Strawberrys for Next Summer

I would like to grow some strawberrys for next summer, in containers. I have looked on the net and am a bit bamboozled by all the varieties, early, mid, late summer, perpetual, etc, etc.

I just want lots of delicious strawberrys for as long as possible - what can anyone suggest?

Remember, I know nothing about growing fruit of any kind!! help please.

 

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Happy gardening!

 

I grew strawberries a few years ago never again they where sour, bought them from the supermarkets they are tarty then i went strawberry picking a few weeks ago they were the best ever, lovely and sweet. unless members can suggest the best to grow and the sweetest

 

I have lots of success with strawberries. I suggest you buy say three plants of each, early, mid and late. Plant them in rows as far apart as you have room as once they flower and fruit next year you will get loads of runners off each plant. You then just peg these runners down in the ground June/July and they produce plants for the following year. You will soon have loads of healthy plants. I net them to keep the birds off and put straw underneath (cadged from the local farner)to keep the fruit clean and stop slugs. The plants last three years and then do not crop as abundantly so you just replace them as you go along with your new ones from runners.

You can peg them down into pots if you prefer and when they have rooted plant them where you want them to grow next year.

Hope this helps.

barbara

 

Official pinching strawberry information and doing all as soon as i get some jammy gert pots!

Is it worth me checking out a local 'pick your own' to see if they sell the plants? That way you can rely on plant being a nice tasting variety?

Or could you name a reliably tasting variety?

 

Cambridge Favourite is a well-known and readily available strawberry which is widely used by the pick-your-own farmers. I 've always got some of these then I try other varieties. I have alpine strawberries and also some of the continuous flowering and fruiting ones which are called Flamenco, which fruit well but I haven't had them over winter yet.

 

I have an alpine which fruits for months (still fruiting now).
I have royal sovereign, not a big cropper, but the most delicious fruit.
I also have cambridge favourite. Better cropper, lighter taste.
In the expert series (books by Hessayon), there is a fruit expert and it explains the majority of strawberries available, however, I think you cannot beat a good trial with a couple of plants of each from the garden centre.