Hi from leicestershire

I am a keen grower of soft fruit that I grow on my allotment plots. I have lots of videos but not sure if its allowed to share a link. They dont like sharing on another forum. Also have a website for our allotment group that I manage.

 

Welcome to Gardener's Corner, Julie D. Whereabouts in Leics are you?

 

Broughton Astley but have allotments in Croft

 

Hi Julie, I'm Julie too and your neighbor in Derby. We're friendly and a bit mad here. It's a lot of fun and we don't take things too seriously, as you will soon find out!! One of the admins will be able to tell you about sharing vids. Welcome to the site and hope you enjoy!

 

Hello and welcome to GC.

 

I'm in Clarendon park in Leicester. Sounds like you have lots of cultivation space then!

 

Thanks for the welcomes. When I know more about the rules I will perhaps share my videos and photos from my allotments and garden.

I am currently growing 21 varieties of strawberries, 4 rhubarb varieties and lots more.

 

Welcome to GC forums, Julie D

Wow, that's a lot of varieties of strawberries! I'll know who to come to for strawberry advice in the future

 

Sounds like someone likes strawberries!
Welcome to the forum

Do you have any of those white strawberries growing?

 

This might sound like a daft question, but how do you keep track of which variety is which?

I've been building up a collection of soft fruits, more blueberries than anything else, and I set about with all the best intentions of remembering which type was which, but then labels vanish/fade and now I have no idea which is which.

I imagine its even harder with strawbs, because they're not even well enough behaved to stay where you put them. Mine have wandered 6 ft or more in one season.

 

Bit like you then Clueless..........

 

Hi all,
Great question about keeping track of your plants. Mine are labeled and the ones that get lost get put into a unlabeled area. My strawberry patches consist of one mixed and one labelled on posts with each row having a different variety.

I have approx 300 plants in the allotment and 700 in pots. I have grown some from seed and they have survived and growing in the polytunnel despite no watering for 3 months.

Yes I have got some white strawberries grown from seed but they are an alpine variety note the pine ones.

 

Hallo Julie,
hope you are enjoying having a wander round - in your wellies .Lots of good advice here and we are looking forward to seeking help from you as the year develops,
Jenny namaste

 

Hi Julie & welcome to Gardeners Corner

No problem with putting a link up as long as it not to a commercial operation.

Although I think our anti spam software won't let you put up pictures till you've got more posts