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This video explains how to grow strawberries in hanging baskets and care for them properly. Learn how to choose suitable varieties, prepare compost and position baskets for healthy growth.
The guide covers watering, feeding and maintaining strawberry plants to encourage strong roots and reliable fruit production. It also explains how spacing and light affect crop performance.
If you want to grow strawberries successfully in a small space, this video provides practical advice suitable for hanging baskets, patios and container growing.
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Let's answer some of your strawberry
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questions. What you've been asking me on
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a lot of posts at the moment. So,
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welcome to Gardening with Ben. And in
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today's episode, we're going to be
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talking about strawberries. Yes, if
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you've seen my latest videos, we've been
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planting up hanging baskets full of
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strawberries. Now, a lot of people asked
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where I got these from, and these are
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from Oakland's Gardens Limited. So, if
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you check out their website, they're a
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wholesaler, so the more you buy,
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obviously, the cheaper they are as well.
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And yeah, there's some great gardening
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products on there for you to buy. And
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I've got some great stuff from them. So,
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let's have a look at them and let's try
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and answer some of your questions.
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So, one of the questions was, is it too
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early to plant the strawberries? Well,
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if you look at this, we have got new
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growth growing on these bare roots which
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were purchased. And yeah, I'll drop the
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link to the strawberries in the
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description. And as you can see, they
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are taking they are taking root. These
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are in the poly tunnel. So obviously
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it's a bit warmer in here than it is
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outside. Not too much warmer. It's still
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cold, but you can see new life is
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growing on these. So they are taking
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they are growing and they are coming
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along. So yes, they will do fantastic
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here in the poly tunnel. The next
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question was is about watering them. How
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often should you water them? Now, I have
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only had these up two weeks, and I
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watered them when I first planted them,
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and then I watered them last week, but
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uh I've not been down to the a lotment
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this week, and as you can see, they
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absolutely still soaking wet. So, you
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don't overwater them in the first couple
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of months when you planted them.
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Watering can cause root rot, which you
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don't want on the strawberries. So, as
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it's still cold and it's still damp,
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they will keep wet and damp. So, they
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will take roots. So, you don't need to
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water them often. I'm going to stick to
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watering them once a week to start off
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with. And then as it starts to get
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warmer, I'll possibly water them twice a
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week. And then when it gets really warm
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in the summertime, we'll water them
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every single day. Now, me being a busy
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man, I can't get down to the a lotment
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every day. So, what we're going to do is
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we're going to set up an irrigation
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system so that we've got drippers in
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everyone so it'll at least give them
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some water every single day. And we're
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going to connect it up to this water
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butt here where I've got all this water
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in. Now, it's going to be a solar
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powered water pump because I've got no
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electric down here. I used one last year
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and it was fantastic. So, we're going to
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run it up, run it along the top of the
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pole and have the drippers into the
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hanging baskets. So, that'll keep them
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watered all the time. You can set the
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timer to water when you want. So, you
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could even have it twice a day if it is
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really hot at the time. But, yeah, we
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are going to have some fantastic
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strawberries. So, I'm looking forward to
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that. Now, the question again is about
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feeding them. I've put some feeding them
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to start off with. This is just the
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Westland feed. Let me show you which it
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is. This is the boost. And this says
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it'll feed on for up to 6 months. So,
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that'll be quite a while. However,
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you don't want to be too kind with
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putting feed on uh because you'll get
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more leaves than strawberries. So, you
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don't want more leaves than
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strawberries. You want your
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strawberries, don't you? So when they
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start to flower, what we'll do is we'll
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water them once a week with tomato feed.
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Tomato feed is fantastic for fruit and
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vegetable plants. So we'll be feeding
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them once a week with tomato feed to
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give them the food that they need to
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produce the strawberries. So that is how
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we're going to be feeding these. So
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those are some of the questions what
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people have been asking on my videos.
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And I hope you found them all useful. If
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you've got any other questions, please
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drop them in the comments below and I'll
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make more videos regarding those
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questions.
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So, I hope you found those questions and
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answers useful on growing strawberries
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in hanging baskets. Obviously, we'll be
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doing more and more videos on a regular
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basis. We'll do the poly tunnel tour
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once a week, like I said, on a Sunday so
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that you can see how things are growing
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and how things are dying. I'm always
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honest in my videos, but yeah, make sure
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you stay tuned for that video once a
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week. It's going to be exciting times in
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the poly tunnel this year. We've got so
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much potential and so much that's going
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to be happening down here in the poly
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tunnel. So, make sure you stay tuned for
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that. So, yeah. Any questions on
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strawberries growing in hanging baskets?
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Drew, drop me a comment below and I'll
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try and answering it in a video for you.
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Until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben, everyone.
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