JOIN NOW LOG IN
iVillage GardenWeb iVillage GardenWeb THE INTERNET'S GARDEN & HOME COMMUNITY ADVERTISEMENT
Blogs
Garden Voices
Forums
Garden Forums Home Forums Nature Forums
Photo Galleries
Garden Galleries Home Galleries
Ask The Experts Tools & Directories
Organization Directory Events Calendar Hortiplex Glossary Zone Finder Garden Bazaar
       
Return to the Balcony Gardening Forum | Post a Follow-Up

o
Raised planter box for strawberries

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings
Posted by yngfireman NC (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 8, 09 at 19:30

Rabbits ate my daughters' strawberries last year. So, this year I'm thinking of planting her strawberries in "window sill" style boxes to hang off the side of her playhouse. Can anyone give me some infomation to help with this? IE. Use potting soil, and plant strawberries directly in box? Leave holes on the bottom of the wood to let water drain out? Or build a box but plant in pots then put pots in box? IF I put in pots what size and how many plants to pot?? Just some things running through my head. Thanks for any help you can give.

Follow-Up Postings:

o
RE: Raised planter box for strawberries

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

Whatever container you use, make sure there are drain holes and that the soil you use is free-draining. It might be best to go with name brand bagged soil or mix up your own with plenty of drainage material mixed in (e.g., perlite). You can plant right into the box of soil.

How many you plant will depend on the size of the box and type of plant. There are strawberries that generate long runners of babies and they will spread across the box (and will actually give you more plants). Others stay fairly compact. Many people grow them in hanging pots.

Just be aware that they do like sun but because of that, the soil can dry out quickly, so you want to make sure the soil will stay moist but not soggy, especially since they are surface-rooters (consider some pine needle mulch around the plants).

Otherwise, they are easy and fun to grow!

Hope this helps a little!

o
RE: Raised planter box for strawberries

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

I'm a hydro grower and have a FREE tutorial on building a Strawberry Burrito.

It uses 100% perlite as the growing medium. I use home-brewed nutrient and the recipe is located in my online Store.

Relax, everything in the Store is FREE!

Here is a link that might be useful: Build A Strawberry Burrito

  
 

 

 


Click here to learn more about in-text links on this page.



iVillage GardenWeb: The Internet's Garden & Home Community
Join | Garden Forums | Home Forums | Exchanges & Trading | Member Pages | Contact Us
© 2006 iVillage Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Policies FAQ | Advertising
  
  iVillage Home & Garden Network