Comments on Urban Garden Hoe: June-Bearing Strawberries

Oh, and yes, they live quite happily in a basket. ...

2008-04-12T16:59:00.000-05:00

Oh, and yes, they live quite happily in a basket. Two plants per container is probably a good balance of healthy and full-looking in the smaller hanging baskets

We're lucky enough not to have any birds that try ...

2008-04-12T16:53:00.000-05:00

We're lucky enough not to have any birds that try in nest in our baskets.... which is probably a very good thing, considering all the stray cats around here. Maybe you could drape some netting over the strawberries until the finches are done nesting.

As far as soil, I don't favor anything in particular for the strawberries. They're currently in "organic" MiracleGrow with some added compost. I'm not the biggest fan of MiracleGrow of any variety, but the plants seem to be pretty happy so far!

So, so they live quite happily in a hanging basket...

2008-04-11T19:54:00.000-05:00

So, so they live quite happily in a hanging basket?
Do you use any special medium to grow 'em in?
I quite like the idea of a hanging basket full of strawberries, it appeals to me. Just as long as I can keep the local House Finches from nesting in them, which they usually do when Jan and I hang one up. This can be a bit of a problem having birds nesting on the patio when you have 3 cats :-(

Hey Mick, half a day of sun would actually be grea...

2008-04-11T18:21:00.000-05:00

Hey Mick, half a day of sun would actually be great. That's what my strawberry baskets get. Most strawberry varieties only call for "partial sun," so they're really flexible. You can find full-grown plants pretty inexpensively right now.

I have an Olympus FE-190, which was a gift from my husband. We love it because Chad can do more advanced stuff with it, but I can just point and shoot pictures without much effort.

Hmm, strawberries. You're just trying to tempt me ...

2008-04-11T18:01:00.000-05:00

Hmm, strawberries. You're just trying to tempt me into trying to grow some aren't you? I never have in the past. But then there's a lot of things I've never grown in the past so maybe.....
You say you grow them in some kind of hanging basket? That sounds cool. I have room for one (or two)of those under the patio but it would only get sun for approx half the day. Suppose that wouldn't be enough would it. Watcha think?

I'm also threatening to splash out on a new digital camera cos the pics I take close up are terrible, my old HP 1 mega pixal being way out of date. Your pics seem really clear, what type do you have?