first batch of havest =)

A mixed of Honeoye and Ft. Laramie.
Sweet and not tart.

strawberries ... looking delish

These are the Honeoye =D

My strawberry box is doing well even in cold weather.

my cousin's strawberries

my cousin gave me these strawberry, transplanted from crowns ...

within a week they started to bloom =D

strawberry plant disease

These are my healthy Honeoye plants that I am giving away to friends.

One of the Ft. Laramie plants that is showing signs of disease ?

I do not know if this is also a sign of disease or not
... turning red ?

A Honeoye in the self-watering earthbox showing signs of wilt.

Second Honeoye wilting in the self-watering earthbox.

All of a sudden the strawberry plants are not doing well. I had two plants died on me last week. And today, I have several that are showing signs of wilt or are wilting. I don't think I am watering it too much because some pots are dried out if I missed watering them for two days and those are still are doing well.

I had moved the plants to full sun area and they are blooming. I do not know if it is verticillium wilt or not. I am going to email my photographs to the experts at blooming bulb.

a pretty flower

The Ft. Laramie strawberry plant bloomed. A pretty white flower just made my day today =)

strawberry plants

they are looking strong!

i planted only half of my strawberry crowns (honeoye) and the other half (ft. laramie) are still in water and sprouting indoors. the ones outside are sprouting too but slowly because the weather is cold lately dipping close to probably 45 degree F at night and also it was raining friday and saturday.

i water the honeoye everyday just to keep the soil moist and drained the rest and i actually kept them all in cardboard box which helps with absorbing the excess water. they are probably not getting as much sunlight as i would like them to get, but hopefully the weather will be sunny and warm soon to help them grow stronger.

will be planting the rest of the sprouting strawberry plants soon.

a run to armstrong garden center

I finally got a chance to go to the garden center to purchase potting soil and some fertilizer. I also got 60 pots 6 inches wide for starting the strawberry's crowns before transplanting to a bigger potting which I cannot decide yet.

I have been looking for cheap self watering pots at gardeners.com for under $15 each for the 12 inches wide and 7 inches depth which should be workable. I am not sure how many strawberry plants to put into each pot yet I will hold that off until I get some greens growing from the crowns.

And I will like to give some away.

soaking the crowns overnight

Honeoye - June Bearer

It was recommended to soak the roots for 2 hours but I will soak it over night since I may not have the time to transplant today.

Ft. Laramie - Ever Bearer

strawberry's crowns

yes! my strawberry's crowns came in yesterday by ups. so excited!

i started getting them hydrated with wet towels.

hope to get those babies planted in pots tomorrow =)