[muckyboots]

 Hi, I know it's a bit early but can anyone give me some tips to get the best out of my strawberry's, last year was a bit disappointing with the new plants i bought.

[m1ckz]

first year is not the best//// will be better this year  give them a good feed

[mdjlucan]

Woot feed an when to feed

[mumofstig]

Growmore, BF&B or any general fertiliser would be ok. Chicken manure pellets are high in nitrogen, so they're not ideal.

[muckyboots]

Thanks I think I did give them some chicken pellets probably didn't help,a change this year and maybe better crop thanks all.

[Plotmaster]

My brother in law has just put his in on his new allotment, I like this idea so I'm going to nick it and put something similar in my fruit cages once they are built. 

[Trikidiki]

I was going to try something like that. My idea was to have the troughs running down the centre of my raised beds. Then I started growing the strawberries in growbags on shelving but found the watering to be a bit of a pain, so the idea went on the back-burner. Let us know how you get on with it. The other thing I found was the strawberries didn't have the same flavour as the same variety grown in the ground.

[m1ckz]

ohhhh plotmaster    that looks a messy allotment site  lol (slap mick)

[m1ckz]

oooops again   its muckyboots  ha ha  haaaaaaaaaa