Strawberry plants and pots

[rachel_nickless]

I bought a couple of reduced terracotta strawberry planters at the back end of last year (£3 each as they had a couple of chips out of them!! Great what Homebase and B&Q reduce for huh)

My father in law tells me that I should plant one strawberry plant per eye in the pot. Can someone tell me if this is right? And also the best way to plant them in a pot if you know? Ive read a couple of books that suggest planting the plants from the inside, feeding them out through the holes and filling with compost as I go.

How do other people do this?

Am growing some Baron Solemacher (sp?) from seed this year, which is a first for me but will probably end up buying some young plants when they fail haha.


Any handy hints would be much appreciated

[DavidT]

Rachel, your FiL is right, you plant them in the pockets. How you do it is up to you, wether from the inside, or outside, it doesn`t matter, as long as they are in compost. You could also use one of the planters for herbs, if you so wished.

[razer]

i am thinking about buy ing some strawberrys are these a good plant to buy as im new to all this http://www.idealworld.tv/Mount_Everest_Climbing_Strawberry_-_10_Runners_163464.aspx?fh_location=//idealworld/en_GB/categories@lt;{idealworld_8005}/plants___flowers_iw@gt;{fruit202620veg}

[Pacey]

Originally Posted by razer

i am thinking about buy ing some strawberrys are these a good plant to buy as im new to all this http://www.idealworld.tv/Mount_Everest_Climbing_Strawberry_-_10_Runners_163464.aspx?fh_location=//idealworld/en_GB/categories@lt;{idealworld_8005}/plants___flowers_iw@gt;{fruit202620veg}

They seem pretty expensive to me, i don't know a lot tbh but i don't see why you would pay 10xs the normal price just because they are new climbing strawberries. The display picture on that website has clearly been Photoshopped (and badly) so don't think your going to get something that actually produces that much fruit if the people that stock it cant even take a real photo of the plant doing that well.
Just my opinion but id just pop down to your local garden centre/BnQ/homebase where ever and get a few plants for a couple pound

[Pacey]

Actually iv just noticed you get 10 so price does seem ok, but i still wouldn't trust them if they have to edit there pics

[razer]

yeh i know what you mean but if u had the spare money for them would u would u give them a try or cud i get these cheaper somewere else

[Pacey]

Personally i wouldn't try them at all, as i said if they need to fake photos to sell them well they cant be all that good can they?