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Name: Mary My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b) Gardening dilettante, that's me!              fiwit May 9, 2014 2:54 PM CST |
On behalf of brand new member @teaangel88I received a strawberry plant in a plastic bag from a shop, but I have no idea which way Northwest Georgia Daylily Society I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week. My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer... |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)         greene May 9, 2014 7:49 PM CST |
| These look pretty ugly when they come out of a bag. The simplest thing I can say is to think of the plant as a spider. Bury its legs - all spread out - and keep its body just at the soil line but not below. If strawberries are planted too deep (the crown under the soil) they will rot. Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change           dyzzypyxxy May 9, 2014 9:37 PM CST |
| I just planted 50 strawberry plants at my daughter's house, so, yes they can look like mostly roots at first, but very quickly you will see green sprouts coming out of the 'crown' of the plant if it is alive. The roots are thin and stringy, maybe 3 to 5 in. long. The stems of the dead leaves are a bit thicker. You should be able to 'fan' out the roots and detect where the crown of the plant is. A magnifying glass might help. Soak it for an hour or so before you are going to plant. Plant it so that the roots are in the soil but the crown is raised up on a little mound of dirt. Crown rot will get them if you have wet weather before they really get going if you don't keep the crown up where it can dry out. Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
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