#190688 - 03/09/08 06:08 PM
Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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This is the area where I planted my strawberries. This is before. I planted them then covered them with leaves because we still have some cold days coming up.
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#190701 - 03/09/08 06:58 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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thanks. I hope I didn't plant them too deep.
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#190769 - 03/09/08 09:19 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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obywan59
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Sheri, I think it would be fine to just let the leaves lie. The strawberries will come up right through them. That's what I did with my strawberries the first year, and I used an even thicker layer of leaves than you did. Now, I cut off my ornamental grasses and use my shredder to chop it fine to make straw and use that to mulch the strawberries. The straw helps keep the strawberries off the ground and reduces rot.
Edited by obywan59 (03/09/08 09:20 PM)
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#190872 - 03/10/08 02:22 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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that picture is before I planted them. After I planted them I covered them over with leaves. I think I'll put some straw too so the strawberries won't be on the ground.
Thanks for the info Jiffy. That's good to know.
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#191337 - 03/11/08 10:45 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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Oh I can't wait to get some of my stuff going.. I will be trying Strawberries for the first time this year!!
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#193391 - 03/18/08 07:44 AM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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pumpkin_princess
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For some reason strawberries always taste better homegrown. 
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#193833 - 03/19/08 10:30 AM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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pumpkin_princess
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maybe. Our plants always produce small berries too, but they still tast delicious. :)
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#193841 - 03/19/08 11:12 AM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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tamara
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Don't plant your berries too deep, the crowns sit kind of level with the soil, not under it. You need good air circulation to keep any fungus away.
Oh and berries get smaller after 3 or 4 years, that's when you replant a new crop.
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#194358 - 03/20/08 07:37 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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These are my first strawberries too. They're growing. Am I really supposed to pull off the first blooms. That's so sad.
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#194372 - 03/20/08 07:54 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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#194381 - 03/20/08 08:00 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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kapish. Everything I've read and heard from others says to pull off the first blooms. I don't want to do that.
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#194385 - 03/20/08 08:01 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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dodge
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#194386 - 03/20/08 08:02 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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#194429 - 03/21/08 05:08 AM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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tamara
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Pinching the blooms gives stronger growth and a better root system for the following years. I agree half and half is just as good.
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#199380 - 04/06/08 03:56 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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1stTimeGardener
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I have never grown strawberries before. Is it too early for northern Ohio to plant them?
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#201138 - 04/13/08 08:30 AM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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I had a few blooms and with much sorrow I pinched them off. That's the saddest thing.
1stTime, I don't know about Ohio. Can you check online?
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#201169 - 04/13/08 05:16 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Bestofour
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I pinched a few - not all.
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#203725 - 04/22/08 08:35 PM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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I am itching to get mine in the ground too.. I wonder when it will be safe.. I need to find something online to see.. I would like to get all my stuff in as soon as possible.. but do NOT want to have to do it twice.
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#203782 - 04/23/08 04:28 AM
Re: Planting my strawberries
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tamara
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Don't plant til the danger of frost has passed.
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