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| Author: | dustin808 [ Oct 23rd, '08, 03:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Strawberries |
im growing strawberries in an aquaponics class at school. what are some good tips and techniques for growing big strawberries that taste good? |
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| Author: | creative1 [ Oct 23rd, '08, 07:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
You have made the right move theres not much else to do
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Oct 23rd, '08, 07:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
Make sure you have no salt in the water - makes it difficult to treat fish problems though. Add a bit of seasol/maxicrop weekly, and make sure the plants get plenty of direct sunlight for a couple of hours a day. |
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| Author: | Uncle Yarra [ Oct 23rd, '08, 08:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
I'd say don't go for big strawberries. The ones from the supermarket are basically a red granny smith apple IMO. Get some heirloom strawbs from digger's club or similar - small, intensely sweet. Who cares if you have to bite into twice aas many berries if thay taste three times as good? |
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| Author: | Filip [ Oct 23rd, '08, 10:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
With you there Uncle Yarra bigger is not always better with strawberries. I suggest to try a few varieties to see which ones you like the best. |
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| Author: | timmy [ Oct 25th, '08, 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
I totally agree the varieties in the shops are sour. they are grown for size, transport ability, and pest resistance. taste is about another 5 other factors below those again. mine are all comming on now and the taste difference is unreal. |
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| Author: | trevor [ Oct 25th, '08, 11:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
Plenty of water, plenty of sun. |
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| Author: | TCLynx [ Apr 13th, '09, 00:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
Planting strawberries in NFT pipes. Any tips on how to get the roots nicely fanned out through the net pots? When I get strawberry sets they usually already have a pretty good size root mass and I'm not sure how best to go about placing them into an NFT section of the system. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 13th, '09, 01:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
The roots will fan out through the pots by themselves TCL... |
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| Author: | TCLynx [ Apr 13th, '09, 02:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
Rupe, I expect that new roots will grow out nicely but I don't want to wad up the existing roots into a coil just to get them into the 2" net pot. Most strawberry sets I've ever gotten had 6 to 8 inch roots so even keeping the crown totally above the pot, that still leaves me with 3 or more inches of root mass to put some where. How do people usually deal with planting NFT strawberry plants into the system, anyone got a description of the planting process or pictures? All the planting instructions I've ever seen for strawberries make a big deal about fanning out the roots and making sure they are not curled up. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 13th, '09, 09:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
Ok.... in all honesty... I've never tried to pot something with roots that long into NFT... You could try cutting out the bootom of the pot ...  Or .... go for a bigger pot... |
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| Author: | TCLynx [ Apr 13th, '09, 10:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
I guess I'll have to do some research on how the professional strawberry growers do it then since I've seen plenty of strawberries in NFT pipes. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 13th, '09, 10:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
They probably grow from seedling plugs... rather than "crowns"... These ones aren't even potted... just straight into the tray.. Attachment: 100_2808 (Medium).JPG [ 67.75 KiB | Viewed 3480 times ] Attachment: 100_2809 (Medium).JPG [ 75.6 KiB | Viewed 3483 times ] Attachment: 100_2810 (Medium).JPG [ 82.5 KiB | Viewed 3481 times ] |
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| Author: | faye [ Apr 13th, '09, 13:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberries |
I would trim the roots and dunk them in seaweed extract diluted in water to reduce the transplant shock. They don't look back. |
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