Trailing Strawberry in Hanging Baskets

[Rossa]

I've got the jparkers.co.uk catalogue and they do a trailing strawberry called 'Rad Cascade'. Photo shows plants trailing over sides of a pot by about 4-6". Could they go in a hanging basket? If yes, how many to a basket? Baskets are about 12" diameter.

Also will they need netting to stop hungry birds?

Anything else I should do?

[sarraceniac]

I reckon nearly any strawberry can be grown in hanging baskets. I grow Cambridge favourite (an old type, but then so am I) and I think they actually have flavour at 3 to the basket. I feed with chicken pellets and, when they start to set fruit, tomato food. I also put nets over when the fruit is there because my local bird population does not know the difference between mixed seed, peanuts, raisins, meal worms and ......the strawberries, which are mine, ALL MINE

[Rossa]

Thanks for that sarracenic. Me too, what's mine is mine and what's yours is probably mine too....LOL

I've got some netting, chicken pellets and tomato food, so will see what happens. Think they'll end up looking like them ladyees in India and africa that had the netting over their hats by the time I've finished with them ! Do you think the corks on the string a la Crocodile Dundee would work too?