in the plant profile series of videos today we will look at a strawberry
variety that's called "Chandler"
it's a vigorous very prolific variety
that's only easy to grow but is absolutely delicious
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so we will be growing these strawberries in two types of containers
these containers that you see here are quite wide
however they're not as deep now the Chandler produces a lot of strawberries
so we're also going to compare it with growing in
a deeper container and see how that works out
I have used a standard morning mix of 30 percent peat moss
30 percent perlite and 30 percent compost
I've not added any fertilizer yet I'll let this strawberry plant
set in after transplanting them and give them some time to just
you know settle down in the new environment and then once they're
settled
may be after a couple of weeks you can start your fertilizers schedule
And the Chandler variety of strawberry has very shallow roots
so you can pretty much grow it any in any kind of container
here you can see the strawberry plants growing now I planted these strawberry
plants in December
because these are June bearing strawberries so if you plant them in
December
It gives them some time to kind of grow a little bit
larger so that when its June they start producing flowers and fruits
so this strawberry variety grows great along the West Coast
and you can see that it also grows great in some other states that you can
see here
so I used the snack here that you can see to protect distraught buddies from
birds and
other critters and it seems to do a good job without affecting the
growth of the strawberry plants so what you're seeing here is a 16 inch large
container
and it holds about five to seven gallons of soil
and that's quite enough to grow this variety of strawberry
as you can see the strawberries are pretty large and this is one of the reasons this
strawberry is also grown commercially
it's not only large in size doesn't have any defects
its good looking and it also tastes very good it has one of the best
taste profiles amongst all the strawberry plants
Strawberries do well with an all-purpose fertilizer
so make sure that the fertilizer you're getting doesn't have high
amounts of nitrogen however the strawberry doesn't need a lot of fertilizer
so as long as you're growing the strawberries in a decent conditions
using lot of compost some well draining soil
as I have done here you can get a lot of strawberries very easily
this strawberry variety is also very resistant to any kind of insects
and although it is susceptible to diseases
I've never really seen any kind of diseases on my strawberry plants
the only thing that you want to remember is slugs just love to eat strawberries
leaves
and the strawberries so if your strawberries are getting ripe
just make sure the slugs are no where around the strawberries
because all you're gonna get is strawberries that have large holes in them
and not very pretty and this is why I prefer growing strawberries
in containers
that allow the strawberries to kind of hang out or hang down
along the sides of the container so that way it's pretty safe from any kind of
insects or slugs
so I hope you liked today's video on growing strawberries
and this again is the Chandler version of strawberry very prolific
one of the best strawberries to grow in your garden and I'd like to know from
you my YouTube viewers
what kind of strawberry varieties do you grow.Do you have a special favorite that
you like to share
and what do you think about this variety of strawberry
have you grown it before? do let me know and I'll see you again soon
Happy Gardening !
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