April so I want my baby to be able to have his own strawberries by summer maybe 🤔 😅🍓❤️
I live in a much volder climate than you and a good and cheap way to lower the PH of the soil over heris to cover the strawberrybeds with chopped up branches from the spruce tree. It is very rich in vitamin C and the spring rain will carry that acid into the soil. thank you for this nice video.
I made all the strawberry mistakes. This video has helped with my second try
Love my Espoma products!
you: listing the different types you can choose from
me: im getting all of them, i got june bearing, everbearing, day neutral, and pineberries. Im playing for maximum strawberriness
LOL do it
I ended up with 11'ish types lol. Pineberries are amazing, but let them ripen a little more before eating.
I call it rogue gardening 🤪
Very good information thank you so much I just planted strawberries for the first time and I did a couple things right and I did a couple of things wrong thank you thank you thank you you're awesome
Dude I just started growing and I LITERALLY came to the conclusion that strawberries and a lil but of sugar are my favorite snack 😋... so thank you good sir. And love the garden😄
So funny, I just bought my bareroot plants on Saturday and got the same exact varieties! I am in the PNW so it will be interesting to see how yours turn out down in San Diego. Happy Growing and thanks for the video!
Right on time! Can't wait for my bare roots to be delivered so I grow my own instead of paying so much money on organic strawberries in store.
ohh nice I had a few varieties of everbearing strawberries in a raised bed 2 years ago and 1 of my chickens got out and decimated the entire patch so I'm starting over this year with some from stark bros
I trimmed my roots heavely because its still chilly here in wisconsin and planted them in 4 inch pots. I hope they will be okay.
Man. I needed this video 😂. I bought a “bag” of strawberry plants one day and got them home and there was this weird looking wad of roots in the bag. Didn’t see any green or crowns or anything 🤷♂️. So I then order some surecrop junebearing strawberry’s from stark bros and they came pretty much the same way but o could see the crowns and green portions you pointed out in this video. 😅
I was about to throw them all out and go buy some single plants lol.
This sounds incredibly dumb but I had no idea how these came. I just assumed they were going to come as strawberry plants that were already planted in little pots 😂.
Thank you !!
I've got some bare root strawberries ordered so this vid is just in time. You did exactly what I was going to do so I'm glad to see that I was going to do it right' Thank you. I just hit the sub button so that I will be blessed with a bounty of strawbs.
I just bought strawberries today! Thanks, Kevin!
i just ordered strawberry bare roots today!! perfect timing for this vid!!!
Excellent tips Kevin
I love how this video came up on my feed, after buying some blindly.
Totally! Bare root is the way to go. I also grow alpine strawberries from seed, which really saves me money and, with the right type, can create a less demanding groundcover than the garden-variety. Berry season is almost upon us!!! :)
I have alpine berries 2 white plants and 4 red. This is the second year and they are blowing up. Even with my tortoise accidently "pruning" them last year. Can't wait for the berries this year. Already flowering heavy.
Kevin, Great video / channel, you inspire my gardening adventures. I hope your season is going well. Thank you for all of the work you put into making this channel so good. - John
Casual pumpkin hanging out in the back, in March, LOL
This is the video that made me realize what I thought was a four pack of strawberries I bought was actually roughly a forty pack. Even after culling the weak ones, I still have like thirty planted. If they all survive, I'm gonna become the strawberry fairy
Thank you so much for this amazing video!! TIME TO START PLANTING SOME EPIC STRAWBERRIES! :D :D
OMG, thank you soo much for this video! I need to start my strawberry seeds right away! Love your videos, your channel is something I aspire to do myself. Cheers from Manitoba, Canada
I started strawberries from seed last year and am excited to get some fruit this year! (Also excited they survived the winter!!)
Just planted 25 crowns, lets see how they do 🍓🍓🍓
I planted 2 dozen Seascape bare root plants in Indiana a week after buying them, I kept them in the fridge in a wet rag and plastic bag. A week later after planting... leaves on all of them.
I'm no expert I just want to make that very clear.
But I had a very good laugh over how much you said to be gentle with the strawberry plants. I tried the plastic covered mound method with mine this year and it was just stab lots of holes in a black plastic bag, jab fist fulls of strawberries into said holes. No finesse, certainly very little gentleness. And I packed them in. (I've a very small cement locked urban garden.)
So far so good, they are the tallest I've ever seen home grown strawberries, it's barely May and there are so many flowers!
With any luck the plastic mounds will keep the berries from going soggy and gross like they usually do in the rain.
This video inspired me! I just ordered 100 bareroots. :)
Update: They are now planted in the ground! I created a cute in ground garden bed for them surrounding an orange tree. It looks so cool! Thanks for the inspo and tutorial!
Do some rasberries and Blackberries plant next! 😊😊😊
Nice lol I stared mine from seeds as an experiment with my daughter so far they are growing
Thank you. You're awesome.
I absolutely love strawberries and blueberries in my salad! I might try growing my own this season 😋
I grew mine from some strawberries I'd bought from the store, i skinned them dried them out, collected and then planted some of the seeds, so they were essentially free idk if there's a downside to this but they are growing quite well.
how are they now? i just planted some that way
Ok, I'm fully convinced that you are psychic. I have strawberry plants ready for planting and then this pops up! 🧐🤔
some people don't like to soak strawberries in an anti fungal, but I would encourage it to help prevent root rot especially if they have been in stassis all winter it will also help to wake them up in spring. There are also some great organic options for those who are concerned about that.
Gettin it loaded!
My strawberry made its first flower and I’m here to watch again to see if I pick that flower or not.