Strawbs?

Hi all,

I've never grown edible things before, but fancied a crack at strawberries this year. My MIL has always grown them somewhat haphazardly in hanging baskets, but I don't think our fence will support brackets and full baskets. Do they grow ok in floor standing pots, or should I look for another place to hang them? Also it it too early to plant outside some of the baby plants starting to crop up in the nurseries?

Cheers!

 

If it has been harden off, you can leave them outside, mine is outside now

 

Ive grown them in baskets containers and in guttering. all produced fruit and you will get better crops if u feed water well and they get plenty sunshine.

 

I've grown in pots and in the ground, both work well.

Overall though I've found in the ground best for me as pots/planters require regular watering which I don't always get to. I'm sure they work well for others, and they can be a really efficient use of space, but I've mine all in the ground this year.

David

 

I've only ever grown them in beds, so cannot comment about growing in pots.

One thing that I would like to say is try to find an older variety. When I compare mine (Zenga) to the newer types grown by friends, they are a lot sweeter and tastier.

 

Also famous for their well known song about vegetables...Part of the Onion!

 

I find Strawberries can be grown are suitable for growing only where they can be easily protected against Blackbirds, plus in our case anywhere Dog (who's particularly partial to Strawberries and just about everything else we grow) who will leap like a Salmon to get at anything below 1.5m high.

 

Ate my first few today

 

Theyz erlee Zigs!

 

There's flowers on the 300+ I've in pots in a polytunnel waiting for warmer weather before I put them outside. When I take dog inside to shelter from rain he wants to sniff them all, must associate the smell of the plants with the fruits he stole last year.

 

I've found that if you give them a really good soaking just once a week the roots go deeper and so they weather far better, ive never had any die through the winter and they are just in a sleeper bed in the garden. My variety are Aromel (best tasting strawbs easy)

 

So jealous @Zigs! Mine have only just got flowers buds!

Always grown strawbs in pots with no probs except slugs.. I sprinkle pellets on the floor and put copper strips up the sack/pot diagonally. Mam had strawbs in the ground and I would say they were on par, maybe a few more if anything