I had ordered 125 strawberries early in March with the hope that I could get them planted before the baby arrived. I was only partially successful on that front. I made two raised garden boxes thinking that the strawberries would all fit in them. However, when I started planting, I soon discovered they weren’t all going to fit. Another box was going to have to be built, but before I could get that done, little Mr. Isaiah decided to arrive.
Thankfully, my mom was willing to build the last box. Then with the help from the kids she filled it with the dirt, compost and peat moss mixture. I got the strawberries planted in the last box this past week.
The first strawberries planted have started to green up.
Strawberries are a great addition to your garden. The strawberries you can purchase in stores pale in comparison to those picked fully ripe and fresh from the garden. Also by growing your own strawberries you can control whether or not any chemicals are applied to them.
Strawberries are easy to grow and tolerate many different soil types and growing locations. When planting strawberries, be sure not to bury the crown as this is where the leaves, flowers and fruit come from. Many varieties of strawberries will also produce numerous runners which will produce new plants. This is a great way for you to be able to have increasing numbers of strawberries.
There are many varieties of strawberries, most nurseries will include a recommendation of which varieties will grow well in your region. I chose to plant 25 of each of the June-bearing varieties, Honeoye and Jewel. I also planted 75 of the ever-bearing variety Ozark Beauty.
In another post, I will share the plans for the raised beds that I built for my strawberries.
I am hopeful that we will have many bountiful harvests from these strawberries!
Blessings,
Jennifer
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Do you eventually mulch to keep weeds down? We used, to growing up have them in the garden, but here we have such a weed problem. I could see where having raised beds would keep them from getting as many weeds and easier to pick. Looking forward to your info on how you built the beds.
Thanks for sharing!
Julie
Yes, I will be mulching them with straw to help retain moisture and keep down the weeds.
I never thought of using a raised bed for strawberries! I’ve kept thinking of those tall pots with the scooped-out holes instead….and I never seem to happen upon them.
I’m wondering if it’s too late now or if I can still squeeze them in? We’re still not at plant ing time yet….. 🙂
I think you would be fine to still plant strawberries. Most nurseries have a guide to help know when to plant them in your zone. 🙂
Strawberries are easy. As long as it not into summer where you live you can plant them and they overwinter usually very easily.
What I do with mine is move them every where as they are a pain to weed. Moving them I can weed the garden of the biggest stuff. Move them in the fall and at that time weed them extremely well. Keeps the patch from being a weed monster. 🙂