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Re: Stan's back

Stan/Ross

Domestic strawberries come in two general varieties: the "June-bearing"
and the "everbearing".  The June-bearing varieties have the
characteristics you asked about, namely they reproduce by spreading and
the younger plants generally outperform the older.  Several variable
contribute to yield and age of the plant is only one of those
variables.  
If you don't want to give up that much space in your pyramid, and you
choose a June-bearing variety, you can collect the baby plants in pots
sunk into the soil near the adult plant.  (The pot should be filled with
regular soil from the pyramid... don't bother with potting soil.)  Just
move the baby plant into the pot (don't cut the runner!) and let it root
there.  It's usually several weeks between the time the baby appears and
the roots set.  Then, after the baby is well rooted, you can transplant
it (you can cut the runner now) to an empty spot.

This technique makes better use of limited space, especially when you
realize that a plant peaks its second or third season so leaving a whole
empty tier on your pyramid means no yield out of that tier for a couple
of years at a time.

I personally prefer the June-bearing because I think they have a richer
flavor and the overall yield is higher.  The everbearing give you fresh
berries in August/September but, as I mentioned, the flavor isn't as
rich and I'd rather eat fresh blackberries at that time anyway.

Steve  (Maritime...)


Ross E Stanford wrote:
> 
> Hi all.  I'm back.
>      Apparently someone "deleted" me from the list.  The list owner said
> it wasn't him so I guess I didn't overstep any bounds.
>      Hey, it was probably some "computer error", not anybody's fault.
>      Anyway, I have a question about strawberries.  (my limited gardening
> skills usually make my questions fairly simple).
>      I think I remember hearing, a long time ago, that the best way to
> grow strawberries was to leave an open area next a strip row of
> strawberries so that the runners could grow into the strip.  This new
> patch of strawberries would then out produce the old area which you would
> eventually remove for new runners to grow into.  I believe they said that
> the younger the plants, to a degree, will out produce the older plants.
>      Ever heard of this?
>      If this is true, would it make sense then for me to plant every
> other tier of my strawberry tower and each year make sure the runners
> find the tier below it?
>      Thanks.
>      Stan            The cheap and lazy gardener.
> P.S.  My garden is under about 18 inches of snow, including the prototype
> pyramid with no heat.  When the garden dries out and I get to set up the
> pyramid contraptions, I will make a long, complete, report about what I
> did, and how I did it.
> 
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