Strawberry Plants - Green Thumb Sunday
Although the recommendation is to plant strawberry plants in late Autumn, I have just planted three elsanta strawberry plants that I recently purchased from a local garden centre.
Which variety of strawberries do you grow?
Any advice on how to look after the strawberry plants through the Winter would be appreciated.
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too bad strawberries won’t grow here at home, it’s too hot. But they do grow on some parts of the country; on areas with higher altitude. Much cooler there.
Comment by maiylah — November 11, 2007 @ 1:15 am
Hi Maiylah, Thanks for visiting and commenting. Sorry to hear that strawberries don’t grow in your part of the world. it is very interesting to hear what grows where.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 2:04 am
Oh, sorry, no advices from me about the caring during the winter. Homegrown strawberries, now you have something to look forward too
Comment by captain lifecruiser — November 11, 2007 @ 10:35 am
Hi captain Lifecruiser,
Yes I do certainly have something to look forward to and my cousing has bought me some raspberry canes so I will have lots of strawberries and raspberries to eat next Summer. Yum. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. sAra @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 10:57 am
Hi Sara,
Never been that good at strawberries, much prefer to go to the local ‘Pick your own’ and have a good munch while I’m at it…
Cheers Mark
Comment by Mark — November 11, 2007 @ 11:22 am
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your comment and visit. I buy lots of strawberries in the Summer so thought I would save myself a few pennies by growing my own.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 11:55 am
I have picked many, but have never grown any. Good luck!
Comment by kml — November 11, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
Hi kml,
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. I enjoy picking strawberries and thought that picking my own would be great. sara from farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
I know nothing about growing strawberries, just eating them!! They are one of my favorite fruits. It’s actually too hot here to get a good crop, but some folks grow them anyway–mostly transplanted Mid-West natives who move to Arizona.
Happy GTS,
Aiyana
Comment by Aiyana — November 11, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
Hi Aiyana, Thanks for your comment it is interesting to hear that the strawberry doesn’t grow very well in very hot places. i would have thought it would have done really well. Thanks for visiting. sara from farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
The only kind of strawberries I find in the garden are the wild variety. I did try growing some plants several years ago but the garden creatures got to them before I did. However, I do love to eat strawberries.
Comment by Crafty Gardener — November 11, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
Hi Crafty Gardener,
Thanks for visiting and commenting. I am amazed at how few of us actually grow ourown strawberries.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
I didn’t know that strawberries should be planted in late fall.
I wonder if that rule goes for California also?
I’m about to plant sweet peas and fava beans.
Happy GTS.
Comment by chigiy — November 11, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Hi Chigiy,
We can plant sweet pea now so I would imagine that this is the case for you with the strawberries. it’s so interesting finding out about the different planting seasons in different countries. Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 11, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
Hi Sara,
The main difference with damselfliea and dragonflies is their size,damsels tend to be very dainty coloured matchsticks, with a helicopters manoeuvrability.Their heads are rectangular with their eyes positioned on the end.When at rest they close their wings along the thorax, something only one species of dragonfly does (club tailed )
Dragonflies are much bigger, their head is a half shere containing their mouthparts and huge eyes, which join together, again apart from the club tailed, which are seperate.
They cannot fold their wings when at rest.
Their abdomens are more varied in size,hawkers long and thin vividly coloured.Chasers and darters are shorter and wider and tend to be pastel coloured.
Hope this helps
Cheers Mark
Comment by Mark — November 11, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
Hi Mark, Thanks for describing the differences for me. It is so interesting. My aim is to try to get a decent photograph. I will be waiting next Summer with camera poised. Thanks for taking the time to explain this to me. Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 12, 2007 @ 5:28 am
Hi Sara, just trim the leaves and leave nthem till next summer. if you have had any runners (Elsanta do not give loads of runners) peg them into 3″ pots to make new plants, good luck
Comment by Keith — November 13, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
Hi Keith,
Thank you so much for this information. The strawberry plants were planted a few days ago and seem to be doing well. I like the instruction - leave them til Summer. What do the runners look like?
Thanks for your visit and very useful comment. sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 14, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Hi Sara, I don’t know what variety my strawberries are, the originals came from my dad’s garden. My plants are left in the ground over winter and they do start to look rather sorry for themselves but don’t be fooled as they will put on lots of fresh growth the following year, if you have time you can tidy up the plants by taking off the untidy foliage. When the amount of strawberries I pick start to dwindle, I replace the plants with runners planted from these plants. Louise x
Comment by Louise — November 17, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
Hi Louise,
Thanks for all your comments and regular visits.Thanks for all your hints and tips. Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — November 22, 2007 @ 6:05 pm