How To Protect Strawberries From Insects (Stake Them To Keep Them Off The Ground!)

When you have a strawberry patch, there are many creatures that want to eat those ripe berries. Birds, insects, and small furry creatures. In this video we discuss how to keep certain insect pests away from your strawberry patch.

To help defend against slugs, snails, and ants, we use a two tier system. First we put down a wide path of diatomaceous earth that slugs and snails will not walk across. Although the DE will not harm the slugs and snails they do not like it and will rarely cross its path. Fortunately, the DE will take out the ants eventually by cutting their exoskeleton. Secondly, we show you how to stake your strawberries. This keeps those berries up off the ground where roaming slugs cannot get to them. Our stakes are made of a small piece of bamboo and some 10 gauge wire.

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[YusufYusuf-qmlw]

I use mini forks, cut from wood branches to keep the strawberries off the ground. No slug or snail would eat them this way. Perfect job.

[Rdeboer]

Another idea is to use small, fine mesh bags with a drawstring and just enclose each strawberry, or even clusters in one bag depending on the size.

[spiffyshorts]

Came for the strawberry tips, stayed for the doggo and cats.

[daisyu]

I started growing strawberries a while ago and they’re growing now I was so excited to see them ready and ripe but then I took a good look and they were eaten I’ll definitely have to try this

[nancyrea]

Liked the advice, loved the Border and the kittens.

[jalu]

The garden = a battlefield. Thanks for bringing in the heavy artillery.

[marymiller]

Thanks for the info. Very simple and helpful. One thing I would like is if you could grab the camera at some point and get closeups of what you did and your strawberries propped up and the snails/slugs.

[midnewt]

I had one of my biggest strawberries eaten today by a big caterpillar so i went and i looked for a video on how to keep them off my strawberries and i watched this video and it worked thanks

[Ps-tcko]

I've tried recycled veg nets, you have to double or triple the over and tie off any loose bits or the slugs will get inside. Treat the nets like putting on a finger bandage where you twist the end a little bit and pull it back over. I am going to try raising them off the ground too. Those little critters get everywhere. The problem we have here in the UK and probably the world over too is that biodiversity has been somewhat compromised as in we build fences that hedgehogs can't get through or find a partner so there numbers have declined dramatically. Peop😊le are now creating little gaps just big enough and building hoghouses for them

[gnarlymask]

i appreciate the use of the Decemberists

[luvinwawa]

that cat is adorable, also thankyou for the tips!

[elyse]

all the animals joining so cute, great tips!

[TheUnkow]

If you have too many ants, they probably have some good food source around like a sugar filled jar or a cherry tree which is not picked and the seeds fall to the ground.
In any case if you see their holes on the ground, try watering that patch of ground when you water the rest of your garden. After a few times their numbers should dwindle a lot.

Also having few onions/garlics in the viscinity helps against moths and many other flying insects because of its smell.

Don't forget a few flowers as well but not too close to the onions because bees are wonderful for keeping other insects out, so luring bees means keeping other insects out.

Your advice is great for snails, I've read that salt and cofee grounds help as well, but you can't spam it too much.

[poppylove]

I just noticed green little worms eating our first, brand new little strawberries! 🍓 We have them in a raised container, and hope you might be able to help me know what to do! Thank you, I’ve subscribed! 👍

[karlitoschmidt]

Amazing!!!! I intuitively put a stick with soft wire but every day the strawberries were sliding down 😅 thank you for the tip for the hook!!!

[suebradford]

Hi from England!! My problem is woodlice which eat holes in the strawberries. Have looked at other videos like yours and I've raised the trough off the ground and cut back dead foliage - I'll see if that helps.

[ollliiver]

Thank god for this video. Now if only I could stop my dogs from peeing on them

[anitariley]

I have a huge bed that i started a few years ago with 6 little plants. It is now 8 feet long by 5 feet wide and that method looks like too much work. Have to move on to something less labor intensive. Wouldn't be an option for me.

[jennlozeau]

At 5:55 see the cat ever so slightly in the corner of the screen lmao 🤣

[paplyhussain]

Hi what did you use for snail not to come near strawberries?