ali-s Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Aldi are selling a pack of 6 Strawberry plants for £2.99 The offer is on Thursday 29th March www.aldi.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Went and got the Strawberry plants today. What healthy looking plants they are. Two early. two mid season and two late varieties in each pack. I came home with 4 packs Now for a question can I plant them out now? They are going to be put in a container (2 hanging baskets on a stand type of thing). some will be put into a terracotta Strawberry container. BTW it has turned very cold here , back to winter coats, gloves and hat Should I wait until the weather warms up again? Trouble is I have no room in the Greenhouse and the plants are sitting on my kitchen table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Hi Ali! I bought several packs of strawberry plants from Lidl last year. They have been in the garden all winter and are fine. I put cloches over them when it got really cold (minus 7 this year) but the leaves die back naturally every year anyway. The sooner you plant them the better as the roots will have longer to establish. The first year is normally a small crop, with a bumber crop in year 2-3. they should be replaced every 3 years, but you can always take runners off and pots those up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 My strawberry plants survived the whole winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I've just put my new plants in - I'm going to put fleece fabric over them until they're established - and to keep the ******* cats away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 My current plants are getting a bit old, going to move them to a new bed this year and see what happens. May have just wasted £2.50 as well!!! Going to try strawberries from seed. £2.50 for about 20 seeds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 You could have bought your favourite variety from the shop and used them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
