Oh dear lord do we
have strawberry plants!
A couple weeks ago on a Sunday
afternoon the youngest and I started some seeds. We used egg cartons as our peat pots, seed
starting soil and seeds from purchased at the dollar store, and made our own
markers with paper and toothpicks. It
was a fun project to do together.
When we were finished we opened up
the box of bareroot strawberry plants and got busy with a bag of potting mix
and some little pots, also purchased at the dollar store, and got them all
potted up. I bought 20 strawberry plants
with the idea of sharing some with a friend.
We actually ended up with 27 plants!
We set all of the strawberry
plants inside a couple of aluminum turkey roasters, also from the dollar store,
and set all of them and the egg cartons full of seeds on top of the dryer in
the laundry room. I attached our clamp
lamp on the shelf above them. My
youngest gave each one of the strawberry plants a nice spoonful of spent coffee
grounds and then we watered everything really well. Strawberries plants love acidic soil
conditions and coffee grounds are a great way to create this environment so I
plan to give them some each week. The next morning those strawberry
plants were already showing signs of life and now nearly two weeks later they
are beginning to look like strawberry plants.
I bought a big roll
of bird netting from Amazon that has already arrived and plans are in the works
for creating a secure garden area and a new strawberry bed. Now if I could have just a little bit warmer
weather and a small reprieve from the rain perhaps I could get outside and get
started.
I know, I know, all
in due time.
I need to start my seedlings maybe next week.
ReplyDeleteI'll probably plant more soon.
DeleteCongrats on the plants. I am not growing strawberries this year. Last year all I did was provide not quite ripe strawberries for the chipmunks.
ReplyDeleteLittle buggers!
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