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Tue, Jan 14, 14 at 15:36
| Hi folks, I just ordered 12 strawberry plants from Gurney's... And they will be shipped in early March. But in the meantime I have the challenge of figuring out a good place to plant then in my garden. There is a spot in my yard that I had used for summer vegetables (cukes, squash, tomatoes) since it only gets good sunlight in the summer months. From Oct to April its completely the shade. In the mid-summer it will probably get about 8 or 9 hours of direct sunlight. So my question is, will this be a good spot for them? WiIll it be bad if they don't get much sun in the early spring? I do have a bigger area that gets more sun, but I plant many different kinds of veggies there, and so don't want to commit that area to "permanent" type plants there... So I would like to avoid that area. |
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 15, 14 at 6:04
| Like most plants, strawberries do better with good sunlight. My strawberry patch is in a partialy shaded south side of my house. I use them as ground cover among my shrubs and flowers. They produce well, but would probably produce larger berries with more sun. |
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- Posted by fruitmaven.WIz5 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 15, 14 at 7:53
| I'd think winter shade would be good for strawberries. It'd reduce the winter freeze-thaw heaving that is so damaging to them. If they have sun from May to September, that should be fine. |
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- Posted by lawanddisorder 6 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 17, 14 at 13:37
| Strawberries do well in pots, and you could always put them in pots and relocate them as necessary. |
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| True, but the challenge with pots here in Texas is that on a hot sunny day if I forget to water the plants they will be toast! Our soil here is black clay, and alkaline... So I read they prefer sandy, acidic, soil. So I guess I'll have to amend the soil. |
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| Make a raised bed, that is what i did. Strawberries are crazy growers! That started out as 6 plants, and by August this is what it looked like! A Blueberry plant is in the middle. |
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