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Does anyone have advice on older strawberry plants? I have some that are about 3 to 5 years old and they're not getting enough sunlight and they are just not producing berries. I think I just have to dig them up and get rid of them? I have other strawberry plants that are younger they still are barely producing berries
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make a hydroponic tower and put the strawberries in there, and put foxfarms mix in the water
you have to separate the strawberry crowns and replant them. you have to do this every 3-5 years or they won't produce fruit
maybe it's a bad year
my friend has a bed with strawberries in it and it was shit this year, a write off
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For the strawberries - have you tried a raised garden for them?
I snatched the idea of a raised strawberry garden from some Pinterest bullshit but it's really great for them and makes bugs a near-non issue since they're no longer on the ground. You can make a trellis with the top being pipes cut in half lengthwise (PVC works) and place them in there, I'd recommend at least 4 inch diameter but the bigger the better really. They hang down like pic, which is quite nice, and so long as you space them out neatly and make them south-facing, they'll get plenty of sun that way.
I should add, if you go the PVC route, you need to drill a few well-spaced holes in em so you get good drainage. I slanted mine just slightly so the water would run down into my catchment system for filtration and later use. Though right now I don't have strawberries anymore and have an assortment of flowers and herbs, I highly recommend the trellis planter idea for ground plants that need a lot of sun.
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Go back to learning how to add some actual editing to your videos Styx, stop fucking about in farming threads.
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thats fucking beautiful great idea
To bump, I shall talk about some of my fun discoveries.
I've gotten fairly good at grafting and have successfully grated a tomato and potato plant together - it produces both. Not in some abundant qualities and I want to say that as separate plants they might generate more, but it was still a good harvest and that's just kind of cool that since they're genetic relatives, you can do that.
My frankenstein fruit tree is also doing good. All the plum relatives are well-established, but it's looking like the cherry and peach branches are also keeping well, and will produce fruit. My next graft onto the tree will be more adventurous - I was thinking almonds, since it's related to peaches it should also work if the peach works.
Ok this is win.
what did you use for your medium
I'm a homesteading literal sperg that has a degree in natural resources and specializes in food forestry and permaculture, and I like the science part of things a lot. Currently trying to create bioluminescent plants for my walkways.
I have also nearly-perfected the ancient recipe for Amazonian terra preta (or my best guess as to how it was done, based on the composition). But I love helping other people with their homesteads and gardens, so if I can help with anything else please let me know!
Are those sungolds?
the sweetest tomato I ever ate. you have good taste senpai.
me too except i grow/breed AAA+ cannabis in my closet
As per I have a terra preta recipe that I use as my base for everything, but I adjust the sand quantities for certain plants and strawberries is one of them. I find they are kind of like root plants in how sandy they like their soil. It's still dark as per terra preta, but drains out a lot faster and better for delicate roots. I'd say about 60 terra preta to 40 sand, in terms of ratio.
isnt terra preta just charcoal and broken bits of pottery mixed into the soil
Actually scratch that, maybe more like 65 35, or 70 30. I think I overestimated that one.
have you ever tried Texas Green Sand?
How do you stop birds from stealing them?
They are inside a greenhouse
No, there's a microbial element to it that has baffled people for some time now.
But I figured out it's a matter of fermentation.
So you wanted that ash, and charcoal, you mix that in with native soil, but then instead of your compost fertilizer, you ferment your compost.
The best way I've found is taking your weeds and green trimmings (things like clover work really well, the greener the better), being sure that you got as much root as possible with those weeds. You mix this with molasses and water (worm juice works too, but not necessary. Also, water shouldn't be tap and if you use this, it needs to be filtered so there's no chlorine). You let this ferment in a dark, not-cold place until you get a nice white mold on the top - black mold is not good.
Ah… gotta step my game up, it’s my first year. I got some great taters and tomatoes… and more zucchini than I can handle. A lot to learn for sure. Trying to devise a better garden layout for next year
Pic is in a greenhouse.
But personally I have a dog that I've trained to hate squirrels and birds, and have also made friends with the crows.
If you make friends with the crows, you can teach them to not touch your stuff (by feeding them) but they're also so territorial that other birds won't come near em.
Do you mind posting the Terra Preta recipe? I'd love to make the best stuff I could, but I'm a very new gardener. any tips you have I'd also love to have.
You kind of want to work within nature and also make a part of your garden way more attractive to birds than your goodies.
Near by butterfly garden I have a little bird bath spot for them and there's so many bugs over there, any other birds my dog and the crows don't cover tend to be over there.
No I haven't. Though it is interesting along with Vidalia silt-sand, I try to do everything as in-house as possible. I.e. I try to not buy soil, and instead have my own soil-making processes going on.
Our dog keeps the groundhogs at bay. Good idea about the crows. We have lots of ravens here, tho not sure how they’d fare vs the redtail hawks and other larger predator birds youtu.be