Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️

Your very welcome 🤗....I'm glad to hear it's working well...... Enjoy all those berries 😁

It is a fun adventure for sure....now that you know, you will always see potential babies when you look at a strawberry 🍓 ❤️

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Get a ever baring strawberry plants and you will have strawberry from May till frost and they put out what is called runners and when the runner touches dirt it will root and you will have another plant. I bought 2 planets last year and now I have 4 big pots and a raised bed full of strawberry . They are cold hardy to . Don't know what state you live in but I'm in SC

Anf blueberries, and lemons, rasberries, avocado, apricot trees, many more. )

Avocados would be a terrible decision to grow from seed and also wonder if the rest you mention grow true to seed or not. Not all lemons do ​@@MaryPoppins-tu1ms

The original name was strewn berries because of the plant's propensity for sprawling about on the ground via runners. The strawberries today are hybrids from North American strawberries being crossed with South American strawberries. The crossing was a complete accident that lead to a sellable and marketable berry.

@@KenJohnsonUSA correct 💯💪😎............ The latter designation came with the berries love of growing in rotting straw. A favorite medium and mulch. Stuff does amazing with potatoes too....much less digging.

Interesting ❤

You are very welcome 🤗😁

While you're joking, it has been shown in trial research that some species of crops/plants do respond to music 🎶.

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@@bri0013 ummm, 🤔 I don't think they were joking 😃

@@bri0013 yes, read that somewhere too 😊

That's really funny 🤣 Actually u are the third person to say that lol 😂 Not a bad voice to be compared to hahahahaha 😜

❤ I love a good manly voice,,makes these videos even more fun, thank you

Who's Jeff Goldbloom?

@@donniedotzler7387Tall Guy with glasses in Jurassic Park 1st one … best one

Yeah they really want a lot of $$$ for those nursery starts.....and most aren't even of heirloom varieties. With soil costs, additives and electricity I probably turn out plants for between .50 - $1 each. It's so cheap actually I've been contemplating starting hundreds to just sell off for cheap or just hand out to all the neighbors. ❤️

Nice to see somebody mention him. I still watch his videos too. He was a true gem.

I miss him. Learned quite a lot from him over the years.

Me too

We were stationed in Port Hueneme and used to go to the strawberry festival every year in Oxnard. Oxnard is the strawberry capital.

I went to Buena High School in Ventura. Good digs there. The best part about that strawberry capital comment is that there have been about 15 cities that have chimed in saying they are the capital hahaha 🤣 I love it.

What's your point?

Too much nitrogen

Thank you very much for that. We went some dumb places and did some dumb things but some people came home because of it.... I'm very glad you like the video. Thank you for that wonderful compliment ❤️

I was thinking Plant City as well. I think it runs out of oxygen each year due to so many people!! ;)

OAG was a total hero of mine.....I keep him around with "water it well and watch it grow". I really miss that old man. I still go watch his video sometimes because there is so much knowledge there and I love seeing him in the garden ❤️🙏😇

So sorry... I have equipment on the way to help me with filming ❤️. It was a little Shakey, I only have a cell for recording ATM....soon it will be much better and professional.

Love it lol 😂 Better to have and not need than need and not have ❤️

I was actually raised in Alma lol. Grew up on a farm up above Alma lake there.....and yes I think Arkansas does grow the best ❤️..... It's not biased when it's the truth lol 😂 l

Grew up in Dodd city Arkansas we had a berry patch that was huge and raspberries and blackberries. They all grew wild from the 1800s it was a old hotel where we built

Me too.

They are a unique plant for sure.....it's not just the berries either. The leaves, roots and stems of the plants are highly valuable as medicinal ingredients ❤️

Thank you 😋

They are so tiny..... It's very delicate work at first Glad to hear you got some ❤️

That's awesome...we are looking at properties there 👍

There is nothing that taste better or more rewarding than your own produce.

So nice of you

My strawberry patch is producing! 1 was 3 inches & very sweet! Ty

No I'm not....but what a beautiful place. I'm actually buying a place in Searcy county. Should be epic gardening videos then lol .

Sounds like you will have a pretty good bodied mix. Consider adding a pinch of composted chicken or rabbit manure.....rabbit preferably. It's a cold fertilizer and no worries of burning up the plants. Has a higher nitrogen and phosphorus content than steer manure. To amend properly, because every soil does a little different, the only other advice I can give is to watch your new berries ......they will show you in three weeks if you need other goodies. They are pretty good about growing well even in not the best stuff......but it sounds like your mix will do very proper. The one thing buries will not take is soppy soil.....make sure you add perlite for drainage....I like about 10% more to the mix....then I never have drainage issues.

There is always the possibility of getting an off set from either parent plant, but being that hybrids typically are infertile, I think we might do ok. I've always gotten really nice berries every year. Selection is key when you buy them. A lot of pkgs will tell you organic and or the type. 👍...... The strawberries that these plants produce can be even further narrowed down after berries come on....only the best of the best will get their seeds taken for next year ensuring our berries stay pure. Each year through this process you will not only produce fruits acclimated to your area but their production will be more consistent.

You typically know when you get a hybrid strawberry because it seeds won't germinate.

This is cool! I have to try this. 👍👍👍😀💕🌱🌱🌱

Unfortunately with our pollinator friends in decline and not getting it done, we have to pick it up. Placing a jar lid filled with marbles and water will sometimes attract the bees 🐝 especially during the summer ⛱️🌞......they show up for a drink and find your flowers ❤️ You will have LOADS of cucumbers 🥒 now 💪😎

@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 what is the purpose of the marbles?

@@christinaoliveryoung6019 the marbles prevent the bees 🐝 from drowning while grabbing a drink 👍

@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 oh wow that's great! Thank you!

You can also use a paintbrush to pollinate yourself!

It really is I wish they made a better mix that had all of the goodies already in it.........I am experimenting with coco core, perlite and compost to see if I can get ok results. The other issue we're having is when I first made this video all of the products were readily available now some of them aren't so readily available. A more simple solution might be in order......might not be as perfect as soil for them but might just get the job done. I am kind of fortunate that I always buy a bunch of different soils so I have some on hand to experiment and play around with I know not everybody has that at their disposal so I'm going to try to come up with a more universal mix.

Using purified water with a 6.5 pH will correct that. I used a combination of Kelloggs indoor potting mix, some pro mix #4 and some peat moss. I only increased the food for them after about two months. I grew these under t5 UV lights. 60watt bulbs. 6500kelvin. Keep the lights maybe two three inches from them and they will grow well. They are sooooooo tiny that care must be taken in the first month to not harm their growth. When gardening them off outside two hours max for first four days then increase to 4 hours for four days then six until you can build them up strong enough to take 8 hours full sun. They take a bit longer to harden off but once they do.... It's off to the races.

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@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 Thank you.

If you are growing in containers, then use potting mix not potting soil. Potting mix has great drainage and great moisture retention. Strawberries love evenly moist but not wet soil. They are heavy feeders too.

Depending on when you start them between four to six months.....their first year is hit and miss........their second year is when they just load out in my garden. Most commercial growers use plugs which can range between six months to a year old. Had a guy once tell me I was wrong saying it's their first year.......... But never taking into account his plugs were already a year old hahahahaha 🤣🤣😜 In my opinion first year is all about establishment. They will kinda die back in the fall and winter but the following spring 🌱 hit them with compost, fresh mulch and stand back. We love our patriot gardeners 🌱❤️😇🙏

You shouldn't buy anything from Walmart

Agreed

I did mine indoors overwinter simply because I was bored but with the timing of it it was perfect to have them ready for spring...for my zone seeding in November and December for the following spring was perfect. Maybe 3 months. They grow very slow at first ❤️

I tend to crowd mine a bit at 10" lol......so 12-14" in a good very growing location is perfect for them to fill up.

Lol 🤣...I know right. I just got a small one

I actually have some new camera equipment coming soon to help me make better videos so people don't get motion sickness 🤣

Sprinkling some cinnamon out in the garden around the base of your plants will help prevent that root rot or dampening off

Unless your wanting them to root in a pot to move around, yes, for potted plants. Can be used on ones in the ground too to help with that spreading.

Then I'm very interested in hearing what you think 🤔 I am looking at a very large piece of property there or in surrounding area to build a homesteading community of sorts lol. The water supply, the land rights, lumber and climate near there seems to be all right about perfect. I'd like to hear what a local honest opinion is.....if your ok with it.

@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 I live around Mtn view ar. There’s quite a few doing that in these parts now days. We even have a class offered at times in town. They’ve done homesteading, canning, etc. basically getting back to our roots. I love the area. I say if you get a good deal take it!

They should be ok there for their first year.....I like them a bit closer for the shade value here in AZ...it helps a bit. If they go too crazy I can always split them up. Cinnamon does help a bit, but I found the trick it the mycorrhiza .....that and getting them watered in relatively quickly.

@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 great to know, thank you

Great info! I planted some but didn’t know that they don’t have to be planted too deep…thank you for sharing! Appreciate it a lot 🙏🙏

That is so awesome to hear. I hope to have a very patch like that one day where everyone can just come and get Berry plants ❤️ That is a wonderful gift from above. Excellent work Patriot.

I tried to stay middle of the road. It's about $10 for 2 cubic feet whereas Miracle-Gro organics or the higher end soils are somewhere in the range of $20 or 2 cubic feet. I need it at least a medium grade soil to begin with. Sometimes it's worth paying just a little bit extra to get some good stuff as opposed to fighting garbage that you save $3 on all year long and only getting half the fruit. I really wish I lived in an area where I could go out and gather some of my own topsoil from a forest or something but here in the desert that's just not a realistic thing lol 🤣

My last frost date was yesterday. They do not get up potted from this point. They go right in the garden

An easy recipe to remember is 2 gal compost, 2 gal raised bed or potting mix. 1 gal sunshine mix and 1/2 gal perlite. To this I would add 1-2 cups earthworm 🪱 castings and about 1 cup of the slow release granular organic fertilizer...... This is a good easy mix that is very productive. The honest secret is the compost. compost is king in the garden ❤️.

I would use the mix I replied with for the tomatoes....not the berries as much.....tomatoes like a meaty soil. They are REALLY heavy feeders. Use the mix in the video for the berries and the other one I replied with for the tomatoes 🍅. My next video will cover the exact soil I'm mixing 👍.....last frost is tomorrow, so maybe on Friday weather permitting. If you haven't seen my tomato 🍅 vids go to the channel and take a look.... I cover soil mixing in one of them 👍. Thanks for the reply

@@murdocksmadnesspatriotgard5472 is this the recipe for strawberries

The plants production of sugar and reduction of acid....when this exchange occurs the berries naturally change colors and get tasty........did you know that's to both protect and spread them 🤔 When a fruit is underdeveloped a seed is not viable and the plant knows this so it makes itself taste bad look not attractive and be very bitter until the time in which it knows its seeds are fertile and ready to be spread around the world. Then it chemically changes itself to be attractive, very bright in color and the taste and smell are there to attract critters to spread those seeds. Lots of plants use this technique to keep their seeds safe until they are ready. I guess in truth, chemistry aside, they are sweet to help spread their seeds 🌱❤️🙏😇

I use a water bottle with a bunch of little holes poked in the cap. The key to the strawberries is to get the soil evenly moist and for sure use the cinnamon to prevent the seedlings from dying from dampening off. I will add that into the next indoor gardening video I put up

Thanks a lot

Because strawberries take such a long time to germinate and because of the extreme high humidity conditions that are required for their germination, it is much easier to manage them in a much smaller container at first and then remove all of the little shoots that do well as opposed to throwing all your eggs in a giant planter..... It would be very space consuming under the lights. I would use roughly 2 cubic feet of space per five or six plants as opposed to 4 cubic inches with 15-20 starts. I can literally grow five times the amount in the same space using the cups 👍 Plus I only transplant the best of the best.....direct sowing you get what you get.

I live in Arizona, talk to me about hot lol. If I can do it you can do it. 50% shade screen will lower the temperature is by over 15°, making it a perfectly acceptable environment or strawberry plants

I thought so...... They were super sweet. They are loaded up right now.

Here is something really funny about the word hybrid........ It doesn't always work lol 🤣 I totally agree with your statement 100% by the way. Have you ever had a hybrid plant produce seeds that were actually viable?..... I had my first run-in with it this year with a suite 100 tomato which is a true 100% hybrid and supposed to have sterile seeds.......I have three plants now from their seeds 😱😱😱.......all produce good fruit and their seeds are 50/50 germination rate. I guess and rare or certain cases nature finds a way....,.I'm still wondering how, but it does.