🍓 Want BIG, JUICY strawberries? If you’re tired of tiny, weak berries or plants that just won’t produce, this is for you! I’m breaking down my TOP secrets for growing a HUGE strawberry harvest this spring—including the best fertilizers, pest control tricks, and how to get non-stop berries all season!
What you’ll learn:
🌱 The best way to plant strawberries for MAXIMUM harvests all season
🍓 How to feed your plants the RIGHT way for huge, sweet berries
🐌 How to STOP slugs, earwigs, and pillbugs from stealing your fruit
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TIMESTAMPS: (click the timestamp to jump to a specific tip or re-watch your favorite part)
00:00 – Introduction – Intro: how to grow a ton of strawberries
00:25 – Secret 1: Start strawberries from transplants or runners
0:39 – The problem with starting from seed
00:55 – The problem with bare roots
02:27 – Secret 2: Grow in different areas
02:38 – Growing in strawberry crate towers
03:25 – Growing strawberries in hanging baskets
03:59 – Growing strawberries in raised beds
04:45 – Growing strawberries in containers
05:40 – Secret 3: Different types of strawberries for season-long harvest
06:46 – Secret 4: The right soil prep for strawberries
10:18 – Secret 5: Feed fertilizers for strawberries for max production
12:33 – Secret 6: Protect your strawberries from pests (or say goodbye to your harvest!)
14:12 – Conclusion and next steps
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14 Comments
Yay! I needed this 🍓
So much value! This really helped!🙏🏾
What’s your biggest struggle with growing strawberries? Drop it in the comments—we’d love to help! 🔥 SALE ALERT! Get 40% off CaliKim Seed Collections with code “SPRINGFLING” 👉 https://bit.ly/CaliKimSeedCollection Ends 3/25/25!
Wow kim what's the right size smart pots for organes tree and apple trees 🍊🍎🍊🍎🍊🍎🍊
Hi! I heard that Chamomile is a beneficial companion plant for strawberries, attracting pollinators, improving soil, and potentially deterring some pests like Japanese beetles and flies. I think I will plant them near each other this year! 🍓🌻
Is it 🍓 time? I started mine indoors….
I"m terrible at strawberries! 😒 😒
So, thanks for the advice!
I'm happy I was finally able to save strawberry plants from last year this year over the cold winter. They are starting to grow. 🍓
I’ve had good luck with bareroot strawberries. They are much much cheaper. I have day neutral Seascape, so you pluck off the first set of flowers and get some a little later. I suppose if you had June bearing it could be disappointing doing bareroot.
The first time, I had a Mr. Stacky vertical planter. It’s a bit shallow and watering by hand ended up with them eventually dying when they needed watered 1-2 times a day in July/August! I got a GreenStalk Leaf vertical planter last year and it’s so much better. It was half planted with bareroot and the rest was other things, until I got runners to populate the full thing. 41 strawberry pockets, one didn’t make it so I put volunteer alyssum and viola. I did get a small solar powered dripper for the old Mr. Stacky. I had some scrap runners and they’ve all rooted in there.
Do you sell strawberry starts
We just moved are starting our garden all over again. Great tips, as strawberries are high on our list!
Hey Kim. I hope y’all are doing well. How is Mac ?
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