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advice regarding strawberries for newbie

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  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Worried the pots will be stolen, try super gluing drawing pins to the underside of the rim on the potimage, most effective, I've only ever lost one pot, when the thief came back for the second time they got a nasty shock and probably had sore fingers for weeks. 

  • thats something to consider, all be it with all the blame culture these days you'd probably get sued by the thief image. with my strawberry plants when should i switch them to bigger pots and feed them etc?

    cheers

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    At the point where you can see the roots coming through the bottom of the pot-so leave it for a few weeks

    But get them outside in readiness if not already done so.

    A regards feeding -do not go over board-use a high potash feed like tomato food to promote flowering and fruiting rather than leaf growth-but not yetimage

  • thanks there outside now in a sheltered posistion now. Im now thinking of putting them into a hanging basket. are there any pros cons to this?

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    The watering is the main thing -probably at least one a dayimage-at least they will be away from the slugs-hopefullyimage

  • typical, i have had only 3 germinate out of 24 cells until today. a fourth has arrived, but not in one of the empty ones. no it arrived in one already occupied litterally right next to it. im sure it is another one rather than the same seedling. what do i do, let them fight it out or can both be saved?

    ta

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    Just leave it- when they are big enough seperate them -do it now and you will lose both of them image

  • cheers, is it a tricky procedure?

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    imageNo but wait until they have a good set of leaves but not so big as the roots are all tangled_- then gently tease apart- this will be weeks away yet

  • thanks image

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