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strawberys

sandra graysandra gray Posts: 29
in Fruit & veg

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 the only way i could think of doing to keep them of the ground image

do any of you know of a tidier way image

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    Traditionally straw was spread over the strawberry bed (hence straw berry) image

     Nowadays you can buy Strawberry Mats - google them and you'll find different stockists and suggestions of how to make some yourself. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    I use thin wire, usually the stuff that comes with the cheap cloches, stick both ends into the soil as you would with a plant support, then the bunches/ trusses of fruit can be hung over them, seems to help stop pests getting at them too image
  • sandra graysandra gray Posts: 29

    thank you image

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,327

    Strawberry mats are great - they biodegrade after a few years but don't blow about like straw.  I put slug pellets under mine image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    You can make the mats out of old cardboard boxes and cereal packets. They last just about long enough. Cut a hole in the middle for the plant and a slot leading up to it so you can get it in.  Yes, slug pellets underneath.

    I read somewhere that they're called strawberries, originally strewberries, from their habit of strewing themselves about.

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