The Secret to Huge Strawberry Harvests in Containers
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Date: 2025-05-10
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Phyankord
alpine are a single subspecies breeding stock and there are several other native species to the US that can be grown for fruit. alpine however is the primary species that are true to type, which is why they can be grown from seed. important to note the subspecies that are referred to as alpine (semperflorens) of the fragaria vesca species is NOT native to the US but to france, and so will grow slightly differently since its the primary subspecies used for developing varieties and will grow larger than wild strawberries you find in the woods. if you want to grow specifically native wild strawberries then look for the names virginia strawberry (another wild species, no named varieties exist as its not true to type but can be propagated by seed generally) or the woodland strawberry (true native fragaria vesca, sold under the generic name and thus no named varieties as the french subspecies is the primary breeding stock)
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alpine are a single subspecies breeding stock and there are several other native species to the US that can be grown for fruit. alpine however is the primary species that are true to type, which is why they can be grown from seed. important to note the subspecies that are referred to as alpine (semperflorens) of the fragaria vesca species is NOT native to the US but to france, and so will grow slightly differently since its the primary subspecies used for developing varieties and will grow larger than wild strawberries you find in the woods. if you want to grow specifically native wild strawberries then look for the names virginia strawberry (another wild species, no named varieties exist as its not true to type but can be propagated by seed generally) or the woodland strawberry (true native fragaria vesca, sold under the generic name and thus no named varieties as the french subspecies is the primary breeding stock)
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jamiejazen
Question to anyone. Last year I set up a large pot for strawberries, one that I planted was an older one by about 3 years. This particular one stopped giving fruit and instead the leaves grew out to the size of dinner plates.
Never saw that before. We only planted strawberries in this pot and the weeds we usually get never grow to the size of a jungle bush like this one did. It was like an Alice In Wonderland plant or something.
Would anyone know what went on I mean, it was fun to see how big these leaves could get, but it left us scratching our heads lol
I'd also like to note that I wasn't a super dedicated gardener as I'm trying to be this year and knew next to nothing about fertilizers, amendments etc. So I didnt really do anything to these strawberries except water them and use plastic bags to cover the soil around them
Could it have been the age that made it behave this way
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Question to anyone. Last year I set up a large pot for strawberries, one that I planted was an older one by about 3 years. This particular one stopped giving fruit and instead the leaves grew out to the size of dinner plates.
Never saw that before. We only planted strawberries in this pot and the weeds we usually get never grow to the size of a jungle bush like this one did. It was like an Alice In Wonderland plant or something.
Would anyone know what went on I mean, it was fun to see how big these leaves could get, but it left us scratching our heads lol
I'd also like to note that I wasn't a super dedicated gardener as I'm trying to be this year and knew next to nothing about fertilizers, amendments etc. So I didnt really do anything to these strawberries except water them and use plastic bags to cover the soil around them
Could it have been the age that made it behave this way
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deltorres2100
Hi Meg, I am so behind watching Aaliyah, but I am liking this video. I did both. I did some already established strawberries from Home Depot and then I did a lot of bear route and I also did the Ozark brand and the Seascape and I’m doing really good. I am getting strawberries. I’m in Texas so I got a lot of heat But I’m getting strawberries every day and we’re probably eating 10 or 12 a day me and my granddaughter that’s why I’m growing and I’m actually making her a pot and as soon as they get all the foliage they were Beirut I think they’ve only been out in the sun or in the area where I have them for 10 days and they’re already getting a lot of foliage so as soon as they get started, I will let her take it home and she can pick strawberries daily. They do very well containers specially too because I don’t have too much pest control either.
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Hi Meg, I am so behind watching Aaliyah, but I am liking this video. I did both. I did some already established strawberries from Home Depot and then I did a lot of bear route and I also did the Ozark brand and the Seascape and I’m doing really good. I am getting strawberries. I’m in Texas so I got a lot of heat But I’m getting strawberries every day and we’re probably eating 10 or 12 a day me and my granddaughter that’s why I’m growing and I’m actually making her a pot and as soon as they get all the foliage they were Beirut I think they’ve only been out in the sun or in the area where I have them for 10 days and they’re already getting a lot of foliage so as soon as they get started, I will let her take it home and she can pick strawberries daily. They do very well containers specially too because I don’t have too much pest control either.
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GoingGreenMom
My strawberries are looking amazing right now! Tons of white blooms! I buck the trend and do not grow in containers unless I'm rooting/transplanting. They are my ground cover of choice. I pop them out of areas they arent wanted or mow over them. I started with 4 plants maybe 12 or 15 years ago, and those were everbearing, but over the years they seem to have transitioned to June bearing so not sure if they were different types and went towards the more dominant genes or the linger bearing died off. No idea. At this point, last year we had 2 big batches of strawberry shortcake and a couple bags in the freezer (and I was laid up with a broken foot so the kids were begrudgingly doing all the picking. Hoping to do enough to make jam as well this year. And the best part, it helps reduce weeding around other stuff.
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My strawberries are looking amazing right now! Tons of white blooms! I buck the trend and do not grow in containers unless I'm rooting/transplanting. They are my ground cover of choice. I pop them out of areas they arent wanted or mow over them. I started with 4 plants maybe 12 or 15 years ago, and those were everbearing, but over the years they seem to have transitioned to June bearing so not sure if they were different types and went towards the more dominant genes or the linger bearing died off. No idea. At this point, last year we had 2 big batches of strawberry shortcake and a couple bags in the freezer (and I was laid up with a broken foot so the kids were begrudgingly doing all the picking. Hoping to do enough to make jam as well this year. And the best part, it helps reduce weeding around other stuff.
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jenjagger6745
Kinda random, as I don't see this topic often. What about growing sequoias Bay area resident here, went to Arnold's Little Trees State Park & ended up buying a baby Sequoia in the gift shop. I was afraid it wouldn't live at first, but now I'm afraid it's doing so well that I might have an actual giant Sequoia on my hands. I doubt it'll take 300 years for this situation to become a problem in my apartment balcony garden like, what do I do Illegally plant a tree instead of cutting it down I suppose I could see if a conservatory would take it. This is a native tree to my area. Also, the history is horrifying on how we treated Sequoias. How awfully it impacted local tribes & our general ignorance to the beauty all around us in California.
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Kinda random, as I don't see this topic often. What about growing sequoias Bay area resident here, went to Arnold's Little Trees State Park & ended up buying a baby Sequoia in the gift shop. I was afraid it wouldn't live at first, but now I'm afraid it's doing so well that I might have an actual giant Sequoia on my hands. I doubt it'll take 300 years for this situation to become a problem in my apartment balcony garden like, what do I do Illegally plant a tree instead of cutting it down I suppose I could see if a conservatory would take it. This is a native tree to my area. Also, the history is horrifying on how we treated Sequoias. How awfully it impacted local tribes & our general ignorance to the beauty all around us in California.
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ddc163264
I've tried growing these things for YEARS with little to no success. Plus the ones I did get were the WORST tasting berries, I've ever eaten and aren't sweet at all. This is from garden center plants, local AND big box, from bare root mail order, even from seed. Most of them just died, or stayed green only and then died. With new soils, added compost, and fertilizer, left it alone with just new soil, larger containers and stacking pots, NONE of it mattered. In the money spent, I just about could've bought a strawberry stands supply for each year! I've started stripping out my strawberry plants that remain and will just go buy them from the store! Oh and yes, I've even bought from this place with ALL of them dead after planting.
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I've tried growing these things for YEARS with little to no success. Plus the ones I did get were the WORST tasting berries, I've ever eaten and aren't sweet at all. This is from garden center plants, local AND big box, from bare root mail order, even from seed. Most of them just died, or stayed green only and then died. With new soils, added compost, and fertilizer, left it alone with just new soil, larger containers and stacking pots, NONE of it mattered. In the money spent, I just about could've bought a strawberry stands supply for each year! I've started stripping out my strawberry plants that remain and will just go buy them from the store! Oh and yes, I've even bought from this place with ALL of them dead after planting.
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m. maclellan7147
I have a stoop garden & absolutely LOVE marigolds! They seed a LOT, so, if you don't want them, don't start! But, I have found them to be excellent companion plants to the tomatoes, eggplant & cucumbers I have tried!
Flowers & veggies are SUCH a winning combo! I get all kinds of compliments from folks walking by! Plus, the flowers give you beauty before the veggies give you produce! And, at least for the marigolds, quite a while after!
I highly encourage folks to just start! I cram more plants in my 2 large pots than is recommended, and DO need to water every day or so, but, the joy that I get to see them growing can't be beat!
P. s. I normally add a trailing plant, & perhaps a coleus for interest!
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I have a stoop garden & absolutely LOVE marigolds! They seed a LOT, so, if you don't want them, don't start! But, I have found them to be excellent companion plants to the tomatoes, eggplant & cucumbers I have tried!
Flowers & veggies are SUCH a winning combo! I get all kinds of compliments from folks walking by! Plus, the flowers give you beauty before the veggies give you produce! And, at least for the marigolds, quite a while after!
I highly encourage folks to just start! I cram more plants in my 2 large pots than is recommended, and DO need to water every day or so, but, the joy that I get to see them growing can't be beat!
P. s. I normally add a trailing plant, & perhaps a coleus for interest!
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bencoury6552
If you want big strawberries, you should plant them in a minimum of 5 gallon containers and mix up for each one 50/50 coarse sand and peat moss. And a good amount of perlite/ pumice and on the top layer put your favorite compost or fertilizer that’s how you’ll get big strawberries that you could harvest for a few years. If you put strawberries in small containers with a bunch of compost as a so-called soil medium, roots go anaerobic in 6 to 8 months, you’re going to have problems. and you should be able to harvest the same strawberry plant for a couple seasons some people say it’s even better in the second year And then propagate the runners in the third year and make new ones and get rid of the old ones
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If you want big strawberries, you should plant them in a minimum of 5 gallon containers and mix up for each one 50/50 coarse sand and peat moss. And a good amount of perlite/ pumice and on the top layer put your favorite compost or fertilizer that’s how you’ll get big strawberries that you could harvest for a few years. If you put strawberries in small containers with a bunch of compost as a so-called soil medium, roots go anaerobic in 6 to 8 months, you’re going to have problems. and you should be able to harvest the same strawberry plant for a couple seasons some people say it’s even better in the second year And then propagate the runners in the third year and make new ones and get rid of the old ones
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pdxmusl1510
I grew true alpine strawberries once and omg. You have never tasted a strawberry until you do. There are no words for it. By far. The best strawberry I've ever had.
They are tiny though. You cannot do much with them other than eat them all in one sitting. Then go into a deep depression for twelve months because you have to wait a year.
Also. dont prune your strawberries. Nor tomatoes. Except for space control. Or disease control. Otherwise it does nothing for either of these plants. The fruit is the same. Theres no difference at all.
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I grew true alpine strawberries once and omg. You have never tasted a strawberry until you do. There are no words for it. By far. The best strawberry I've ever had.
They are tiny though. You cannot do much with them other than eat them all in one sitting. Then go into a deep depression for twelve months because you have to wait a year.
Also. dont prune your strawberries. Nor tomatoes. Except for space control. Or disease control. Otherwise it does nothing for either of these plants. The fruit is the same. Theres no difference at all.
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Jake. lapointe
highly recommend bare-rooted plants, but only if you are buying them at the ideal time of late Feb-early March (northern hemisphere) because they're dormant, but their root system grows incredibly fast, and they can definitely catch up to potted plants within 2 months. i found it's even faster if you plant them into pots and let them wake up either indoors or a cold frame, and still saves tonnes of money!
Bare-root plants can be 10 for $10, whereas some garden centres are charging $5 each for potted plants!
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highly recommend bare-rooted plants, but only if you are buying them at the ideal time of late Feb-early March (northern hemisphere) because they're dormant, but their root system grows incredibly fast, and they can definitely catch up to potted plants within 2 months. i found it's even faster if you plant them into pots and let them wake up either indoors or a cold frame, and still saves tonnes of money!
Bare-root plants can be 10 for $10, whereas some garden centres are charging $5 each for potted plants!
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julesk3816
do you have any advice on how to balance high production levels of strawberries with propagating enough replacements for the plants that get too old to keep producing i've heard strawberries are usually only good producers for about 4 years before they stop producing well.
would the recommendation be to allow, say, 25% of your plants to spend their energy on creating runners, and keep the others focused on fruiting or would you just start propagating every plant that reaches its 3rd or 4th year
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do you have any advice on how to balance high production levels of strawberries with propagating enough replacements for the plants that get too old to keep producing i've heard strawberries are usually only good producers for about 4 years before they stop producing well.
would the recommendation be to allow, say, 25% of your plants to spend their energy on creating runners, and keep the others focused on fruiting or would you just start propagating every plant that reaches its 3rd or 4th year
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GoingGreenMom
Having a really good earth worm population is also really helpful for birds. I have tons of birds, oddly, my kids said tons of slugs (but we have very little slug damage on berries, and the thing we actually see eating berries is ants. I have spider mites too, but not sure why they leave those alone. although maybe it has to do with rainfall since I don't actually water most of the time and using them as ground cover helps keep the area too moist Maybe Lol.
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Having a really good earth worm population is also really helpful for birds. I have tons of birds, oddly, my kids said tons of slugs (but we have very little slug damage on berries, and the thing we actually see eating berries is ants. I have spider mites too, but not sure why they leave those alone. although maybe it has to do with rainfall since I don't actually water most of the time and using them as ground cover helps keep the area too moist Maybe Lol.
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theveggievlog9064
Public service announcement: if you live in a northern state, like I live in Michigan, your strawberries will die if planted in Greenstalk as there is no insulation keeping them from freezing temps, even when wrapped in frost cloth. Trust me, I tried strawberries in my Greenstalk two years in a row, and not a single one survived either year. With that, I do love my Greenstalks and use them (I have 2) for other things! Just not strawberries.
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Public service announcement: if you live in a northern state, like I live in Michigan, your strawberries will die if planted in Greenstalk as there is no insulation keeping them from freezing temps, even when wrapped in frost cloth. Trust me, I tried strawberries in my Greenstalk two years in a row, and not a single one survived either year. With that, I do love my Greenstalks and use them (I have 2) for other things! Just not strawberries.
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brittnystone
Im nor gonna lie I'm moving my strawberries into the ground vs how I have them in a raised bed right now. I'm moving them out of the garden and into a new orchard in starting. Hoping the will spread like crazy and won't have to weed eat but I have the room. Just like how I planted mint in ground last year in my blackberry patch. Hoping they will take over enough to help with pests and choke out poison ivy. I just cut the mint like the grass
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Im nor gonna lie I'm moving my strawberries into the ground vs how I have them in a raised bed right now. I'm moving them out of the garden and into a new orchard in starting. Hoping the will spread like crazy and won't have to weed eat but I have the room. Just like how I planted mint in ground last year in my blackberry patch. Hoping they will take over enough to help with pests and choke out poison ivy. I just cut the mint like the grass
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lectrickitty
I love the fabric grow bags. I think I currently have about 70 of them with everything from salads to fruit trees in them. A few years ago I ran across some that are 6 ft wide and 24 deep. They make great container gardens! I set my grow bags in kiddie pools with stone lining in the bottom. This allows less watering in my hot southern summers.
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I love the fabric grow bags. I think I currently have about 70 of them with everything from salads to fruit trees in them. A few years ago I ran across some that are 6 ft wide and 24 deep. They make great container gardens! I set my grow bags in kiddie pools with stone lining in the bottom. This allows less watering in my hot southern summers.
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TheCrnic
NEED HELP I had a bunch of vegetables seed packs from 2017 and I didn't think they were good anymore. I opened them and throw them randomly in a 8ft x 8ft plot of dirt in my backyard thinking they wouldn't grow. About 300 of them have sprouted, but they are in dence groups. How to I separate the seedlings into nice rows without killing them
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NEED HELP I had a bunch of vegetables seed packs from 2017 and I didn't think they were good anymore. I opened them and throw them randomly in a 8ft x 8ft plot of dirt in my backyard thinking they wouldn't grow. About 300 of them have sprouted, but they are in dence groups. How to I separate the seedlings into nice rows without killing them
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oe4927
Someone once told me they had strawberries hanging over their pond. Apparently nothing got to them. Mine are both in ground and in pots. Didn't get hardly any runners last year. But my crop is coming along well at the moment. Once of the easiest plants for my personally and one of my favourites. The wild strawberries cannot be beaten.
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Someone once told me they had strawberries hanging over their pond. Apparently nothing got to them. Mine are both in ground and in pots. Didn't get hardly any runners last year. But my crop is coming along well at the moment. Once of the easiest plants for my personally and one of my favourites. The wild strawberries cannot be beaten.
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RaiderMom2008
I didn’t read every comment, but want to know how to overwinter when planted in containers. This is my first year growing strawberries. I live in Mississippi, we have vey hot summers and the last few winters have gotten down in the single digits for a few days at a time. Also, some weeks never getting above freezing.
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I didn’t read every comment, but want to know how to overwinter when planted in containers. This is my first year growing strawberries. I live in Mississippi, we have vey hot summers and the last few winters have gotten down in the single digits for a few days at a time. Also, some weeks never getting above freezing.
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epic_gardening
If you buy a terracotta pot that is clear glazed on the inside it will not dry out any faster than plastic. Even if it is not glazed you can get a waterproofing agent that you treat the inside of the before you fill. That will stop the evaporation out through the walls of the terracotta.
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If you buy a terracotta pot that is clear glazed on the inside it will not dry out any faster than plastic. Even if it is not glazed you can get a waterproofing agent that you treat the inside of the before you fill. That will stop the evaporation out through the walls of the terracotta.
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ausfoodgarden
Why did I not know strawberries like slightly acidic soil I've been growing for decades. I guess if things grow, I don't research how to grow them better.
I usually pick and eat the smaller berries as the flavor is so more intense. Only the bigger ones make it inside.
Cheers!
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Why did I not know strawberries like slightly acidic soil I've been growing for decades. I guess if things grow, I don't research how to grow them better.
I usually pick and eat the smaller berries as the flavor is so more intense. Only the bigger ones make it inside.
Cheers!
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