Posts Tagged ‘Upside Down Strawberry’

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 Strawberries allow you to enjoy fresh fruit year-round. No matter the climate!

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

When you aren’t living in a climate that is always getting great sunshine year round, and temperatures with proper rainfall it can be hard to grow strawberries. Much of the United States lays outside these temperate zones and will only yield fruit during the summer months. Even if you’re located in a dry zone that is warm year round, rain and watering your strawberries isn’t always done at optimal levels.

With the upside down strawberry bag you can grow them year round, without concern for the weather. When you’re growing them year round, you’re sure to always have a large supply of fruit on hand for snacking, canning or making home made strawberry jam.

Growing plants outside or inside the house, especially when up and off the ground will gain better results than normal garderning techniques, reduce the exposure to harmful predators and other baddies that could harm your plants. Not to mention if you’re growing the strawberries inside the house you probably won’t have to use any pesticides on them. Making the final fruit even more healthy for you and your family or whomever is eating the strawberries.

Upside down strawberries are fun for the whole family and will give you great results year round if you plant them indoors or live in a nice temperate zone that will sustain the plant. They’re strawberry bags are also quite affordable at only $10 and the ability to hold 15 plants in their clean and discreet soil bag. They even look nice and add color to your indoor garden, or outdoor garden. Who doesn’t like seeing sweet succulent strawberries in their garden, especially year round!

Growing Upside Down Strawberries for year round treats.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

We’ve all seen the amazing topsy turvey upside down tomato growing system on TV and various newspapers or magazines. They’ll grow your tomatoes bigger, plumper and quicker than growing them in your regular garden. A side benefit is less work, no more bending down and watering your plants, or removing weeds.

What you probably haven’t heard of is the fabulous strawberry bag. This new product lets you grow your strawberries in the same way that upside down tomatoes are grown. What this does is enable you quick access to the roots for watering, and allowing more growth because the sun hits the entire plant, not just the tops of the leaves.

As with all products that work, it’s natural for them to evolve into different markets. Strawberries are a perfect offshoot for upside down growing. Now you can grow strawberries year round outside, or even inside if you’re craving a juicy strawberry in the middle of winter. The plants themselves are not upside down like they are in the tomato planter, however the leaves will hang down which is why we call them upside down strawberries.

The strawberry bag works by inserting your strawberry plants into the side of the bag, separting them nicely and allowing for great water penetration to the roots. The strawberries wil cause less strain on the plant and allow for larger yields, year round. You will probably want to use some sort of hanger system for the bag as it can get quite heavy when you add water.

The bag itself holds up to 15 strawberry plants. Using the patented starburst growing ports, or little openings in the side of the bag that let you insert your plants from the outside, while leaving the soil neatly inside the bag. All while not bending down over the garden and performing backbreaking manual labor.

To actually get the strawberries growing, you just have to hang the strawberry bag up on your porch or by a window inside, put the plants into the insertion slots and then add some more soil to make sure they are completely secure. Following that, all that’s required is repeating the process for the rest of the plants, adding water and watching them grow!

This planter is a great method for older people, or younger people that you don’t want using shovels or trampling around in your garden. Also take into account how much work it will save, and ease of use it will create when watering. No more lugging the hose out and walking across the yard, now you can simply fill a watering can and water it like you would any hanging plant. Pretty sweet.