Anyone else gone mad with strawb plants?

[amandaandherveg]

I posted last week about the growbags I bought at the garden centre with the strawberry plants in them - 6 growbags with 48 strawberry plants for £2. I love a bargain (the mulch has been great for breaking up the clay soil in my raised beds).

I've been back twice to get more and as of last night I have 60 strawbs planted with at least another 30 stashed in a bag awaiting places to put them. I've got them stuffed in pots, baskets, a trough made out of scasffolding boards, a wheelbarrow and some in the greenhouse in front of the staging. Has anyone else out there gone a tad daft with strawbs this year? I don't even like them that much.

[areia]

flipin ell i said you were mad with 30 now you've lost the plot you will be selling them come the tennis, as i said before you will have treble the amount of plants next year i reckon you should prepare yourself and go on freecycle and request loads of pots and flog the excess next year at a boot fair

[zazen999]

If 8 plants is mad then yes...so no!!!

I like that fact that you don't even like them much...are you any good at making Jam?

[momol]

I only keep 12 plants as I don't like it that much. Last year they produce runners like mad. I pot them up individually last year...give them to my neighbour 2 weeks ago, she was very happy, got 15 free plants full of flowers .

[Lavenderblue]

I thought i was bonkers by planting 50 strawberry runners over the weekend. In theory, we should have a succession of fruit..next year. Fingers crossed our endeavors are.....fruitful....

*groans*

[Finedon.Dandy]

You need to make up your mind madame, you can only have one name on here........now is it going to be;

amandaandheryellowtulips

or

amandaandherstrawberryplants???!!!

[amandaandherveg]

Tee hee

I have my veg, I have my strawbs and I have my tulips with multiple personality disorders and we're all very happy together. This is my first year gardening, when I do things I tend to go a little overboard.

I make excellent jam, unfortunately I don't like strawberry jam. My stepkids come and stay with us all the time (12 & 14), they're quite excited at the prospect of a strawberry glut.

Now, I didn't tell you how many tomato plants I have in the greenhouse did I?

[Finedon.Dandy]

Ive gone corgette mad this year - have 20 green and 15 yellow!

[amandaandherveg]

Hey Finedon

Veggie Curry for you then. Toot Toot.

[deezyb]

Hey Amanda...I did think it was alot, but what do I know?! I bought 3 strawb plants at weekend...and am thinking not enough...but now looking at the posts maybe that will do me this year and next!?

At least I know where to come if I run out of strawbs eh?!!

D

[amandaandherveg]

I passed Kirrie on the way to Dundee on Saturday, we were rained off the garden so went to Poundland to look for garden goodies. Should have given you a shout and you could have popped the kettle on, need to see this retro greenhouse of yours.

[rivercottagewannabe]

Wishing now I got up the garden centre sooner and bought more, I love strawberries and 10 plants are no way enough for me and my son. So I am planning on boosting my strawberry count to fifty plants next year.

[sallyw]

i bought 10 at the beginning of the year over the internet but they were very small although they have grown a lot but each time i go to the allotment i think they look a bit lonely so i get a few more here and there, i thought they looked quite impressive until i saw another plot and his were magnificent rows and rows of lovely plants full of flowers oh well theres always next year!!

[Two_Sheds]

The trouble with strawberries (esp.from your own runners) is that they're NOT successional ... you get a glut ~ all ripe in the same fortnight in June!

I have 2 beds of them this year ... I meant to dig one out but didn't have time, and now they're starting to form fruit I can't bear to kill them. I'll be taking the glut in to the staffroom and earning lotsa brownie points

[kiwirach]

one can never have enough strawberries!!!.

i have 12 plants and 1 runner i'm trying to get to take. then i saw in one of the magazones they are offering 10 runners for only the cost of p&p, and i'm very tempted!!.(must check when that offer expires!).