Growing strawberries in a container is a great way to keep them away from predators, and growing them in groups of at least three will help them grow into a healthy bunch. Cover the roots and leave the plant exposed when growing strawberries in a container with plant tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.
Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner
19 Comments
Very helpful, I'm going out to plant mine now!
Does it matter what kind of container you grow them in.?
My Strawberry plants are also HUGE this year, it's awesome! This is the first year and no berries, next year probably. I have 3 runners off of every plant, that is also AWESOME! I'm going t o start another bed in the fall:)
Wish my strawberry plants were growing…I purchased around 10 of them, and I'm left with one and it only grew 1 strawberry that the birds got, the other plants have roots, but they have all dried up…no runner either….can anyone give me advice.
What about Planting a Strawberry Tree Fruit Tree?
thank you so much for this.. great info.. I will try to plant strawberries next time..
this ladys cool, shes helped keep me from killing my plants! 😀
shoot em dear
I had a row of strawberries along the south facing fence that would yield about three or four handfuls of berries, not a lot.
In the fall, I transplanted them all into three rows, 2 ft apart, about 10 ft. long. I added some sheep manure on top of the soil and this year, all the plants are thriving with huge leaves and multiple runners, it's all growing like a weed.
But, very few strawberries. I kept them well watered and we've had a very, warm, sunny summer.
What did I do wrong ?
@hopeso – usually the problem is too much nitrogen. A mature compost would be a better solution.
@WormComposter Thanks. Are you suggesting that I apply the mature compost next spring, that this will fix the problem?
It's been suggested too that I just leave the plants alone, don't fertilize OR water and they'll respond to the stress by producing fruit to propagate themselves to a more favourable location.
As is, the location is perfect so they propagate by sending out runners. Make sense?
Following the medical addage of "first do no harm", I would defer to your suggestion and hold off and see how the plants do next year. Could be that the manure could be sufficient to carry the plants through another season. After replanting your runners with some added compost (worm compost being superior) :), I think that give them a good start with only a very small percentage of nitrogen.
Would they survive a St.Louis La Ninia winter?
I planted some strawberries in two large pots, one larger, the other smaller, so that it looks like a fountain. That was two years ago. The first year they didn't do that well, but this year they are producing quite a bit.
This is a nice video on planting strawberries. The only thing I would add is to remove any berries so that the plant can concentrate on building a healthy root system.
hello, im growing or trying to grow pineberries and the little seedlings the leaves will wilt and die and itll only have one leaf at a time can you pu pu pu please help me 😀
Planting your own strawberries is an immense idea after all. It is another easiest and prettiest way to grow fruit in a container. You've got an impressive video.
excellent tips !!
How big of a pot would be best for three strawberry plants?
you have a beautiful voice!