How many Strawberry plants growing

[maverick451]

Ive got a small raised bed in the centre of the greenhouse and im going to try and do what they did on beechgrove a couple of years back and get 2 crops out of it.

Ive got a really early variety called vibrant and when they have finished ill replace them with a late variety (malwina)

In the winter ill put both varieies in raised beds outdoors which will be free by then.

[Moopmoop]

I have approx 40-45 plants, they are a mixture of strawberry (mostly Elsanta), Framberry (Red Dream?) and Pineberry (can't remember). I did lose a few over the winter as they were undercover and I stupidly let them dry out. Either way I did need to cut back cos I don't have that much room.

[Monster]

I have 30 plants, a mixture of different strawberry types (mostly Elsanta I think) plus one or two pineberries and a framberry. I was given most of them, they aren't all labelled. I want to get a few 'Mara des bois' too.

I also have around 90 alpine strawberry plants growing too, a mix of red and white fruited ones. I really like alpine/wild strawberries, not tried white ones before though.

[bitShifter_]

Vine weevils are point nosed beetles about a centimetre long. They are a dull brown colour and crunch when squashed. They chew notches out of leaves but it is their larvae which are the real problem. The White C shaped grubs eat the roots of plants such as strawberries, primulas and fuchsias. If you see a plant failing, looking like it needs a water, if you give it a pull it will come out of the ground with no roots.

What a chilling (but informative) account! :P Haven't had any of these yet thankfully. Good to know what one is up against.

I've got about 6 in pots and 6 in the ground. Hoping to expand quite a bit this year though via runners. I love strawberries so much

[Valleyman]

I've got a patch of about 30 (From last years runners), and a pot with the original 8 in. They look to be coming back to life now but we'll see, as this is only my second year growing strawbs and it was their first winter. Poor babies.