Strawberries in hanging baskets...

[Eco-Chic]

How many strawberry plants would you recommend planting into a 14inch basket?

[Victoria26]

I just asked this question about tumbling tomatoes and was told about 3 plants was enough.

I bought those hanging flower bags for my strawbs and I've put nine in there so I get a decent crop and good coverage of the bag.

I'll need to keep an eye on this one!

[Eco-Chic]

Lol, I was wondering about the tumbler toms too, but figured I could use the same amount as the strawbs as both are greedy feeders. I only put one tumbler in each basket last year and they looked a bit lonely

I saw a piccie of a basket with tumbling toms and purple surfinias in it last year. It looked stunning.

[Victoria26]

These are the ones I planted last week. They seem to have been kick started into growing lots of new growth since replanting them.
I have two for tumblers as well but I think I'll only put 4 or 5 toms in them.

[Eco-Chic]

Thanks for reminding me. I have quite a few of those in the shed.

[sewer rat]

I plan on putting 3 Tumbling Toms in each of my baskets, and when I was starting my strawbs last year I only put one plant in each 12" basket but I wasn't really interested in the fruit, but on taking as many runners off the parent plants as I could.
If I was growing the starwbs in 12" baskets again, I would put three in each basket, as with the Tumblers.

[Eco-Chic]

Thanks. I've bought so much seed, plants, fruit and so many trees that I need to hang and dangle and containerise as much as I can

[Victoria26]

same as me eco - Im the only one in our house who likes tomatos or peppers and I have around 25 tomato plants and half a dozen pepper.....eek! Im only a kichen gardener so pot, bag, plot and recycle everything to make the best of my ambitious wee garden.

[Eco-Chic]

Lol, I have the keys to three houses with under-utilised garden space so I can go as mad as I like when I come back from holiday.