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Let's make our easy fill hanging baskets
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for our strawberries. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And in today's
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video, we're going to be using these
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easy fill hanging baskets from Oakland
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Gardens Limited and filling them with
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strawberries. Now, we've got 300
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strawberry plants cuz we've got 20 of
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these to fill. And I'm going to have
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them in my poly tunnel hung up from
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these bars at the middle of the poly
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tunnel and grow them indoors. Now we've
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gone for a everbearing
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strawberry. So fingers crossed they
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should fruit all the way through summer.
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That is the plan anyway. Hopefully they
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do. As long as we keep taking the
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runners off, they'll keep fruiting all
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the way through summer. So let's get on
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and let's crack on with filling these
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hanging baskets and getting absolutely
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loads of strawberries. this. Now, we've
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ordered the strawberries as dry root
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runners, and yeah, as you can see,
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they're just roots. They're not covered
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in soil or anything like that. So, what
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you need to do when you get these is you
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need to soak them for about an hour to
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two hours. So, that it wakes them up,
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gives them a drink of water before
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planting them in the hanging bucket. So,
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let's leave these to soak for an hour
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before planting them up. So, we put them
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to soak in some water for an hour or so.
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Let them drink, let them wake up, and
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then we'll get them planted into the
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So, we've left them to soak for an hour,
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and yeah, they're picking up. They're
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waking up now. So, now is the time to
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get them planted in the hanging baskets.
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All 300 of them. Absolutely loads. But
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we're going to be on data with
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strawberries. And hopefully they'll be
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Complete a easy filled basket. So, first
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off, we need to put these clips in,
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which are easy enough. You just slot
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like so. Nice and easy.
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Obviously, if the bigger plants, you put
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your plants in first and then you put
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As you can see, there's space for 12
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plants. We'll also be putting a couple
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in top if we've got any spare left over.
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We've obviously got 20 of these to do.
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So, that's 15 plants per planter.
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First off, then you need your strawberry
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plants, which help some of that soaking.
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And what I do, I'm getting the bigger
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is we'll put four around the bottom
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Then we cover them ones with compost.
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Need to make sure they secured in. We
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don't want them falling out.
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So, there we have it. Our first basket
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is complete. So, yeah. Just make sure
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that strawberries are in well and
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fastened in good. We don't want them
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That's one thing that we don't want them
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doing. We don't want them all falling
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We need them to take root pretty well.
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So, obviously the last job is just to
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water them. We'll water them all at the
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And there we have it. That's that one
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done. Like I said, we'll probably put
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some in the top, but we will wait until
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we've done them all. See how many we've
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got left and if we can do it or not. So,
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next up is just get the chain in, which
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is an easy job as well. Just pop that in
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And then obviously it needs a good
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water. So we'll put that into place for
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time being and do rest of them.
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And there we have it. We've got them all
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up now and they all look absolutely
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fantastic. Come summer time and all the
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strawberries are growing. Obviously,
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we've got the strawberries popping out
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of the sides, nice and secure. So, yeah,
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keep them watered and hopefully they'll
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grow really well in here. And they
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should be ready earlier than the ones
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outside because it'll be warmer and
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hotter. So, we'll have to keep them
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watered well. We're going to set up
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irrigation as well to keep them watered
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well and to look after them. So, yeah, a
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job well done. We've got some to put in
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the top still. We've still got a lot
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left over, so we're going to put some in
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the top, but we'll do that next week.
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That's a job for next week. Now, we've
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absolutely smashed it today. Absolutely
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So, every week we'll post an update on
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how well the strawberries are doing. So
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you can keep along and see how well
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they're growing here in the poly tunnel
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island, how well they bear the fruit
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this year, and hopefully get a good crop
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from them. So make sure you drop us a
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videos and how well they're getting on.
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Until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
