We have had the same plant offspring for a number of years now, so it's time for 'new blood'. Once the decision was made we searched the internet to find a what plants we wanted and a dealer in our general vacinity. Once we knew what we wanted and located a dealer, we placed the order for 140 plants (40 for Hetty from up the way and the rest for ourselves). The plants cost 20 cents apiece. The dealer was up at the edge of Friesland so it was far enough away to make a day's outing of it. It was the same day that we picked-up that bell for the lottie. We got back home late that evening, so we had to get up early the next morning to go out and plant those plants as soon as we could. We had prepared a bed where the spuds had been and worked in compost, green manure and rotted cow manure a month prior. The prepared ground. The plants were excellent specimens. We soaked them in water for two hours prior to setting them out. Aren't they lovely? I dig a planting hole and form a small mound in the bottom to place the plant on. I spread the roots out like one does when planting asparagus spiders. Then I cover the roots and firm the soil, taking great care not to have the growing point above or below the soil surface. I leave a slight depression to collect rainwater. After the planting of the plantlets was done, I stepped-back to admire my work. I had three different sorts: Korona, Lambada and Polka. I then put the remaining plants in a bed prepared over in the old plot. If these plants (and the second year ones) do it, I am going to have quite a glut next year! keep your fingers crossed
You make it look so easy...but then we didn't see the work involved in getting the bed ready. Hope you have as good a crop of strawberries next year as you had zukes this year.
Ummm I love strawberries and it looks like you will have a hummungus amount of them next year.Great looking soil Sjored.
You've got a lovely, big, new patch, and I'm that envious. I'm certain they'll do well for you next year.
Great minds Sjoerd. I have ordered a new batch of strawb plants, not quite as many as you though! You should be bottling, jamming and freezing all summer long next year with that lot. Delicious! So are they earliers, mains and lates??
That looks great Sjoerd! I'll be doing the same thing this fall. We're moving the strawberries to a new plot of land. Hopefully this weekend we can start digging up a new run, and start preparing the soil. I have to say they were real beauties. The roots on those plants are so healthy looking,, your very lucky you found a good supplier. Good luck and may your trugs over flow with juicy sweet strawberries.
Thanks folks for your encouragement for the coming year. Whew!...That was some work, I'll tell you. I shall give them a bit of potash in another week or so...then I shall dress them with an especially low pH soil type (for azalias/rhododendrons) when the weather begins to get a bit nippy and then things will be ready for the winter. Great minds indeed, EJ! Well don't just sit there glowing...tell what kind you ordered. I have investigated so much that I am genuinely curious what kind you chose. Mine are earlies and mains. Biita, it's exciting to hear that you will be doing the same this year. I hope that you will send some pics. I'm really interested to know how it develops way up there. Do you grow the so-called "alpine" type? They have an excellent fragrance and some say the best taste.
How wonderful Sjoerd! How I wish I could find strawberry plants here for just 20 cents! I would have rows and rows of them!
Yum strawberries, looks like lot's too. Strawberries hold a special place for us here. On our honey moon we stopped at a strawberry farm, picked a bunch, and took them back to the hotel. We do need to plant more.
I was out there looking over the new patches today and almost every plant has new growth in it's grow point. That's promising.
They look like really good plants to start with, such thick roots. Guess strawberries just do better way up there.
