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Strawberry Pyramid

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  Posted by Niblet (U14438752) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  Last year I participated in a forum conversation about strawberry planters. I had stacked 3 pots of increasing size on top of each other with the largest at the bottom and the smallest at the top, strawberries planted in the band of space atound the bottom of each one. The strawberries seemed to grow a great deal (I didn't get many fruits as they were new plants) but I found the structure unstable and I knocked it over several times despite sinking the pots in quite deep and compacting the compost around the plants.
  I really don't like those purpose built strawberry planters with the pockets, but my strawbs have to be in containers as I rent and don't have any flower bed anyway. Space is at a premium in my small garden. Can anyone suggest any other container solutions for a good crop, or any ideas to stabilise my wobbly pot pyramid?
  
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  Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  I grow some of my strawberries that way and haven't had problems with them falling over. I put the bottom pot on three little pot feet. Do you think that helps? Mine is only three pots high. Perhaps you put one too many pots on the pyramid?

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  Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  Ooph, I have just noticed that you said it was three pots high. My bottom two pots are faily big and the one on top is fairly small. This is a photo from 2009. These plants are fairly small because they were in their first year.
  
  

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  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  Could you not plunge a garden cane or a metal rod down through the drainage holes of each pot and into the ground below ? Cheers, Tony.

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  Posted by tattiebogle (U11728394) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  I did a similar thing last year, in a shady corner, using spider plants, and even though the bottom layer was a large square planter, it was still a bit ricketty. How about pushing some thin canes through the drainge holes of the upper pots to secure them, a bit like a barbecue skewer!

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  Posted by tattiebogle (U11728394) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  Oops, sorry, Tony, it took me so long to write my message, it overlapped with yours!
  1 min 15 secs, 1 min 3 secs, 47 secs, 32, 27, 16, 9, 4 ....GO!

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  If space is at a premium there is a strawberry variety called 'mount everest' it can be grown/trained up a cane wigwam, ideal for a large pot, I've not tried it though maybe someone else has.

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  Posted by Niblet (U14438752) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  Ah mine are a big bigger than that koala_girl. I think the bottom one is about 3cm tall by 45cm wide.
  I could try staking them I suppose. I'm not sure how well that will work though as the drainage holes don't line up due to differing pot sizes, and I alway seem to stuff things like that up, I seem to come up with a lot of 'fixes' for things and maybe only 40% of my schemes are successful!
  I am starting to think maybe just some extra deep troughs would work nicely. Wilko have some big 'uns I think. I bought an etagere (staged garden shelving) upon which I was going to sit my trays of salad, but I think the strawbs would quite like it there; plenty of light, no chance of soggy pots as not on the floor, less little critters to nibble them. Will have to remember the netting though or the greedy blackbirds will have them all again!

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  Posted by As_Iff (U13951957) on Sunday, 6th February 2011

  I`ve grown strawberries around the base of other plants that are in pots, especially trees. I had an apple tree in a barrel once and strawberry plants growing around its feet.

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  Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Monday, 7th February 2011

  That explains it then Niblet. It's strange but I never have to net my strawberries because the birds completely ignore them. I think that they get so stuffed with other food (everyone feeds them around here) that they can't be bothered with my berries.

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