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 Posted: Sun 5:14, 21 Jul 2013 Post subject: Potting on the Strawberry Runners |
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Potting on the Strawberry Runners,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
To top off the planting I added a bit of seaweed meal as an all round tonic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. I gave the newly potted strawberry a reasonably good water and set in the garden where it will get the best sun,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. They all look very happy now and I'm also going to compare each plant to see how much difference the size of the pot makes to the amount of fruit obtained. I'll report on that in about 9 months!
And now a report on this summer's fruiting. The strange thing about our existing strawberry plants is that they are setting fruit again. I'm not sure if they have been confused by the weather but three of the plants have nearly fully grown fruit on them,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. I have a feeling they won't ripen but I might put one of the smaller containers in the greenhouse and see what happens.
The one thing that I learnt was that if you are putting strawberries in pots then it is better to plant just one per pot. We planted three in a large fish box and in the end it was hard to get into to the middle to maintain them and check on the fruits. Also there were runners appearing from every where and even though I was trying to restrict there numbers they just kept sneaking out because it was so hard to see into the plants. The strawberries planted singly however were very easy to keep an eye on and these also suffered less slug damage. I think it was just too comfy in among the leaves in the triple planted box for the slugs. There were too many hiding places. I also found that taking a pot and placing in a tub of water in order to give it a good soaking also hunted out any sneaky slugs and they could then be picked off as they scrambled,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], slowly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], up the side of the container. The water protection in the form of the raft with its feet in water also helped. Hopefully next year will be a better year.
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