Comments on: Strawberries without the straw http://www.blagger.co.uk/growing-food/strawberries-without-the-straw/ Self-sufficiency, growing food, keeping chickens, recipes Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nik http://www.blagger.co.uk/growing-food/strawberries-without-the-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Nik Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.blagger.co.uk/?p=1080#comment-419 This year we didn't plant any news ones - all we did was transplant the babies that had appeared at the end of the runners last autumn. Second-year strawberries are always better than first year crops. This year we didn’t plant any news ones – all we did was transplant the babies that had appeared at the end of the runners last autumn. Second-year strawberries are always better than first year crops.

]]> By: linda http://www.blagger.co.uk/growing-food/strawberries-without-the-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-421 linda Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:56 +0000 http://www.blagger.co.uk/?p=1080#comment-421 How many did you plant? We only planted a small amount and are sharing ours with snakes. Didn't know snakes liked berries. How many did you plant? We only planted a small amount and are sharing ours with snakes. Didn’t know snakes liked berries.

]]> By: Christine http://www.blagger.co.uk/growing-food/strawberries-without-the-straw/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Christine Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:26:06 +0000 http://www.blagger.co.uk/?p=1080#comment-420 Don't forget to add plenty of compost to the strawberry bed for next year in Autumn and add some fertiliser to encourage root growth over the winter. Pot up a lot of the runners ready to replace plants or to extend the bed. Remember that your runners will fruit better in the second year and that a good strawberry plant may only last four years or so - therefore the runners are a good way of reproducing your stock. Also remember to feed the plants with a good fertiliser in spring until they start to fruit (don't ask me why strawberries don't like feeding when fruiting but raspberries do - fact of life though). Strawberries need watering when they start to flower if the weather is dry to help them to set fruit. Strawberries need a bit of care and attention to get them to do really well. Don’t forget to add plenty of compost to the strawberry bed for next year in Autumn and add some fertiliser to encourage root growth over the winter.

Pot up a lot of the runners ready to replace plants or to extend the bed. Remember that your runners will fruit better in the second year and that a good strawberry plant may only last four years or so – therefore the runners are a good way of reproducing your stock.

Also remember to feed the plants with a good fertiliser in spring until they start to fruit (don’t ask me why strawberries don’t like feeding when fruiting but raspberries do – fact of life though). Strawberries need watering when they start to flower if the weather is dry to help them to set fruit.

Strawberries need a bit of care and attention to get them to do really well.

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