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strawberry jars

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Out of self-defense I bought a strawberry jar this season. Hubby had found 
some awful pottery 'thing'. Painted flaking orange paint, has a big gaping 
hole like it might be a ceramic cooker on legs or something. Big tube hole 
in the top. (Imagine a 2 foot adobe 'bread kiln'). He wanted me to fill it 
with strawberries and I even had 2 dz plants to set out already.
I bought a berry jar and promptly planted my pretty plants in it instead. 
Still need something (big and sprawley) to cover up the ugly pot. (Poison 
ivy comes to mind.)
Berries in the jar are doing very nice, tho I bought the small/med size. 
These are Quinault? (sp?) and I already picked one strawberry off. Glowing 
red and I was amazed the crows hadn't discovered it. Maybe the jar keeps 
the berries off the ground high enough that the crows can't figure out how 
to hop and pluck at the same time. It's sitting up on cinder blocks to give 
added height. I've been watering with manure tea, but it hasn't really 
needed much water.
I also was given 3 free strawberry sets at the garden center and they went 
in direct ground in the greenhouse. They're HUGE plants and gradually 
loading up with berries also. Quinalt seem more compact, but it could be 
growing conditions (crowding roots in the pot).
This was an unglazed terra cotta for $12. But I'll bet the flea markets and 
garage sales will have them for little of nothing too.
martha


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