Strawberries?

littlesapphire 4/13/2010, 8:59 am

I bought a package of strawberry plants last week, and I really want to put them in the ground. The SFG book says to plant strawberries as soon as the ground is workable, and with the crazy weather we've had this year (it was in the 80s a week ago), I'm gonna say the ground is workable. But I just am afraid to put them outside too early. I'm in upstate NY, and although it was in the 80s a week ago, it's chilled down and has been in the 50s for the last few days.

martha 4/13/2010, 8:34 pm

Although strawberries are tough little buggers in the winter, they will not like a frost after they have started growing. I think if you plant them and cover them if it seems cold, they'll be fine. If you got the plants that look like dead little strings, I would definitely plant them. The first time I bought those, I thought I had been deceived, but those plants are still here!

What kind of strawberries did you get?

quiltbea 4/18/2010, 12:15 pm

I would plant them and cover them with row cover or even blankets and towels whenever the forecast is for near 32 degree nites.

Chopper 5/5/2010, 6:07 pm

You might try those 2 liter bottle cloches while the weather adjusts - leave off the cap and cut off the bottom and slip them over the plant.

bullfrogbabe 5/5/2010, 9:06 pm

I'm further north but my strawberries have been out growing on their just fine since the snow left in March (very unusually early). They seem to be fairly tough and have been fine even with the occassional frost. They started growing on their own several weeks ago. I haven't been covering them.

I'd say to go for it. They seem to be pretty tough!

martha 5/5/2010, 10:34 pm

Little Sapph (do you mind if I call you Little Sapph?) how are your strawberry plants holding up?

auntij 5/15/2010, 9:48 pm

I have no idea which type of strawberries I ended up planting, I got 30 plants for $5 and they were gorgeous healthy plants, so I wasn't to worried about specifics. They are doing really well (I think).

here is a week or 2 after we planted

And here is a few days ago (all the plants have this type of growth to them)

martha 5/16/2010, 12:44 pm

I stand corrected - we have had a few frosts in the last two weeks, and both my established and brand new strawberries are perfectly fine!

Megan 5/16/2010, 1:10 pm

Woo-hoo, great to hear, martha!

martha 5/18/2010, 5:11 pm

Megan 5/18/2010, 5:20 pm

Yours are much larger than mine. Wink

This picture is about a week old.

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martha 5/18/2010, 5:27 pm

Megan - did you start from seed?

Megan 5/18/2010, 5:52 pm

Yes.

I can wait.

martha 5/18/2010, 9:35 pm

I have some about that size... strawberries - Strawberries? 926169

I'm not sure they will grow big enough to have fruit in time for this year. But it will be fun to see! Keep showing me yours, and I'll get my camera and show you mine! strawberries - Strawberries? 262465

(I can't help it - I love the emoticons!)

Megan 5/18/2010, 9:41 pm

I don't know if I will have fruit this year either... but you are on! :-) Shall we have a one-penny bet to see whose set fruit first? Very Happy

martha 5/18/2010, 10:35 pm

Your on!

Megan 7/20/2010, 6:00 pm

Hey Martha! How are your wild strawberries doing? Here are mine.

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**Josh** 7/20/2010, 9:31 pm

Megan are those the strawberries you grew from seed?

Megan 7/20/2010, 9:35 pm

Josh wrote:Megan are those the strawberries you grew from seed?

Yep! They are the same ones as pictured earlier in this thread. (The white planter in the background has mature, "regular" strawberries that I received as a gift earlier this spring.)

**Josh** 7/20/2010, 9:47 pm

Thats pretty cool that you grew those from seed!
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Megan 7/20/2010, 9:53 pm

Thanks! There were a lot more seedlings, only four survived.

martha 7/22/2010, 10:45 pm

I dunno, Megan, that one on top looks a little unusual...what kind of strawberry is that one???? strawberries - Strawberries? Icon_razz

Okay, I'll try to behave. I'll also try to post a photo tomorrow of mine.

Megan 7/23/2010, 5:18 pm

LOL.... that was my feeble attempt at companion planting.

martha 7/23/2010, 10:23 pm

Hey, I know I started it, but don't you go giving yourself a hard time - I won't have it!

Any companion planting is good companion planting. You should see some of my attempts - marigolds totally covered over by their neighbors - and the basil I planted with my tomatoes? Can't find 'em! They are buried in the jungle.

Megan 7/23/2010, 10:26 pm

I have two nasturtium plants, and they are more or less doing well, though I only have gotten one bloom so far. Silly plants!

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