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The strawberry patch is sending out so many runners it isn't funny . Already started 16 plants most of them I've given away . Just put 8 more
4" pots out and could do 8 more . These today will be used to extend the
berry patch , along with some on the edges that will be moved to the
expansion area once they're well rooted .
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On 6/18/24 08:29, Snag wrote:

-a The strawberry patch is sending out so many runners it isn't funny . Already started 16 plants most of them I've given away . Just put 8 more
4" pots out and could do 8 more . These today will be used to extend the berry patch , along with some on the edges that will be moved to the expansion area once they're well rooted .

Vine ripened strawberries. Joy!

What kind of soil? And are you a wet climate
or a dry climate?
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Snag wrote:

The strawberry patch is sending out so many runners it isn't funny . Already started 16 plants most of them I've given away . Just put 8 more
4" pots out and could do 8 more . These today will be used to extend the berry patch , along with some on the edges that will be moved to the expansion area once they're well rooted .

at one time i had four strawberry patches, three were outside
the fenced gardens. then the deer found them. i now only have
the one patch inside the fence left. the raccoons, chipmunks,
groundhogs and birds all found that patch too and i barely got
any production the past several years, but finally this year i
did get enough berries to put up some freezer jam. it's
delicious. i'll have to limit my feasting upon those jars in
the freezer to just once every few months.

this was all a way to say that i started with six plants.
five of one variety and then a year later i picked up another
variety as one plant and put that in the first patch. from
that first year i had over a hundred plants and gave away
18 of them and still had plenty more (that i used to start
the three other patches outside the fence). over the next
few years i expanded those patches to fill in large areas
and had many thousand plants. for about five years i could
ask people to come over and pick what was extra after i put
up freezer jam. i could do 50+ pints in three days. now i'm
happy that i got almost 8 pints total for the entire season
plus what we ate fresh.

plan on renovating the strawberry patch in the third year,
basically the easiest thing to do is to just go and turn under
a third of the patch from then on and rotate through the patch
to make sure it all gets turned under eventually. the crowns
of the strawberry plants will reduce their production the
older they get after 2 years. let the runners start in the
turned under patch and then you'll keep it going with better
production, when done turning it under apply some good top
mulch with some compost under it. no need to add other
fertilizers unless your soil is particularly devoid of
nutrients.


songbird
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On 6/18/2024 6:32 PM, T wrote:

On 6/18/24 08:29, Snag wrote:

-a-a The strawberry patch is sending out so many runners it isn't funny
. Already started 16 plants most of them I've given away . Just put 8
more 4" pots out and could do 8 more . These today will be used to
extend the berry patch , along with some on the edges that will be
moved to the expansion area once they're well rooted .

Vine ripened strawberries.-a Joy!

What kind of soil?-a And are you a wet climate
or a dry climate?

First harvest is over , we'll get a few berries at a time for the
rest of the summer - thus the need for a bigger patch . We get average
3-5" of rain per month here , and the soil here has quite a bit of clay
. I've been adding organic matter for a few years now and it'd getting a
lot better . It still packs quickly though . Fortunately there is a
slope to the ground so there is not a problem with standing water .
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