I live in agricultural zone 8--desert Southwest. It gets pretty hot here in the summer. I have strawberries planted in two beds that I re-worked this spring. I'm curious about what kind of yields I could get using those clay strawberry pots. Anyone have a guess as to how many pints I might get?
Are they growing and putting out a crop in the ground? I have no idea how many pints you could get in the pots, but considering the cost of the pots to transplant the strawberries into, the time and expense of watering pots everyday I would think leaving them in the ground is the better course.
Yes, Toni. You're right. The in-ground beds do fine here. My new beds are doing better than I expected because I was late getting plants moved. I'm just curious about strawberry pots because I have a neighbor who gardens in containers. She asked me about them. I didn't know what to tell her. I'm going to have a lot of left over plants to share.
I've never used them. I guess they would be okay if you didn't have space to plant the berries in the ground. But... they do seem "limited". More of a novelty item? There's so many other containers that would give a higher yield. A window box? Half whiskey barrel? Foot tub?
I have a "squashed" strawberry pot (much wider and lower than the usual ones) that I plant flowers in. It is hard to keep it watered. If I put water in from the neck, it just goes straight through and doesn't get to the side plants. If you water each side plant, much of the soil washes out. I keep at it, hoping that I'll find something that will survive the pot (so far portulaca seems to) but I can't recommend using one. I'd think a large container like Cheryl recommended would be much better.
Thank you everyone for your input. I'll let my neighbor know that you are not recommending them. I didn't know about watering issues.
