UPDATE, I'm gonna go for it!!!!!!!!

[countrygirl4513]

I finally found some strawberry slips so I'm gonna try a fall planting. I'm getting Chandler and Sweet Charlie. They ship @ mid Oct.
Has anyone tried this before? A fall planting? I'm in TN and I'm hoping they take. I'm gonna try hilling them with black plastic, but I'm not sure what type to get. Anyone have any info?

 

[Greensage45]

OMG,

This is perfect, they will set root all winter and then once Spring comes they are just going to EXPLODE with growth and blooms and fruit!

I bet it is going to be like Magic! Everyday a bit more Magic when suddenly it happens! Bowls of Strawberries!

Ron

 

[HiDelight]

I stick strawberries in all times of year all over the place and they are hardy and do very well! I agree you will do fine plant with reckless abandon!

 

[obsessed]

That rocks.... Good luck... Just think of all the jam you will get. I canned like 3 batches this year and the kids ate them all ready....(ok I may have helped. but in my defense pancakes with sour cream and preserves is awesome for breakfast, lunch, and dinner)...

 

[journey11]

Yeah, go for it!

I like to stick a few runners straight into my compost pile to boost them, then I transplant them in the fall. If you've got the crowns at the right depth, they'll do fine! Don't cover them with straw/mulch until after the ground first freezes though. The freezing isn't what will get them, heaving out with the freeze/thaw cycles throughout the winter will. You're zone 6 too right?

 

[countrygirl4513]

I'm in 6a-6b according to USDA.
Has anyone ever used the black plastic? I'm not sure when you should use it. Do I use it when I put them in? I want to do the hill method. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[HiDelight]

my advice stick them in the ground put straw around them and that is it good luck

I do know you should rotate them because of disease every couple of years I guess so I do that but mostly I just keep sticking them in all over the place in walls under rocks as ground cover then in the fall mulch well and let them care for themselves!

 

[Greensage45]

Hi,

This post confuses me everyday this week! Every time I look down the list of new topics and updated discussion I see "I am going to go for it" .....and in all my aged brain cells I can never remember what it is that you are going to "go for".

So everyday, several times a day, I click in here and say "oh that's right, strawberries" LOL ... my poor brain !

I wonder if this is a sign of things to come? I always knew my days would end wandering in a garden, now I really get it!

Ron

 

[simple life]

Funny enough I have done the very same thing a few times now.
I keep clicking on this thread to see what she is going to go for and then I remember oh yeah the strawberries.

I just snipped some runners today and put them around the garden.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that they do well over the winter.
I planted a 3x16 foot bed of strawberries this past spring and they are still going strong and filling out very nicely.
I did the same thing last year but my husband thought he would "help" me get the garden ready and tilled that bed so I had to start all over.
These plants that I bought this past spring were healthier and more robust anyway so its all good.

 

[countrygirl4513]

Just wanted to update.
My strawberries...they ALL took! Once Ison's finally got them here, they were fantastic slips. I had already worked the ground, made semi raised beds, covered it with landscape fabric, mulched the aisles with pine mulch, so I was ready to go when they arrived. The ground had a chance to warm up and the soil was great. I set them around 2 1/2 weeks ago and I checked them the other day... BAM!!! they all had shoots on them! I nipped them off so the roots could concentrate on growing, so I guess I'll be the first in my area to try this fall plant. Everyone thinks I'm nuts but I hope to be the one saying HA HA! come spring time.