hi Tony my strawberries last year seemed to have a lot of woodlice around them , a lot had holes in which i assumed were the flipping slugs but some had wood lice actually in the holes ,just wondering if they love the fruit aswell . also is ivy ok to put in a compost bin or will it start growing again.
Brilliant video that covers the important information every gardener can use. My strawberries never make it to the kitchen; they're always eaten right off the plant.
Tony we hear all the time that strawberry plants last 3 years and then bin them, runners keep you with new plants but I'm not so sure this 3year rule is exactly true. I think the issue is the root becomes large and new plants growing from the parent root take energy from it reducing fruit production. Several years ago, I saw someone, every year, they lift their strawberry plants and divide them then replant them and has had the same plants producing good yields each year, they end up with too many plants and give a load to friends and family. I had to try this, so I had 3 year old plants, 3rd year had an ok yield, 4th year, lifted and divided, much better yield, then last year lifted and divided and better yield again. This goes against what we are told but it seems to work.
@@WolfeTone17-98 you dig them um early spring when they are just starting to grow, you dig up the plant, check the roots, you can quite easily see a new plant growing from the roots with it's own set of roots, separate them, do what you want with this new plant, (grow it or give it to someone) and replant the original plant. This same technique is done with some other perennial plants every 2-3 years to keep them healthy, I suspect it's the same with strawberry plants.
I have had great growing experience by mulching with thick wood chips. The plants love it and become huge and bear loads of fruits. Underneath the wood chips a couple of cm of my home made compost. Didn’t do anything for the last 2 years and 6 plants turned into well over 100. I’m giving them away now as there is no more space in my garden 😁
Didn't know about the watering part at eleven minutes in. (I'll try that this year). I have strawberries from the 1970s in my yard that grow in heavy clay (compost amended) soil like weeds. They don't compete with other plants, but last year I had transplanted a few runners into one of my raised beds, and the plant went nuts, and grew 5 times larger than it was originally. I actually was hoping to grow them like a ground cover, so I've been putting new starts in bare places in the yard to see what will happen. Thanks for the pointers!
My front garden consists of fruit trees and bushes.The ground is woodchiped with a carpet of strawberries for ground cover. They seem to thrive on the humus rich soil,from the rotting chips.
This is the best tutorial I have found on strawberry growing. Many thanks Tony from Australia. I’ve made 12 pounds of strawberries into jam this year and there are still plenty for eating fresh.
I started a brand new strawberry patch last year. I grew all of mine from seed. They take long to germinate, and to really take off, but they were the sweetest reward.
Great video Tony!! I’ll definitely take these tips into consideration! I’m a young gardener I’m only 15! And my favorite thing to do is growing my own food! And I document my journey through my channel Ultimate Gardening and showcase the knowledge I know! You’ve inspired me a lot to do great things in the garden! Happy gardening!💚✨🌿 Kindest Regards - Emmanuel Arce / Ultimate Gardener
I feel like listening to this guy makes my anxiety go away and reduces my blood pressure. He's like the Australian guy, self-sufficient me or something? I don't remember, I'm on pain meds. But it's so nice to just listen to this guy's talk about the strawberries. I hope this comment helps him do better on the internet
RE: Slugs. I use Sluggo (iron phosphate which occurs naturally in soil). Not toxic to animals. Works great. As for keeping my berries off the ground...I companion plant purslane with my berries. It makes a nice bed for the ripening berries to lay on, and when it starts getting too bushy and shading out the plants, I just trim it and use it for salads. It also protects the soil from the sun, crowds out other weeds, and I think it give a nice look to the raised beds.
We are still harvesting last years! We are letting them do their own thing, in hanging baskets, putting the runners on little side pots and they love it! We have had flowers non-stop. Although we have not peered out since the storms, yeah, it might have changed! Your children are so cute! Adorable. Lovely video, thanks!
I have just discovered your channel and LOVE it. Thank you for getting to the point with excellent knowledge and wisdom. So easy to listen to and follow, too. Thank you.
*Hello to all the gardening lovers, I see that this SIMPLIFY GARDENING channel is the crossroads of all those who like to make their garden happy, I wish you happy gardeniiiiiiiing*
I love strawberries and I moved my outdoor plants into pots in our garage for winter, because I was going to move them into our greenhouse when we were done building it. We had a schedule setback and tons of snow and wind, so the greenhouse isn’t ready. I’m hoping the plants make it, and come back to life this spring. I’m also planning to start some from seed!
I have some potted strawberries plants that I bought just before winter that I plan to plant in a bed this week. I live in zone 8a in the USA. Thank you for the information and being ti the point.
I have tried and tried to grow strawberries not successfully…might get a couple berries and nothing. I am so going,to try the root kind you show here! Thank you not many folks teach strawberry planting..I so love your teaching!!
I have chicken wire to protect from birds in a raised bed I do not have problems with slugs however I never considered Wasps they love my strawberries. So will have to cover with a fine mesh netting.
I am growing native wild strawberries and feeding them I get big wild strawberries and they are usually ready first. I have written down all your tips and though it is too late now for many of them, I will be applying them to next years' planting of both wild and tame.
I've been using purslane in my strawberry beds to help keep the soil from drying out from the sun, keep my berries off of the ground, and help keep slugs away from the berries, and crowd out other weeds. I do have to trim the purslane if it gets too tall and starts shading my plants....then it goes into salads and stir-fry garnish.
Thank you for this video! Getting ready to grow strawberries for the umpteenth time. Hopefully this time I'm successful. Thank you again. Happy gardening!
I just found your video at the very end of the season. I will be applying your advice for overwintering and starting zagIn in the early spring as i add new plants to my existing bed. Wonderful advice and information. Thank you.
Thanks Tony, I’m getting ready to plant strawberries soon and I found this video super helpful! I’ve had some strawberries in my garden in the ground for a few years and they are just struggling along I think I’m going to change them to grow in pots instead, and then I also have strawberries that I need to plants out that are currently in the house, so this was really helpful to me.
The most impressive thing about strawberries to me is that the runners will root like the biggest weed ever. I moved some runners that I had made root in pots to another part of the garden and some of them had further runners coming off them that were just in the air. I expected these extra runners to just wither and die as I severed their connection to the main mother plant but they also took to the new soil and started growing themselves.
Thank you so much, I just purchased my strawberry plants and as this my first time planting them I’m super excited and want get a good start and now I will because of you. 👏👏👏🌈❤️👍
I always snip off the first year's runners. I find it makes the plant more compact and robust, it's runners, too, the following year. I give them the same fertiliser and feeds as my tomatoes, saving me messing about. Thanks for uploading.
Thank you for your wonderful, informative videos. You stated, 'when they start to flower, add a high potassium fertilizer'. Thats water-soluble. How long does it last in the soil? How much to use, and how often? Slugs: Generally, I have very little problem with slugs, I think it's because I mulch deeply with shredded leaves, and their very dry on top. When I see possible slug damage, I'll put a beer trap next to the plant that got holes in the leaves. I also sprinkle Sluggo Plus around. Make sure it's Sluggo PLUS. I also have Diatomatious earth, crushed shells. If someone has a big slug problem, I'd suggest an electric fence around the beds. For raised beds, put two rows of ~20-gauge wire, 1-2" above the ground, and the second wire 1/2-3/4 inch above first wire. Use a paper stapler to fasten the wire to the bed frame. space the staples 10-20" apart. Staple a 9 volt battery to the frame using old towel, denim, or cloth. connect the lower wire to the negative terminal, Upper wire to the positive (+) terminal. You could buy a 9V battery terminal clip with wires coming out of it. twist those wires to the ends of the fence. Perfectly safe for humans and pets.
Grew up growing strawberries. Glad I have sandy soil like we had at home because if I seen any slugs the size you pictured I probably wouldn’t be gardening now😮. They are HUGE! I fertilize in spring and this year used Espoma for acid loving plants and they look the best ever. We need large canopy of leaves to protect the berries. They are stronger than I’ve ever seen and loaded with blossoms. We always grew Ozark everbearing and I also have Honeyoye June bearing given to me last year. They all look the same. Only thing is the everbearing don’t seem to send out runners, but they are at least 4 years old now. I know my dad would rotate the beds every couple years. Keeping them evenly moist is important when berries set, but not so much you water flavor down as can happen with tomatoes also. And potassium is important also at berry set. Glad we have chickens again as I think my garden will be exploding.😊 One thing about bird netting is we did have a snake get caught one year.
Great video Tony 👍. Ten plants per person can give a chip plus a day🤣. I adore white alpine strawberries. I have them planted at base of fruit trees. Plus, the birds help with random plantings. Free 👍. In NZ (temperate zone) they tend to be evergreen and fruit all year with a sunny location. They tend not to have runners, just form tidy clumps. You have to break them up and separate to create new plants. I love having a fossick when peckish in the garden. They are small fruit, creamy yellowish, when ripe and soooooo delicious. Also, they have a relationship with the soil and will give beneficial fungus via their roots to your plants assisting health.. This has helped with my struggling avocado. I thought it was dying but now looks healthy and has produced one fruit 😂. HEY, it's a start. Keep safe 😃
JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. LOVE HOW YOU EXPLAIN EVERY DETAIL I WAS LOOKING FOR. WHAT IS THE VINE GROWING BEHIND YOU IN YOUR GROW HOUSE? I WILL BE A NEW FAN. LOVE FROM ELKTON MARYLAND.
Also strawberries would be my fav food i think. Love them fresh - love them cold, and a huge tub of frozen berries makes me lots of all of these, quickly whizzed up tiny pieces for over cereals or whipped cream, mixed into the whipped cream and refrozen like strawberry icecream, thick strawberry frothy milkshakes to drink immediately, add milk gradually to desired consistency. No sugar additions needed at all. Can add cherry pieces (no seed) , rasberry, blueberry, fresh mulberry, some shredded coconut, chocolate, maple syrup, vanilla, etc etc. Many ideas to play with.
dear tony at simplify gardening , i would to thank you for all of your advice & tips enjoy the video, i think once you said that any thing is possible even if your are on a low income so i set my self a goal i really wanted greenhouse about the same size as maybe yours would be so squirrel away some cash & one rainy day got there in the end, i still find my self looking ideas & inspiration. kind regards
Hi Tony! I'm so glad you made this video. Now, I know how to prepare the soil for my wee strawberry seedlings. I am also inspired to buy a few strawberry bareroots. Still at 4:47 mins of the video and really enjoying it...🥰
@@simplifygardening ...and it keeps getting better and better as it progresses.🤗 Such a lot of useful details. Thank you very much for your time, effort and generous contribution of knowledge.
My first year to try strawberry. I've put 6 bareroots into a wee Planter, is it OK to have them outside now? Was frosty this morning, will it kill the plants? Great video.
@@MrCobbsalad Hi, I check the daily and hourly weather forecast everyday, and if there is a danger of frost, those nights, I bring by strawberries in along with the other wee plants. On the rest of the nights that are safe, they get to be out all night and have fun. They have been doing great so far. I hope this helps.
Great video!! I love that you discussed the pH and how to handle/manage clay soils. This was very thorough. We posted a video on our channel about how to handle and manage runners from strawberries. At this exact moment I am planting some runnerless alpine strawberries. I love your channel because I always learn something. This will help me. Thank you.
I've found conifer prunings a good mulch which keeps the strawberries off the ground while lowering the Ph over time. Few slugs or snails down here but loads of slaters/wood-lice, millipedes and ear-wigs. (Central Victoria, Oz)
Hi, love the content been watching for years 👍. This video is perfect timing my strawberry bed is now dormant obviously however I need to add more compost as the bed is now a bit lower. This is a new bed so I was wondering how to add more compost without smothering the new plants (they have been in all last year with no fruit as I removed them to get established)
Great video as always. Have liked, saved it to one of my playlists and shared with a few people. Much appreciated, look forward to watching more soon mate 🤝 🍓
Thank you for the tips, I need some of that net, every year I hope to try and taste one of my strawberries, but apparently the birds is faster than me!
Hey love this video very informative but I really would love to see the video about those grape or muscadines in the back of you how did you get them so big and neat can you send me the video on them
Folks I hope you enjoyed this video check out 10 more tips to grow the best strawberries ever. ua-cam.com/video/48FRVZl4LLM/v-deo.html
hi Tony my strawberries last year seemed to have a lot of woodlice around them , a lot had holes in which i assumed were the flipping slugs but some had wood lice actually in the holes ,just wondering if they love the fruit aswell . also is ivy ok to put in a compost bin or will it start growing again.
Any link for where you got the sweet colossus bare root plants please Tony. Cheers
@@johnb203
Not sold outside of UK!! Unfortunately!!🥺
@@HISIAM888RUHIS888 im not outside the U.K, i live near Liverpool
IS THE NAME OF THE STRAWBERRIES YOU LIKE CALLED FRAGARIA SWEET COLOSSAL, THAT ARE BIG? DO THEY COME ORGANICALLY GROWN? THANKS
Brilliant video that covers the important information every gardener can use. My strawberries never make it to the kitchen; they're always eaten right off the plant.
Best way to do it Scott and a great way to get fluids while working 👍
A simple solution to your problem…….PLANT MORE STRAWBERRIES
A simple solution to your problem Scott. Grow more strawberries and PICK FASTER.
My are too sour to even eat. 😂😂😂
@@janetihaka799 what a crying shame. Maybe try another variety
Tony we hear all the time that strawberry plants last 3 years and then bin them, runners keep you with new plants but I'm not so sure this 3year rule is exactly true. I think the issue is the root becomes large and new plants growing from the parent root take energy from it reducing fruit production. Several years ago, I saw someone, every year, they lift their strawberry plants and divide them then replant them and has had the same plants producing good yields each year, they end up with too many plants and give a load to friends and family. I had to try this, so I had 3 year old plants, 3rd year had an ok yield, 4th year, lifted and divided, much better yield, then last year lifted and divided and better yield again. This goes against what we are told but it seems to work.
That is something I will have to take a look at. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
I like this option so I think I will try this. Thank you for this tip!!
❤
What do you mean by lifted and divided?
@@WolfeTone17-98 you dig them um early spring when they are just starting to grow, you dig up the plant, check the roots, you can quite easily see a new plant growing from the roots with it's own set of roots, separate them, do what you want with this new plant, (grow it or give it to someone) and replant the original plant. This same technique is done with some other perennial plants every 2-3 years to keep them healthy, I suspect it's the same with strawberry plants.
I LOVE how you started this program from ground zero. Because beginners need this information. Thank you!
You're so welcome!
I divided my strawberry plants every year and they keep producing great fruit evèry year for me. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have had great growing experience by mulching with thick wood chips. The plants love it and become huge and bear loads of fruits. Underneath the wood chips a couple of cm of my home made compost. Didn’t do anything for the last 2 years and 6 plants turned into well over 100. I’m giving them away now as there is no more space in my garden 😁
Thats amazing
Didn't know about the watering part at eleven minutes in. (I'll try that this year).
I have strawberries from the 1970s in my yard that grow in heavy clay (compost amended) soil like weeds. They don't compete with other plants, but last year I had transplanted a few runners into one of my raised beds, and the plant went nuts, and grew 5 times larger than it was originally. I actually was hoping to grow them like a ground cover, so I've been putting new starts in bare places in the yard to see what will happen. Thanks for the pointers!
Eventually I will use them in the fruit garden floor when I can get enough runners
That’s so cool having old plants
My front garden consists of fruit trees and bushes.The ground is woodchiped with a carpet of strawberries for ground cover. They seem to thrive on the humus rich soil,from the rotting chips.
any chance of a post on growing and caring for a grape vine please?
This is the best tutorial I have found on strawberry growing. Many thanks Tony from Australia. I’ve made 12 pounds of strawberries into jam this year and there are still plenty for eating fresh.
Thanks so much June I m glad you enjoyed it. and so nice to have enough to make jams and eat fresh
I started a brand new strawberry patch last year. I grew all of mine from seed. They take long to germinate, and to really take off, but they were the sweetest reward.
Always nice to grow from seed too though
@@simplifygardening it was really satisfying 😊
Please how long do the seeds take to germinate and how to you water them? Thanks 👍
Great video Tony!! I’ll definitely take these tips into consideration! I’m a young gardener I’m only 15! And my favorite thing to do is growing my own food! And I document my journey through my channel Ultimate Gardening and showcase the knowledge I know! You’ve inspired me a lot to do great things in the garden! Happy gardening!💚✨🌿
Kindest Regards - Emmanuel Arce / Ultimate Gardener
Excellent and its great to have you here. Its nice to see your growing at your age and understanding there are better things to be doing
I will go check ur channel.
I'm been watching Huw Richards since he was a boy, do u watch Huw.
Hope ur channel grows and grows.
Happy gardening.
I feel like listening to this guy makes my anxiety go away and reduces my blood pressure. He's like the Australian guy, self-sufficient me or something? I don't remember, I'm on pain meds. But it's so nice to just listen to this guy's talk about the strawberries. I hope this comment helps him do better on the internet
Thanks for coming to watch my live show today and for the Supechat,,much appreciated. Keep me posted on your book! Cheers Marty 😀
Hey Marty Thanks for the visit mate. Ive been subbed to you for year but miss the lives usually due to work or other commitments.
I love fresh strawberries and blackberries in the morning. I look forward to them all winter.
Tony, your enthusiasm for growing is so infectious. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these great videos.
RE: Slugs. I use Sluggo (iron phosphate which occurs naturally in soil). Not toxic to animals. Works great. As for keeping my berries off the ground...I companion plant purslane with my berries. It makes a nice bed for the ripening berries to lay on, and when it starts getting too bushy and shading out the plants, I just trim it and use it for salads. It also protects the soil from the sun, crowds out other weeds, and I think it give a nice look to the raised beds.
Thank you for generously sharing your invaluable expertise!
Best video on strawberries that I've seen yet! Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it
We are still harvesting last years! We are letting them do their own thing, in hanging baskets, putting the runners on little side pots and they love it! We have had flowers non-stop. Although we have not peered out since the storms, yeah, it might have changed!
Your children are so cute! Adorable.
Lovely video, thanks!
Thats amazing Debra
I have just discovered your channel and LOVE it. Thank you for getting to the point with excellent knowledge and wisdom. So easy to listen to and follow, too. Thank you.
Respect to all Gardeners out there😄👍❤
And to you
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So nice of you. Thanks
I've found that pine nettle prunings make great mulch for me in S.E. Australia.
Most down to earth, informative video,have learned a great deal of useful information.This gentleman really knows what he is talking of.Well done !
I love strawberries and I moved my outdoor plants into pots in our garage for winter, because I was going to move them into our greenhouse when we were done building it. We had a schedule setback and tons of snow and wind, so the greenhouse isn’t ready.
I’m hoping the plants make it, and come back to life this spring. I’m also planning to start some from seed!
They should be fine
Thank you for explaining Ever bearing and June bearing, plus the plugs pr plants and how to transplant with a proper soil coverage height.
I have some potted strawberries plants that I bought just before winter that I plan to plant in a bed this week. I live in zone 8a in the USA. Thank you for the information and being ti the point.
Same climate as me then Cindy
Really excellent advice, going through the entire growing cycle. Thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful!
I have tried and tried to grow strawberries not successfully…might get a couple berries and nothing. I am so going,to try the root kind you show here! Thank you not many folks teach strawberry planting..I so love your teaching!!
I have a tonne of strawberry boxes from my parents growing them in hanging baskets for years.
Colossus sounds wonderful, have just ordered some on your recommendation, can't wait to try them🍓
Awesome you will love them
Excellent video Tony I have those collusus plants hope I get some fruits off them this year thanks for the tips cheers
Me to pal. Especially as ive not been able to find them for year
Thank you kindly for sharing Tony . peace and love fellow earthlings .
Thanks glad you stopped by
Wool mulch repels slugs and keeps water in and the fruit clean.
Thanks Tony great advise on planting strawberries really appreciated 👍
Glad to help Janet
I fertilized my June bearing plants in the Fall with rock dust and grew the biggest strawberries ever that Spring. Thanks.
Wonderful Mike Im glad thats worked for you
I have chicken wire to protect from birds in a raised bed I do not have problems with slugs however I never considered Wasps they love my strawberries. So will have to cover with a fine mesh netting.
Great tips for starting strawberry plants! We're trying bare root strawberries in a tower this year, fingers crossed! Thank you for sharing!
Best of luck! Im sure you will have a great crop
Love your videos! You are so close to 300K!
Yay! Thank you! Its crazy how close it is now Irene
Been thinking about growing strawberries this year thanks for all the tips.
Awesome Colin hope you have great plants
Fantastic video, thanks for sharing this info.
I am growing native wild strawberries and feeding them I get big wild strawberries and they are usually ready first. I have written down all your tips and though it is too late now for many of them, I will be applying them to next years' planting of both wild and tame.
I've been using purslane in my strawberry beds to help keep the soil from drying out from the sun, keep my berries off of the ground, and help keep slugs away from the berries, and crowd out other weeds. I do have to trim the purslane if it gets too tall and starts shading my plants....then it goes into salads and stir-fry garnish.
Thank so much for your clear explanation I will try growing strawberries on my patch.
Your videos are amazingly helpful. Thank you!
You're very welcome Lisa and I am glad you like them
Hi there ; this is funny ; my cat is all black.
Best strawberry vid I've seen! Thanks so much!
Thank you so much😀
Thank you for this video! Getting ready to grow strawberries for the umpteenth time. Hopefully this time I'm successful. Thank you again. Happy gardening!
I have a feeling you will be
Very helpful, informative, and timely. Really great tips.
Thank you glad you enjoyed it
Inspiring..I have so many runners on my strawberry plants..Im going to transplant & give mine love today..😍Cheers from Sydney, Australia. 😊
Wonderful It will be worth the effort
Great video, very informative as always. 😉 Never too old to learn And the little reminders are always good too .
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simple practical advice again. Thanks 👍🌷🌺🏵️🌸
I just found your video at the very end of the season. I will be applying your advice for overwintering and starting zagIn in the early spring as i add new plants to my existing bed. Wonderful advice and information. Thank you.
Glad it was useful
Thanks Tony...great video!
Wow great tutorial I'm a novice, will try this summer, love your channel thanks
Thank you for the video and your knowledge.
Your welcome Mary
Yea - Im a fan here, and the merchandise items look very cool - not boring at all , Id like a few of those maybe a cool gift too. Thanks a bunch
Thanks Margaret
Thanks Tony, I’m getting ready to plant strawberries soon and I found this video super helpful! I’ve had some strawberries in my garden in the ground for a few years and they are just struggling along I think I’m going to change them to grow in pots instead, and then I also have strawberries that I need to plants out that are currently in the house, so this was really helpful to me.
Glad it was helpful Lorella. Im gonna bring these on in big pots this year not allow them to fruit much and next year they will have awesome yields
That's what I am thinking of to do it thanks man ❤😂🎉
Great video Tony, can't wait for more on strawberries and other videos from second year covid gardener 🏴
More to come so stay tuned mate
The most impressive thing about strawberries to me is that the runners will root like the biggest weed ever. I moved some runners that I had made root in pots to another part of the garden and some of them had further runners coming off them that were just in the air. I expected these extra runners to just wither and die as I severed their connection to the main mother plant but they also took to the new soil and started growing themselves.
This is where the gardener can manage it. Allow three daughters prune everything else
You are so thorough. Your subscribership should be so much higher
Thank you so much I am glad you enjoy the videos so much :) Maybe it will continue to grow
Thank you so much, I just purchased my strawberry plants and as this my first time planting them I’m super excited and want get a good start and now I will because of you. 👏👏👏🌈❤️👍
So nice of you
I always snip off the first year's runners.
I find it makes the plant more compact and robust, it's runners, too, the following year.
I give them the same fertiliser and feeds as my tomatoes, saving me messing about.
Thanks for uploading.
EXCELLENT INFORMATION I NEVER KNEW. THANK YOU 🙏🏽👍🏾😇
MABY SOME CRUSHED EGG SHELLS FOR THOSE LITTLE SNAILS .
Excellent info and straight to the point, thank you 🍓
Thanks
Thanks for the tips, I love them all!
Thank you for your wonderful, informative videos.
You stated, 'when they start to flower, add a high potassium fertilizer'. Thats water-soluble. How long does it last in the soil? How much to use, and how often?
Slugs: Generally, I have very little problem with slugs, I think it's because I mulch deeply with shredded leaves, and their very dry on top. When I see possible slug damage, I'll put a beer trap next to the plant that got holes in the leaves. I also sprinkle Sluggo Plus around. Make sure it's Sluggo PLUS. I also have Diatomatious earth, crushed shells. If someone has a big slug problem, I'd suggest an electric fence around the beds. For raised beds, put two rows of ~20-gauge wire, 1-2" above the ground, and the second wire 1/2-3/4 inch above first wire. Use a paper stapler to fasten the wire to the bed frame. space the staples 10-20" apart. Staple a 9 volt battery to the frame using old towel, denim, or cloth. connect the lower wire to the negative terminal, Upper wire to the positive (+) terminal. You could buy a 9V battery terminal clip with wires coming out of it. twist those wires to the ends of the fence. Perfectly safe for humans and pets.
Grew up growing strawberries. Glad I have sandy soil like we had at home because if I seen any slugs the size you pictured I probably wouldn’t be gardening now😮. They are HUGE! I fertilize in spring and this year used Espoma for acid loving plants and they look the best ever. We need large canopy of leaves to protect the berries. They are stronger than I’ve ever seen and loaded with blossoms. We always grew Ozark everbearing and I also have Honeyoye June bearing given to me last year. They all look the same. Only thing is the everbearing don’t seem to send out runners, but they are at least 4 years old now.
I know my dad would rotate the beds every couple years. Keeping them evenly moist is important when berries set, but not so much you water flavor down as can happen with tomatoes also. And potassium is important also at berry set. Glad we have chickens again as I think my garden will be exploding.😊
One thing about bird netting is we did have a snake get caught one year.
yeah slugs can be challenging
Just in time as I’m waiting for my strawberry 🍓 plants to arrive👍. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Perfect Dee, get them going and lets all have great fruit
Great video Tony 👍. Ten plants per person can give a chip plus a day🤣.
I adore white alpine strawberries.
I have them planted at base of fruit trees. Plus, the birds help with random plantings. Free 👍.
In NZ (temperate zone) they tend to be evergreen and fruit all year with a sunny location. They tend not to have runners, just form tidy clumps. You have to break them up and separate to create new plants. I love having a fossick when peckish in the garden. They are small fruit, creamy yellowish, when ripe and soooooo delicious. Also, they have a relationship with the soil and will give beneficial fungus via their roots to your plants assisting health.. This has helped with my struggling avocado. I thought it was dying but now looks healthy and has produced one fruit 😂. HEY, it's a start.
Keep safe 😃
Eventually I want o carpet the fruit garden with them but I have been waiting for the new cage to arrive
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Thanks for making it easy
My pleasure 😊
Thanks Tony, I now know what I did wrong with my strawberies this year..... everything 😂😂😂.
Oh no. Glad to help
Thank you for all of the great information for growing 🍓 strawberries.
So nice of you
beautiful kids ,they love it .come on kids eat everything , your dad will plant some more 🍓🍓
I like the grapes in the tunnel
They give great harvests I will sho later this year
JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. LOVE HOW YOU EXPLAIN EVERY DETAIL I WAS LOOKING FOR.
WHAT IS THE VINE GROWING BEHIND YOU IN YOUR GROW HOUSE? I WILL BE A NEW FAN. LOVE FROM ELKTON MARYLAND.
Hey Ken. Welcome to the channel. Glad your enjoying the videos. That is a grape vine. You will find the videos in the fruit playlist
Darling little kiddos 😊
Yeah they are 14 and 15 now
I'm trying pine berries this year, my understanding is you grow them like strawberries, so thank you for the tips and thanks for sharing.
Yes exactly the same and I’ve grown them before kids weren’t as fussed so I gave them away
Also strawberries would be my fav food i think. Love them fresh - love them cold, and a huge tub of frozen berries makes me lots of all of these, quickly whizzed up tiny pieces for over cereals or whipped cream, mixed into the whipped cream and refrozen like strawberry icecream, thick strawberry frothy milkshakes to drink immediately, add milk gradually to desired consistency. No sugar additions needed at all. Can add cherry pieces (no seed) , rasberry, blueberry, fresh mulberry, some shredded coconut, chocolate, maple syrup, vanilla, etc etc. Many ideas to play with.
I freeze a lot of the fruit I produce for this reason. The kids love it
dear tony at simplify gardening , i would to thank you for all of your advice & tips enjoy the video, i think once you said that any thing is possible even if your are on a low income so i set my self a goal i really wanted greenhouse about the same size as maybe yours would be so
squirrel away some cash & one rainy day got there in the end, i still find my self looking ideas & inspiration.
kind regards
Hi Tony! I'm so glad you made this video. Now, I know how to prepare the soil for my wee strawberry seedlings. I am also inspired to buy a few strawberry bareroots.
Still at 4:47 mins of the video and really enjoying it...🥰
So nice of you glad it is helpful to you :)
@@simplifygardening ...and it keeps getting better and better as it progresses.🤗
Such a lot of useful details. Thank you very much for your time, effort and generous contribution of knowledge.
My first year to try strawberry. I've put 6 bareroots into a wee Planter, is it OK to have them outside now? Was frosty this morning, will it kill the plants?
Great video.
@@MrCobbsalad Hi,
I check the daily and hourly weather forecast everyday, and if there is a danger of frost, those nights, I bring by strawberries in along with the other wee plants. On the rest of the nights that are safe, they get to be out all night and have fun. They have been doing great so far. I hope this helps.
Great video!! I love that you discussed the pH and how to handle/manage clay soils. This was very thorough. We posted a video on our channel about how to handle and manage runners from strawberries. At this exact moment I am planting some runnerless alpine strawberries. I love your channel because I always learn something. This will help me. Thank you.
Thanks Im glad you enjoyed the video I will check yours out over the next couple of days when I get 5 mins
@@simplifygardening that would be so cool! I am sure you are very busy, but we appreciate you checking us out.
Very interesting will be looking to you for more tips
Thanks
nice video tony
Cheers pal
Hi Tony, that is a really interesting video. My strawberry growing has been a disaster previously but I'll try again, thank you. Cheers M
I've found conifer prunings a good mulch which keeps the strawberries off the ground while lowering the Ph over time. Few slugs or snails down here but loads of slaters/wood-lice, millipedes and ear-wigs. (Central Victoria, Oz)
Oh year the woodlice and the like love them too
Hi, love the content been watching for years 👍. This video is perfect timing my strawberry bed is now dormant obviously however I need to add more compost as the bed is now a bit lower. This is a new bed so I was wondering how to add more compost without smothering the new plants (they have been in all last year with no fruit as I removed them to get established)
Just give an inch or so but keep it pulled back from the crown
@@simplifygardening much appreciated 👍
Great advice Tony
Cheers Patrick
Great video as always. Have liked, saved it to one of my playlists and shared with a few people.
Much appreciated, look forward to watching more soon mate 🤝 🍓
Thanks very much for sharing and glad you enjoyed it
@@simplifygardening 🙏🏼
Thank you for the tips, I need some of that net, every year I hope to try and taste one of my strawberries, but apparently the birds is faster than me!
Oh no they can be a pain for sure
Thank you for this information. I want to gow potted strawberries this year.
Best of luck!
Thank you for this great information. I learned something! Your videos are always so educational.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. Ready to replant my strawberry
Wonderful!
Hey love this video very informative but I really would love to see the video about those grape or muscadines in the back of you how did you get them so big and neat can you send me the video on them
Thank you for sharing your Garden video
Your welcome Sheila
Thankyou for sharing the information.
My pleasure
Yes! Been waiting for something like this
Glad its of help to you
Great tips Tony! Potting some of mine this week so it was helpful to refresh & learn a little more.
Glad it was helpful!
@@simplifygardening was perfect timing.
Great video Tony thanks for the tips.
Stay Safe,
Barry (Wirral)
Thanks, you too!