In today’s post, I share a video featuring new bare root strawberry plants. I share how to store and plant these amazing fruit treats to grow in almost any home garden. You can grow bare root strawberries in the ground, containers and year-round dome.
Planting and Storing Bare Root Strawberry Video
I am super excited to be growing 2 well-known varieties of strawberries in my raised container in the dome. In the video featured here, I share how they are stored and how to plant. Be sure to reach out to me on my contact page if you have questions.
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In today’s video, I am sharing the new bare root strawberry plants I am growing in a container. I picked these packages up at Home Depot the other day while shopping for lumber.
When you open the packet you will find a light soil that should keep the roots from drying out. Under all that soil you will find a rubber band holding the plants together. Carefully remove the rubber band and start to break apart the root clumps. Wiggle that plant around and work your fingers to get the loose soil off the root. It is easy to tell the top of the plant – all the roots will be connected to it. It may not show any signs of growth ( such as green leaves) at this time and that is just fine.
Bare Root Strawberry Varieties to Consider
In this video post, I feature 2 varieties I found while shopping locally. They are both have different harvest times but super sweet.
- The Sequoia variety I am growing is self-pollinating and will produce sweet fruit in the spring and maybe the fall.
- Quinault variety which is Everbearing strawberries produces 3 harvests in the spring, summer, and fall. Very disease resistant.
Bare Root Strawberry Planting Tips
Below are a few planting bare root strawberries I highlight in the video featured on this post.
- I used a loose planting soil. Strawberries do not like to be wet in compact soil so make sure the soil you pick drains well.
- I am using my favorite planting tool ( my finger) to make a hole in the soil big enough of the bare root to fit. This hole is about 3″ deep.
- Make sure the crown located at the top of the roots is lifted above the soil.
- Gently pat the soil around that plant and watch for new growth. The new growth will start showing in about a week or less in spring conditions.
- I’ve planted my strawberries about 2-3 ” apart.
- Once they get established and have produced a harvest I will most likely divide as they produce runners.
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Strawberry Plant Growing Tips
Strawberry Harvest in Autumn Everyone loves a juicy, sweet strawberry treat in early summer. In today’s post I share how strawberry plant growing tips I’ve learned over the years of growing them just about every way possible. Everything from in the ground, containers, and year-round dome. My Strawberry Plants My plants growing began about five years after we moved out to the country. I grew the berries directly in the ground like the farmers do in my area. I’ve later been introduced to different varieties that grow productively in containers. This video found at: Strawberry Growing Tips on Bren Haas Channel Strawberry Plant Growing Tips These are new Strawberry Plants in the Dome Add berries that grow well in your area. Reach out to local growers and garden centers to see what they recommend. I popular berry in NW Ohio is Jewel, June Berry, and Ozark. I found information at the Ohio Extension Office site: Strawberries are an Excellent Fruit for the Home Garden Use straw in between plants to keep weeds out and hold moisture. Be sure the berries are planted in full sun early in the season and until summer. KEEP UP with the weeds….. weed often so the berry plants can grow healthy and multiply Supplies For Growing From Seed Strawberry Plants From Seed Here are a few of the products I recommend starting seeds easily. Peat Pots Organic Seed Starting Soil Jiffy Seed Starting Trays A Strawberry Seed Variety like Alphine and Delizz As the image shows above, not all strawberries are the same. These are super small strawberries that look cute in decorative displays like the window box. The flavor of these were not the best but they sure make nice conversation starters. Below is a pack of strawberry plants found locally. You can always trust your local grower or the Bonnie Plant display for the best varieties in your area. More Growing Strawberry Plant Post I have been growing strawberries in my home garden since 2004 so you will want to check out my post. These are a few of my articles on my website packed with images and growing tip videos. Click on each image with post below! Original post from February 2017 Let’s Connect What do you think about growing your own Strawberries? Have you given this a try in your home garden? I hope you will consider commenting on my post to share any tips and tricks you may have about this topic. I look forward to connecting with you soon. Happy Strawberry Growing,
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How To Separate Bare Root Strawberry Plants
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Let’s Connect
Thanks for checking out my video and images today. I hope you will take the time to comment below. Have you grown bare root strawberries before? Share with me on my contact page.
Happy Gardening,
2 Comments on “How to Plant and Store Bare Root Strawberry Plants”
Great to connect with you Derek – I hope I can help you with this. I use a potting soil that has plenty of drainage. Make sure it is a soil that doesn’t hold too much water. I share how I mix up my potting soil in the bulk on my website: https://brenhaas.com/homemade-potting-soil-recipe/
I also love ProMix that you can find at Mendards for potting up most of my container plants. I’ve got another video coming out soon featuring a new ‘white Carolina’ strawberry and an upated about the berries I planted last year so follow: https://brenhaas.com/tag/strawberries
Hi thank you for your video! Can you explain step 6 further and can these be planted in the ground in a loose soil? I purchased mine from Walmart, I dont believe they will be moist like the ones in your video. I can tell from feeling the outside of the package, it feels dry, or, not moist. Thank you!