A possible squirrel solution for us all. Yes I have a bad problem with deer. A high fence has helped BUT squirrels have repeatedly destroyed my flowers. Mainly all bulbs I plant. They dig them up and leave them to die. Last year I started cutting pieces of chicken wire for on top of my soil. It has helped a TON. Just a tip to share.
If anyone wants a thornless raspberry, the Joan J variety is an option for zone 6, maybe 5b in the ground and winter protected. It's cheaper than strawberry shortcake and it's supposed to be a heavy cropper. If unusual is your middle name, you could also try a Thimbleberry. I planted the Anne variety in containers this year.
I have been planting all my favorite berries into my garden, i have been going into the woods behind my house and finding local native species that already love the area soil/climate. So far i have blueberry, huckleberry, red and black raspberry, blackberry, wild strawberry, goosberry, thinking of transplanting the small juneberry and plum trees i found in my woods also into the garden
Love Jung's! Live in Iowa, but we like to make the day trip & catch at least a couple of sites. Just have to be sure to have plenty of room in the car before we go!! 🤩🌷🌼
I'm planting strawberries in our new raised beds as soon as my husband finishes the fence so the bunnies don't eat them up! We're so excited to be working on this project together this year. And when I say WE, I mean I'm excited and appreciate all his efforts helping me get this started! Blueberries next year for sure!
I plant garlic and onions around stuff squirrels like, and it's actually working out okay. Even the grocery store garlic I planted last year out of desperation is protecting nearby crops.
This is great info Erin! Although I will say for the benefit of the comment sections that as someone with experience on the professional and amateur side of blueberry growing most varieties are pretty hardy once established and that getting things perfect (as you seem to have done) mostly matters for large scale growers. What's most important in my experience is making sure they have good acid levels, don't let them dry out which is harder for containers, pick of the flowers in the first year, and if you like a sweeter berry try to get them started while its still a little cold outside.
I grow blueberries, Strawberries and raspberries all in the ground in my garden and all do very well. We have fairly acidic soil in our area on central Vancouver island in the pacific northwest. I do fertilize though with bone meal and sea soil for more flowers and vigorous growth.
You need English raspberries, I have 5 types, not one has thorns, they all are prune out the dead stalks in the spring.Some of them have HUGE fruit. ❤😁They fruit at different times. x
Interesting that in the same planter you planted strawberries w/the blueberry. Blueberries require such unique soil conditions - but it may be the strawberries will adapt in any soil. I'll be curious to see how the strawberries produce. Anyway, thanks for the video Erin.
Perfect timing! Husband building me a strawberry pyramid as we speak and I wondered how i could do raspberries! Ordered both from Jung seed!!! Thank you for this timely info. Won't say what i paid for two blueberry plants today at local nursery BUT mature enough i can leave blooms on. Bought those before watching but you saved me a ton of money on the rest! Love your videos from your Illinois neighbor. Spring has been cold here in Peoria as well.
Love your videos, Erin! I could not order these raspberries fast enough-I am so excited to learn of a dwarf variety! I was also happy to hear Jung sends great planting info as I am new to growing raspberries ❣️thanks Erin!
40 years ago, I bought two roots of raspberries, pot-less, wrapped in plastic. I allowed them to spread to reasonable sized patch. They are thorn-less and produce fruit on one year old canes. Pruning is very simple. I cut out the canes that had fruit right at the end of harvest and trim the new canes by about a foot. They are very good producers and the berries taste great.
Mmm - Summer berries are the best. Have been planning on growing Proven Winners’ Berried Treasure strawberry plants this year in a very large hay rack because I saw how well Laura’s/Garden Answer did last year. She was always picking berries it seemed. It just doesn’t feel like Summer without fresh berries to munch on. Thanks for sharing Erin.
Thank you for taking us along. I love, love the thronless raspberries. If I had a place to put a container that got full sun and where nobody but myself and my hubby could eat them then I would plant it in a heart beat. Really looking forward to seeing how these all do in this growing season. Thank you once again and have a wonderful weekend.
Your video had perfect timing! I want raspberries in my garden but every time I've tried, they get out of control. So I picked up the shortcake pots that are right in front of my back door. And while I was on the Jung website, I grabbed the strawberry variety you mentioned as well. I like the idea of them being annuals instead getting mad when they fizzle out. 😂
Squirrels are my number one nemesis. Over a decade of battling the little buggers with every strategy know to mankind, and the only thing that works is electricity. A couple of wires encircling your tulips would do the trick.
Hi Erin, raspberries are also mine favourite fruit, grow few varieties for years, just planted new everbearing variety, don't let get confused with pruning, it's easy, cane from last year will fruit this year and you can take them out this fall, winter or early spring, cane's that will push this year, they will fruit next year and when pruning, you want to keep them, you'll see, it's easy to discern them, old ones are more woodier and darker in bark colour. Basically, raspberries are like old school hydrangeas and many shrubs, they bloom and fruit on last year growth and for many types of raspberries, usually, cane that fruit this year will die and not push new growth next year, so if not sure, you can wait for them to push new growth in spring and then take out dead cane's. Happy raspberring! 🍓🫐
Hey Erin! Try out Jelly Bean blueberry bushes! They are just as small but boy is there a difference in sweetness! I have two top hats and two jelly beans and I’m strongly considering ripping out the top hats to get more jelly beans! I also have one raspberry shortcake (2 years now) but I have yet to see any fruit….considering ripping it out 😖 Thanks for the helpful video!
I like blackberries too! Good for you planting berries!!! Enjoy your day with your Mom for Mothers Day! 💞 I have wild raspberries out in my back garden.
Pine bark fines are a miracle addition to Southerner's clay soil. Our soil is so heavy. It's such a nice top dressing, too instead of the ubiquitous pine straw that everyone uses here as mulch. And it doesn't float away in our afternoon downpours we get seemingly every day.
To keep my potted berries soil acidic enough without going overboard I add unbrewed coffee grounds at the beginning of their season and a cooled cup of coffee a couple more times over the summer. I also mulch with green pine needles.
Thanks Erin, for the tip on Straw & Slugs❣️ I did not know that, and I've been wanting to get some straw for moisture control, & top dressing my patio pots, and a small spot I have for in ground gardening this year. 💚 New Fan in Oregon 🤗💚❤️
The man that used to help me with the grass, destroy my ever bearing strawberry in a container, also he almost did my climbing Rose good thing I caught it in time, saying that he was very reliable, coming home from work and seeing my yard clean up was a good feeling, didn't even get a strawberry from it, now I have some in a container that spilled into the garden and are loaded with white flowers, keeping my fingers crossed
Thank you so much, Erin, for another great video! This is so helpful for those of us attempting to grow berries of our own. I’ve had a couple of dwarf blueberry varieties from Bushel & Berry for a few years and this year I found the Raspberry Shortcake and I am so excited about it! I will probably end up needing to buy a few more or maybe try propagating from my current plant (that would be a fun experiment). Wild raspberries grow all over the place where I live and my husband frowned at me when I told him I bought a raspberry plant, but once I explained that “it’s not the same as the other kind around here!” He was OK with it. Hahaha!
Robins & Starlings decimated my strawberries🍓last year. I need ideas to protect my crops🤷🏻♀️I have 4x8 beds. I also planted cherry, apple, plum, peach & pear trees. My fear is I just spent a lot of money to feed critters😖
Perfect timing on this video Erin! I bought 3 blueberry and strawberry plants (PW - ever-bearing) and needed to know how to plant them. I like the sound of your Seascape Strawberries and the Raspberry Shortcake. I'll have to look for them at my local nursery as I've never heard of them before seeing it here! Thank you for the great informational video as always 😀😀😀
Great video! I’ve been intimidated by blueberries because of all the “fuss” over their special conditions. You answered many of my concerns. I never knew there was a third type of strawberry and that it could be grown as an annual! My whole patch came from a single plant and has now taken over my former herb bed. Also appreciate the information about the growers. Can’t wait to check out their website. As for your tulip thieves, my mother-in-law had the same issue and she planted her bulbs in groups surrounded by chicken wire. Never lost another bulb to those hungry varmints. That might be difficult in your garden to do but it certainly worked for her. As always, great info! Eagerly anticipating the weeks ahead as these plants develop! 🍓🫐🌱🌞
Erin, raspberries are a favorite of mine, but as you mentioned, most varieties are covered with thorns. I have been looking for thornless raspberries (at my local nurseries) without any luck so far. I would like to plant them in raised beds, so the Raspberry Shortcake raspberry might be exactly what I need, thank you! Have a great weekend! ~Margie😊💚
I live in MA and have pretty acidic soil so growing blueberries is easy for us. I will say that if you have white pine trees- the needles will help with the acidity as well. The Rhododendrons (acidic loving) love living under white pine an flower prolifically.
Thanks! I'm going to see if I can find those raspberries around here. I have had two blue berry bushes for 3 or so years. They are producing more berries each year. 😁
Good morning, Erin ☕️ I certainly found this helpful. I love that raspberry bush! Thornless is key! Your garden area is stunning; My dream. Have a Blessed Day 😊🍓🫐
I bought SUMMER strawberries. They have red flowers. I planted them in a hanging basket, two plants in each full depth, 10 inch pot. They already have a couple of runners each. Should I snip the runners off to save the plant's energy? Will that result bigger strawberries? Those runners look nice hanging down, but will never touch the ground to root themselves.
I haven't found it quite so complicated to grow blueberries in containers. I'm growing standard varieties (not dwarf), adding Espoma Soil Acidifier twice each season for a bountiful harvest.
May I ask for follow up care on keeping the soil balanced throughout the year for blueberries? Mine end up petering out. 😕 Good info on raspberries! Love raspberries!!
@@karmicpopcorn6440 there is a product called soil acidifier, and treating with that could be helpful, i water my plants with leftover coffee/coffee grounds and they also seem to love it, though i have to be sparing with that as i dont want to over-acidify. Laura from GardenAnswer on youtube also has a lot of videos on acidifying soil as she has very alkaline ground and i recommend checking those out, i think she even has a few videos on blueberries
Great information Erin, I’m in zone 4b and I have purchased plants from Jung in the past, they are wonderful. , I need to look into these berries, they sound perfect. I’m north of you in western Wisconsin so I need to look into zoning, but the container blueberries would be perfect, and the annual strawberries would also fit for me. Thanks for showing these wonderful berry plants.
Very helpful video, Erin!!! I have friends who are thinking of planting raspberries, and I'm going to call them and give them the info about the strawberry shortcake cultivar, as well as the info for Jung. I look forward to checking out Jung myself!!! Thanks as always.
Hi Erin, Great video! Interesting to learn about bare root strawberries. I have the Shortcake raspberry and the berries are big but the flavor isn't as good/flavorful as my raspberries with the thorns. Bummer. I guess we're lucky to have naturally acidic soil here in WA as blueberries are easy to grow in the ground. We have to share some with the birds, deer and elk but manage to pick plenty for ourselves. Tulips grow well in pots, that's a good way to keep them away from the squirrels.
Hi Erin! Shared this to my gardening in Northern Nevada group, people have wanted tips about acidifying soil for berries. Thank you. Hey are you from Canada? From Nova Scotia here! American now!
I wasn't going to order any more plants this year but you talked me into it. I just ordered the raspberry as well as a Baby Cakes blackberry from Jung. I already planted June bearing and some Rainbow Treasure everbearing strawberries that I started from seed - and they germinated!, blueberries, currants and gooseberries all new to me this year.
VERY helpful information! I planted strawberries the first year at this house, they did great, until the SLUGS got them in future years, so I gave up on them. However this year I am growing in a grow bag and hope to get lovely strawberries this year. Thanks Erin, great information!!!!
A good, sweet, snappy blueberry and a juicy, sweet raspberry are on par in my book. I bought a Double Gold raspberry with good intentions but we’ll see when it comes to pruning 😬
Having recently downsized from over 2 acres to a tiny, in-town house , I've had to alter my gardening expectations considerably. I did a lot of container planting last year (with great success, except for a late tomato blight issue). However, I avoided overwintering in containers, as I thought our potentially nasty winters (Zone 4b- 5) would be a problem with a deep freeze. Can I plant blueberries in a container up here (central Ontario)?
Lots of great information, Erin. Thanks. Really like that thornless bush raspberry. Traditional type is a real pain. Had them for years and gave them all away in my elder years because they were too much work. Laura on GA had some strawberry plants this year that are called Rasp-berry strawberries. Supposed to taste like raspberries. Interesting. If I see them in my area I will try them. As for your tulips…..if you put hardware cloth or netting over the bulbs when you plant them, the squirrels won’t dig them up. I save all my onion bags and any net bags to use for tulips. Skunks dig them in my area too. They get their claws caught in the netting and give up. Every now and then I will see a piece of netting popping up through the ground and I know something tried to get to my bulbs. I also use wood skewers point side up to keep critters from digging (especially when I put new plants in the ground….I have a neighbor who puts out large bags of peanuts for the squirrels every week). They work too, but I jab myself a lot when working in the garden. You can also use a mixture of 50/50 flour and baking soda to get rid of rodents. Just have to put it in a container to keep it dry outside with a hole large enough for them to get their head in. I saw this on UA-cam where a man had something burrowing in under his fence and eating his vegetables every night. He set up a camera and saw it was rats. He put the mixture in a plastic container, cut a large hole and placed it so it wouldn’t get wet and filmed the rats eating it. Few days later rats were gone. Hope this is helpful. We all look forward to our tulips and other spring bulbs blooming after a dark dreary cold winter.
Will you be leaving the blueberry/strawberry pots in the garden for the winter Erin? I don't think I heard you mention the zone for survival on the blueberries.
Great info and very helpful. I have a patio strawberry from Proven Winners. I wonder what category it falls into 🤔. I will have to research that. How are your espalier‘s doing? Those are fruit trees right?
What deters squirrels except for small diameter mesh enclosure? Good luck! I have had some luck in hard sided raised beds that I just cage out the soil surface.
This was such a helpful video, thank you Erin. I've ordered from Jung before, great company! A couple questions I have ~ you said the strawberries you put in the pot with the blueberries need more frequent feedings so is that ok for the blueberry? Also, I'd love to utilize more pots in my garden but with these cold WI winters are you afraid they will crack or do you take them inside? Thanks
Those raspberry plants sound great. I have some traditional raspberry plants but they are in an out of the way spot. Having one in a pot in my garden would be great. Do you know what size pot they need? I ordered Tumeric and White Ginger plants from Jung's and was so sad the tumeric became out of stock and my order was cancelled.
Hello! Thank you for supporting our family business and ordering your plants from us. My apologies, there was a crop failure on the white turmeric this season but our orange Tumeric will be available again in the Fall 2022 catalog. The catalog should arrive in homes and be live on the website in June. I hope this helps!
We planted strawberries in a raised bed (first time for raised) but they didn't produce well last year (2nd year) at all. This year they are practically gone except the plants that spread to ground level. Any advice?
I have a lot of wild blueberries in woods around my house. I want to plant cultivated blueberries. Will the wild ones cross pollinate and impact the cultivated ones positively, negatively, or not at all?
How devastating about the tulips. I am pinching myself as I have tulips flourishing in various places in my landscape without fencing. The only thing that I did was plant them with a lot of daffodils around them on the theory that the poisonous daffs might deter the resident critters (deer, raccoons, squirrels, woodchucks). So far they have left the tulips alone. The deer have nibbled other things and, where I have two patches of muscari latifolium, one on their own, the other with daffs, the patch without daffs have been nibbled extensively. Wherever I plant anything the woodchucks excavate a few holes to see whether there is something edible but, again, have left the tulips (and daffs) alone. I don't know whether this is luck or my method actually works. Last year saw a bumper crop for acorns so the squirrels may not have bothered. In my city garden I have to deal with fearless NYC rats (yuck). One year I thought I was going to have a beautiful display only to discover that all that was left of the tulips was the shoots that had come out of the ground. The rats had efficiently burrowed along eating all the bulbs and leaving the tops.
Devastated to know that my day neutral Albion strawberries are only good for one season, or shall we say half season after you pick the first flowers off. I am going to hope they come back and produce again next year.
A possible squirrel solution for us all. Yes I have a bad problem with deer. A high fence has helped BUT squirrels have repeatedly destroyed my flowers. Mainly all bulbs I plant. They dig them up and leave them to die. Last year I started cutting pieces of chicken wire for on top of my soil. It has helped a TON. Just a tip to share.
If anyone wants a thornless raspberry, the Joan J variety is an option for zone 6, maybe 5b in the ground and winter protected. It's cheaper than strawberry shortcake and it's supposed to be a heavy cropper. If unusual is your middle name, you could also try a Thimbleberry. I planted the Anne variety in containers this year.
I have been planting all my favorite berries into my garden, i have been going into the woods behind my house and finding local native species that already love the area soil/climate. So far i have blueberry, huckleberry, red and black raspberry, blackberry, wild strawberry, goosberry, thinking of transplanting the small juneberry and plum trees i found in my woods also into the garden
I have two blueberries in containers. It will be their 4th year. The few that the birds and chipmunks leave are yummy.🙂
I love Jung Seed Co. Have bought from them for many years.
Love Jung's! Live in Iowa, but we like to make the day trip & catch at least a couple of sites. Just have to be sure to have plenty of room in the car before we go!! 🤩🌷🌼
I'm planting strawberries in our new raised beds as soon as my husband finishes the fence so the bunnies don't eat them up! We're so excited to be working on this project together this year. And when I say WE, I mean I'm excited and appreciate all his efforts helping me get this started! Blueberries next year for sure!
I plant garlic and onions around stuff squirrels like, and it's actually working out okay. Even the grocery store garlic I planted last year out of desperation is protecting nearby crops.
I’m in Wisconsin too, we have a Jung’s in town, awesome company!
I grew strawberries under my blue berries for years. I got the idea from Carolyn Harriet a fabulous garden author.
I ordered a Raspberry Shortcake from Jung, and I love your necklace!!
This is great info Erin! Although I will say for the benefit of the comment sections that as someone with experience on the professional and amateur side of blueberry growing most varieties are pretty hardy once established and that getting things perfect (as you seem to have done) mostly matters for large scale growers. What's most important in my experience is making sure they have good acid levels, don't let them dry out which is harder for containers, pick of the flowers in the first year, and if you like a sweeter berry try to get them started while its still a little cold outside.
Great tips.
I grow blueberries, Strawberries and raspberries all in the ground in my garden and all do very well. We have fairly acidic soil in our area on central Vancouver island in the pacific northwest. I do fertilize though with bone meal and sea soil for more flowers and vigorous growth.
Thank you Erin! Happy mother's day everyone!🤗💗🤗🍓 raspberries are my favorite as well! It's so hard to find good ones in the stores.
Love the Jung seed site. Thank you.😊❤️🐾❤️
You need English raspberries, I have 5 types, not one has thorns, they all are prune out the dead stalks in the spring.Some of them have HUGE fruit. ❤😁They fruit at different times. x
Interesting that in the same planter you planted strawberries w/the blueberry. Blueberries require such unique soil conditions - but it may be the strawberries will adapt in any soil. I'll be curious to see how the strawberries produce. Anyway, thanks for the video Erin.
Lovely collection of berries 🌸💕🌸
Perfect timing! Husband building me a strawberry pyramid as we speak and I wondered how i could do raspberries! Ordered both from Jung seed!!! Thank you for this timely info. Won't say what i paid for two blueberry plants today at local nursery BUT mature enough i can leave blooms on. Bought those before watching but you saved me a ton of money on the rest! Love your videos from your Illinois neighbor. Spring has been cold here in Peoria as well.
Love your videos, Erin! I could not order these raspberries fast enough-I am so excited to learn of a dwarf variety! I was also happy to hear Jung sends great planting info as I am new to growing raspberries ❣️thanks Erin!
40 years ago, I bought two roots of raspberries, pot-less, wrapped in plastic. I allowed them to spread to reasonable sized patch. They are thorn-less and produce fruit on one year old canes. Pruning is very simple. I cut out the canes that had fruit right at the end of harvest and trim the new canes by about a foot. They are very good producers and the berries taste great.
Mmm - Summer berries are the best. Have been planning on growing Proven Winners’ Berried Treasure strawberry plants this year in a very large hay rack because I saw how well Laura’s/Garden Answer did last year. She was always picking berries it seemed. It just doesn’t feel like Summer without fresh berries to munch on. Thanks for sharing Erin.
Thank you for taking us along. I love, love the thronless raspberries. If I had a place to put a container that got full sun and where nobody but myself and my hubby could eat them then I would plant it in a heart beat. Really looking forward to seeing how these all do in this growing season. Thank you once again and have a wonderful weekend.
This is my favorite gardening channel. Always such good info and you make gardening less intimidating for us noobs.
Your video had perfect timing! I want raspberries in my garden but every time I've tried, they get out of control. So I picked up the shortcake pots that are right in front of my back door. And while I was on the Jung website, I grabbed the strawberry variety you mentioned as well. I like the idea of them being annuals instead getting mad when they fizzle out. 😂
Thanks for giving some money savings tips for finding plants. My budget had to be reworked lol..boo on gas prices!
Squirrels are my number one nemesis. Over a decade of battling the little buggers with every strategy know to mankind, and the only thing that works is electricity. A couple of wires encircling your tulips would do the trick.
Hi Erin, raspberries are also mine favourite fruit, grow few varieties for years, just planted new everbearing variety, don't let get confused with pruning, it's easy, cane from last year will fruit this year and you can take them out this fall, winter or early spring, cane's that will push this year, they will fruit next year and when pruning, you want to keep them, you'll see, it's easy to discern them, old ones are more woodier and darker in bark colour. Basically, raspberries are like old school hydrangeas and many shrubs, they bloom and fruit on last year growth and for many types of raspberries, usually, cane that fruit this year will die and not push new growth next year, so if not sure, you can wait for them to push new growth in spring and then take out dead cane's. Happy raspberring! 🍓🫐
Thank you Erin, great video 💚
This was super helpful, thank you Erin!
Hey Erin! Try out Jelly Bean blueberry bushes! They are just as small but boy is there a difference in sweetness! I have two top hats and two jelly beans and I’m strongly considering ripping out the top hats to get more jelly beans!
I also have one raspberry shortcake (2 years now) but I have yet to see any fruit….considering ripping it out 😖 Thanks for the helpful video!
You should watch Gardener's Scott take on peat moss and sourcing info.
Wow! Did not know raspberries came in dwarf varieties that did not send canes everywhere and that did not have thorns. Very interesting Erin!
I like blackberries too! Good for you planting berries!!! Enjoy your day with your Mom for Mothers Day! 💞 I have wild raspberries out in my back garden.
Do you have a dinner? The whole time I was watching I was thinking how perfect it would be for those strawberry starts
Thank you Erin very much for this useful Video
Pine bark fines are a miracle addition to Southerner's clay soil. Our soil is so heavy. It's such a nice top dressing, too instead of the ubiquitous pine straw that everyone uses here as mulch. And it doesn't float away in our afternoon downpours we get seemingly every day.
Pine bark “fines”?
Can you show us how you set up your water garden when it is time? TIA!
To keep my potted berries soil acidic enough without going overboard I add unbrewed coffee grounds at the beginning of their season and a cooled cup of coffee a couple more times over the summer. I also mulch with green pine needles.
Thanks Erin, for the tip on Straw & Slugs❣️
I did not know that, and I've been wanting to get some straw for moisture control, & top dressing my patio pots, and a small spot I have for in ground gardening this year. 💚
New Fan in Oregon 🤗💚❤️
The man that used to help me with the grass, destroy my ever bearing strawberry in a container, also he almost did my climbing Rose good thing I caught it in time, saying that he was very reliable, coming home from work and seeing my yard clean up was a good feeling, didn't even get a strawberry from it, now I have some in a container that spilled into the garden and are loaded with white flowers, keeping my fingers crossed
I love your set up
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Waiting for Proof release in early June!! And love raspberries.
Thank you so much, Erin, for another great video! This is so helpful for those of us attempting to grow berries of our own. I’ve had a couple of dwarf blueberry varieties from Bushel & Berry for a few years and this year I found the Raspberry Shortcake and I am so excited about it! I will probably end up needing to buy a few more or maybe try propagating from my current plant (that would be a fun experiment). Wild raspberries grow all over the place where I live and my husband frowned at me when I told him I bought a raspberry plant, but once I explained that “it’s not the same as the other kind around here!” He was OK with it. Hahaha!
Love to compact raspberry without thorns, that one will definitely be added to my landscape.
Robins & Starlings decimated my strawberries🍓last year. I need ideas to protect my crops🤷🏻♀️I have 4x8 beds. I also planted cherry, apple, plum, peach & pear trees. My fear is I just spent a lot of money to feed critters😖
Perfect timing on this video Erin! I bought 3 blueberry and strawberry plants (PW - ever-bearing) and needed to know how to plant them. I like the sound of your Seascape Strawberries and the Raspberry Shortcake. I'll have to look for them at my local nursery as I've never heard of them before seeing it here! Thank you for the great informational video as always 😀😀😀
Thank you for this video! I wanted to grow raspberries and the hubs said no because of thorns. Now I can! 🎉
Great video! I’ve been intimidated by blueberries because of all the “fuss” over their special conditions. You answered many of my concerns. I never knew there was a third type of strawberry and that it could be grown as an annual! My whole patch came from a single plant and has now taken over my former herb bed. Also appreciate the information about the growers. Can’t wait to check out their website. As for your tulip thieves, my mother-in-law had the same issue and she planted her bulbs in groups surrounded by chicken wire. Never lost another bulb to those hungry varmints. That might be difficult in your garden to do but it certainly worked for her. As always, great info! Eagerly anticipating the weeks ahead as these plants develop! 🍓🫐🌱🌞
Erin, raspberries are a favorite of mine, but as you mentioned, most varieties are covered with thorns. I have been looking for thornless raspberries (at my local nurseries) without any luck so far. I would like to plant them in raised beds, so the Raspberry Shortcake raspberry might be exactly what I need, thank you! Have a great weekend! ~Margie😊💚
I planted 2 Strawberry Shortcake raspberries this year, really looking forward to those berries.
I live in MA and have pretty acidic soil so growing blueberries is easy for us. I will say that if you have white pine trees- the needles will help with the acidity as well. The Rhododendrons (acidic loving) love living under white pine an flower prolifically.
Thanks! I'm going to see if I can find those raspberries around here. I have had two blue berry bushes for 3 or so years. They are producing more berries each year. 😁
You do videos very profesional, im inpressed, and I watch alot of creators..
Good morning, Erin ☕️ I certainly found this helpful. I love that raspberry bush! Thornless is key! Your garden area is stunning; My dream. Have a Blessed Day 😊🍓🫐
I bought SUMMER strawberries. They have red flowers. I planted them in a hanging basket, two plants in each full depth, 10 inch pot. They already have a couple of runners each. Should I snip the runners off to save the plant's energy? Will that result bigger strawberries? Those runners look nice hanging down, but will never touch the ground to root themselves.
Just ordered some Seascape strawberries. Couldn’t resist the idea of loads of fresh strawberries this season. Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for all the information and research you do for us. So very helpful!
Love your videos and common sense approach to gardening!
Very helpful. Those bare roots look so healthy.
I stopped planting tulips for the same reason 🐿️🦌😡
I haven't found it quite so complicated to grow blueberries in containers. I'm growing standard varieties (not dwarf), adding Espoma Soil Acidifier twice each season for a bountiful harvest.
May I ask for follow up care on keeping the soil balanced throughout the year for blueberries? Mine end up petering out. 😕 Good info on raspberries! Love raspberries!!
I would imagine mulching with leaves, to get that leaf mold.
@@valeriedevereux5912 maintaining acidity is my worry
@@karmicpopcorn6440 there is a product called soil acidifier, and treating with that could be helpful, i water my plants with leftover coffee/coffee grounds and they also seem to love it, though i have to be sparing with that as i dont want to over-acidify. Laura from GardenAnswer on youtube also has a lot of videos on acidifying soil as she has very alkaline ground and i recommend checking those out, i think she even has a few videos on blueberries
CSU extension has a long video on blueberries with what products to get from which companies to keep blueberries acidic.
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Great information Erin, I’m in zone 4b and I have purchased plants from Jung in the past, they are wonderful. , I need to look into these berries, they sound perfect. I’m north of you in western Wisconsin so I need to look into zoning, but the container blueberries would be perfect, and the annual strawberries would also fit for me. Thanks for showing these wonderful berry plants.
I hope to try those strawberries and raspberries.
Very helpful video, Erin!!! I have friends who are thinking of planting raspberries, and I'm going to call them and give them the info about the strawberry shortcake cultivar, as well as the info for Jung. I look forward to checking out Jung myself!!! Thanks as always.
Hi Erin, Great video! Interesting to learn about bare root strawberries. I have the Shortcake raspberry and the berries are big but the flavor isn't as good/flavorful as my raspberries with the thorns. Bummer. I guess we're lucky to have naturally acidic soil here in WA as blueberries are easy to grow in the ground. We have to share some with the birds, deer and elk but manage to pick plenty for ourselves. Tulips grow well in pots, that's a good way to keep them away from the squirrels.
Interesting idea for strawberries 🍓!! I need to try this!!
Hi Erin! Shared this to my gardening in Northern Nevada group, people have wanted tips about acidifying soil for berries. Thank you. Hey are you from Canada? From Nova Scotia here! American now!
I wasn't going to order any more plants this year but you talked me into it. I just ordered the raspberry as well as a Baby Cakes blackberry from Jung. I already planted June bearing and some Rainbow Treasure everbearing strawberries that I started from seed - and they germinated!, blueberries, currants and gooseberries all new to me this year.
VERY helpful information! I planted strawberries the first year at this house, they did great, until the SLUGS got them in future years, so I gave up on them. However this year I am growing in a grow bag and hope to get lovely strawberries this year. Thanks Erin, great information!!!!
Interesting idea on the strawberries!!! 🍓 I need to try this one :)
A good, sweet, snappy blueberry and a juicy, sweet raspberry are on par in my book. I bought a Double Gold raspberry with good intentions but we’ll see when it comes to pruning 😬
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Having recently downsized from over 2 acres to a tiny, in-town house , I've had to alter my gardening expectations considerably. I did a lot of container planting last year (with great success, except for a late tomato blight issue). However, I avoided overwintering in containers, as I thought our potentially nasty winters (Zone 4b- 5) would be a problem with a deep freeze. Can I plant blueberries in a container up here (central Ontario)?
Where did you get that awesome tool you’re using to dig your plant holes?
A used Espoma BerryTone last year in the raspberry bed only to catch my dog licking it off the ground the next day!
Lots of great information, Erin. Thanks. Really like that thornless bush raspberry. Traditional type is a real pain. Had them for years and gave them all away in my elder years because they were too much work. Laura on GA had some strawberry plants this year that are called Rasp-berry strawberries. Supposed to taste like raspberries. Interesting. If I see them in my area I will try them.
As for your tulips…..if you put hardware cloth or netting over the bulbs when you plant them, the squirrels won’t dig them up. I save all my onion bags and any net bags to use for tulips. Skunks dig them in my area too. They get their claws caught in the netting and give up. Every now and then I will see a piece of netting popping up through the ground and I know something tried to get to my bulbs. I also use wood skewers point side up to keep critters from digging (especially when I put new plants in the ground….I have a neighbor who puts out large bags of peanuts for the squirrels every week). They work too, but I jab myself a lot when working in the garden. You can also use a mixture of 50/50 flour and baking soda to get rid of rodents. Just have to put it in a container to keep it dry outside with a hole large enough for them to get their head in. I saw this on UA-cam where a man had something burrowing in under his fence and eating his vegetables every night. He set up a camera and saw it was rats. He put the mixture in a plastic container, cut a large hole and placed it so it wouldn’t get wet and filmed the rats eating it. Few days later rats were gone. Hope this is helpful. We all look forward to our tulips and other spring bulbs blooming after a dark dreary cold winter.
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Will you be leaving the blueberry/strawberry pots in the garden for the winter Erin? I don't think I heard you mention the zone for survival on the blueberries.
Great info and very helpful. I have a patio strawberry from Proven Winners. I wonder what category it falls into 🤔. I will have to research that. How are your espalier‘s doing? Those are fruit trees right?
What deters squirrels except for small diameter mesh enclosure? Good luck! I have had some luck in hard sided raised beds that I just cage out the soil surface.
Is it the same for woodland strawberries? Should I take the older plants out every year and let new runners take up the space?
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This was such a helpful video, thank you Erin. I've ordered from Jung before, great company! A couple questions I have ~ you said the strawberries you put in the pot with the blueberries need more frequent feedings so is that ok for the blueberry? Also, I'd love to utilize more pots in my garden but with these cold WI winters are you afraid they will crack or do you take them inside? Thanks
Those raspberry plants sound great. I have some traditional raspberry plants but they are in an out of the way spot. Having one in a pot in my garden would be great. Do you know what size pot they need? I ordered Tumeric and White Ginger plants from Jung's and was so sad the tumeric became out of stock and my order was cancelled.
Hello! Thank you for supporting our family business and ordering your plants from us. My apologies, there was a crop failure on the white turmeric this season but our orange Tumeric will be available again in the Fall 2022 catalog. The catalog should arrive in homes and be live on the website in June. I hope this helps!
@@JungSeedCompany thank you for the reply. I was surprised to not receive any correspondence about the crop failure, I was left just wondering.
Question: can the blueberry and raspberry be planted in the same container?
What do you use to keep birds from getting most of the berries? Catbirds and Robb's are my biggest competition
We planted strawberries in a raised bed (first time for raised) but they didn't produce well last year (2nd year) at all. This year they are practically gone except the plants that spread to ground level. Any advice?
Erin, what squirrel deterrent do you use?
Hi Erin. How do you plan on over wintering the blueberry plants?
Since they are zone 3 and they are in frost-proof pots they should be fine staying out.
@@TheImpatientGardener Thank you.
I have a lot of wild blueberries in woods around my house. I want to plant cultivated blueberries. Will the wild ones cross pollinate and impact the cultivated ones positively, negatively, or not at all?
How devastating about the tulips. I am pinching myself as I have tulips flourishing in various places in my landscape without fencing. The only thing that I did was plant them with a lot of daffodils around them on the theory that the poisonous daffs might deter the resident critters (deer, raccoons, squirrels, woodchucks). So far they have left the tulips alone. The deer have nibbled other things and, where I have two patches of muscari latifolium, one on their own, the other with daffs, the patch without daffs have been nibbled extensively. Wherever I plant anything the woodchucks excavate a few holes to see whether there is something edible but, again, have left the tulips (and daffs) alone. I don't know whether this is luck or my method actually works. Last year saw a bumper crop for acorns so the squirrels may not have bothered. In my city garden I have to deal with fearless NYC rats (yuck). One year I thought I was going to have a beautiful display only to discover that all that was left of the tulips was the shoots that had come out of the ground. The rats had efficiently burrowed along eating all the bulbs and leaving the tops.
Do you leave the blueberry pots outside during the winter!
That’s my plan!
Curious can you use the peat that comes with plant and mix it into the pot soil?
What do you use for a squirrel deterrent?
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Devastated to know that my day neutral Albion strawberries are only good for one season, or shall we say half season after you pick the first flowers off. I am going to hope they come back and produce again next year.
Do the blueberries you planted require a high number of chill hours? I am in zone 8 and a container blueberry would be great.
Such helpful information (as usual from Erin)! This is my very first year to attempt growing berries, 1 blueberry and two strawberries. 🫐🍓🤞🏻
Squirrels are the worst, they have ruined a lot of my plants.
Super helpful. I’ve wanted to try fruits but have been slow to start. Thanks for doing all the research and making it easy!