Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Debz and Jon on May 30, 2006, 17:59

Title: Strawberries
Post by: Debz and Jon on May 30, 2006, 17:59

Do you need to put straw around strawberries (sorry if this sound stupid - we are new allotmenteers!)  :-)

Title: Strawberries
Post by: Phoenix on May 30, 2006, 19:57

Ye i always do.. 1 it stops them rotting on wet soil and 2 seems to stop slugs attacking them :)

Title: Strawberries
Post by: Eristic on May 30, 2006, 20:53

Much more important, it stops the fruit getting dirty so I can eat them straight away.

Title: Strawberries
Post by: Phoenix on May 30, 2006, 21:28

Quote from: "Eristic"

Much more important, it stops the fruit getting dirty so I can eat them straight away.

lmao well there is that aswell lol

Title: Strawberries
Post by: noshed on May 30, 2006, 22:21

Mine are growing through black plastic mulch (Tescos) or you could use newspaper and pin it down with wire or a few stones

Title: Strawberries
Post by: Heather_S on May 30, 2006, 22:56

I buy a bag of meadow hay or the like that is usually used for guinea pigs/rabbits. It's probably not as cheap as buying a whole bale of hay from somewhere but it's more convenient for me with only a few strawberry plants.