My one tip for BIG Strawberries!
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
- Do you get small strawberries from your plants? Learn my ONE tip for getting BIG strawberries! And it doesn't even require any tools, just your FINGERS!
My strawberry varieties:
June bearing: Hood
Everbearing: Albion
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Strawberry varieties
3:34 My One Tip for BIG Strawberries
4:44 How to do it
6:45 Closing
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30 yrs ago I bought 2-6 pks of strawberries before the internet was in every house hold. Via an article in a gardening book I learned to plant the 1 yr old mother plant and to not allow the fruit to set but to snip off the blooms. Use a bright piece of yard or those piled up bread twist ties select the bright yellow or orange ones and place them around the base of each mother. Allow the runners to grow, root and mature. Depending on where you live 6 to 8 weeks before nightly temps are 32* transplant those runner babies on the other end of the strawberry bed(s). The next year allow the mother plants to set fruit but remove all runners as soon as you see them. Then the following years those original mother plants will produce huge berries, just keep removing the runners. Now you have those babies on the other end of the patch. Do the same thing with those the following year. Select one color per years worth of growth so not to mix them up and write on an index card whats what. The 2nd yr plants can then be moved closer to the original mothers and keep those runners snipped. After about 4 to 5 yrs start to replace the oldest mothers as many feel they start producing less fruits as they age. Have fun and gt down and dirty in the garden...!
Hi! This is very interesting to read. Thanks for sharing. That’s quite a system. Has it worked well for you? Do you have raised beds? I did a follow up video on renovating a strawberry bed and I had to do the process all at once because I needed to refill my raised bed with more soil. I like this process you have here as it makes it so you don’t have to renovate all the plants all at once.
Thank you 😊
Thank you for your advice! Using the bread ties are a smart idea! Thank you 4 this. It gives me a great start on my new bed next season!
I'll be giving this a try ! Thanks for sharing.
Try an individual pot, i made an experiment by planting half of my plant directly to the ground and some on a pot. They grow better in an individual pot. And each of the plant grow differently. Like it evolve themselves i was shocked to find one of my strawberry goes red(leaf). The pot one grow more fruit and free disease. The mixed one in the ground tend to be sharing disease. It leaf growth isnt good at all, also try hanging pot
"Runners" are daughters. Keep the mother and get rid of the daughters. Replace the mother with new daughters every 3 -4 years.
Exactly! Thanks for adding your input!
Can't you use the daughters to start another branch on the family tree? 😊 I mean if you're getting rid of them might as well make use of them. Make more strawberries 😁
@@luvmy5515 would depend on available room/space, I'd think...
Can you plant the runners?
@@terrig2467 yes. If you have the room. In time you will get overcrowding. I think taking the runners and planting them next to a row of mother's would work and then in 3 years remove the mother's when the daughters are producing well. The strawberries will be small if you don't thin them out at some point. The mother last 3-4 years.
For those reading this and if she doesn't mention this in the video, it is vitally important to use runners to get new plants but restrict this effort to one or two plants as needed. A strawberry plant will produce for 3-5 years and then its production falls off.
Yes, thank you for bringing this up. In fact, we have plans to renovate on our strawberry beds this year with the runners since the production had declined slightly. They are about 4 years old.
@@OurSanctuaryGarden so it’s not needed the first 3 years? I planted strawberries from seed a year ago, right now they started flowering , the plants are big but not as big as yours so I wasn’t sure if I should cut flowers so that the plants can still grow
My plants started running a while ago so I have new patches that flower pretty quickly , so do I just cut off all the runners now or do I just wait until second year since 1st year plants don’t produce good fruit anyway? (Especially not in my weather )
@@vastya.3255 hi there! Regarding your questions, for the first few months after planting a strawberry plant, remove the blossoms to give the plant energy to focus on a good root system. It’s recommended to remove all flowers for the first year on June bearing, and to remove flowers until July for Everbearing. I would also start removing runners from your Everbearing plants unless you need/want more plants. For June bearing, I would let them produce some runners but don’t let them go crazy. You’re right that second year plants produce more and better fruit. I have a follow up video on my channel I posted recently on how to renovate an Everbearing strawberry bed. You might find it helpful as I clear a few things up. 😊 hope this answers your questions.
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@Sanctuary Gardens hello so remove all runners for the first 3 yrs
Excellent video, thank you! Now I'm all set to grow my strawberries.😋❤️
“Nothing beats home grown berries” I agree 100%!
They truly are the best! 👌🏼
Great tip. Now I know why I had so many new plants and small, not so sweet berries.
Thank you.
Strawberries like acidic soil for sweeter fruit
Glad I stumbled upon this video. AMAZING! I’m getting ready to start my first indoor and outdoor grow so it was great to see what a runner looks like and how to encourage strawberries to grow as large as possible on the mother plant. Thank you.
I’m glad it was helpful! Thanks for following along! More great videos coming! I have a whole playlist on strawberries!
I planted a dozen Quinalts in March. They became 100 plants, but I saw no fruit until this month(November)...three small strawberries. Wish I had known your trick. There’s always next year. 🙂 Thank you.
At least you have a bunch of plants now! How are the new plants doing? Have they started producing?
A big plus is having many plants, with this trick you can now get a huge yield
reduce nitrogen
You explained that so well. Thank you.
You’re welcome! Happy gardening!
Thanks for making the video lady 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you this is some helpful advice. Your garden lookds beautiful
We just moved to this new house last fall. Previously, my strawberries were attacked by slugs, snails and birds before we ever got fruit to eat. Now, we are in a drier climate and will be purchasing my new berries within the month. This nice tip comes in perfect timing with the onset of gardening season. Thank you. 6:47
How are they ?
Wow! Thank you SO MUCH for that amazing tip! It's brilliant! I can't wait to get out there tomorrow and pinch or cut off the runners from my strawberries! And each time I do, I will be thanking you. I just can't believe that no one has ever thought of this before now. God Bless!
You’re most welcome!
I push the end into a 3 in pot for 5 days and let it send a root down before I clip it of the mother.
I've found that any longer than 5 days and you wont get as big of berries.
This is the way I ve found to get the best of both. I have allstars and quinault and this has worked for both for me
You’re strawberries are huge & they look so AH-MAZING!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you!
Thank you!!! I’m so glad I came across this video! I planted 50 bareroot strawberries in March/April and they are all smaller strawberries now that they are producing and tons of runners are coming! Now I know how to get big strawberries!!! Yay!!!
Glad to hear it! Hope this helps! Happy gardening
So did it work
Thank you! This is my first year gardening so I’m not expecting fruit until next year, but I’ll make sure to remember to do this!
I wish you all the best! 😊
Do I need to fertilize strawberry plants other than when first planted? If so with what?
@@slk363 yes, strawberries should be fertilized after their last crop. Try to avoid fertilizing them in the spring right before they start flowering, otherwise they may put out only leaves and less or no fruit. I plan to do a video on fertilizing strawberries once they’re fruiting (soon!) so watch for that.
First year growing strawberries here! Have little day neutral strawberries that are just starting to form! I pinched the buds until beginning of this month and they are flowering like crazy!
Wonderful! I hope they produce an abundance for you! :)
I ordered ever berries this year and they're planted they look so healthy. I definitely needed to know this tip I'll just pick the runners and start new plants give them away lol
Glad this was helpful! I love sharing the runner baby plants with others!
Thanks for sharing such a great tip👏🏽keep up the good work fellow gardener 👍🏽
Thank you! Happy gardening!
Thanks for sharing your tip 😊
The slope of your yard is great. My last residence had that slope and everything I planted in that low area did the best. I guess wetness is good.
easy and so effective !!! thank you
We are in Bellingham Wa and are starting a garden 🪴 this year. Thanks for the tips :)
Hi neighbor! 😊 I wish you all the best in your new gardening journey. I hope you find some helpful info here for gardening in the PNW. Cheers!
Thanks, its very obvious but never thought of doing this
Thank you for sharing
Great tip. I prune mine and I replant the stem.
Great Tip. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing...we tried to grow strawberry in the tropic where it is green all the year round... removing runners and some leaves are essential..to increase the yield and size of the berries.
Awesome thanks for that!
I'll try it on my strawberry plants 👍👍🙏🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲
Glad to help! Happy gardening!
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the tip.
First time on your channel. Great video! Very clear explanation. I’ll be pinching off the runners we get this season. Thanks!
Welcome! Glad you found it helpful! 😊
Very helpful video! Thank u ❤️
Tq very much for ur kind information🤩❤
Thanks for the tip.. 💕
Hi, just found your channel🤗 subscribed! Lovely garden and looking forward to more of your videos.
Thank you for the follow! I hope you find things helpful. And always feel free to comment with things you've learned in your gardening journey. Cheers!
Thank you! I've always been great at growing strawberry plants but lacking on the actual strawberries lol
You’re welcome and I hope you have better luck! 😊
Thanks for shareing
Plants look great, thanks for the tip. I can't wait to eat strawberries from my indoor grow room. Animals always eat mine outdoors, so I am going to try indoors🙃
That will be nice to have them inside. I hope it works for you!
Those plants look very healthy
Awesome! I'm going to go out and do this tomorrow morning. My strawberries are fairly small.
Glad this was helpful! 😊 Happy Gardening!
Thank you
I tried cutting my runners off and rooting them with hormone and it works, so you let the mother focus on berries and at the same time you can make more plants.
Awesome! That’s a question I get a lot if the runner can be used to make a new plant after it’s been clipped so I’m glad to hear you’ve had success with it.
Good tip, thanks!
Good, good information.
Awesome tip!
This is really awesome info and easily understood. I,m giving strawberry planting another try.
I'm glad you're going to try again! I wish you the very best luck!
So nice 😍 home grown is so satisfying 🤩😍
Yes, they are so much better!
My older kiddo asked if you would share some with us, ha ha! Beautiful berries!! Need to go out and pluck my runners now.
I'd gladly share my bounty! ;)
awesome!! I love this news thank you!
Pretty cool!😊
Oh my gosh! Your berries look AMAZING and big. I know the flavor is off the chart. Enjoy!!
Thank you! They are scrumptious! 🍓😉
Thank you so much for this video! Just an additional tip for those having trouble getting bigger berries .. it may be to do with pollination. If - like me - you live in 'the 'burbs' rather than out in the country, you may be noticing a decline in pollinator populations. Try planting flowering, pollinator attracting plants such as marigolds around/within your strawberry patches (mine are in hanging pots). If the time to do this has passed, then get yourself a soft-bristled paint-brush and hand pollinate your flowers, from the outside in towards the centre of the flower. If you have the time to do this daily (for a few pots of plants like I have), then great! Otherwise, you can get away with doing this every 3-4 days. Strawberry flowers are self-pollinating (meaning even just one flower can fertilize itself to produce a fruit as it has both male and female flower parts). However, some help from you may be needed. Brush from the outside (male parts) of the flower to the inside (female part*s*). For the size of the fruit to be maximized to its capacity, *each* female part needs to be pollinated. Hope this helps as an addition to the great info in this video!
Thank you for sharing this great tip!!
strawberry plants can self-pollinate
I love your garden 💞💞💞
Thank you ☺️
I use the runners for propagation but I can see why allowing them to develop can divert the plant's energy.
Wow amazing 👍🥰
Hi friend. I got strawberries un march and they are growing again. I told you I was going to do my best and I did It.
Yay!! That’s great! Congratulations!
Very good 👌 👍 👏
yummi yummi, never neglect strawberries.
I often place the tiny runner plants in a small pot of potting soil while still connected to the mother. After it roots, I snip the umbilical cord. Then I can move the new baby wherever I want.
I only grow Everbearing Strawberries because I prefer them producing throughout the summer. Right now, my bed is new, and I want more plants, so I am leaving the runners. Once I have all the plants I want, I fully intend on pinching those runners. Maybe I'll keep a few and start a few for my friends to have and to freshen my stock every few years.
You betcha! Sounds like you know what you're doing! I prefer everbearing myself... I may be getting rid of my June bearing this year. Happy gardening!
Thank You
Thank you for that
Awesome ❤
I started a strawberry plant in a pot this year. Let's see if it grows big after I plug off a runner. Thanks for the tip.
You’re welcome!
Hola, I AM from Habana. This is the first time I grow strawberries. I think I AM going to have a beautiful plant and good fruits. You know the climate here is not the best to grow but I Will try. I Will do my best.
I wish you the best! :)
Nice shRing my friend
Great video thanks
hi sanctuary gardens 🤗
this video came across my feed and im so glad it did.
im actually watching you on my tv and laptop 🤣😂 i have strawberries and will definitely try this idea the next time i renovate my patch (your video im watching on tv).
i'm in zone 10. i'm not sure where you are, but i'm going to watch more of your videos to see what i can learn and what may work in my raised beds.
where do you get your straw? tfs
Hi there! I'm so glad you're here! Thanks for stopping by. :) I hope you learn a lot from my videos! More strawberry ones will be coming out in August (a whole series!). I am in zone 8b so I have a shorter growing season than you. I purchased my strawberries from a local nursery that specializes in berries and shrubs. I got mine as bareroot (my recommendation). Hope this helps! See you in a future comment thread! ;)
Thanks
Thanks I just saw one of those runners on my strawberries so off it comes
My strawberries are loaded... heading out right now to do this!!!!
It's so good I want variety it ❤️
The ever-bearing variety that we like is called Albion. :)
Thanks For This! More please! Also
Nice job
Around here, the Mt. Hood strain of strawberries are smaller, but boy are they delicious.
Good to know! We weren’t happy with our Hood strawberries but maybe I’ll give them another chance 😊
thank you
Very nice~ How long have those strawberry plants been in the garden beds? To save the clipped runners, put them in water, with the torn off end in the water and keep the growing tip out of the water but still resting on the water, and they will form roots.
Hi! These plants have been in the raised beds for about 2 years. In 1-2 more years, I plan to refresh the bed by doing exactly as you described! :) Cheers!
How do you rest the growing tip on the water?
Just got a Seascape variety plant (no doubt grown from a runner, lol) and was looking for tips on what to do with it. I will keep this tip and remember it when my plant is much bigger, because I want LOTS of strawberries and strawberry plants in the future. Been dreaming of that hanging, indoor strawberry cornucopia... :)
Thank you!
Actually water tends to rot them quickly. Letting them root directly into the ground either from the container of planting out the container gives it the best chance. There are ways to use water but they are still more advanced than me
Thank you answered my question 😊
This is very interesting. I grow strawberries commercially (we have about 10 million plants this year) and most of the advice I see on the youtubes is utterly ludicrous. This however, is not. We only keep our plants for one season, and we go to great lengths to cut the runners off early in the year so the crowns grow bigger and the plant sets more, larger fruit. There may or may not be an obscene amount of Calcium and Potassium Nitrate and Magnesium Sulphate involved.
Towards the end of the season though, we start letting runners take root and cut them from the mother plant. We put them in trays and that becomes some of next year's plants.
This is very interesting to read! I know most commercial growers treat strawberries as annuals but I wasn’t aware they removed runners. Good to know. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tips
Why dont ye get 3-5 years out of a planting of strawberries? Why change them every year? Isnt that a lot of work?
@@sandrashane677 Do you really want to know the answer?
@Brad Carby yes please!
I like what you did and that’s a great idea, but the runners can also be soaked in water and make another plant and possibly sell them. And definitely use a scissors. You were really fighting there to pinch that off you can use a small scissors.
Last year I bought 3 plants and didnt know to prune off the runners. I didnt get ANY berries. However this year i took all those new plants i replanted in a more suitable area and ive got sooo many berries coming in.
That’s wonderful! Hopefully this tip helps too. 😊 happy gardening!
going with seascape in hanging bags this year
This is my first year growing strawberries. I happened to see them at a nursery and decided to give them a try. Right now I have them in a planter, but I know I need something bigger and I do have a runner. I will snip it and put it in water until the roots start showing. Thank you for this video. It was very helpful. I have a small strawberry growing. How do I determine when they need to be picked?
I'm so glad you are trying out strawberries! If you want more plants, you can sacrifice a lot of fruit for more runners so you can propagate your patch. Then next year, start pruning off the runners. I know my strawberries are ready to pick when there is no white left on it (only red). :). Hope this helps! Happy gardening!
Hi there. Thanks for a great video. I have started growing strawberries from seed that I collected from strawberries that I bought. It has been three years now and I am really getting great strawberries. I was quite shocked when I saw some of my strawberries being about three fingers wide. I never knew what caused them to be so large but I was very excited. I have five questions. How often should strawberries be replanted and what soil mix do you suggest I use, what could I add to the soil to produce sweet strawberries and how often do you use fertilizer if any, and what type? Your assistance will be appreciated.
Hi there! Thanks for the comment and good questions. I’ll answer them in order as best I can.
1) strawberry lifespan is about 3-5 years. I have a new video on renovating an Everbearing strawberry bed. Go check it out on my channel for more info.
2) I suggest using an organic garden mix. I buy from a local company in bulk but you can also get garden mix in bags from nurseries.
3) I am not sure as to what to add to soil to sweeten a strawberry. I’ll do some research and try to include that in my upcoming fertilizing strawberries video (check back in about a month for that video.)
4 and 5) I do fertilize them 2-3x a year. I am trying out this fertilizer: Espoma Organic Berry-tone 4-3-4 Natural & Organic Fertilizer and Plant Food for all Berries. 4 lb. Bag. Use for Planting & Feeding to Promote Bountiful Harvest www.amazon.com/dp/B07KV692TG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Y7YPY5NBKFMV9FVNB7FC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Check back for that promised strawberry fertilizing video! I hope this helps in the meantime.
@@OurSanctuaryGarden Thanks for the information. It is appreciated.
I'm very glad I stumbled across your UA-cam channel. I'm just now establishing a rock Garden Wich I'm in the process of turning into a strawberry bed. I'm also planting a few blueberry plants in the center of the Garden to make the most use of the space hopefully the two types of plants aren't to counter productive growing together. You seem to very knowledgeable and I look forward to watching the rest of your videos. Keep up the good work. If your reading this I do have a question. Can you plant ever bearing strawberries with June Bearing in the same bed with out any real issues?
Hi there! I’m glad this was helpful! Yes, you can grow both types of strawberries in the same bed. Happy gardening!
@@OurSanctuaryGarden Thank You
I have everbearing strawberries, by thinning the number of flowers I allow to bloom in the flower clusters to 3 to 4 berries is how I get very large tasty strawberries. I'm not sure of the variety as I inherited the plants. They do not make runners however the crowns get multiple plants and in Octobre I separate the crowns for even more berry plants the next season.
That’s an interesting point about thinning the flowers. It makes sense. I’m glad it’s working for you. Maybe I’ll try it out. 😊 Enjoy those strawberries!
Do you thin the flowers while they're actively growing?
Beautiful garden, lush plants can tell you put a lot of care in them. I'm thinking of moving mine all to a raised bed, I wanted to rotate plants this year anyways. Do you find the raised bed easier to manage all the runners? Mine really over took my exterior flower beds this year through the fence line and I think it's time for more boundaries, and easier to put netting. Thanks!
Thank you! I do find the raised bed to be much easier especially on my back! I prune off runners every time I pick strawberries so they never get out of hand. Everbearing varieties don’t put out near as many runners as June bearing ones do. Happy gardening!
@@OurSanctuaryGarden how do you fertilize the soil and the strawberries themselves during the seasons ?
@@thedestroyer3879 I am working on a video on that coming out very soon but basically, it's recommended to fertilize with a balanced fertilizer where the NPK numbers are very close. Fertilize new strawberries within a week of planting. For june bearing, fertilize as soon as fruit production is done. For everbearing, fertilize throughout the growing season. Check back for the video. :)
@@OurSanctuaryGarden I have had my strawberries probably more than seven years and I have never ever fertilized them. I did buy quality soil years ago and I may have refreshed the soil a little bit. My runners are growing in the Pea gravel behind the planter box. So that’s just plain dirt. But my property used to be farm land but of course the builders scraped off the topsoil
@@dcwatashi that’s awesome you haven’t had to fertilize! Your soil may just have everything they need and if you’ve refreshed the soil that will help too. I’m experimenting with a fertilizer and worm castings this year. Check back for a future video on that!
Great video... you've inspired me to start growing strawberries in a big box-like "garden." What kind of soil should I use for box-cultivating them, and, how deep should it be?
Wonderful! Strawberries have a shallow root system so anything 8" or deeper is good (12" is typical for raised beds). I recommend buying a "garden mix" for your soil. You can get them bagged or buy it in bulk from a landscaping business. Strawberries like a slightly acidic soil pH so check your soil before planting them and add elemental sulfer if needed to acidify it (I have a video on testing soil pH if you need help). Happy gardening!
@@OurSanctuaryGarden Thank you. That'll be one of my upcoming summer projects to do this year. Luckily I have a great garden store nearby me that can help provide some of the essential items I'll need to get started.
Had to ff to the relevant part... time is valuable.
Your plants 🍓and fruit look healthy and vibrant. I'm curious, what area of the country and zone are you in ? Do the two varieties you planted work well in other zones/ areas ? Thank you for the beautiful videos 😊
Thank you! I live in WA state zone 8b. Albion and Hood are the varieties I have and they are perennial in zones 4-8. If you live somewhere outside those zones, you can grow them as an annual. Hope this helps!
@@OurSanctuaryGarden Oh hey! I also live in Washington state. I think I am zone 8A I keep getting confused I don’t know why. I’m in Vancouver.
@@dcwatashi hi neighbor! I use the old almanac website to find my growing zone by zip code. 😊 Vancouver isn’t too far away so I’m guessing you’re pretty close to my growing zone
@@OurSanctuaryGarden I don’t know why I have a mental block with which zone I’m in maybe I’m in the twilight zone 🤪🙄 and I just ordered the fertilizer you recommended for the blueberries and strawberries and it was the last one on Amazon. But I guess I’m too late to fertilize either my strawberries or my blueberries right now.
@@dcwatashi i would go ahead and fertilize your blueberries and if you have Everbearing strawberries, go ahead and fertilize them too. If you have june bearing strawberries, wait until they are done fruiting then fertilize. 😊
I am not perfect. But my strawberry plants are getting real good fertilized soil, rain and sunlight and when ever the mini plant grows I cut them all together and plant them. I started having them all from a single plant.
I always watch videos like this in the hopes that I learn something new and sometimes I do. Sadly in this case I didn't. That being said, I find if you've started a new patch of strawberries it's better to let it mat and then selectively snap runners. All the local strawberry growers near me with huge fields of them plant new mature plants every three years. Obviously due to how they need to be successful every year they plant mature crops. So they'll be growing or ordering in three year plants inadvance, so year 1 mature 3 year old plant, year 2 mature 3 year old plant, so and so forth. Obviously letting a patch mat will mean you might not get a huge amount of fruit or that your fruit is smaller. I ripped up all my plants at the end of last year and I put in two new varieties in spring. I was getting fruit relatively slow but it's slowly picked up but I've got quite a few runners going so the fruit is about everbearing size maybe a bit bigger. These days though you can big juicy strawberries later in the year, autumn/fall time, the same with raspberries. So I'm getting the summer ones currently but the autumn ones will pick up as they slow down and eventually stop. That being said though if you've got a nice patch like you guys have then leaving a few runners on older plants and snapping ones of the newer ones to start new plants for swapping out year 4/5 plants is great for maximising.
Thanks for leaving a comment and sharing what's working for you. I have a recent video on how I renovated my everbearing strawberry patch and I go over a few details that I didn't cover in this video. I'm always learning and adapting (always a student of the garden).
Ty!
In Autumn of 2021, I moved my plants from under a tree in packed soil and yuca roots to a raised bed of loose soil and compost. I pinched off the blooms so they wouldn’t bear, and to let the plants get settled during the 2022 summer. The 2022 garden put out a ton of runners, but no new i plants in 2023 from the runners. I let them bloom in 2023, thinking that I would get a good crop. The leaves are twice the size as normal, but few berries, from very small, and some no bigger than my thumb. Large leaves would indicate excess nitrogen? I had larger berries in the old bed, where the plants were close together. No fertilizer other than that from compost. BTW, My plants bear only in the final 2 weeks of May.
My goodness, you have the most beautiful strawberry plants and strawberries. Mine are pitiful compared to yours. What zone are you in? How much and what kind of fertilizer do you use? How do you keep insects, ants, snails, slugs, etc off of your plants? Thank you!!
Thank you! We are in zone 8b and I am trying out a new fertilizer by Espoma (www.amazon.com/Espoma-Berry-Tone-Natural-Organic-Fertilizer/dp/B08DYDS1GZ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2CCX81N75BHQE&dchild=1&keywords=espoma+berry+tone&qid=1629607080&sprefix=espoma+berry%2Caps%2C224&sr=8-2). I follow the instructions on the bag for doses and I usually do it twice a year (spring and fall). Regarding insects... I pick my battles! Haha! I have had a big slug problem this year so I'm literally going outside and picking them up and throwing them over the fence. It works! My biggest issue is sow bugs and I have yet to try the solution of putting half a melon upside down in the area to attract them then relocate them to my compost pile. I hear it works well. But really, we just suffer some losses. It hasn't been so bad that I've done anything about it really. Hope this helps!
Your strawberries are beautiful
Thank you! They're our favorite!
Great vid
How do you keep the bunnies away? I plan on starting some in a raised bed that is about 2 1/2 feet tall to help deter bunnies, now as far as any deer, I am not sure if they will be a problem, I may need some fencing type setup for them. Any special soil additives you use? Like a fert that helps with fruiting?
Maybe the K in the NPK part on the fert bag? It must be the potassium or K nutrient since nitrogen is for foliage and phosphorus is for roots. I'm guessing that any balanced fert is what you use and I am overthinking this ?
Hi Julie. Good questions. I don’t have a rabbit problem thanks to my fenced backyard and 2 big dogs. But I imagine raising your bed would help though do consider fencing to keep them and deer out.
Regarding fertilizers, I will be coming out with a video on that soon but I recommend a nearly balanced fertilizer, one where the NPK numbers are the same or very close to it. Be sure to check back for my fertilizer video coming within the month. 😊 Best of luck to you!
@@OurSanctuaryGarden Okay, thanks 😄
Wow. Your strawberries are perfect. My children and I love strawberries and this year is our first year growing our own. Thank you for sharing your tips and garden. Loved the way you showed how to do it too. Definitely appreciate it.
Thank you! Strawberries are our favorite! I'm so glad you're growing your own! I hope they will be abundant! :)