Really put effort into finding the perfect spot for them and they grow like weeds. Delicious juicy weeds.

@liberta2570

7 күн бұрын

Nice. I tried the tower veg pots and they all died. I thought I did everything right with soil, but they died. Hence why I'm here.

Fantastic video, Ben! I have been gardening all my life and love watching your channel. Not only are you an excellent gardener, but you're also a knowledgeable educator. Your presence in front of the camera is done professionally and with great thoroughness. You're a natural!

@GrowVeg

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :-)

I've found over the years that mulching with Pine Tree Needles makes the Strawberries even sweeter. They love the acid in the pine needles 😊 From New Zealand.

@FreeTruth832

Жыл бұрын

Love pine straw. Discouraging snails is a big 👍🏻👍🏻 too.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great tip! Thanks for sharing it.

@carolwalker2523

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg This year I have planted some young Pineberry (white strawberry) plants underneath one of our pine trees - they are doing really well so far and hoping for a good harvest next year.

@trevanji

Жыл бұрын

Would an acid fertiliser work just as well (as in fert for Azelias, Gardenias etc) do u think? I have heard of your suggestion & believe it works really well :-).

@chipsdubbo5.56

4 ай бұрын

Will the acid from the decomposing pine needles affect other crops that I have in the same raised bed (beans, corn, etc)

You have no idea how much you inspire me. I have a small space but the food that I'm getting out of it is amazing. Thank you so much your videos are exciting, straight to the point and easy to follow. Much love from Cape Town South Africa❤

@GrowVeg

6 ай бұрын

That’s really wonderful to hear. Thank you so much for watching. :-)

I love watching your videos. I have just ordered 25 eversweet everbearing crowns. I think I learned a lot from your 6 videos about strawberries. Previously I have tried to grow strawberries with not a lot of success. Now I know to cut the runners, water and feed a lot more, how close I can plant them and so much more. I really hope I have more luck this coming year. I really like to read other people"s comments and notices that you answer them all. Wow. I have never seen that before in all the videos I watch. Keep up the good work and videos. Thank you.

@GrowVeg

6 ай бұрын

That's really great to hear. I hope you get a bumper crop of strawberries this summer. :-)

I wanted to get Everbearing but nursery only had June berries. This was my first year growing strawberries. Got 4 plants in early May ( didn't realized until watching I should have clipped runners) but as to date I have about 20 additional plants as a result of the runners!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great job!

Great video! Thanks Ben for educating me on how to get more Strawberry plants!

Communicative and Clear.

Brilliant advice as usual so glad I found your channel last year keep up the great content 👍

Great info there, going to start growing some next year so this has been great to watch. Can't wait for the currents and thingy's next vid.

Very informative. Thanks!

Really enjoy your videos very informative thank you for sharing your skills

Thank you Ben this has been most helpful. Looks like I've a busy afternoon ahead chasing and pinning my runners 😉

So informative, thank you!

This was excellent. Thanks. It’s my first year gardening and this was very helpful as i just bought a plant and didn’t know if I should leave it in the planter or transplant it to the garden bed.

🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻 watched this after your new berry vid! Thanks Ben!!

Great tips … looking forward to trying this out 😊

Wonderful. Thank you Mr Ben : )

Great video, its their 4th year so time to grow some runners!

perfect timing4me in Sydney Australia..thankyou!😁great tips!!

This channel is great 😊

Love your videos, thank you very much 🤗🤗🤗

Thank you for this. I now know what I can do with the runners we have!!

Thanks, some great tips

You can use regular bobby pins or the U-pin type of bobby pins to hold your runners down as well. That's what I use on some of my indoor plants that put out "babies" like the spider plant.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great idea, thanks Roxanna.

This helped a lot, thanks! I took some runners from a native garden to help grow more native plants, and plan to grow them hydroponically. After watching this, I don't know if they'll survive being disconnected early, but this will certainly help me in the future!

As always great advice Ben. Please do more videos if you can than once a week. I use the exact method for runners on my strawberries with great results. Thank you Ben. Boycie

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Pleased to hear this method works well for you. Thanks for watching. 😀

My Dad explained how to propagate from strawberry runners a long while ago. It wasn’t until I started a patch that I really understood what he told me. Your demo was full of good tips, like making and using the clips. Waiting for daylight so I can get to it! 😊🍓🍓

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Your dad sounds like a wise man Kimberly.

Really excited to see the next video but thank you so much for this one too! I was wondering what I was doing wrong to get those runners growing! Thanks so much!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was so well timed Mike.

Thanks for your exactly prepared videos . I learn a lot for my work in the garden and nearby I improve my English because of your clear pronounciation and the undertitles. It helps me enormously and it's just fun. COMPLIMENT ! Regards and SERVUS from Bine/Austria

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That’s fab to hear Sabine. Thank you so much for watching.

Great stuff.

I just did my winter 'renovation' of my strawberries and ended up with two wheelbarrows full of rooted runners, I make a point of replacing about 1/3 of the established plants each year as few strawberries will bear well for more than 3 years.

I find your channel informative and relaxing 🙂thanks for all the information.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. :-)

Excellent info....

Thanks for the info. I had planted runners many years ago… too many..😵‍💫years… lol. I just started a new strawberry patch this year,so I appreciate the reminder!!!!! God Bless you and yours!!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Hope the new patch is establishing well.

Thanks again for the tips. I planted 3 strawberries last year and I am thrilled to see they survived the winter. I’ll be potting up their runners for sure!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great job!

Seascape are my favorite!

Thank you for another great and informative video Ben . If I only had room to grow one variety it would be Mara Du Bois which is an ever bearing variety. It is a relatively small shorter leafed plant and it produces strawberries for months. Yes the early ones are lovely but have a short cropping season. Mara De Bois keeps going until the first frosts and I am still picking a tray full every other day and the plants are full of flowers. The sizes of them vary but I don’t mind. They are sweet and continuous. I know this is pretty unbelievable but one of this years runners has flowered and produced some fruit and it hasn’t even rooted yet!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Wow Vanessa, you’re picking a lot from your Mara Du Bois. It clearly loves your garden!

Ozark strawberries are the best for my area here in Mid Missouri. They produced all summer long with really no care, I use them to border things as a lovely treat as I go along weeding, watering I can also have a berry or two as a gardening reward.

Looking forward to the currants video!

21 years ago, I bought 6 plants, 2 each of early, mid & late season fruits. Before I got them in the ground, my cat had mixed them up. Not knowing which was which, I didn't bother keeping the labels. Never mind, I brought a selection of plants with me when I moved 12 years ago, and now have so many that I could fill the allotment completely with them! I get fruit from early June till late July, although this morning I spotted some more ripening. (Though I doubt if the blackbird will share them with me, now the cover is off the fruit cage!) I do fill out the season with alpine strawberries, as these also freeze well, giving my winter fruit salad a summer lift.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’re picking loads there Pam - good work! 😋

Great video, as always

Thank you! :)

yum! I love strawberries! I can wait to have a ton to mutch on!

Thank you for the video. Korona is my favourite variety and for everbearers I like Mara des Bois.

Love that video…

Thank you

Thanks Ben, we don’t bother leaving them attached to the parent plant but cut them and just grow them on in moist compost with great results.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear you succeed even when you cut them off. Will have to give this a go also.

@user-ls3bs8zd1g

2 ай бұрын

​@@GrowVeg, I also cut as soon as the roots have established themselves. If I remember correctly, after about one week. That was before I knew about waiting a year before allowing runners; the plants surprised me because I didn't know they did that.

Mmmm Strawbs. 🍓🍓🍓 TFS GV, take care everyone. ❤🙂🐶

Cambridge favourite for flavour and reliability😀😀😀

Wonderful and helpful video!

I definitely think you need more subscribers! Haven't long found your channel and I find it really informative! I'm in the UK so the information should be OK for me and I won't have to worry about different climates etc, although I do live in Wales where it does rain quite a bit lol!

@topazpowell8561

Жыл бұрын

If you live in Wales and you have "quite a bit" of rain PLEASE can you send us some here in Bournemouth.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

So pleased you’ve found this channel Carrie. A warm welcome to you.

Howdy Ben!👋 Beautiful strawberries!👍I plan to start my strawberry patch next year.😃 I plan to share plants with others by making plants from runners. Thanks for this great knowledge!😃I need it and I'm looking forward to your episode on currants!😃 Your pumpkin in the background is looking good...turning!👍

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to that pumpkin!

Symphony has lovely big berries with lovely flavour. I grow mine in deep, discarded fish containers. They are easy to drill for drainage. I then sit them on trestles. This stops the slugs, A bit of net over the top keeps birds off. All I need is sun. Unlike rest of UK, this corner of Scotland has had a vert wet, cool summer.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

You have a great system there Morag. Please send some of your rain south!

I realy like the shape and taste of the raspberry strawberry Cross.

I like strawberry too 🙂😉 It's berries are so tasty!

I'm going to try growing strawberries from seed next year.

Really beautiful teacher lol🤗👋

I really enjoy your videos! I like Tristan strawberries (new to me this year) and I’m searching for a n excellent June bearer to plant next year!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mary. Hope you find a good June bearer.

Dzięki za wskazówki. Sama rozmnażam tak truskawki, ale Twoje wskazówki wzbogaciły moją wiedzę. Ja najbardziej lubię odmianę Roman F1, bo uprawiam truskawki w donicach, a ta jest bardzo ładna i całkiem smaczna. Jeszcze ładniejsza jest Toscana, ale smak ma taki sobie...

Hi Ben! I think my favorite variety is Everbearing. They can give me strawberries all summer, I love it! 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That's the best! :-)

I put seed trays amongst the strawberries with a mesh of jute twine tied across . I just hook the runners under the twine . Found a great perpetual strawberry Fragaria Albion. Tastes fantastic with a nice firm skin that gives a long storage time. Picked one perfect one in December last year.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

What a great technique!

Still potting on runners from my “found” Gariguette plant and really looking forward to a few fruits in 2023. I appreciate that these aren’t for everyone giving just one crop per year but to us the exceptional flavour makes them worthwhile; also the few retailers selling these strawberries in the UK charge huge premiums. First rooted plants are in their new pots fitted to the sides of our “catio” (out of reach of felines). I probably have enough plants on their way now so will start to cut future runners from the now huge parent plant so that it can focus on its own growing (!) in the weeks left before autumn. Much much carefully directed watering needed during these days of 30c+ but with a very small garden we grow lots of things in pots so the same applies to them all. Looking forward to the video on currants, this was our first year with blackcurrants in pots and they did well until a sudden aphid attack caused one to drop a large part of its fruit. The other gave well though and blackcurrants are probably my favourite fruit, if not raspberries, then there are big fat sweet gooseberries……

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’re growing a delicious array of fruits there Prune! 😋

I love to grow Seascape strawerries. Big juicy berries and often provide a second fall crop.

@elizabethhayes5723

Жыл бұрын

Agree! I just planted some a month ago and they are absolutely delicious (and perfect looking, too!).

Oh, THANK YOU, Ben! I have a bunch of strawberry plants growing against a fence, but they are in the ground and the critters get all the fruit. I’ve wanted to relocate them into growbags where they’ll be a bit safer, but really did not know how to begin. You answered every single one of my questions!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Fab to hear that Lynn! 🍓😀

@user-yo4zl3gh4k

11 ай бұрын

@@GrowVeg❤❤😊😊😊😅❤o

I’m currently in the process of doing 3 beds of strawberries, each one will have plants that are a year apart from the other,so just replace the 3 year old plants with runners.thanks Ben 👍

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Yes, plants best replaced after three and most definitely four years.

my favorite strawberry variety is Albion

Good 👍

Hi Ben, I just snip them off and poke them into a pot of compost. I don't have any problems with them.

Try Ostara, absolute winner in my garden! June-bearers tend to taste better in my experience than everbearing varieties.

Thanks Ben. Absolutely love your channel. Just wondering if I can put some composted manure around the strawberries before winter? or better to do this in the spring?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

I would wait till late winter. This will get plants off to a good start. Thanks for watching.

Hi Ben, I grow Strawberry Mara des Bois Plants (Everbearer). They have an intense perfume and rich flavour of wild strawberries combined with the fruit size of modern varieties. They are a true treat and one which no strawberry fan will be able to resist. Truly scrumptious! I get lots of runners and am expanding my patch all the time.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That’s a super variety Alison.

Great update Ben , perfect for me as I have just cleared out all my strawberries as they were over 3 years old , the problem I had was they were all the same variety and didn't produce fruit for a long period ,ie gone before end of June , I used the runner method too but I need to identify a new variety or two for next year as I have to start again, thanks once again for all your updates keep them coming as I love them

@joshuaketterman7631

Жыл бұрын

I also need to start over, my plants fizzled out towards the end of spring and quite a few dried up. I guess they got too be too old.

@Jimsraisedbedgarden

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuaketterman7631 any ideas of varieties you might want to plant ?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Make sure to get a good mix of varieties this time Jim, to extend the picking period to all summer long. 🍓 😋

@Jimsraisedbedgarden

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg will do Ben just trying to decide to go with seeds or wait to see what is in the garden centres neare the time , much appreciated though Ben , thanks

@vanessataylor4125

Жыл бұрын

Definitely try Mara Du Bois ever bearing. Year 1 they were small plants, but year two they have been fantastic.

I would say marshmello is the favourite in our household. 😊

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great variety!

I'm trying out growing some esplenyadas this year and they seem to allready be fruiting, this feels oddly early to me, but I'll see how they carry on.

Great tips, sadly I can't grow much here in the Sahara...I mean, the East Midlands, with the heatwave and drought.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Rain soon we all hope!

Thanks for the videos, i really learn a lot from u. My strawberries are quite sour, a friend told me to put some sugar water on them, it does make them a bit sweeter, but i would like to know what u would advise, thank you☺️

@GrowVeg

4 ай бұрын

I'm never heard of doing this before. Really the best way to ensure sweet strawberries is to pick a variety that is sold as sweet, grow them in the sunshine for full ripeness and flavour, and feed them to encourage good flower and fruits production.

I am new at gardening I’ve been binge watching your videos .learn so much from you. I have a question. If you bought strawberries root are they considered first year or second?

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

That would be their first year. :-)

Hi , I'm new to your channel and just starting my mini allotment in my back garden. It's September now, so just getting ready for next year, not really sure what to start growing, strawberries for sure, I have an apple tree and a part tree but not sure what they produce is edible I've never bothered with them much.... anyhow just to say LOVING THE CHANNEL

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

So pleased you're enjoying the channel. Getting started on a new mini allotment is a very satisfying project - enjoy! :-)

Gloria a ti,señor,por todo/ Viva Christo Rey

Love your videos. I have a small space to work with. I plan on using a 5ft x 5ft raised garden box. Will the effort produce much fruit?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good sized bed that should definitely produce a meaningful and very useful crop.

That idea for pinning the runners looks like it would work for blackberries and raspberries.

Hey Ben! Great video! I just transplanted my 6 out of 16 strawberry plants that survived the not so great location to a grow tower. They are doing much better, lots of runners, but the berries are very small. What type of fertilizer would help? Thanks for your great content!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Hi Wendy. Any liquid tomato feed would be perfect.

Excellent film and well edited Ben. Good pace and I love the plug for the next film! One question about strawberries though, if you grow the mother plants in containers, how should you care for them over winter? Put them in the greenhouse (still in their containers) and water them every now and again? Thanks.

@wcndave

Жыл бұрын

I've had very mixed results with container over-wintering strategy. I put them in my garage one year, as other's here do, and even with some watering, they just all died. I then left them out and with rain/cold they were in blocks of ice, and actually survived fine, however new plants didn't.... I'm still trying to figure this one out.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. Here in the UK they just stay out in pots all winter. If winters are very severe, you could move the into a greenhouse or cold frame - somewhere still cold but a little more protected. Keep plants lightly moist. But in most climates outside is fine.

@markgilmore2077

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg Brilliant - thanks for the tip Ben. Will do.

Great video as always Ben. I've not had much luck growing strawberries this year. Had a whole load growing but they never ripened, they just stayed white then went bad. Do you think you could possibly do a video of what could go wrong when growing strawberries?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Hi Heather. Thanks for the suggestion - that's a great idea and I'll add it to my list of possible topics. Thanks for watching. :-)

@1ewb

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg Please do! I'm so sad I only got a few gorgeous berries from my two plants and then nothing... Wonder if the nighttime critters were eating the young fruit, but now I don't even have flowers. What did I do to have missed the fruiting season??

@johnboyle4062

7 ай бұрын

Possibly too much nitrogen

Wow, thank you! I learned so much. Any suggestions to a variety I can buy for zone 7b in TN? What seed company do you recommend here in the US or other for strawberries?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Hi Helen. I’m in the UK so would hesitate to recommend specific suppliers or varieties in the US. Maybe see what is sold in garden centres local to you, as these will usually thrive best in your climate.

I remember when I first discovered wild strawberries while hiking in Wisconsin. They were so intensely good that I looked straight up and thanked god even though I am not religious.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

They are little gems, they really are!

Nice konten

My favorite is Albion. Any suggestions for a good June bearing variety?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Marshmello and Elsanta are both very popular and reliable June bearers.

Just starting growing berries this week in Ontario Canada raspberries , blue berries and of course strawberries. I trimmed off the majority of my runners on my strawberries. I have four runners in small pots to try to propagate new plants. Your videos have answered almost all my questions. Just wondering about fall and winter as winter here are usually harsh. Do I need to protect my berry plants in any way or will they be fine on thier own.

@GrowVeg

Ай бұрын

Strawberries are hardy down to about zone 5, so should be fine as they are in most of Ontario, but if they're in pots I would consider bringing them into a more sheltered area just to help them through the hardest of the cold.

Thank you for the detailed planting, Ben. Super cool. What is your planting zone? I am planting at 9a which was 8b until last year as USDA changed the zones. Currently, we have some Albion, Hood, Ft. Laramie, Whopper, Seascape, Eclair, and Alpine strawberries. Some are young plants and others are bareroot. Do bareroot plants bear fruit the first year?

@GrowVeg

Ай бұрын

I’m in zone 8. Bareroot plants can bear fruit on their first year, especially if they’re a good size when planted.

Hi Ben, my strawberries are older and producing small fruit, I am thinking I need to start over with fresh stock, I have tried growing the pups but they produced small fruit as well. What do you think? I have kept them watered fed & mulched but still tiny fruit. Thankyou.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Try planting them into a fresh area of soil. It may be that the soil is tired and a new patch of ground that hasn't grown strawberries recently would suit them better - in full sun, mulched and watered as before.

Do you have to do anything special for the winter for the ones in the ground?

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Cut back old foliage and then, if it's really cold for weeks on end (frozen soil etc) perhaps cover the area with straw or similar to insulate them from the worst of the chill.

I started 'Sable' strawberries last year. They are a day neutral (everbearing) variety which I find interesting as I am not sure how this will go. The plants themselves look like they do not have runners. The berries are upward facing and pointy about the size of a Canadian quarter in diameter. Great taste that is more tart than say Kent or Fresca which I have growing vigorously for early summer crops..

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a very promising variety. As an ever bearer you should hopefully get a nice, long picking window.

I planted a lot of varieties both everbearing and June bearing. This year was the first i planted seascape and i must say it's a new fav! What's your fav? Maybe I'll try that

@umiluv

Жыл бұрын

You can find out which strawberry plants do well in your region. There’s lists online.

@carm787

Жыл бұрын

@@umiluv thank you! I do plant ones for my region. I was just curious which ones were his favorite

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Varieties you can grow vary according to what’s available in your region. I have always enjoyed Elsanta.

@carm787

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg just looked those up. Will def try them next year ! Thanks Ben!

Ben, I live in the US in zone 8 and was wondering, can I also go by your channel on when to plant ect along with you. or is my zone 8 totally different from your own....I enjoy your channel and have learned so much but I want to make sure what I plant and when is not going to fail on me.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Our climates are similar in that we have much the same first and last frost dates. But your winters may (or may not) be colder and your summers are likely warmer. But you can broadly go along with what I suggest. The Pacific Northwest has an almost identical climate to mine, just warmer in summer.

Thanks for your videos it's great to see someone who is actually trying to help people because we are going backwards in the UK as people forget about the garden moaning and groaning about current government doesn't help we as people must learn from the past in ww2 people grew and maintained a pig and chickens for meat and eggs and they shared among others to make sure the community was feed people today just wind me up we must adopt the Chinese method of getting things done ourselves I am a South African and UK ruled the waves but now its a joke people must wake up but anyway I am just one person

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Always a good idea to grow a little of what we can Darren.

We have some variety of red strawberry that was a volunteer, so we don't know what type it is. We also bought some heirloom white alpine strawberry seeds. Alas only one sprouted but it is doing really well.. The berries are not only white but they are small and have a lovely mild and sweet flavor. The alpines need to be taken out of the greenhouse in the summer or it will get too hot. But the red ones love the hothouse. We have a mild climate so they never die back, they just produce much less in winter.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

The alpine white strawberries sound intriguing.

Didn’t get any strawberries this year but it’s my first year and I didn’t expect any. Plus it was crazy hot. Going to have to find a better spot for them. They’re in containers in full sun and they seem to be having a rough time - still alive, producing runners, but not a lot of full growth. Hopefully now that it’s cooled down, they’ll grow out a bit before it gets too cold. Gotta figure out how to make sure they live through the winter. (7A here - first frost Oct 15)

@melissadearing7662

Жыл бұрын

I grow in zone 9 - really hot summers - and find they do great with quite a bit of shade. Mine are shaded by wildflowers and roses I grow in the same bed. They produce well, although they stop for awhile in the hottest part of the summer, but pick up again in the fall.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

They can cope with quite a bit of cold, so may just need moving to a more sheltered spot to avoid the very worst of the winter cold.

Would it be ok to plant some at this time of year? I have a small metal/pvc greenhouse. I’m in South Wales. Thanks.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you could definitely plant them now, but you may not get any fruits until next summer. But planting now would allow your plants to get nicely established for a bigger crop next year.