Growing Strawberries in a Hanging Basket?

[acelamps]

Hi all


Has anyone grown strawberries in a hanging basket before? If so any advice on which plants will do best?

Thanks

[golden14]

I have done this before and the variety does not seem to matter, it is more important to retain the moisture in the basket, I have mine set up on an automatic watering system with my other hanging baskets you can buy one for around 30 pounds. I also have it set up with a "Mist" system to do my tomato plants at the same time

[rosa15]

Hanging pot should allows for good drainage.First moss before filling with soil mixture.

[poohpouri]

as golden14 said,i grow them in baskets and find i get better sized strawberries

[Alison_Kristina]

Growing them in hanging baskets sounds like a very interesting idea, not one I'd ever thought of before

But how does one keep the predators off them? It's easy top use a net on the ground, but on a hanging basket?

Ali.

[murkleton]

I tried last year and I couldnt keep them hydrated. In saying that it was the first year i tried growing fruit/veg.. i seem to be having a lot more luck this year!

[Papaver somniferum]

I bought half-a-dozen plants from B&Q earlier in the year and put them in hanging baskets in the greenhouse. We had a handful of strawberries from each one.

For the past few weeks there hasn't been a flower or a strawberry to be seen, but the plants are growing like triffids with long runners trailing down to the GH floor. There are roots coming through the bottoms of the handing baskets now.

Just to see if it was true, I put one of the runners into a pot of compost and, when it looked like an independent plant, cut the runner.

Now I have 7 strawberry plants.

What I was wondering was the best way forwards from here. Do I just keep them in the GH, ready for more serious volumes of fruit next year, or should I build a raised bed and plant them outside, so that they can become established before winter sets in...

.. I take it that they do over-winter outside safely?

If they are best left in their baskets, should I put some outside, next spring, so that I get an early crop and a later one, rather than having a sudden glut followed by a dearth?

[MatthewWilliam]

Great it is a best idea to grow strawberries in the hanging basket thanks to give us great information I will also try it...