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35 Comments
Hey Luke,
The birds by me tug on the scare tape. I imagine for their nests. Especially the robins. 😂
Can't you just pull out the older crowns and leave the young ones if you're short on space?
Put your plants in a garden, not a container, you won't have this problem.
i usually take runners, even before they form actual roots, place the node where the roots are going to form on to the soil and secure it down with a light rock, heavy enough to weigh it down to keep soil contact, but light enough not to crush anything and let it sit for at least a week, keep the soil moist. It usually ends up having the runner produce roots. As soon as it's established, snip it from the mother plant, and bam new strawberry plant.
Do you overwinter the potted runners in a greenhouse?
Paint two inch gravel, red, in your beds, the birds get use to pecking rocks, tried and works
I'm working on planting my strawberry runners in their new bed this week and just planted a bed of fall peas in the potato bed after harvesting 2 pecks of potatoes which are now curing on a rack in the garage. Oh, the harvest is coming in!
Bought strawberries from MIGardner this year. Have never grown strawberries before. This is so informative. Thank you.
PS my strawberries are nice big plants AND have started producing strawberries (in zone 5a).
Thanks, so helpful. I was wondering how to go about switching out my strawberry patch.
3rd year trying to grow strawberries and finally got a few bare root plants to survive this spring. Now I'm worried about them surviving the winter here. When the time comes I would LOVE to see a video on how to overwinter them when growing in raised beds and grow bags.
Where do you overwinter the containers?
Question for ya, why not just plant the runners in the first year?
Luke, when you re-pot the runners in the small pot, do you then just leave them in that pot until next spring or should you immediately plant them into another raised bed?
Question. When you pot your new plants how do you keep them stored over winter? Last year my 1st time ever growing or trying to grow strawberries for winter i mulched heavy with leaves and placed a clear plastic over it. i think that worked well for my I have a ton of plants in that bed. But when you keep in a pot how do yo over winter them ?
Thanks Luke for explaining this process so good. I'm always confused with keeping strawberries under control & thriving.
Mary
I have the same question, if I propagate the runners in year 2, then why not plant them in a bed in summer of year 2? Do I have to wait for spring of year 3 to plant out the propagated runners?
Incredible info as always. I grew strawberries for the first time this year with MI Gardener strawberries and there's not a whole lot of fruit yet but I'm happy to see the ever-bearing varieties produce a little bit. Anything that didn't survive planting I'm letting the runners grow directly into the spot where that plant would have gone.
A few questions:
1. What do you do with your clone pots? Are you immediately transferring that season to another bed?
2. What are you companion planting with strawberries? I didn't see anything in any of your strawberry beds. I'm not having too many problems with birds, I'm getting a lot more ant problems.
Got a book from the early 80s on growing fruits and berries. Very detailed.
Start your beds that are 4' wide with 2 closely planted rows doen the middle.
It mentions directly after fruiting on its 3rd year, mow them on a higher setting with your lawn mower, then narrow your rows back to 10 inches wide by tilling.
Then work in the plant material around the crowns with composted manure, and the bed will continue to produce.
It will also give them time to reestablish before winter.
This will be tougher to accomplish with a raised bed for obvious reasons, but for those with only room for a single bed and on the ground, this may help stimulate productivity.
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I definitely did this 2 years ago. Pulled everything and replanted. Then had a dormant bed while it reestablished. So last year was a bust. Everything did better this year. Will definitely switch the bed out this way to keep the fruit coming in.
14:00 For the clear bed, you could also plant Borage and pull it after 50 or 60 days for additional plant matter and nutrients.
Thank you for this video! Five years ago I inherited a strawberry patch sectioned off into 3 "beds". Watching this video, I expect that the original planters, designed this 3-sectioned bed for exactly what you describe. I even inherited self watering pots for propagating runners. I've propogated from runners and used those plants to fill in spots where I knew a strawberry plant needed to be pulled, but other than that, my system has been very hit or miss. And no single section has been completely reset at one time. This is probably why my strawberry yields have declined every year. Now, I'm thinking it's mainly the recently propagated plants that are producing decent fruit. I have been weighing starting all over with new plants, but the cost of doing that has held me back.
Now, I have a plan for how to better use the propagated runners. One small bed at a time I will completely reset each bed with new runner transplants. This will take three years to have a fully flourishing 3-sectioned bed, but if I've calculated correctly, the 4th year I should have pretty good production without having to do this. I would think every 4th year should be that way from here on out.
I’ve had the same strawberry patch for 10 years now I’ve only recently started seeing a decrease in the yield and that was only after a very bad year where slugs took over.
I tried to get my runners to root in pots and they all die. Also, I purchased bare roots from you guys this spring. They never sprouted. Is it possible that they are still dormant? Or are they just dead? I took a little longer to get them in my Greenstalk. If they are just dead, it’s definitely user error lol
I grow mostly white strawberries now. Birds leave them alone 😅😅
When referring to year one, are you talking about starting from seed or from bare root?
It sounds like you are talking about June bearing plants, but I'm growing day neutral. So, I am planning a similar rotation , but not worrying about new beds till winter is just over. Then very early late winter/ early spring. I'll take out the old plants, amend, and get my clones ready to plant. FYI Cultivar Sea Scape- I did learn this year that this variety goes dormant when temps are over 85 degrees.
As per Paul Gauchi, I cover my strawberries with wood chips with just a bit of leaves peeking out. No need to do anything else.
How would you do greenstalk strawberry
I cannot get chipmunks to stop eating mine- HELPPPP 😢.
All I know is that my container strawberries are not producing anything substantial- except spider mites which are biting tf out of me.
We use fake owls … Works really good too keep birds away.
How go grow strawberries:
Just keep making beds until you're dead.
Got it. 😂
Appreciate the tip to use the old strawberry patch to put garlic in. Now I have to harvest my garlic and replace it with new strawberry plants. Mid-West MI gardener here 😊
Great idea with this method!
Luke, I’d love to see your compost area. I know you did a video on it years ago, at the house. But as your business has grown, I’d love to see what you’re doing now.
Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.