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Let's give you our weekly update on our
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Oakland Gardens strawberry hanging
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baskets. Welcome to Gardening with Ben,
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everyone. And as you know, I've got some
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strawberries growing in hanging baskets
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in the poly tunnel this year. I thought
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I'd give it a try as I do grow them
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outside and I'm still growing them
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outside in the ground. But they get a
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lot of like wood lice and mice and um
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squirrels pinching them and eating them
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and making holes in them. So I thought
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why not try growing them in some hanging
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baskets in a lot warmer environment in
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the poly tunnel so they'll be ready
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earlier and also they're everbearing
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strawberries so hopefully they'll keep
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fruiting throughout the summer period.
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That is the plan if it all goes to well
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and they're absolutely shooting up now.
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Now it's starting to get warmer. They're
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growing absolutely fantastic. So let's
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have a look and see what we're up to
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with them. So, as you can see, they're
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all doing absolutely fantastic. They're
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all taking all growing and growing
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really, really well. I can't believe how
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well they're all growing. Absolutely
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amazing. The strawberries. I can't
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believe it. They've taken so well and
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doing really, really well. There's only
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a couple what don't seem to be growing.
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Oh, that one's just starting to grow,
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actually. Uh, so yeah, I might replace
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them ones with ones that are healthy and
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growing cuz I've got a few spare ones.
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So yeah, they're all coming along pretty
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well and I'm expecting that will do some
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really good harvesting this year with
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strawberries. Absolutely amazing. I
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can't believe it. But yeah, we've even
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got a flower on this one. So what we
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need to do is take that off because we
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want it to concentrate on growing the
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plant. and the flowers will still come
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again hopefully later as apparently if
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you take the flowers off in the first
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couple of weeks then they'll produce
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more fruit on them. That's what I've
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read up on anyway. I've been reading up
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on growing strawberries and these are
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the everbearing ones. So they'll fruit
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all summer long. That is the plan
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anyway. And obviously they'll be ready a
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lot earlier than they would be outdoors
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cuz it's nice and warm and a lot better
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in here. Obviously we have to keep them
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watered well regular feeling and they
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are pretty damp so they don't need a
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water today. They're pretty good and
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yeah they're growing really well. I
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can't believe how well they're doing.
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I'm absolutely amazed with it. Like I
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said this is new thing for me. It's a
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new trial and we'll see how we get on.
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But hopefully if all goes to plan we'll
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get a lot of strawberries off this year.
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300 plants in these baskets. But yeah,
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you'll have to stay tuned to see how
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well they get on this year down at the
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plot. So, I hope that you're enjoying
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following along with these.
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So, make sure you do drop us a follow to
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stay up to date with all our videos and
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how well they're getting on. We keep
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posting weekly updates on them, so you
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can follow along and see how well the
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strawberries do. Until next time
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with Ben
