susanmay 7 months, 3 weeks ago said: Hanging Strawberry Basket We've decided to give this a try! I did a little digging on the internet and found the following site:
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/growstrawberries
Here's the long and short of it...
Hanging Strawberry Baskets
Suspending strawberries off the ground is a great way to keep slugs, snails, and sow bugs off them. Five to six strawberry plants can grow in the top of a hanging basket in the spring. But if you want to make the ultimate hanging strawberry basket, gather 24 strawberry plants, a 16 inch wire basket, potting soil, and some sphagnum moss, coconut fiber or a specially designed basket liner. Line the wire basket with the damp sphagnum moss, coconut fiber or basket liner. Insert 18 of the plants into the basket sides through the sphagnum moss. After you have finished, fill the basket with potting soil and planting the remaining plants in the top of the basket. The basket will continue to produce fruit for about three years.
We picked up some bare root Husky everbearing strawberries at the local nursery and a lined 16" basket. Investment was all of $16.00!!
momto5 7 months, 3 weeks ago said: RE: Hanging Strawberry Basket Those sound pretty cool Susan. They would probaly be easier to keep the bird away too. Not a bad investment!
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susanmay 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Hanging Strawberry Basket
We've decided to give this a try! I did a little digging on the internet and found the following site:
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/growstrawberries
Here's the long and short of it...
Hanging Strawberry Baskets
Suspending strawberries off the ground is a great way to keep slugs, snails, and sow bugs off them. Five to six strawberry plants can grow in the top of a hanging basket in the spring. But if you want to make the ultimate hanging strawberry basket, gather 24 strawberry plants, a 16 inch wire basket, potting soil, and some sphagnum moss, coconut fiber or a specially designed basket liner. Line the wire basket with the damp sphagnum moss, coconut fiber or basket liner. Insert 18 of the plants into the basket sides through the sphagnum moss. After you have finished, fill the basket with potting soil and planting the remaining plants in the top of the basket. The basket will continue to produce fruit for about three years.
We picked up some bare root Husky everbearing strawberries at the local nursery and a lined 16" basket. Investment was all of $16.00!!
momto5 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
RE: Hanging Strawberry Basket
Those sound pretty cool Susan. They would probaly be easier to keep the bird away too. Not a bad investment!