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Re: Strawberry question follow up

I would *suggest* that the plants you plant this year would peak about
2001 and be "over the hill" by the end of the 2003 season.  A lot of
factors affect this including soil type and fertility and general
climate.

Gardeners plant seeds in bunches and then transplant to larger
containers for several reasons.  Two specific ones are 1) temporary
space savings (as you surmised) and 2) permits one to remove the less
hardy or vigorous plants before commiting the resources of the single
large pot.

That second idea might warrant a bit of clarification:

If you plant three or four seeds per pot, hoping to get one good plant,
some pots may fail completely while others have two or three excellent
plants, of which you would have to throw away all but one.  (Or
transplant them to the failed pots which is effectively what you're
doing when you plant in flats.)

Steve  (Maritime...)


Ross E Stanford wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the help about the strawberry question.  Let's get a little
> more specific now.
> If I plant strawberries this year, 1998, and take good care of the
> runners and make new beds with the babies, when would you suggest that
> the plants I planted this year would be over the hill and ready to be
> replaced?
> 
> On TV, I see gardeners start seeds in tiny containers and then transplant
> them to larger containers when they get bigger.
>      Why not just plant the seeds in the larger containers in the first
> place?  Is this a temporary space saving thing, or does it benefit the
> plants in some way?  My guess is that this is such an elementary piece of
> gardening knowledge that nobody explains why, anymore.
>      Please help me.  It's really bugging me, and you know how I get when
> I get bugged!
> 
>      Stan            The cheap and lazy gardener.
> 
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