Seascape
Strawberries
DELICIOUS!!!
Picked these just now. 16 pints. We pick 4 times a week. 11 pints Wednesday, 15 pints Friday evening. Took all of 5 minutes to sell them Saturday morning. Today's picking is for us!
These kitties belong to the mama in my strawberry picture.
Love how the mama cat posed for you!! And the kittens are cute!! I'm drooling over the strawberries. lol
Wow Bernie, the strawberries are gorgeous!!
Love the Mama Kitty. I have the male version. I'd love to have the kittens! Adorable!!
Bernie, your beds are gorgeous. Our strawberries and lots of other things just burned up in the extra heat this year. I wonder how they would have done in beds like yours. Hmmm.
I am in awe of the gardening / farming you do. It is just beautiful. Where did you order your seascape strawberries from? may i ask?
Marie
Indiana Berry Co.
Picked 16 pints today. We get that 3 times a week.
That is amazing they produced that well all summer long, I may have missed it but I thought I read everything, how many plants did you plant?
1000. Four rows wide in a 32" wide bed. Plants about 6" apart. Runners were pinched off, but the beds are solid plants now. Still blooming & we are picking 14 to 18 pints 3X a week.
wowzer....
yummy, i have a granddaughter who would be very happy.
Quote from CountryGardens :
Four rows wide in a 32" wide bed. Plants about 6" apart. Runners were pinched off, but the beds are solid plants now. Still blooming & we are picking 14 to 18 pints 3X a week.
CountryGardens,
Could you please clarify the planting scheme above. I reviewed your first pic, and it looks like your box(es) are 32" LONG. How wide across are they each? About 24"?
4 rows across & 6" apart in the row. Rows are 5" from edge & 6" apart.
Boxes are 32" X 96" outside.
Ok. I'm booked and sold. Just ordered a batch of these:
Seascape Freshly Dug Bareroot Plant - Day-Neutral
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR NOVEMBER SHIP DATES. Freshly Dug Bareroot green plant ready for your fall planting in warmer growing climates; USDA AG Zones 6,7, 8 & 9. Released by the University of California in 1991 US Plant Patent #7614
Seascape strawberry plant produces very large, firm fruit which have good color and flavor when picked ripe. They are a medium to long conical berry with a glossy finish. It is one of our most popular varieties with a general flexibility in planting dates and areas. Seascape is a very good choice for roadside and farmer’s markets. This variety is highly tolerant of the virus diseases common in California; and is moderately susceptible to leaf rot. Day-Neutral variety. Zones 4-8
Will build at least one strawberry box in the next several weekends, as plants scheduled to ship pretty soon.
CountryGardens,
Please describe the bottom of your box for construction. Thanks!
Linda
This message was edited Oct 18, 2011 11:45 AM
Ok. I see. Each box is 4' x 8'. Got it! Thanks! So, you got about 13 plants in each of the 4 rows, yes?
Simple, 2 - 2 x 6 x 8' treated for sides. A sheet of ½", 4 x 8 treated plywood for bottom. Cut in 3 pieces 32" wide.
(32" x 48") 1 x 6 x 32" for each end. I put it together with construction screws.
Picked these this morning. Not bad for late October in Minnesota. 40º this morning, freeze tomorrow.
CountryGardens Girl,
You make my brain hurt! LOL! LOL! LOL!
I kept trying to figure out how the those pieces lined up to be 8' cause, by my calculation, they add up to 12'. But, TWO pieces line up to equal 8'!!!!
Thanks for exor...er, exercising this senior brain!
You drilled holes all over the bottom, right? Lined it with weed cloth to keep the soil from washing out?
Hugs!
Linda
This message was edited Oct 18, 2011 6:24 PM
No weed cloth, ½" holes.
I am a ♂.
So it's Mr. Country Gardens, but you can call me Bernie.
For over two years I thought you were a Bernice!!!
But, that's ok. I still luv yah!!!
You would really love this guy if you could meet him. He is the greatest!!!!
Hi, Ellen!
Howdy, my friend. Those tomatoes and strawberries look good enough to kill for. :>)
Linda, I got a big grin over that!!
look at that strawberries with out bending over!
It's the only way isn't it?
Morning Mr. CountryGardens, I see you are in MN and I see those strawberries are sitting under a greenhouse, my question is, are the strawberries going to be sitting out in the open all winter, or are you covering the greenhouse?
We will start with new bare root plants in the spring.
DS & DW covered them last night to protect against freeze. Again weather liars were wrong, no frost!
Bernie, Our frost /freeze numbers keep jumping around too. I did take plants into the garage yesterday. I just decided to make my own frost date :o)
Wait a minute you all are way north of me and I had frost, that isn't fair! rofl.
So you will just pull them out, reason being you don't think they will survive or you cut off the new plants, or?
Mr. CG,
I spoke at length with the Indiana Berry Company rep. We had a delightful conversation, and she was very patient with all my questions.
Regarding life of the plants, she said a good life expectancy would be about two years. After that, the production vigor would decline, and to just eyeball whether it's time to replace the plants.
I know ya'll are market growers who want to put the most robust product out for your buyers, so I can imagine you'd replace your plants much sooner than this little 10x10 grower would! I think 18 pints would be enough for me to handle for the whole year!
One strawberry plant survived our horrid summer with no rain. I dug it up and planted it in a pot in the greenhouse. Maybe I'll get a strawberry from it during the winter? I would love to have those raised beds next year, the ground is so much further away than it used to be.
Have you seen this option?
http://mckarion.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/frugal-garden-strawberry-bucket/
Linda, at least you asked questions instead of just winging it. There is nothing better than your own strawberries out of the freezer in the winter.
Oh Cathy, I had to laugh over your strawberry story. I hope it puts out a nice big berry or three :o)
Linda, now that made a neat planter!
I am just a me grower, but was just wondering if the plants would survive being planted that shallow above ground. I am amazed that they produced that well the first year, I thought the first year plants didn't do as well as they would the second. Thanks for answering me.
I described CountryGardens' strawberry bed to the "expert" at the Indiana Berry Company, including the depth of the soil (4"), and she said that was fine. I guess if CG is getting that kind of production from plants in 4" of soil, the proof is under the ice cream in his pic!
A picture speaks a thousand words. In this case, a THOUSAND strawberry plants that are producing out the Wazoo are screaming -- "Plant me!" "Plant me"!!
Sorry I meant above ground and survive the winter. Minor detail there..rofl.
If strawberries produce that well in one year and I am only planting enough for me, it is not a major cost to plant every year, but I was just curious if they would survive a zone 5 winter.