Re: Strawberries

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• To: JC Dill <j*@concentric.net>
• Subject: Re: Strawberries
• From: L* E* <l*@texas.net>
• Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:25:39 -0600
• References: <3.0.32.19980125171844.00840a50@pop3.concentric.net>

JC Dill wrote:
> 
> The one private reply I received said:
> 
> >Strawberries should be spaced 6" apart. Runners can be trimmed. If you don't
> >want runners, then purchase runnerless plants. These are perfect for barrels,
> >although my runnerless plants do have a few runners. And the plants are
> >prolific in barrels and plain old shallow tupperware tubs.
> 
> So, I translate this to ~16 plants in a 24 inch diameter pot.  Somehow,
> this seems too far apart???  Maybe it's just me, I tend to cram plants as
> close together as I can so as to maximize soil/pot usage, I don't have a
> lot of money to buy more planters so each pot has to *produce*.

Hello, JC...

I'm not sure how it's going to go, but I popped six strawberry plants
under a 27-gal container-grown fig tree yesterday.  I figure what the
heck, if it works, good on me, if it doesn't, bad on them ol'
strawberries!  It just seemed to me that the bottom branches of the fig
were up high enough to allow enough sun in under it for the strawberries
to do something - if nothing else they'll cover the soil and make it
look nice and green!

While I agree about each container having to produce, packing them too
tight can also cause problems with production.

I'm gone...
-- 
Larry
Down San Antonio way (Zone 8 for gardeners!)
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