I have replanted my strawberry bed this year, and have left lots of space between the baby plantlets. I was wondering what I could plant between them to make use of the space this year, other than lettuce!
I am running short on space, and love beetroot - would this survive between the strawberries?
If you wanted "Baby Beet" you would get away with it... if you want football sized beet then no!
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If you want to grow beetroot in with you strawberry,s i would suggest Cylindra.
I've got garlic between mine
x sunloving
Mine spread too rapid for me to have half a chance for anything to grow in between. I may do away with the strawberry beds after this year. Too much hassle clearing the aftermath.
I'd probably put another strawberry plant between them.
I'm trying sweetcorn between mine this year, my plan is to discard the 3rd year plants after fruiting, so when I plant the sweetcorn in June hopefully neither will deplete the other too much....we'll see!
No one has mentioned how far apart they have their strawberry plants and this must have a direct bearing on what can be planted or not.
For instance if you have your strawberry plants planted out at say the normal 300-400mm (12"-15") then you should not grow anything else as this is the sort of area a healthy strawberry plant wants.
Then there are the 'runners' that form, these may strangle what ever you put in.
No a strawberry bed is a strawberry bed in my book I'm afraid so I am unable to suggest anything.
If I were stuck for space I would use the flower border, beetroot, carrot & parsnip leaves can look quite good in a flower bed.
Well, I'm going to give the beetroot a try. My plants are a good 15-18" apart, as I know they will eventually grow quite large, but this year they are very small, runners taken off the plants last year. I didn't expect them to fill all the space in one summer.
QuoteWell, I'm going to give the beetroot a try
Each to their own but may I suggest you sow them after fruiting this way you can cut back the runners (if you don't want them) and you wont disturb your beetroot when harvesting the fruit.
Is the reason you put straw under strawberries to deter slugs etc. I have some straw but noticed no body else on their plots have used it? Any ideas gratefully recieved
hiya, no5 welcome to the site, we only put the straw under ours when the fruit is forming :)
Quote from: ktlawson on March 27, 2008, 15:43:47
Mine spread too rapid for me to have half a chance for anything to grow in between. I may do away with the strawberry beds after this year. Too much hassle clearing the aftermath.
Just take a pair of shears to them and then rake off what's sheared - it's what I do and it's dead speedy. I grow an awful lot of strawbs and have found this the best and quickest way to tidy a bed.
yep, me too
Quote from: jennym on March 27, 2008, 20:36:49
Just take a pair of shears to them and then rake off what's sheared - it's what I do and it's dead speedy. I grow an awful lot of strawbs and have found this the best and quickest way to tidy a bed.