MyGirlFriday
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:57 am Post subject: Strawberry Pots?? |
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I am wanting to grow some strawberries.....does growing them in terra cotta strawberry pot work pretty good?? Or is there a better way??
My girls would love this!!!
mgf~ 
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Polly
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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This is what we are trying this year for strawberries. Don't know how well they will do but my husband wants to try it. They have already arrived and it is too cold to plant so they are temporarily in pots in the garage.
http://gurneys.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_14075
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katsback
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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we have hens and chicks in ours,so im not sure..
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I never had much luck with strawberry pots. 
I just couldn't seem to keep them from drying out.
Lately I've been wondering how strawberries would do in tipsy pots.
Anyone tried it?
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teddybear
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Strawberry pots are horrible to water. If you pour from the top the bottom rots and the top dries out. If you try to water in all the little cups the dirt comes out. What some have been doing around here seems to be working pretty well. Get some pvc pipe (the hard white pipe plumbers use) and drill holes in it, you may want to cap one end. Then plant it in the center of the pot with an inch or three above the soil. Pour your water in the pipe it spreads it out and doesn't wash, it also helps to keep the bottom from getting to much. Good Luck! Hope this helps.
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glendann
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teddybear that sounds ideal.Good for you.
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TheBip
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I tried an herb garden in a pot like that, but the soil they provided kept washing out and the plants wouldnt grow o_O So I emptied the pot. I was going to plant the seeds in regular pots, but they disappeared o_O Still have the pot though.
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Primsong
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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I have pansies in my strawberry pot - so far they're doing well enough, but I love the idea of the drilled piping down the center.
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Polly
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have used the pipe down the center - it works well but I have a better idea. I had terra cotta strawberry pots and I just picked up the whole pot and submerged in a large bucket of water for an hour or so. Then lifted it out and the excess drained away as long as there was a drainage hole in the bottom of the pot.
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MyGirlFriday
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:16 am Post subject: |
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I was really hoping that the strawberry pot thing would work!!
Putting them in a tipsy pot thing would be cute too!!
My uncle has hens and chicks in his too!!! I always love that look!
mgf~
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amateurgardener79
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I think strawberry pots look lovely - especially if you have a patio that you want to grow them on. I saw some great ones in a giveaway in a magazine last month so I'm holding out for that!
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Gizmo
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I just found out last night hubby ordered some upside down strawberry pots for the porch. I wish he had told me his idea. I'll let you know how it works out. I don't have much confidences in the idea. The good thing is they were cheap.
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Midnight Smoker
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Hello everyone, my first post here....
This is what i have had my strawberries in for the last 2 year. I love them.
Check out 1 of my towers in the garden..
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zuzu's petals
Silly Old Bat
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Very cool towers! Now those look like they'd work really well.
Great looking garden, too 
Welcome to the Stew, by the way 
I hope you'll stick around and enjoy the place,
I'd love to see more of what you've got going on there.
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