The Albion Strawberry plants that I planted in the Strawberry Tower are flourishingI ordered Bare Root Strawberry plants from Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply.
The plants did not look promising when they arrived (see picture to the left) and I thought I wasted my money.
I had a choice between buying Bare Root plants or fully potted plants. I chose Bare Root plants because they cost a fraction of the cost of fully potted plants.
I had read on the Internet that I would lose some percentage of the plants.
I am happy to say that I did not lose a single plant!
All of the Bare Root Albion Strawberry Plants that I received from Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply have taken root.
Day 12:
Day 16:
The plants had growned to a size that matched the size of fully potted Strawberry plants that I saw at the local nursery.
I have been amazed at how fast the Strawberry plants have grown in the 2 weeks that I have planted them.
Day 2:
The picture on the right shows the top layer of the Strawberry Tower on Day 2 (the day after I planted the Bare Root Strawberry Plants).
The leaves were opening up. When the Bare Root plants arrived, the leaves on the plants had folded up like an accordian and were a yellowish green.
Here on Day 2, the leaves had started to open up and were a nice green color.
Day 6:
By day 6, all of the Albion Strawberry Plants had opened up.
Day 8:
By Day 8, some of the plants had started to grow a second or even a third stalk. The plants had originally come with just a single stalk.
Day 12:By Day 12, leaves had opened up on all of the second and third stalks from the plants.
Day 16:The plants had growned to a size that matched the size of fully potted Strawberry plants that I saw at the local nursery.
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Hi! We just ordered an Agrotower and will order our strawberry plants as soon as that arrives. For some reason I cannot access your Soil Less Potting Mix Blog Entry, it says I need to log in to Google to access my blogs. We are using your blog as the instruction manual for our garden. We live in OC, CA.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that my blog is helpful to you.
ReplyDeleteI have fixed the link to the Soil Less Potting Mix blog entry.
For an update on my Strawberry Tower see this blog entry.