3 Must Do Chores For Growing Strawberries in August

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[laurasinkins]

Some kind stranger put their strawberry babies out on the sidewalk with a free plants sign. So I took them home and just started my very first strawberry bed. Thank you, kind stranger!

[irishk.]

Agree with everything you taught about strawberries. EXCEPT the chicken comment 😬🙃. As a chicken mom for years and years. NEVER, EVER put your chickens in your garden. They WILL eat bugs (and that is a good thing). But, chickens "scratch". Hence, they will scratch about and dig up plants. They also will munch on tender new growth leaves etc. Love my fluff bottom girls. But they stay in their run and not in my garden. Long tunnel runs around the outside of your garden. YES! Then they can eat bugs before the creepy crawlers reach your garden and NOT destroy your hard work and your tender plants. Ducks are great for slugs as they don't "scratch". Guinea Hens would work. They don't scratch like chickens do. Hope this helps other gardens & chicken lovers too :)

[justynwolf]

this was so inspirational. I went right out and checked my greenstalk strawberry patch (all 6 tiers) for questionable leaves (not too many) and for runner babies with tiny rootlets. cut off the babies and potted them up. Didn't bury deep as when we planted the mother strawberries we were told not to bury the crown. So I made "staples" out of the runner stems and gently secured the new babies with their tiny roots into soil using the "staples" to help them be a bit more secure till they get established.
thank you so much for the tips and for sharing your enthusiasm, garden knowledge and wonderful smile. :)

[teresehummel]

It's helpful to know that I can trim the "umbilicals" from the new plants sooner than I thought was safe/healthy for the baby, and that it will help the mother conserve energy and improve production. Thanks!

[BWell]

I bought bare root strawberry plants from you several years ago and must have given away at least 50 plants this year when I transplanted around 30 to a tower. They are delicious and healthy and grow like crazy!!

[lisaliteration]

Always appreciate your videos! We are growing in MN in zone 5a and it’s nice to see content from other northern gardeners who understand the short growing season struggle.

[DrJohnBNase]

Ya. Great. Propagation! But what do you do with those potted shoots to get them through the winter?

[amandaforgie]

I worked on my strawberries while listening to your video. I'm amazed by how many runners I had.

[grandmaofthree]

I was just doing this tonight! I have some strawberries in a Greenstalk and have planted the babies into empty spaces. It is going well. Tonight I cleaned up my strawberries again!

[SharkLaserz]

What can I do to make sure they survive over winter? Especially in a raised bed where the soil temps are likely to get well below ground temp.
Also this inspired me to clean out my front-most raised bed and make it 100% strawberries, because I just love strawbs that much

[points]

i was planning on collecting my new pups today...i planted 10 plants this spring i purchased from MiGardener and they went bonkers!!!! Im gonna be out there singing.... here a pup, there a pup, everywhere a pup pup! ol McStephens had a garden...
E I E I
thank you!!!

[kristigull]

Relating a strawberry runner to a spider plant made SO much sense to me. Thanks for another super helpful video!

[ht]

I have a ton that I need to go do this with. I gave away about 100 to friends when I dug up one bed this spring, moved some for myself and of course now they have continued on their way to taking over. 🤣

[PinkamingoHaven]

I bought bare root from MIgardener this year and they are looking great!

[niecieyukiye]

What about everbearing Seascape berries that are still producing? What should we be doing with those right now?

[jrose]

Strawberries, tasty weeds. I’m so thankful this house came with an amazing bed of strawberries. I always encourage family to come take plants.

[debbiemusgrove]

Thank you again for info on getting rid of fungus and pests.

[jiala]

LUKE- QUESTION - With the new plants how do you store them for the winter? Do you fertilize those in September as well?

[dianebrockman]

Well this is just erie! I was gifted a huge strawberry plant & it's putting off runners. I came here to learn how to propogate them & your video popped up!!!! Goosebumps! Thanks I learned a lot from this one. BTW, I was just 'thinking' about doing this & it's not like I even said anything about it. No my computer, phone or TV did not hear me say anything (like I usually get pop up ads from). !

[dianahall]

Thank you! This is my first year with strawberries at this time of the year so I'm really hoping to not kill them off! So far they look amazing but I'm sure these tips will help me keep them around