Strawberry Towers
What would spring be without strawberries?
After many dismal attempts of growing strawberries in the ground I am trying a hydroponic method this year. It is a PVU pipe with an elborate drain and tap system. It is very hard to find a funnel with a tap attached to it… so this is what hubby managed to scrouge up from one of his suppliers they use through his work.
So far I have 2 towers built that hold six strawberry plants each. I have another two to build. I have hung them on the clothes line as it is a wasted space that is only used two or three times a week.
They are filled with a equal mix of perlite and vermiculite and I am using the Ionic ‘bloom’ solution to feed them. In this weather I am only feeding them every second to third day as the tube is staying quite moist. Once summer is in full swing it will probably be once a day if not twice a day….
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nice work, i look forward to the progress.
watch out for the birds, they always get more fruit than we do
Oh thanks for that I hadn’t thought of the birds until I read that. The strawberries are getting bigger so I will have to keep an eye on them. ~ Emily
Love to see how these strawberries do. I don’t have much luck with them in the ground either.
Chris, The strawberries are powering on, the fruit is getting big. Hopefully as we are finishing the mulberries the strawberries will be fruiting!
I am keeping lots of notes so next year I know what will be fruiting when.
~Emily