June Bearing Strawberries

                    Before                                              After

 

Last weekend I bought some strawberry roots at the garden center down the street.  Just plant them, water them, and bam! Strawberries!  We'll see how this goes.

I potted these a little differently than I did the Lemon Tree.  

I filled the pot 1/3 with soil and watered the soil to get it nice and moist.  

Then I placed the roots in the pot and filled the soil around them loosely.  When I had enough soil to hold the roots up I gently watered the soil and the roots to get this layer damp as well. (I could almost hear the plants say thank you.)  After that layer was nice and damp, I filled the pot up to cover the roots so that only the stems and the leaves were above ground and I gently watered the top layer of soil. 

My baby strawberry roots, fresh out of the bag and finally getting some sunlight!

Cute fuzzy little sprout.

All in all, they didn't look too impressive and I was a little skeptical on if they'd make it.  I've been bringing them in at night and watering them twice a day, same as the Lemon Tree. I haven't been noticing any changes, but when I water I usually just check to make sure there's no mold and that the water isn't leaking out of the drip tray.  So this morning when my grandma told me she thought she noticed a few new shoots I thought she was just trying to be encouraging, but lo and behold:

Remember that cute fuzzy sprout?  It has three full leaves now!  It looks like he may have a friend joining him soon, too.  (You can also see my lemon tree back there on the window sill with a make-shift greenhouse on top)

These little guys have grown so much!  They weren't even touching when I planted them!

These guys have let their leaves fan out as well.

Look at those beautiful leaves!  (back there you can also see one of my two avocado pits I placed in water last night.  I was going to wait a few more days, but midnight guacamole cravings kick started that plan)

I'm so proud of these little strawberry plants!  It hasn't taken very long to see some change, I can't wait to keep my eye on them and watch them grow! 

Check back later in the week when I'll plant some Everbearing Strawberries and talk about my DuneCraft plants.

Bri