strawberry plants

hi we bought a couple of strawberry planters from online but they broke after about 2 weeks , so we had a go at making one and planted some climbing strawberry plants but unsure if they need something to climb on thanks for your advice

 

I’m not aware of strawberries that will naturally climb? My guess is that it’s a case of tying in the runners.

 

Seems quiet a few are being sold as climbers though as said, the climbing part is the runners.

Do wonder how good the higher fruits will be as all the water and goodness needs to be sent up from the original plants base.

If you want height /space saving, we would go for a tower that lets the plants naturally trail, though be interested to hear from anyone who has actually had fruit from these climbing varieties ?

 

“Do wonder how good the higher fruits will be as all the water and goodness needs to be sent up from the original plants base.”

Pretty much my thoughts too. I’ve only really grown them (strawberries) for a couple of years, and the runners only grew well once planted/rooted.

 

It does say in ther add, 'can be easily trained along a trellis', not up so not really a climbing plant.

 

Can Strawberrys be grown in pots or do they have to be grounded?

 

thanks for your replys this is the plant in question Fragaria x ananassa 'Bakker's Kingsize
all though the website does say The fast-growing runners of this trailing strawberry variety can easily be trained along a trellis, we was woundering how to make them grow up the obelisk that we made , as we keep seeing pictures of climbing strawberrys and wondered how it was done thanks

 

Hi,

You can grow them in virtually anything, pots, growbags, hydro.

A garden bed is probably the most forgiving in that it retains the most mositure, the others more reliant on you watering and feeding them.

If using pots, suggest a 10 or 12" pot per plant to give a good crop not just the first years but for the next few years.

 

There are a few Ytubs on growing them vertically and expect with care etc you could get a them up to 6ft high, but in the average uk garden, would be doubtful ....

Don't forget its the Runners that do the 'climbing' so once you have them growing and tie the runners in, it will be the following year before that part of the plant bears any fruit.

If you web search on Strawberry Tower you can see many such tall structures which have planting pockets all the way up so allowing the plant to trail down and merge, giving a much better effect and fruiting than any climbing tower, in our honest opinion.

 

many thaks for your replys we have tried to sort this out and this is what we have come up with but not sure if its right

 

Looks ok, give it a try !

After all its only a few Strawbs, always best to plant some other different varieties elsewhere in the ground or pots, so if one type does not do well you hopefully have some on the others.

 

many thanks for your help and advice