A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 strawberries & when to plant. . .

I know i asked this a month ago. . i've been extremely busy to do anything but work & come home & nose around in my garden. . .

Is it too late to plant a strawberry bush for next year? (already july 4th )

It's not too late Danno, but you may not get a great harvest next year if they are junebearers. It will be tough for them to get established in the summer heat.

yah thats what i was afraid of What if i plant them in the early spring of this next year? Or (hope this dont sound stupid) start them indoors and xplant them?

I planted mine in July or August of last year.

I got a few berries, but this year they really took off.

good to know amiga! I'm headed to the store in teh morning for some plants In meantime i'll be reading the best way to grow em thnx guys

Yep, I'd plant them now...
That way they can get established for next year to produce..

I do transplant mine, all thru summer..

And Strawberries are pretty hardy..
I had some over winter in a 6 pack container
one year here in a growing zone 5...
They're pretty tough..

The only tricky part about growing strawberries is
NOT TO plant THEM TOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEEEEEEEP!!!!
They like to be half in and half out....

I planted a few strawberry plants in a pot this spring. Hoping to have berries for when my granddaughter came for fathers day. Now it is July 8 and still no berries. What did/or didn't I do? Will they still berry up? I'll take the pot in for winter, will they berry next yr.?
Diane

Mine produced a few berries last year, I didn't pick 'em, but this year they did real good.

The bed I built is 4 by 8 feet, I added 200# of sand and 200# of cow manure compost, this raised the bed about 2", I buried a soaker hose in bed, and water every day.

oh sh!t lol I hope i got enuff dirt for mine.. . i had to tak ea break while my brother is on his way over to help me build my strawberry bed. its 3'x6'and i got only 400# of topsoil/manure mixed. Oh its 12" deep.

Anywho. . question for you weezie:
I saw some from the store i baught these strawberries at that had their roots AND the stalks showing. Its almost like they were planted sideways and the roots continued down and stalks upward ????? Going off this one website i found in a link on this forums. . heres a pic of the CORRECT way to bury them?? Info plz!!



This is correct right?