Propagating Strawberries Easily in a Basement Hydroponic System

Can you grow strawberries in a hydroponic system?

Yes! They are growing like weeds! I guess this is a good thing...seriously though, I found a neat way to propagate strawberries easily in a hydroponic system. I have a NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) system in my basement where I grow vegetables and now strawberries. This setup seems to work great so far. I plan to post a follow-up video once these get further along. I may even use this method to grow starters for planting outside in the spring.

My kids are going to be so excited to pick all these strawberries, which will be good because I am probably going to need a lot of help!

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[chadtitan]

Tried strawberries...got more leaves than berries. I had to scratch the experiment too soon and never got back to it. Try tweaking your nutrients if your not getting enough berries. I need to get back to strawberries soon. Thanks for the inspiration.

[blessisrael]

I have some runners and it seems like a lot of people have problems with strawberries; MB sells a strawberry NPK 9-12-34 but it says mix in 100 gallons;

I’m new at hydroponics with strawberries……. What NPK do you use for smaller strawberry plants, per gallon ? I also made some liquid calcium; how much would you add ?

[JustinMentionedIt]

You need to fill those cups up with perlite

[pewpface]

Hello. I'm new to all of this, I want to do this outdoors. Was wondering a few things. #1 I assume my irrigation water outlet will be better than tap water from my house. #2 is water temperature that big of an issue? I bought black PVC pipe with my mind thinking the dark pipe will attract more light (I'm in evanston wyoming 50 miles from utah) I just dont want it to ruin my plants. Should I use the white PVC and not the black ABS pipe? #3 when it comes time to call it a season how can I keep these guys alive thru the winter so I can start them up again during the spring? Any info would be much appreciated. Thank you and be safe

[skyplanet]

Thanks for sharing. Can you share what fertilizer concentration per gallon and NPK that worked best for the strawberries. Also, I transplanted a few plants grown in soil from my garden to the hydroponic and now the leaves are turning purple, have you had this issue?

[mbrgm_]

Trying to find a way to do this with reusable media (i.e. not Rockwool; maybe clay pebbles) or none at all (only pucks)... Did you try any of that? I noticed you went without media for the mother plant, so I'm curious 'bout the runners. Thanks for the great explanation!

[unnoticed]

If you don't mind me asking, where do you get the top that you use for the plants? More specifically the form pieces.
Do you cut those from something or purchase them as they are?

[Crftbt]

Curious how the strawberries are doing now. :)

[alyssarossnagelschear]

Did you research strawberry varieties? Where did you order from?