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| Hi,
What strawberry variety do you guys recommend for zone 10? I live in Orange County and was thinking of Seascape, but that's only up to zone 8. I couldn't find how many chilling hours Seascape needed. What do you guys plant? Looking for super tasty strawberries to plant in a container. Thanks!
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- Posted by gardenguru1950 SunsetZ16 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 28, 09 at 20:20
| The Sunset Western Garden Book (which doesn't deal in USDA Zones 1-11) states that these strawberry cultivars do well in Southern California [regardless of 8, 9, 10, 11...]: Camarosa Aromas Strawberries do best in the ground. Should we assume that you do not have such? Joe |
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| Hi Joe, Unfortunately, I don't have a yard or anything like that. Just a concrete patio with lots of small pots. But I did get a pretty awesome 8 hole strawberry planter. Do you have a particular favorite variety? -Jen |
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- Posted by gardenguru1950 SunsetZ16 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 12:01
| Jen: I didn't list my "favorite" because taste is so subjective and what I like isn't necessarily what others like. With that said, Sequoia usually wins blind tastes tests. Joe |
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| I am very happy with Sequoia, although I grow it in the ground which may make a difference. |
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| I like Sequoia the best, best flavor and productivity. Chandler is good but not nearly as productive. The Seascape was not as productive as Chandler and the texture was rather crunchy. I like crunchy apples but not crunchy strawberries. If you are in Sunset 24 the more surrounding concrete the better. They like a touch of warmth to keep the botrytis at bay. If you can build a raised planter of some kind, you will have better results than in a strawberry pot. I flipped my strawberry pots over, put a stone tile on top, and made patio tables out of them. Succulents do pretty well in strawberry pots, better than strawberries. |
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| Do you all get to enjoy the fruit without netting the plants? I gave up because birds took all the strawberries if I left them uncovered and the netting looked ugly. |
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| Is now a good time to plant strawberries (probably in the ground), or better to wait until spring? I'm in SFV which I think is Sunset zone 21, and assume USDA 10 or 11. All I see for sale in local garden stores is Chandler, so I assume they do well around here. thanks sb |
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- Posted by gardenguru1950 SunsetZ16 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 31, 09 at 17:58
| The best time to plant strawberries is during bare-root season -- late December to early February. The best selection of cultivars is also at this time. Chandler is the standby "commercial" strawberry but I don't think it's the best tasting that can be grown in So. Cal. gardens. Joe |
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| Thanks for all your comments guys! I had some Sequoias in tiny pots and transplanted them to my new strawberry planter. it was heart breaking to do since i had to separate the 3 plants and tear the roots apart. i think i may have killed them all! there are over 6 stalks/leaf sets on each strawberry. |
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