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Q: Are Container Strawberries Perennial?
On July 31, 2010, Marilyn Sommer asked:
If a person grows strawberries in a container, will they grow back the next year or do you have to replant them every year. will you get many berries if using a container? Thinking about next year…
Thanks,
Marilyn
Answer to: Are Container Strawberries Perennial?
Marilyn,
As long as you take proper care of them, they will come back. You should not have to replant them. The number of berries you get depends on the amount of nutrients the strawberry plants get. If they are tightly packed in a container, they won’t do well. If they are in good soil with appropriate water, they will produce just about as well as any other planting modality.
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i am subhash from india, i have planted strawbery plant in a container last year once it has olready fruited and this year i saw that about twenty to twenty five runners came out and out of that i have planted fifteen new plant so i want to ask that the mother will get harm due to more runners or it will fruit this year also. and another thing will i have to change the soil of the mother plant or continue with the same, so kindly gide me. waiting for reply.
subhash,
The mother plant should do just fine this year. You might want to add some fertilizer to the potted mother plant this year. I’d recommend reading the material on the Growing Strawberries reference page. It should help. Good luck!
Can one grow June bearing plants and Everbearing plants in the same pot/container? I just ordered both and wondering what my options are.
Lance,
Yes, you can grow both everbearing and June-bearing plants in the same container, as long as the container is big enough to support two plants. Good luck!