Posts Tagged ‘Strawberry Planter’

Topsy Turvy Yummy Strawberries

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

If you’re craving for strawberries but they’re out of season, you can grow strawberries for your own supply. All you need is an upside down strawberry planter.

You can order starter kits off the Internet. Do your research and read a strawberry planter review before you buy strawberry planter.

One of the advantages of growing your own strawberries is that you can keep them completely organic and pesticide and chemical free.

Make sure to familiarize yourself with the different types of strawberries so that you knowwhat you’re buying and growing. The Ever-bearing variety will produce two crops, in June and late summer. However, the fruits tend to be smaller.

For the first season, it is recommended that you pinch off all the flowers until midsummer. This way the strawberries will grow in two crops.

It is also a good idea to consult your local nursery or garden center to ask which variety grows best in which clime.

Alpine strawberries are small and yummy, but you need a lot of plants in order to be able to grow strawberries, so this might not be the best option for hanging planters.

Day-neutral strawberries will produce fruit for most of the summer, unless the weather gets extremely hot.

Planting hanging strawberries is perfect for those with small spaces. Just make sure that they get plenty of sun – at least six to eight hours. You may also want to turn your plants 180 degrees every so often in order to make sure that all the plants get enough sun.

If there are squirrels or other animals in your area, you may want to put chicken wire around your strawberry planters so that you can enjoy your strawberries instead of the furry critters.

Once you plant your own strawberries you’ll be able to enjoy them freshly picked.

The Ups and Downs of Growing Strawberries Upside Down

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Why plant strawberries upside down? Because you can grow them year-round. This is only one of the many good reasons why you should consider using an upside down strawberry planter.

An upside down strawberry planter also lets you use parts of the house you never utilized. A hanging strawberry planter will fit well into any forgotten corner as long as it is near a window with ample sun.

Climate is not a problem with this method of growing strawberries. Even when it snows, you can simply hang your planter inside the house.

These plants can also serve as a bonding activity for you and your children. Many upside down strawberry planters come in kits with simple instructions. It won’t be hard for a child to follow. Just make sure to read strawberry planter reviews before you buy strawberry planter. This way you’ll know which one is best suited for a child.

Strawberry planters are affordable, starting from around $10 for a strawberry soil bag. Each bag can hold up to 15 plants.

The strawberries are put into the side of the bag. Then their roots are separated. The bag is then hung indoors or outdoors. The plants are put into insertions slots and some soil are added.

This method is also suitable for older people who no longer have the strength to potter around in a traditional garden. Just make sure to water the plants regularly.

If you live in the country and wild animals are constantly raiding your garden, you will be able to keep them away from your strawberries by using hanging planters. You’ll be able to enjoy the fruit of your labor.

In no time at all you’ll be able to enjoy the taste of succulent strawberries.  There’ll be extra satisfaction in knowing that you grew them yourself.

Hanging Strawberry Basket Product Review

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

One of our correspondents sent in a review of the hanging strawberries product after using it for several weeks with her family and friends. Deborah is one of our long time correspondents, starting out with us when we first started this blog over a year ago. Thanks Deborah!

Product: Hanging Strawberries
Cost: 10$ + S&H
Promo: Get a second set free
Available: All Countries!

I love strawberries and really, who doesn’t? I love them so much but they are often pricey, especially when it is not strawberry season so I decided to learn how to grow them myself. I found a bunch of hanging strawberry gardens and today I am going to tell you about my favourite one. I purchased the Hanging Strawberry Garden by Gardeners’ Choice and have been using it more than any others. Why has it been used more than the others? Well the main reasons are that it works, it grows the strawberries year round and it was easy to use. For 10$ plus shipping and handling, I received 2 hanging basket, 6 live plants, an easy guide and a recipe for strawberry jam. I set up my hanging garden immediately. Because it has been nice outside lately I opted to use both baskets, one indoors and one outdoors, to compare the results. They were hard to compare because both locations provided my plants the sunlight needed to be able to grow giant strawberries that were delicious and nutritious. The strawberries were actually better than any strawberry I purchased in a store. Why? Well that is because they were fresh, sweet and huge.

My kids decided to have a competition with me to see who could grow better strawberries. We each took a pot, some planting soil and the live plants. We then each followed the easy to understand instructions and started planting our strawberry plants. In 60 days we both ended up with strawberries. It was hard to tell who won because both plants produced sweet, juicy and giant strawberries. In the end I guess the whole family won because this the Hanging Strawberry Garden was easy to use, produced delicious and nutritious strawberries and was a lot cheaper than going to the store to purchase the same quantity of strawberries that we were able to harvest fresh at home.

The Hanging Strawberry Garden by Gardeners’ Choice is my favorite strawberry grower. I am able to use it year round, indoors in the cold winter month and outdoors during the warm summers. The plants are beautiful and fragrant so I love having them hanging by the window because they make my house smell and look good. The Hanging Strawberry Garden is also convenient because I can pick the strawberries fresh and not have to worry about them spoiling in my fridge. I have saved a ton of money using the Hanging Strawberry Garden because the plants yield so many strawberries and daughter plants that my 10$ investment has lasted me a lot longer than the 3 boxes of strawberries that I would have purchased in store for the same price.

I was truly shocked at how amazing the Hanging Strawberry Garden really is. The Hanging Strawberry Garden was cost effective which is great in today’s tough economic times. Simple is also something I look for and since my small kids were able to set this up on their own using the instructions it is definitely easy to use. The most important point is that the Hanging Strawberry Garden produced some of the most delicious and giant strawberries, better than I purchase at the store. The strawberry jam recipe was also delicious and made for a great morning spread.

If you are interested in learning more about the Hanging Strawberries and what they can yield for you, click on the link below to go to their home page.

Growing Strawberries Upside Down is easy with the strawberry bag planter.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

It can be easy to grow strawberries, no matter where you live and what climate zone. Even if it’s in an apartment or condo and you don’t have a big yard to plant your garden in. Using the upside down strawberry planter is a great way to grow rich, succulent berries year round even if you don’t have a lot of space available. It can turn unused sections of your deck, patio, or even bedroom into a super place to grow strawberries. All this without the fuss or mess that a regular garden.

When an upside down strawberry planter or strawberry bag is used it can help to increase the yield you are accustomed to seeing from your regular strawberry gardens. Because of the way in which the roots will grow together, and the plants will hang down causing less stress, the growth will be much more than regular plants out in the garden. Not to mention the fact that you won’t have worry about harmful pesticides or other agents you add to your regular garden. Nobody wants that on food they will be eating, and now you won’t have to worry about it.

When you grow your strawberry plants upside down, it will help promote rapid and healthy growth of the plants, with no worries about weeding. When the plants are using less energy to fight the forces of gravity, they are using that reserve energy to grow larger, fuller plants. This means you’ll see larger, plumper strawberries, and even juicier than you’re used to.
The strawberries will become much juicier because of all the extra energy the plant is putting towards growing, instead of keeping its weight up to combat gravity. This creates a win-win situation for you, and for the plants. The strawberry plants will have an easier life-time and longer lifespan while you get to enjoy sweet juicy strawberries all year round.

The upside down strawberry planter should be used with lots of strawberry plants. No more sewing only one seed, with this planter you can put two seeds in every seed port, which creates a much better opportunity for the plants to grow, and take root inside the upside down strawberry bag. This gives you full control over how and where you water, and how much sun the plants get as well as the oxygen in the air will be absorbed by the plant much better because of the added airflow around all the stems and leaves. All of this creates much fuller and bountiful strawberry plants.

The upside down strawberry bag lets you grow strawberries in places you never imagined, with fuller growth, and many more berries with each crop. This translates too much less money spent at the supermarket, and you’ll be well stocked with strawberries year-round. Making jam, or strawberry tarts will never be as fun as it will be when you’re using your own strawberries, from your own plants that you grew right inside your house with no back-breaking garden labor required.