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17 Aug 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Go to Veggies and Herbs at the top of the page and read about growing them. Strawberries seeds or strawberries plants. Seeds sound like a lot of work. Put seeds in a fridge for 3-4 weeks. It says can take 2-8 weeks to germinate. 12 mths to grow. Much easier to use plants. Not many flowers the first year by the sounds of it. Maybe enough sun but watering and fertilizing is important. Too much N and all leaf. Needs a bit of K for fruiting.

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21 Aug 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Watched a video today and it said strawberries can take up to 2 yrs to produce fruit from planting seeds. She recommended buying fresh root stock. Make sure there is some green growth on them.

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25 Jul 17, john (Australia - temperate climate)

I have just planted strawberries in a tub facing north , but where should i have them please .

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26 Jul 17, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Your location is fine. If it is against a wall that will get hot in the summer you may need to move them to a north-easterly or easterly aspect

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26 Jul 17, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)

The best place is to give them sun all or most of the day - is the important thing.

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16 Jun 17, Jean (Australia - temperate climate)

As far as I know, you are meant to cut off all the flowers as soon as they appear for the first year. The plant needs more energy to establish roots, etc. then the next year, you can let them flower and fruit and you should have a more abundant crop.

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21 Jun 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Commercial growers here plant the strawberry runners in late April May. After the crop has been picked they plough them in. A one year crop. They buy new runners each year under contract - special patented varieties. Generally a home gardener may leave a few plants at the end of the season to keep over for the following year. During the late summer these will start to develop runners - you use these for the next crop. Doing this for years will produce an inferior fruit over years I believe.

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19 Apr 17, Heidi (Australia - temperate climate)

I see from this article that I have done everything incorrectly! As strawberry plants were available at the nursery during the summer, I purchased a punnet and put them in. They all produced heaps of runners, a few flowers and a strawberry or two, which the bugs promptly demolished. I'd like to keep persevering, but need the space in my raised bed for other veg. Is it ok therefore to transplant the strawberry plants into pits for the winter, or are they unlikely to survive? Thanks for any help you can provide.

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05 Sep 17, (Australia - temperate climate)

you should cut your runners on your new plant to encourage your strawberries to grow on the main plant, if you cut all the runners off it should produce heaps of fruit, once they start to grow then you can encourage runners

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20 Apr 17, shane (Australia - temperate climate)

I grow Borage and Passionfruit among my strawberries with great success. Both are useful in the kitchen and 'companion plant' with my strawberries, saving me time and work in the garden too. The Borage prefers a shadier spot than the others, and suffers a little in summer, but copes ell enough.

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