Indoor Eversweet; Everbearing Strawberries

DAY ZERO: TUES OCTOBER 18
Just planted Seascape Strawberries; dormant bare roots.

EDIT: Eversweet; Everbearing

Planting medium is Pro-Mix organic Herb and Vegetable mix with 30% old no-till soil.
One container is EarthBox, the other is a 7 gallon fabric pot.
pH’d tap water, no other fertilizer.
Over-planted in the event some don’t make it.
Will thin to six in EB, three in fabric.
Will add 3-3-3 starter mix when I see new growth.
Pinching off the first flowers, then it’s Katy Bar the Door.
Strawberries by President’s Day….

 

Day Ten
Yippee! From a dormant ball of roots and crowns to blooms in 10 days is remarkable to me…
Both the EarthBox and the 7 gallon fabric pot have the same medium and water. EarthBox plants seem far ahead of fabric.
Super stoked!!

 

STARTED: TUES OCTOBER 18
TODAY: DAY 18
First flush of maybe 30 blooms- pinched off (recommended by growers) to allow the roots to mature. Amazing that these had a flush of flowers in 10 days. Equally amazing is how delicious the flowers are, I ate most of them.

Each pistol of a flower has to be pollinated, one pistol for each seed. I will have to pollinate by hand (electric toothbrush). That’s what I do with indoor tomatoes. Love to see the little pollen cloud poof out.

I really need to cull 2 from the SIP, and the center one in the fabpot. It’s always a struggle for me to thin the herd.