How to Plant Bare Root Strawberries
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2020
- In my opinion planting strawberries using bare root starts is the best way to go. Bare root Strawberry plants are inexpensive and if planted at the correct time they are a great way to establish a large strawberry patch.
In this week's video I take you through the process of planting bare root strawberries in your backyard garden.
Remember that when you plant June Bearing strawberries you should remove all of the blossoms for the first year to allow the plants to focus on growing strong plants.
If you are planting everbearing strawberries you should remove all of the blossoms until mid summer. You can let newly planted everbearing strawberries produce a late summer/fall crop of berries.
Soak your bare root strawberries in a bucket of water for a couple of hours before planting.
The most important part of planting bare root strawberries is getting the correct planting depth. Be sure to watch the video so you can see what that correct depth is.
Fan out the roots and plant the bare root strawberries in a nice sized hole with the bottom of the crown right at soil level.
Once you have planted your bare root strawberries be sure to water them well and feel free to use a liquid fertilizer like fish emulsion once or twice a month.
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best video yet on root strawberries. I watch alot.
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you. I would have buried my plants wrong. Glad I watched this first
I'm glad it helped!!
I ate my first strawberries of the season yesterday. Just planted some new strawberries this spring. Hope to have many more fruit to come.
Thank you very much. The steps seem very clear as long as we follow what you describe.
Glad it helped
Thank you for that. I just got a box of 500 starts. I’m a New market Gardner.. really appreciate your content
Thank you for the part on the crown. That too freaked me out as far as how much to bury.
You’re welcome 😊
Great video. I get my bare roots today and hope I have great success ❤️
Best of luck!
Good Morning Guys! I hope you enjoy this week's gardening tip video! Today I am covering how to plant bare root strawberries! Enjoy!
I am getting bare root in November, do I want to put them in the ground then or cup plant and greenhouse them until early spring, I live in middle SC.
Thank you I got bare root strawberries and I was puzzled as to how to plant them. I did just as you had stated without knowing ahead of time if I was doing it correctly. Hopefully most of them will survive. Thanks for the information and stay safe in these troublesome times😁🌻❤️
Glad I could help!
Thank you! Explained it perfectly on exactly where the crown begins and as to what kind of strawberries that you should remove blossoms from and what time of the growing season. Just bought some today.
Glad I could help!!
great video planting today
Awesome have fun!
Thanks. Good video.
Glad you liked it!
thanks so much, very well explained new sub
You're welcome
Thank you, about to plant 1200 of them.
Wow!!
Thank you
You're welcome
I keep failing with the Ozark Beauty. This time I will keep the crown super high. I guess I've been burying them too deep. Thank You
Good LORD no wonder my strawberry is not provide me with anything! Thank you so much for the impromation. I was planned too deep and I picked any strawberries come myways the first year.
You are so welcome!
Love the videos, just subscribed! I've known about the crown rot for many years and have had little success planting bare root myself. I grow Quinault exclusively for the enormous never ending harvest. My plan this season is to expand the plot and would like to try bare root again. Currently we are in a freak warm spell in Michigan in late March. My research tells me to plant them in early April for my zone. The ground is thawed and workable now, if I put them out at this time (March 21) and it we get the seasonal frost/freeze/snow/ice, will they perish or will their growth already be so slow it won't affect them? I can do a light mulch to protect them as well if necessary. This is going to be a fantastic year, I can feel it!
Strawberries are very hardy, they should be fine with a little frost. But if you are worried covering them wouldn't hurt.
A year ago I bought a bare root strawberry 10 pack from home depot and none of them survived. They didn't have nearly the roots these in the video has. I think the only way the big box store ones will live is if you buy them the moment they hit the shelf because they probably started waking up in the store, in the box and died.
Yeah I've never had good luck with box store plants.
Hi and thanks for this video! I bought Hirt's Evie Everbearing. I cannot figure out if they are 'June bearing'... it only says "spring, summer, fall". Do the same guidelines apply with regard to the blossoms?
LOL I think I needed to just keep listeing... ;) I see that you recommended taking the spring blossoms off but then can leave the ones in the fall. Thanks again!
With Everbearing I usually remove the blossoms until mid summer (July) and then let them grow some fruit for later summer and fall.
Thank you for the detailed video. Can you tell me the spacing. 4x6 bed is a 24 sq ft bed. Divided by 25 plants would be just shy of 1ft radios per plant. Is that correct? Can I plant closer together? I have some ozark strawberries. Thank you so much for your time and I look forward to your reply.
That spacing is about right, they will spread and fill in the gaps over the next few seasons.
Thank you for getting back to me. I got them all planted without wondering if I was doing it wrong because you took the time to make a great video. Ty again.
@@livingintoday1073 You're welcome
can you help me by telling me how to preserve bare roots till next year
Great video so basically is it better to start the bare root in the container, or start bare root in a small pot and transfer to container?
No need to put them in a pot first. Just put them outside in the spot you want them to grow in. You might as well get them establish in their final spot.
@@StoneyAcresGardening no not really. I planted all of my bear root in a raised bed and they are beautiful, just fertilize, water and they will perfectly fine.
Thank you, video was VERY helpful and i have a question 😌 its August and i ordered some bare root strawberries, i received them about week and half ago is it to late to plant and can they be started indoors? Thanks again and o my name is Jean☺
Yes you could plant them indoors. It is really hot in August so they will struggle for a while and you may loose some, but they will do better once it cools off.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you so very much, have a blessed day
I just ordered 75 strawberry plants from starkbros. 3 different varieties. I should have them by Monday. So have you had good luck with stark strawberry plants?
Yes, I've bought from Starkbros 3 times over the last 10 years and have always had great success with their starts.
Do you use a specific soil mix for your strawberries? If so, what ratio do you use? Thanks!
Nope, just my garden soil.
Will bare root strawberries still do ok if they are planted in late spring? Mine are arriving with a bunch of other plants later in spring. Thanks!
They will do okay. It will take a little longer for them to get established in the warmer weather. Just be sure to keep them well watered.
Maybe sit inside if it's a windy day for next video👍
Can i plant them in mid February we still going to have a few nights in the mid 20s here in upstate sc ???
You could, it won't hurt to cover them on those nights that get that cold.
When is the best time to plant strawberries? Spring or fall? I have cold snowy winters. Thanks
Spring is best.
So I just received June bearing Jewel strawberry bare root plants. So after I plant them do I make sure I cut all the runners and flowers off for this first year and just have the plants? I've never done this before with June bearing
Yes, remove all the flowers this year. And I would remove any runners though the summer, if you have a few runners in fall it would be okay to leave them.
@@StoneyAcresGardening ok so im.not looking to produce any strawberries this year just establish a good plant? Do I cover the pots during the winter
@@thesnoozebutton2568 pota would be okay, but you could simply cover them with straw or even better with a heavy fabric row cover.
Oooof. I just planted 60 plants with the instructions on the box that said to put the crown 2 inches deep.
That doesn’t sound right.....
Any specific soil/compost brand? There are many out there but not all are dependable.
For compost we love Nutrimulch, but I think that is just regional in Utah and he surrounding states.
Can you provide the grower or source you get your bare root plants from? Thanks ~
Stark Brothers
Etsy is good.
whats the best fertilizer nitrogen potassium and phosphorus percentage for strawberry plants?
Usually just a good balanced fertilizer would be fine, they don't really need high nitrogen most of the year.
bare root strawberry is at my nursery right now,but,my ground is still frozen. My question is how can i keep the root till i can? Im guessing the ground will be ready in about 3-4 weeks.
They might be okay for a couple of weeks but 3 to 4 is a bit long. It would really be best to get them in the ground as soon as you bring them home. You might consider waiting and then ordering online so they arrive at planting time.
@@StoneyAcresGardening thank you very much,im in 5a and everything is always iffy here. I will wait another couple weeks for next shipment :)
I planted mine just like you said and mine hasn't done anything. i planted them in the beginning of this February. I know i had to of done something wrong. There isn't any growth whatsoever. I really think they just died.
My plant's i bought today gas leaves, should l cut them back
Just remove any dead or damaged leaves, the rest will be fine.
What about root stimulation powder? Does that help at all?
I've never tried it. Bit based on my experience it isn't needed.
Hi. I have 1 year old bare toot strawberries. Will it still work? They are dried in peat.
Honestly I don't know the answer. My first reaction is no, they have been dormant too long. But you could try re-hydrating them in some water for a day or so and then plant them and see what happens.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thanks. I thought I'd give it a try.
@@SOULSTARBELLYDANCER7 Did your strawberries grow?
Do they come back ever year once planted or replant them
You have to replant strawberries every 3 to 4 years.
@@StoneyAcresGardening ok thank you
Oh oh. I think I clipped off too much root. I hope they take!
Please give me some advice. I am brand new to the "bare root" method of establishing perennials in the garden. I bought a bunch of bare root strawberries (everbearing) and I read the instructions that came with these strawberries and planted them according to the instructions. However.......the instructions that were provided.....were very vague and did NOT include the information you have shared regarding the strawberries. I only found your video after I planted them :(
The instructions I was provided with said nothing about soaking the roots, nor about planting with the crown dirt level........so now......how much damage have I done to these strawberries?
I planted them dry, and I planted the whole plant, crown and all....about 1 inch down and covered it up. The only thing I did do was give the plants I good watering immediately after planting.
Please don't tell me I have killed them. It's not a case of the cost......it's the work that's going to be involved digging them all back up and planting new ones........because I planted a LOT!
What is your advice????
Forward to 3.30
What if my bare root strawberries have no green on them at all
Before you planted them? Or later after they have been in the ground for a while??
@@StoneyAcresGardening before
@@khydo oh okay. They should be fine. They are shipped dormant, get them in the ground and water them well and you should be fine.
@@StoneyAcresGardening been potted for about a month 🥺
Where do you purchase your bare root strawberry plants?
Stark Brothers
What if they don't have a crown
The crown is where the roots meet the leaves.
Thanks Rick. I really enjoyed your tutorial. Where do you buy your bare roots from? Do you have a cell number for your supplier? Thanks
I get them fro stark brothers.
Not .50cents anymore unless someone knows more than me. I just purchased for more than a buck a piece
You're right. This video is 3 years old. But I did see them today for only .80 on MI Gardener
How to make bare strobbery bare root?
Usually you buy bare root plants online or at nurseries in the spring.
I live in Nysa in Poland in the EU so I am not to clear about costs as I am Irish and lived in England for 65 years now in Poland American money is confusing as I do not bank or use Dollars
I'm not sure how to make the conversion either, but bare root plants are usually at least half as expenses as buying potted plants. Often even more.
ourstoneyacres thanks for your reply I hope I will have six growing in soil and 20 in my hydroponic setup once I get rid of this horrid chinese made phone!
I was under the impression you should soak them overnight...
You can if you like, it won't hurt them, but just a hour or two is fine.
Noooo never cut roots
Not $11. Republican companies have started gauging people. They're now DOUBLE.
Dumbest comment ever. I order mine from liberals. They are expensive
Several years?...Sounds like a poor return on investment
Why not wait for the like and share until someone likes your rap?