Just was wondering if it is possible to grow strawberries here in TX and if so, which kinds do well? Also, when would be the best time to plant them and do they need mulched like up north?
Thanks, Kim
strawberries in TX?
if you have a lot of land you will get some berries and they do need mulching i.e. STRAWberies???
We tried to grow some one time but they all got ripe at one time but that was in se Houston and we only had a couple of dozen plants. I don't remember when we put them in but I'm assuming it was when the feed store had them for sale which was probably early spring. Other than that, I don't remember and hope someone can help you. Maybe there will be a farmer at the RU who can tell you. Not too long ago we used to go to a YOU Pick type farm and it was easy to get those and blackberries and peaches at different times of the year.
Ann
My late dear MIL grew them, but they never did very well. I got one of those hanging plastic bags and they almost all rotted in the thing! I potted the 4 or 5 survivors up, and one of them is still in the pot but never bloomed. Good luck.
plantlady, is that farm still in business?
There's a "you pick it" type farm in Plantersville (near the Texas Renn. Fest) called the King's Orchard that has seasonal crops and flowers. It's just north of Houston near The Woodlands. I've never been there, but I bet it would be fun. I've grown strawberries in pots with luck, but I've never had a great crop. Usually just a few berries every few days in the spring.
Hmmm....doesn't sound too promising then I guess. When I lived in Ohio, my parents had a small patch of these always in the front of the garden. I liked being able to pick them in the spring whenever we wanted some. They were the June-bearing kind. I guess there are some things that are better up north...lol. Don't miss the snow though.
:) Kim
Kim, there are 4 varieties that I know of that can be grown in your area. They are: Sequoia, Cardinal, Chandler, and Douglas. You would plant them in the spring and they would be harvested the next spring. I would use the hill system to assure good drainage, since that is one of the challenges.
Thanks for this thread, I've wondered the same thing!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/635531/
So where do they have these TX types of strawberries? We have tried so many of these and just cannot get them to grow for us here.
Here's one place that sells Chandler
http://www.noursefarms.com/catalog/strawberries/all_strawberry_varieties/chandler_strawberries/