I have a greenstalk full of strawberries, to save money the first year I only planted strawberries in every other tier. When the runners started to set I used a landscape staple to hold them in the nearest empty pocket. The "empty" pockets I planted with annual flowers just to be pretty until the runners started to root in. Also, I'm in Knoxville Tennessee where geenstalk was invented and still produced so we LOVE a greenstalk.

@sharabenson

8 ай бұрын

I love this advice! I hope to get my first green stalk soon. I was at the Heirloom Expo this week and got to see one in person and feel it and it definitely feels of high quality.

@joylieu52

8 ай бұрын

That sounds like the perfect idea❤

@julieofidaho

8 ай бұрын

Great idea. We got our first GreenStalk this month. I bought it for strawberries, which we will plant next year. This week we planted some lettuce plants and radish seeds. The radishes started to come up in a couple days.

@mudchuk

8 ай бұрын

@@julieofidaho if it's free over winter you can put tulip bulbs in the bottom of the pockets and they'll pop up in the spring

@sabrinacopas1636

8 ай бұрын

I always get excited when I see a comment from someone near me. My husband is a City of Knoxville fireman. We love East Tennessee, and I really need to buy one of these for our strawberries. 🍓

Hearing Laura talk about how the baby plant takes energy away from the mother plant makes me giggle. My 10 month old son takes energy from me every day! :)

@waitingpatientlyforsummer

8 ай бұрын

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@lovelysoul2772

8 ай бұрын

​@@waitingpatientlyforsummerlol I think we can all agree with that😂

@BepNhaNgoc

8 ай бұрын

Quá tuyệt vời ❤❤❤

@ElderandOakFarm

8 ай бұрын

Same here! 😂

Laura, you should try rooting your runners in water! You can take an empty 72 count seed starting tray and put a runner in each one of the pockets to keep them upright. Then fill the bottom watering tray up half way with water and you'll have fully rooted plants in a few weeks that are ready to be potted up in soil. I found this to be much more reliable than establishing them in soil and I've tripled my strawberry crop this year with this technique. Enjoy!

@samanthabarris8309

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for share

@deannewilliams3321

8 ай бұрын

I was wondering if it could be done in water…thanks!

@iartistdotme

8 ай бұрын

I have 3 tall greenstalks filled with strawberries that NEED to be started over and your idea is great. I know what I'll be doing tomorrow or maybe tonight - it sounds so easy and I can then get on with another chore.

@leannewilson8288

8 ай бұрын

Interesting method. I did not know about this!

@fireflyrocks1

8 ай бұрын

That is how I have always started my new strawberry plants. It's so much easier then the method Laura is using.

I had great success with the babies when I planted them (still attached to the mother) in a small clear disposable plastic cup of soil. I used “alligator clips” to attach the cups directly to the greenstalk. I water each little cup separately of course and I used straight hairpins to attach to each baby to keep contact with the soil. When I start to see roots in the little clear cups, I remove the baby from the mother and plant the baby with the roots. I clip the weaker babies and try to only have one baby per greenstalk section. That gives me up to 30 new plants. At first I tried to root every baby but it was hard to manage. Pick the strongest baby per mother plant to propagate and clip the rest every time they emerge until the baby in each cup roots. I hope my explanation was not confusing.

@barbaramclean5995

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this idea...I'm going to try it. Have a great day!😊

@marylenhastings6533

8 ай бұрын

Exciting! I will try this in the stack container. ❤

@tammym110

8 ай бұрын

@@barbaramclean5995 you should try it. I have 100% success

@tammym110

8 ай бұрын

@@marylenhastings6533 it works for me

@tammym110

8 ай бұрын

Use the black metal binder clips. That’s what I call alligator clips.

I smile each time you mention strawberries as I remember when Benjamin first discovered them in your raised beds and how enjoyed them so much ! Now Samantha is doing the same . Thanks for sharing. Your hard work seems effortless but we know it’s such hard work to provide such great content like you both do! What a team you all are! I have enjoyed the change of content so much. Look forward to the pond and all that’s happening there!

@thedirtygardener

8 ай бұрын

Yes! I’d forgotten about that. He was so cute when he found them. ❤

If tools, cats, gloves start to go missing in the green house check that squash plant, it ate them.

It's so cool that you make videos every day for us. ❤

The next video will be Laura showing the strawberry plants growing in her compost pile! 😊

@se5594

8 ай бұрын

Iwas wondering if they could be composted

@alysonlawing680

8 ай бұрын

only she doesnt compost.

I did just that! I added strawberry plants in two flower pots. My grandson who turned one in May enjoyed a strawberry or two almost everyday this summer! He would walk down the sidewalk saying “berries!” 😊 it was the cutest thing! Better bet this grandma will be adding lots more next year!

Glad I'm not the only one who uses the "Let it grow and see what happens" method of gardening. LOL

I bought Seascape Strawberry Plants after seeing your earlier vid and I couldn't be happier with their yield and taste - thanks Laura!

@lisawalsh1941

8 ай бұрын

I bought some as well, and there was a lot of strawberries and hardly any runners!

@CGriffinGo

8 ай бұрын

​@@lisawalsh1941 I have lots of berries and runners ~ which I cut off. I'll keep some babies next year.

Put a rock, wood wedge or door stop down to keep them from getting accidentally rotated while still attached to the mother plant

I put all cut-off runners into a plastic container, or old pickle jar/mason jar with water in the bottom that covers the entire base of the plant, sometimes it even goes up over the leaves, if it rains the container might be full of water until I empty a part of it. Roots will grow this way effortlessly. Once you see root, then plant it. You might loose a plant once in a blue moon, but majority roots for replanting.

@carolynrandle5454

8 ай бұрын

Plant one greenstalk of just strawberry plants.

@carolynrandle5454

8 ай бұрын

Can you grow cucumbers on a greenstalk too?anything that has a vine .all you have to do is to take it off the greenstalk .

That strawberry plant is such a lady, she multiplied the nurture and care your family has given her

I learned so much today! Our strawberry patch is in 5 large pots along the south side of our house. We started over with fresh plants this year and have had pretty good success. The couple of pots that seemed to not produce I am realizing I added some soil after planting and maybe buried their crowns. Now I know how to fix that! 😅🤣 It’s always so pleasant to watch and learn from you, Laura. Thank you!!

TGIF!!! Get ready weekend warriors... cooler temps = lots of AUTUMN planting!

@amysgardenstead2879

8 ай бұрын

46 degrees right now.

You talk about things the kids like to harvest. You could do a "Top picks for harvesting with kids" video and include plants like carrots and strawberries. I'm always looking for ways to get the kids in the garden.

I love that Laura still potted some up...I would have had a hard time tossing that many runners...I am such a wimp when it comes to getting rid of plants, even if they're not needed.

I'm sooo happy to see you plant the bigger baby strawberries you cut off the mother plant☺️

I lost all of my strawberries that were planted in my Greenstalk last winter because I didn't know I needed to protect them in the winter here in my zone 6 garden. Thank you for all the info!

@zaria5785

8 ай бұрын

If there’s a community garden near you go visit and if anyone is growing strawberries ask them if it’s ok to get some of the runners off their plants. In most case people are kind enough to share the extras.

@debrascott8775

8 ай бұрын

This is my first year with the greenstalk strawberries and I had not planned to do that. Now I know too

@BepNhaNgoc

8 ай бұрын

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My dad would let the runners spread and in fall he would use a shovel to chop between the plants to break the running “thread”. The next year he would pull the mother plant and the babies would fill in as they grew and shot out their own runners. The production level of strawberries was crazy!!

In the spring I cut all the runners from my bugleweed and filled trays with the babies and they rooted beautifully. I ended up with about 300 baby bugleweed plants to fill in around a stepping stone path on the side of my house that usually just fills with regular weeds. My hope is that when the bugleweed fills in and creates a blanket it will suppress the weeds. It's only an area towards my gas meter and air conditioning unit and we don't usually frequent back there. But its quite shady so I've added some hosta, heuchera and Japanese painted ferns just for some fun and colour. I used two different bugleweed as well, chocolate chip and burgundy glow. I'm obsessed with burgundy glow because of the pink white and green variegation. I can't wait to see it on a large scale 😊

@barbaramclean5995

8 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing! I have a shaded area that has all kinds of grassy weeds between the paving stones that are a pain to pull out. Was almost thinking of round-up but love this idea..thank you! 😊

@tinacolbourneart1091

8 ай бұрын

@@barbaramclean5995 I just dug up a HUGE Doone Valley Thyme and cut it into 5 chunks and also planted around my stepping stones. I also have two large iceplants that I'm not really fond of in my other garden, I am going to dig them up and put there too. My hopes is if I fill this area with as many ground covers as possibly the weeds won't stand a chance lol 😅. This summer before I started planting the weeds were about 4' tall 😬. I dont ever want it to get like that again.

I didn't know strawberries last multiple years! ❤

@BepNhaNgoc

8 ай бұрын

Luôn luôn ủng hộ ❤❤❤

Strawberries make my favorite jam. It’s handy to have some in the freezer, too. Those plant towers would be so great on a patio or small space. 👍💚💚💚

Vertical gardens are an excellent way for people with limited space to grow things. Thanks for sharing. Happy Gardening 👩‍🌾🍓💚🍓🍓🍓

I've seen just how much compost that you use, that I am surprised that Aaron has not yet invested in your own composting heaps to recycle as much garden waste, as you do with Bethany's pigs. Here, our local council offers bulk purchase of compost, just as you seem to buy for mulch.

Though I have no need for a Greenstalk just watching Laura do anything garden related makes me happy! Good morning from Denver! 🌻🌸🌷🌺🐞😍

I have always just cut the runners and plunked them in the soil. I have had great luck. They will root anywhere and take over the garden. Anybody else have luck with the cut and plunk method?

I can see Benjamin and Samantha doing a happy dance !! They will have more strawberries to eat later in the year.😊 Benjamin, I hope you and Samantha gave mom a great big hug for planting you guys some more strawberries to snack on.

Buy a Green stalk for Strawberry plants for spring 2024 ✔️ 🍓🍓🍓🍓 I will definitely do that! Thanks Laura.

SO Awesome My Sister grows Strawberries I'll share this for her Love your Videos every Morning so Happy to see you Love waking up to Garden Answer

Cousin It gets a hair cut! Laura “ I’ll just plant up a few”. 24 cells later! A few to me is maybe 5ish. My Greenstalk has sat empty close to a year, shamefully. You give me encouragement!

I usually fast forward during the music because the music selected is too busy and not easy to listen to, somewhat jarring at times, but TODAY'S selection of music was wonderful!! Nice and relaxing!

Here's hoping you get lots of morning smoothies from this new crop of strawberries.😊 This video is the very essence of faith God will provide ❤

good evening everyone!

Good morning garden answer family

So timely! I just took some babies and potted them up but buried them so I ran out and pulled them up to the top. Love the idea of growing in these green stalks going forward. My plant was in a big raised pot but love those green stalk containers!

I love how Laura says let's plant up a few and plants 16!😂😂😂 Makes me wish I had taken on planting strawberries this year. On the list for next year!😁

@BepNhaNgoc

8 ай бұрын

Video rất tuyệt vời ❤❤❤

I'm so happy this video followed up another one of yours that I was watching! I've been wanting a green stalk for a while and I clicked on your link for green stalk. They are having a sale that ends today, and I was able to get a beautful light green greenstalk for $89 along with your $10 code! Shipping and handling plus taxes made it $111. The time to plant strawberry plants in FL is just starting, I can't wait to plant my berries in my greenstalk!

I have one of the Green Stalk and planted strawberries 🍓 in it but didn’t take enough care of it so my strawberry bushes are still there but didn’t produce so thank you so much Laura for not only inspiring me but also encouraging me to put more effort into them. ❤❤❤

Laura acompanho os teus vídeos já desde que nasceu o teu filho, adoro ver as dicas e sugestões que dás, como vivo num apartamento comei com pequenos vasos de suculentas,e hoje presenteio todas as pessoas com quem me relaciono e estou aqui para te agradecer. Foi uma grande conquista obrigada.

Seascape is my favorite strawberries. They grow beautifully in my hanging basket strawberry garden. I cut my runners off all my plants except the largest momma plant. Free plants for life! Your vlogs are so much fun to watch every morning with my coffee. Happy gardening😊

@pegcurrie3337

8 ай бұрын

Looks like the green stalk is the perfect strawberry container. Love that rogue squash!

@melissabunnell2952

8 ай бұрын

Where did you get your seascapes from?

@chrisrey572

8 ай бұрын

@@melissabunnell2952 some online vendors sell them and I'm lucky to have a farm store here that sticks them bare root.

OMG, I love the suggestion of placing a little bag of soil around the baby plant to get it started ... that's genius!

Most creative use of Greenstalks I've ever seen. Always love propagating plants that are at hand.

This is one of my favorite videos you have done!! Question.. to make sure I understand…. The strawberries MUST be taken outside and experience a cold period for them to produce next year?? They can’t be grown year-round in the greenhouse for continuous production??

Thanks for all your great imfo❤🦋🙏🏻

Forget raised beds, especially for your situation. Dig a trench 2 or 3 feet next to a row of strawberries. Voila! No kneeling.

My dad had a beautiful strawberry garden it was 8 acres he sold strawberries acres yr.yes your right about the plants. My dad put all money from the sales in the strawberries in savings for me he started doing this when I was 1yrs old and the huge strawberry garden was named after me. In 1977 when I graduated I had a brand new Ford Mustang that the strawberries paid for.

Good morning, Laura ☕️ What a fun project. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈

I have been on the fence about this growing system since first seeing it here, but you've convinced me now! I'm ordering one and asking my kids for another for Christmas! So excited to put this on my sunny deck, which sits above my small garden. Thanks again Laura. It's been a great 8 months watching you! (Can't wait for our 90 degree weather to cool down so I can wear my new Andrews Seed Co. sweatshirt too! From Atlanta, Love & Blessings!

Perfect timing for me to see this. I have a raised round bed that I transplanted a store bought hanging plant last year. I ground planted it, did nothing special to it and it handled the CT winter great. Gave me lots of berries this year and now there are tons of babies to the point it is over growing the bed. Now I know I can go in and trim it back some and let selected babies live together with mom. Thanks!!!🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

Afternoon Everyone 🥰🥰

🍓If you are an avid canner June bearing strawberries are great for you. You want your production at the same time so you are not waiting for enough to process. That’s the type I have. I will be adding everybearing next year as well. I would love to pick thru out the summer season. So Seascape will be my new addition. That way I’ll have both. Some to can and some to eat fresh. They look amazing.

@sharabenson

8 ай бұрын

Can you suggest the best June bearing variety?

What a brilliant way to utilize greenstalks for propagation!! ❤

Hello from Melbourne Australia.

Great timing on this video! I too have a Greenstalk (thank you Laura!) I put a few strawberry freebies from my bro in law, they have runners and I will be planting up remaining pockets!!! Also in zone 5b I need to get it in the garage for the winter before I connect the tiers, won’t roll up and down the stairs! Thanks again Laura!❤

@garyfrost8166

8 ай бұрын

When you overwinter in garage do they have to be watered or have any light.

such perfect timing! working on my vertical garden and replanting my runners is on the docket for this weekend, lol... if you have children or grands (like i do), letting them pick strawberries from the vertical planter is just the best.. they can get to them, turn the planter to look for more, and have such a good time harvesting a snack... i love mine!! thanks for the info!!🥰❤thanks for the video!! 🥰❤

A couple weeks ago I decided my strawberries. I have a fair amount. I planted a new, another, bed of berries. I still had a boat load left. I have away 24 double mother plants with most having babies and then found room for about 16 more! I think I will be switching over my strawberry beds to Dollar tree planters that "look like" minnie Greenstalks. I will see how the 16 plants do in them. So far so good. Currently I use laundry baskets lined on the inside and planted on top and through the holes in the sides. I leave space in the holes to start the babies. Excited for harvesting next year! 💜💚💙💛🐸😎 bed

😮 30 strawberry plants is a lot 😃 let’s DOUBLE it 😊 TRIPLE 🤗 WORLD DOMINATION 🌎 🍓

Your strawberry green stalk is doing awesome, mine didn't do so well, I had very few strawberries and they were very small. I might change the soil and give it another go. Blessings 💞🤗💞

thank you so much my sister for my love video

Put the little runners in a glass of water and they will root in the water. When you see roots plant them out in the garden bed or a pot.

New concepts today! I did not know about Greenstalks or propagating strawberries. Laura makes her work look so fun and communicates how to do better gardening. I have always loved to garden, but now my interest level is really expanding. 🤗

@dianegentry3255

8 ай бұрын

FYI. Green stalks is a great family business In Tennessee. Made in America. Yay! I have one too and they are great. I think they are having a sale now. Happy gardening!

Very helpful. I just filled mine with 30 strawberry plants, I’m in the south.

FYI there is a little black cap that comes with the Greenstalk kit. It may be in the bag with the clear tubing. I believe it's for covering the drainage hole in the spinner base. I use it to cover the center hole on each tier when I fill with soil.😉

@sara5750

8 ай бұрын

It's actually the cap for the clear drainage tube, but I also used it to cover the hole when filling with soil.

Another lovely video, Laura. Thank you. Strawberry planting has been on my mind.

best to just clip the runners and root them in water before planting on soil

Good morning from Delaware Garden Answer friends.

I actually just cut the runners and plant them. They still root in if you keep them well watered.

Seascape are my favorite! It’s a perpetual giver ! I call the runners my “Straw Babies”! 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

Bless you for doing your strawberries in 101 degree I don’t know how you do it. It all looks great ❤

Hi, Laura-I love how you let those stray seeds and plants just bloom away in the greenhouse! I see that crazy melon vibe and is that a pink zinnia under the table? 😂 Too sweet! 😂

The lava rocks look much better in your fire pit 👌

Laura try adding super thrive to your top tray of water.

@user-dc5zg9zb6r

8 ай бұрын

Hi Laura. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. What can I do for you. I have been watching you for year's and have so enjoyed watching your family grow. My name is Bobbie Peters.

I use the large paperclips to hold the plants onto the soil when trying to propagate the extra runners in the pots.

This video scared the heck out of me - I am so in love with the South Garden that I am terrified of when the day comes when it's fully planted. 😱

I cut my runner baby’s off of the mother plant and plant right in the ground. They almost always root. So easy to rejuvenate your strawberry patch. Laura you may be surprised if you grow one of the green stocks over winter. Just to see how many berries you get. Cool nights and warm days promote blooms

I have 10 greenstocks getting them ready fall planting watching you for spring with the strawberry 😊😊

@BepNhaNgoc

8 ай бұрын

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What great timing,this week I’m moving my strawberries from strawberry jars to raised beds. And thanks for the propagation info.

Use bobby pins to hold the tiny strawberry plants in place. I've done it for 60 years with great success. And it's thrifty. Dollar Tree often has hair pins.

Greenstalk does sell a frost cover, and an insect protection cover for the greenstalk. I have used it and it works well. In early Spring when it was still cold there was actually a small bird that was hanging out under the cover. You can tie the ends tighter if needed. The covers are sturdy and great quality that can also be used for any plant, with it being nice and tall.

Good Morning! 🍓 Great information on propagating strawberries! Love the GreenStalk for strawberries! I am going to consider this system for next season! 😃🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🌿

@alvyhernandez1931

8 ай бұрын

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This was needed today! Thanks ❤

I'm surprised you didn't tack this down like you did with the babies in the tower. I see alot of smoothies in your future! :o)

I would love that many strawberry plants and greenstalk planter 😍

Good Morning Laura!! you are my early morning ritual.. lol love ya!!

Great video! Thank you for sharing info on strawberries!!

Kindred spirits I tell ya. Just did that to my Green Stalk last week. Have a GREAT weekend.

Next year, get together with Monica and make strawberry habenero jam. It's really good! What new tractor accessory did Aaron get??

So interesting, love strawberries so hope all yours root.

I use the small individual nursery pots and use a clothespin to hook it to the green stalk and they root in great!

@sharabenson

8 ай бұрын

Good advice! I can totally picture it.

I have, in stressed curcumstances, taken the runners from the parent plant, snipped off the individual runner plants and like you "soft" planted the babies. The ones that have taken have had like you commented, had the basal nodes that rooted. So worth a try. Did this with a fantastic strawberry that was literally going to be bulldozed. Thankfully it worked and they are wonderfull, but no idea of the variety.

I got a Late start with my GreenStalk that I was gifted by Garden Answer. And then we got 110 degree weather for weeks…my berries didn’t do much. I’m gonna give it another shot in February, though. This was a great video to teach me even more about my GreenStalk. Now, let’s talk about that squash plant!😮 that’s crazy!

I started a GreenStalk this year with strawberries. My daughters wanted to know why I left a good number of the pockets empty and asked when I would be buying more plants to fill them in 😜. Watch and see, I told them. All pockets are now full and thriving.

Laura, two things, check out Cog Hill Farms today’s Fruit Orchard Tour as it might give you some ideas second thing trees are ready to send to you but want the top to dry out so they don’t pick up any problem. I will let you know when to expect the package. Very strange weather this year rain almost every day, still. There are several varieties of strawberries that survive over winter in the Fairbanks area of Alaska, too. There are some fruit varieties that do grow up here in Alaska which was a surprise and one is a type of bunching grapes new info this Spring, kiwi and strawberries. They also grow apples, cherries up here so this may help those in colder climates.

Strawberries, my favorite ❤🍂🍁

The avocado is doing well. ❤

Aaron! Show us your new toy!!

Good morning ☀️

Perfect timing on this video. I have a new greenstalk that I wanted to plant in all strawberries. My current one has several with babies. I've cleaned out a lot of the spent plants, and the babies are rooting in the empty pockets. My plan was to to move them to every other pot and let the future babies root in between. You gave me a lot of information I didn't know. Thank you. How cold can it get without harming them? I wasn't sure about leaving them outside vs moving to the garage which has some heat. It was unusually cold last winter here in Kentucky.