My Strawberry Patch

[@Stella77_7]

Ok basic rule for strawberry 1 year presorvation. 20 plants per person. Fresh eating 10. I have provided my family with 85% of our food for 10+ years as strawberries I grow enough to eat year round. No Stores!

[@pamt8430]

Well that makes complete sense, no wonder my 5 plants didn't feed us for a day..LOL!! Thanks so much for this info. New to strawberries and all the videos I watched never relayed that info.

[@DS-cy5sz]

We did a more dense planting and have encouraged self propagation in our 3' x 40' strawberry bed. We have seen great results with the addition of fresh compost at the start of the season and the addition of straw to keep the weeds down. Thanks for the update.

[@seanpuskas910]

We grow a mix of albion and seascape and love them! They produce right through october for us! Technically they are day neutral varieties. Everbearing produce in two or three sets based on the solar cycle vs. one for June bearing. Day neutrals were bred to produce all season. A lot of nurseries mislabel them as everbearing.

[@alexweedon1601]

I really love the home garden! Still love Green City Acres! But I love the new home garden content. It really enriches your channel and to get the prospective of how a master grower like you does there home garden is unlike anything else I know of in this space! You've inspired my garden for two years now. But it's cool seeing you do it! Keep it up. And keep us posted!

[@WildBillFlysRC]

Thank you for a strawberry video, Curtis. I'm in Southern Arizona and second year of berries in raised beds, started with 12 and now have 60+ plants. i cover mine with a simple pvc hoop and shade cloth 50% during the day and uncover at night. i still water by hand twice a day. would love to do a drip system... one day i will. always great content.

[@ravmok846]

i'm from Jersey UK. I have strawberries plants all around the borders in my garden.... picking easily around a pound of berries everyday for like 20 days now. Only me, the wife and a 6 months old so can't eat them all. Been giving strawberries to neighbours, made jam and froze the rest....

[@joesoutdoorplaces]

I love all your content, but really enjoy your home garden stuff. Great looking strawberries. Thanks.

[@christinejjones3068]

Those are the same strawberries that I got! But I didn't get them planted as soon as you so they are still just young... I had to wait for my raised bed to get finished. And I also planted in an offset manner. My bed is 48 inches across and I also have cukes, herbs, carrots, beans and nasturtium in there. Oh, and beets, radishes and bunching onions. It's my first bed, so I'm just getting warmed up! Next year could be really fun, cause I'll add another bed or two.

[@ThePlantBasedHomestead]

We have the same strawberries in our garden and there is NOTHING that the grocery store strawberries have on the tasty sweet strawberries we grow. We LOVE them. Like you said, we're eating so much that we're not going to have enough either. Maybe I'll propagate more like you. Great idea!

[@cxtralu]

I believe the reason for the wide spacing recommendation at planting time is so that in the second year (when you are supposed to start to crop, after you've removed the flowers in the first year) you have a full strawberry patch consisting of the second year plants and their runners. Last year I planted 4 new strawberry varieties much closer than recommended in a new strawberry patch and this year especially the Senga Sengana are heavily congested and, on top of that, they are sending out runners.

[@joshsimpson10]

I'm propagating strawberries for a patch to!! But I'm the squash and okra king right now. I need your paperpot transplanting system for my no till. II use the woodchip method with high density planting, with fish emulsion and cow manure amendments. The fish and cow poo are free due to my other work. I need to start everything in my greenhouse. I'm in central Texas, super hot right now. Almost a year ago now you inspired me to persue urban farming. Thanks

[@gangaskan2255]

looks great curtis. i love the ever bearing strawberries over the june bearing. what you explained happened to me then the next year i over planted and its been going like clockwork for about 2 years so far.

[@gapey]

Seascape is one of the varieties I'm growing too. Puget Crimson is another one and is my favorite this year. The berries are humungous. I just posted a tour of my strawberries the other day.

[@joannebockus8982]

Wow, wish I'd had this info when I planted my plants from Starks. Well, if they put out runners I can fill in. Your plants look great.

[@matprather5833]

Seascape I think is getting to be the main one everyone seems to be planting. I tried to get them this spring and most places were sold out or had order limits. I wanted 1200 but could only order 1000. They are so amazing with fairly large berries for be a day neutral and last year they kept producing until the first frost in the first year being planted and were the first to produce before the June bearing.

[@Kerrin77JIH]

My favorite way to use my runners for propagation is to fill peat pots with compost/soil and sit them under the end of the runner. Let them root, then transplant. But, I’m lazy! Lol

[@seth2638]

Closing on a property next week, leaving the condo life. A raised bed of strawberries (or any berries!) is goal #1 for next spring. Thanks for the vid.

[@wadebradley9281]

Great advice about the spacing for foliage cover!

[@mynameisnotcory]

I freaking love seascapes. Run them in aquaponics year round in TX. They need lots of pollinators it seems

[@elaineekberg113]

Aquavert GreenWorks I've actually seen one bee this season! Lots of wasps though.

[@madhattersartstudio8344]

OMG i can not believe your strawberries. I did 1 lonely strawberry plant- the little guy was doing so well until we had 3 days of 106 degrees heat. I cut back the the little guy to his stub and now getting a small green shoot. He is under my awning now. I was told here in Texas only 2-3 hours sun the rest shade for plants like mint and strawberries. Zone 8 El Paso , Texas- what do you think???

[@CoinOnTheCob]

I’ve been aware of gardening since I was a fetus but am just now becoming excited about it. You said that many replace their strawberry plants every couple of years. Can the runners from old plants be considered “new” plants?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yes Dennis, that is exactly right. The main center "crown (mother plant) lasts 3-5 years. Most varieties will send out runners throughout the year. These runners can be clipped off to start new mother plants! If clipped off and started early enough in the year, these runners can actually bear fruit the following season!

[@abcde12345edcba]

This is what I'm hoping for with ours

[@megganpowell4457]

Hey Curtis! Your tip about spacing is dead on. I started mine too spread out and the birds have been helping themselves. I bought an owl decoy that I move around the plot every so often and it seems to be protecting my tomatoes and strawberries, too! Did you start yours from plugs, bare root, or plants? Also, at what point in the season did you start them?

[@neutrigem]

I hate weeding these darn things... but, love picking them. 😊 Just like rasberries, but, we know how u utilize such things.

[@thegildedagemadonnabe]

You and your family could be rich harvesting all those berries you could make your own jams and jellies and pies

[@johnfalconi1739]

Can you keep us updated with your strawberries? I wanna have a pretty garden like yours

[@charlesburkhart800]

Thanks for this. I will try it.

[@s.j.anderson176]

Homegrown strawberries are the best.

[@sjninja]

I have a 10 x 4 bed with my strawberries that I grow under my Concord grapes. I've had the bed for about 5 years which is always productive.My biggest issue is slugs and small beetles. Any idea for the slugs with out spraying?

[@MissTheresaDANCE]

I’m growing strawberries for the first time this year (zone 6a) and haven’t been doing so well! Eight plants are now down to just two. 🍓🤷🏻‍♀️🤔😔

[@LacasseEric]

I'm also having issues with birds eating my strawberries. I have 3 plants in a 3'*6"*6" planter box. They aren't as compact as yours since they are in a planter and I wanted to leave enough space for the roots. Irrigation is good since I have a good 1" of rocks at the bottom for drainage. They are growing good, but I planted them on Victoria day so they are still young. Do you think that covering them with some kind of netting would be a good solution to the bird issue?

[@catherineholcomb4488]

I can't believe the wife's brother doesn't get some help in his strawberry growth!

[@agnespabst3021]

Hallo Curtis, are you planning to do a 5-days Workshop in Germany? That would be great. Greetings from Bavaria.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Right now there aren't any farms to my knowledge that are doing what I'm doing in Germany.

[@astrinamartin2240]

We had a really good patch going then our puppy got into them so we went and bought more and for some reason we aren’t getting anything is it because I’m keeping them in to much sun or what could make them be dying after they flower just a little?

[@jerradcampbell74]

Love it Curtis!.. keep up the good work. :)

[@lewdis]

is there any crop that you can’t grow well? really appreciate ALL the content.

[@thefaeryman]

do you mulch them in the winter? how many years has that been growing?

[@keeptrying5962]

Very helpful, THANKS!

[@LGNT]

Good job 👍👍how are you my friend ?

[@General_Haze]

Something is eating my strawberries, but I never witness anything eating them during the day. I'm assuming it is happening at night time, but I never see any residual of what might be eating them. I thought it was slugs/snails, but I haven't seen any slime trails left behind. Any suggestions?

[@matprather5833]

We have slugs eat ours and they make holes. We other pest eat them too. The flies have been really bad this year and suck on the outside of the strawberry making them look dried out. Also the ants have been eating them when a hole gets started. There are many insects that go after them.

[@General_Haze]

Mat Prather Yeah I thought it was slugs or ants at first. However I've never seen ants or slug trails/foam. It may be the birds in the early morning. I got up early this morning to pick a few and something still got to one of the strawberries. I'm not sure what it is because whatever it is, it eats almost the entire berry at a time. That's why I'm starting to believe it's birds/a bigger animal. I wish I had a trail cam/ gopro to keep out there just to see what exactly it is. I check my garden multiple times a day and have never seen anything on them, so who knows haha

[@gerry6597]

If it's slugs or ants plant a row of marigolds between the strawberries they keep ants away, slugs prefer to eat them first (so easier to deal with) and bees will come in to pollinate the strawberries more often. If your having bird issues you could net them or get a few stones and paint the stone to look like a strawberry takes a little while but birds will try and eat the stone and discover they can't and you can train them to keep away from the plants.

[@General_Haze]

Gerry Murphy Cool thanks for the advice. I like the painted rock trick

[@leninnayak563]

Curtis, I have one doubt. If you allow the plants to grow wild like that, don't you think there will be a lot of vegetation and very little berry production?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Possibly at some point but that's certainly not the case right now.

[@fiendeng]

Did you seed and pot those in the nursery like others? Sorry for that being a dumb question if it is.

[@seanpuskas910]

Johnson Rocson in the video he says he bought them at a local nursery. Most strawberry varieties do not propagate well from seed. Generally runners are harvested in season and planted, or when dormant as bare roots.

[@fiendeng]

Sean Puskas I assumed he meant the seeds were from the local estab. Thanks much

[@masonkoller8962]

This is perhaps the highest like to dislike ratio I’ve ever seen on a video

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Because everyone loves Strawberries! :-)

[@mytreasuredcreations]

I am having trouble with squirrels. They are stealing all my strawberries. The pests take a bite of a strawberry and throw the rest away. :/ I think I'll be making strawberry cages for my raised beds. Ugh :/

[@spencerblack8098]

Nice !

[@Allocated_Brain]

very nice

[@Healthtipslk]

v.good info :)

[@sebastiancannavo8786]

Do they produce the first year?

[@seanpuskas910]

Sebastian Cannavo depends on the variety and how they are bought. Day neutrals and everbearing will. June bearing need a year before they produce but are often sold as over a year old.

[@sebastiancannavo8786]

Sean Puskas ok. Thanks. We use to pinch off the flowers the first year on the June berries. I have to look into it more.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Yes. They started producing 4 weeks after being planted.

[@sebastiancannavo8786]

Urban Farmer Curtis Stone OK. Thank you. I have to try some.

[@KrausOutdoors]

My problem, is that my chickens gets to them before I do.