Grow with CaliKim Seed Collections (spring garden, container garden, tomato, herbs, lettuce, heat tolerant greens, flowers, and more!): calikimgardenandhome.com/seeds/ Save when you purchase my seed/book bundles: Container Garden: bit.ly/CaliKimContainerGardenSeedCollectionBookBundle Spring Garden: bit.ly/CaliKimSpringGardenSeedCollectionBookBundle Lettuce: bit.ly/CaliKimLettuceSeedBookBundle Late Summer Garden: bit.ly/CaliKimLateSummerSeedCollectionBookBundle Thanks for gardening with us!
It's raining cats and dogs here, so I was lucky to find this video right now. Cheering me up with summervibes now. And nothing screams summer more than delicious, tasty homegrown strawberries! Thank you two for making and uploading this video today.
I'm so loving just being able to pick my own strawberries from my own garden. It is so much sweeter. I was tired to buying strawberries only to find most were inedible. Thanks for all the tips. 🍓🍓🍓
What a lovely harvest! I had 3 questions for you: 1) Do you rotate your crate towers at all to equalize sun exposure? 2) I have a basket of strawberries from last year that were delicious, but this year, the fruit taste a lot less sweet and more watery. Any thoughts on what this might be? I was thinking not enough sun, but I'm not sure. 3) Is that a cucumber in the pot with the strawberries???
Hi Marie - I don't rotate my towers, but you certainly can if you like! Make sure your strawberry plants are getting plenty of sun and regular fertilizing for sweet strawberries. And yes, I did pop a cucumber in! Thanks for watching, have a great weekend!
Hi Cali, I’m a new subscriber and a mother of #9 I love watching your videos with my kids. I have a section in my garden that previous owners placed river stone rocks and planted citrus trees ( which have not produced in five years) I’m guessing due to the palm trees shading this area. Once I attempt to transplant the citrus trees can I plant strawberries , raspberries , blackberries in this area if river rocks are covering area?
Thank you! I have been wanting to plant strawberries, just haven't made that commitment yet. I also want to let you know that I have learned quite a bit from watching your series. Thanks again!
Hello, you'll love growing your own strawberries! So glad you're learning from our videos and growing your own fresh, tasty veggies - enjoy your garden!
We have 2 dozen strawberry plants in a 4x8 raised bed and they have been producing like crazy for us. I am picking 1 1/2 quarts every other day, and we have been eating them, and making jam, syrup, and strawberry oatmeal bars with them. I am planning on drying some next.
It's the end of July. I've never used store bought fertilizer on my plants before but I want to do what you are doing because I like that it is consistent and measured. Can I start now with the vermisterra worm castings tea and good dirt combo in water every 10 days? And do I keep this up all fall and winter? Thank you for everything. I really enjoy watching your videos!
I followed your instructions two years ago on my strawberry tower and I’ve got my best production so far this year and I think the key was regular worm tea and I also hand pollinated every flower with a small stiff paintbrush and I think I had 100% pollination. I saw that tip on a tomato video and I thought I would try it with strawberries and it is 100% true. One question is how did the snails and slugs get in those crates? I’ve pulled out about 30 of them
I had an awful experience with snails on my balcony-garden last year.. I’m guessing they came from either some compost I used which must have had snail eggs.. or somehow by birds/pets I don’t know but it was horrible finding all those snails everywhere and in the soil 🤢 traumatic
Hi Kim & CameraGuy (Jerry)!🤗 I will be growing Ozark & Tri-Star strawberries for the first time this year!🍓🍓 Love them in fruit smoothies, salads, and strawberry shortcake with whipped topping!😋 Thanks for sharing your great video and tips! 🦋5/21/2021🦋
Kim, thanks for another great strawberry video! We're in Costa Mesa (Zone 10B) wondering what to do for our Strawberry Babies over "winter". We have tons planted in towers and some in bags. They're still producing but nothing edible for a few months. Do you trim yours back to the crown until spring or something? Thanks for all your help over the years!
I was hoping to learn how to GROW strawberries, type of soil etc, not just how to pick them. Last summer, I had no success at all, not even any flowers even though I gave the plants the best conditions...so I thought. Do they like a more acid soil perhaps? Lots of things I need to learn...
Hello dear, Do you ship strawberry seeds to Beirut in Lebanon ? Another question, can I start strawberry seeds now in Lebanon ? The weather is warm enough here around 21-25 degrees Celcius. Will it succeed ?! 🙏
I put a mint plant in with a dtary plant.big mistake! The mint plant tyed to take over! So I took the strawberry plant out and transplanted it somewhere else.Mine are in pots.so the mint can be by itself!
Hello Oliver, thanks for your kind words. You'll want to watch my fall garden series, bit.ly/CaliKImFallGardenSeries2020, for crops to plant in cool weather, Enjoy!
Quick question: I got some bare root June bearing Strawberries and planted them out in April. They don't get more than maybe 3 hours direct sunlight then rest of the day shade. So far all I have gotten is runners, and I cut those off. Are they going to produce berries next year? It's already in the middle of June and only one flower so far. Beautiful green leaves, I fertilize and I keep them watered so the soil is moist but not damp. Any suggestions?
Hi Angelina, I use a plant cocktail of Good Dirt Plant Food and Vermisterra Worm Castings on all my containers, every 10 days - 2 weeks. Keeps them producing! Watch this video for the details, bit.ly/CaliKim5SecretsToGrowTomatoesInContainers. Thanks for watching!
Glad you enjoyed the video, Tazmeen! If you planted June bearing bare root strawberries, you won’t have a harvest the first year, as they take time to get established. If you planted everbearing varieties you will miss the early summer harvest, but you should have some strawberries to eat in late summer or early fall, depending on how long they take to get established. Enjoy your berries!
Did Camera Guy get a new lens? The shots at the beginning of the video were particularly nice. I just planted some strawberries in some SmartPots rail saddle bags and I’m hopeful that I’ll see some berries from that.
Hi Brittany, yes, he did, the opening shots were with that lens - he'll be thrilled that you noticed! Hope you get lots of berries from your rail saddles! Thanks for stopping by!
Do you have problems with squirrels or birds getting your strawberries? I don't, but we have lots of both and also cats, so I worry about my strawberries and the animals I love!
Want to try strawberries for the first time -I think I should have some shade cloths on hand so can you tell me what type to look for and where I might get it? Thank u 😘
Hello Karenk1 - you'll love growing strawberries and crate towers make it easy! Here's the shade cloth I use, amzn.to/3dTA1GB, super helpful in hot temps. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much, is it safe just to simply lightly lay The shade cloth on top of plants or should I be using stakes so they don’t lay directly on the plants?
I am having THE WORST time with my milk crate carton!!!! Not sure what I'm doing wrong :-( I used Organic Miracle grow potting soil, worm castings, leaf mulch and seascape berries...
@@CaliKim29 I'm thinking i waited too long to plant the little plugs I purchased. All but one have grown leaves. I waited about 3 weeks to plant them :-( it's been nearly 2 months and only one is showing signs of life. I live in Redding, CA and it hasn't been super hot yet. I have established plants from the nursery on top and some marigolds in the center. I had 1 1" strawberry lol there are a few teeny teeny tiny ones that are like blueberry size or smaller! There was some little gnats but I treated those with Murphys oil and some essential.oils and rinsed in the a.m. I also got the pvc piping to run through the middle but bc the plugs aren't producing I haven't added them yet. I'm wondering if I should just start again? Maybe my soil is missing something? But I always use organic miracle grow, it's affordable at Costco lol
Hello Clean Water, not sure which tomato cages you are referring to ones, as I didn't share about tomato cages in this video. Do you mean the crates? You can pick them up on Amazon here: amzn.to/3hRDMjv. Thanks for watching, enjoy!
Hi April, Chandler berries are a June bearing berry, you should see some berries in early to mid summer. They produce one crop per year for 4-6 weeks then are done until the following year. Strawberry flowers have both male and female parts, and are capable of self pollinating (wind and rain can move the pollen around) but often this results in uneven pollination and misshaped fruit as I showed in the video. It works best when the flowers are pollinated by bees for best shaped and largest fruit. Thanks for stopping by!
Tina, so sorry to hear that! Soil really does make a difference, my favorite is Good Dirt, good-dirt.com, (10% off with code “calikim10”, also available at Target), you can see how I built the towers and filled them with soil here, bit.ly/CaliKimVerticalGardeningTrellisAndTowers. Good luck!
I'd call it a container rather than a raised bed, but no big deal, either one will work. Soil is your biggest investment, use the best you can afford, its worth it!
Hi Connie, great info on strawberries here, strawberryplants.org. They have links for seeds and all kinds of other interesting growing details. Have fun!
Hello Andre, so fun to grow strawberries in crates - you'll love it! Watch this video for all the details, bit.ly/CaliKimVerticalGardeningTrellisAndTowers. Have fun!
Hello, how do you amend the soil in the crate tower? We have drip irrigation hooked up to ours and my husband is saying we cannot take the tower apart to amend the soil because the drips are permanent and we would have to break them in order to pull apart the tower and amend the soil. Any suggestions?
Hi Beautiful Roots - I just unstack the towers, pull the drip connections apart (soften them with a fire lighter first and they pull apart easily), add add a few inches of fresh potting mix and worm castings to each level and you're good to go! Have fun!
@@CaliKim29 Awesome, I'll give it a try! Thank you! Can the fire lighter softened drips be connected back together snuggly without leaks in the line? Or would I need to replace them?
I have yet to successfully grow strawberries, bare root I will never buy again. 4 years in a row they never grew this year 1 out of 20 survived. 2 potted plants survived no berries
For the first time I grew from seed. A red flowering varieties from Proven Winners. They are supposed to produce the first year from seed. I’ve got flowers and they are stunning. It was less stressful than bear root but i made a few mistakes that I will try not to make next year for the pink flowering seeds I bought for next season🙌🏻💗❤️
I hear ya - I've not had great luck with bare roots either. I root runners for new plants and also pick up a few transplants from the garden center each year. Thanks for watching, Vivian!
Grow with CaliKim Seed Collections (spring garden, container garden, tomato, herbs, lettuce, heat tolerant greens, flowers, and more!): calikimgardenandhome.com/seeds/
Save when you purchase my seed/book bundles:
Container Garden: bit.ly/CaliKimContainerGardenSeedCollectionBookBundle Spring Garden: bit.ly/CaliKimSpringGardenSeedCollectionBookBundle
Lettuce: bit.ly/CaliKimLettuceSeedBookBundle
Late Summer Garden: bit.ly/CaliKimLateSummerSeedCollectionBookBundle
Thanks for gardening with us!
Wow! The video quality is amazing! Great job Camera Guy! Love the video as always
Greetings Kim! Love your garden, especially the strawberries! Thank you for sharing.
It's raining cats and dogs here, so I was lucky to find this video right now. Cheering me up with summervibes now. And nothing screams summer more than delicious, tasty homegrown strawberries! Thank you two for making and uploading this video today.
Hi Kim, Lovely camera quality
Beautiful weather
Lots of love from India
Very nice ! Ours are not there yet!
So many delicious looking berries 😛
No. Ca. growing Albion and Tiny Treasures, these new to me. They are from Proven Winners. Love your dog buddy, Mack.
I'm so loving just being able to pick my own strawberries from my own garden. It is so much sweeter. I was tired to buying strawberries only to find most were inedible. Thanks for all the tips. 🍓🍓🍓
beautiful berry harvest!! also the lens change did not go unnoticed. looks great!
Time for strawberries!! I love my strawberries plain off the field or just with vanilla ice-cream 😍
Wow! The video quality is amazing! A cinematographic effect, like watching movie. Loving it and of course the content of the video.
What a lovely harvest! I had 3 questions for you: 1) Do you rotate your crate towers at all to equalize sun exposure? 2) I have a basket of strawberries from last year that were delicious, but this year, the fruit taste a lot less sweet and more watery. Any thoughts on what this might be? I was thinking not enough sun, but I'm not sure. 3) Is that a cucumber in the pot with the strawberries???
Hi Marie - I don't rotate my towers, but you certainly can if you like! Make sure your strawberry plants are getting plenty of sun and regular fertilizing for sweet strawberries. And yes, I did pop a cucumber in! Thanks for watching, have a great weekend!
Anyone else go out to harvest strawberries and pick one. Wth!!! U go Kim
Lol me!
I'm growing strawberries for the 1st time this year; I'm gonna use 'em to make the Stripes for the American Flag on a cake for Independence Day! 😎
That's a great idea, sounds delicious. It will be the best cake you've ever had! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Cali, I’m a new subscriber and a mother of #9 I love watching your videos with my kids. I have a section in my garden that previous owners placed river stone rocks and planted citrus trees ( which have not produced in five years) I’m guessing due to the palm trees shading this area. Once I attempt to transplant the citrus trees can I plant strawberries , raspberries , blackberries in this area if river rocks are covering area?
Awesome video, thanks! Growing strawberries for the first time this year and they are just starting to flower, so excited!
Good information, I had no idea I was supposed to cut my runners off!
I was afraid that little lizard was going to scare you. It was sitting neat the strawberry tower! LOL! Your strawberries always grow great!
Thank you! I have been wanting to plant strawberries, just haven't made that commitment yet. I also want to let you know that I have learned quite a bit from watching your series. Thanks again!
Hello, you'll love growing your own strawberries! So glad you're learning from our videos and growing your own fresh, tasty veggies - enjoy your garden!
I can't wait for my berries!!!!!
We have 2 dozen strawberry plants in a 4x8 raised bed and they have been producing like crazy for us. I am picking 1 1/2 quarts every other day, and we have been eating them, and making jam, syrup, and strawberry oatmeal bars with them. I am planning on drying some next.
Glad to hear your berries are thriving - growing your own is so rewarding. All your garden treats sound so yummy! Thanks for watching, Michael!
Hi gorgeous,strawberries are coming along good.Mine are all blossoming right now
Love this! 🍓
lovely video
It's the end of July. I've never used store bought fertilizer on my plants before but I want to do what you are doing because I like that it is consistent and measured. Can I start now with the vermisterra worm castings tea and good dirt combo in water every 10 days? And do I keep this up all fall and winter? Thank you for everything. I really enjoy watching your videos!
God afternoon maam God bless.
I followed your instructions two years ago on my strawberry tower and I’ve got my best production so far this year and I think the key was regular worm tea and I also hand pollinated every flower with a small stiff paintbrush and I think I had 100% pollination. I saw that tip on a tomato video and I thought I would try it with strawberries and it is 100% true. One question is how did the snails and slugs get in those crates? I’ve pulled out about 30 of them
I had an awful experience with snails on my balcony-garden last year.. I’m guessing they came from either some compost I used which must have had snail eggs.. or somehow by birds/pets I don’t know but it was horrible finding all those snails everywhere and in the soil 🤢 traumatic
Hi Kim & CameraGuy (Jerry)!🤗 I will be growing Ozark & Tri-Star strawberries for the first time this year!🍓🍓 Love them in fruit smoothies, salads, and strawberry shortcake with whipped topping!😋 Thanks for sharing your great video and tips! 🦋5/21/2021🦋
Wonderful, Barb - you're gonna love those fresh, juicy berries! We appreciate your support, glad. you're enjoying our vidoes!
Love your berry harvest, thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for watching, Angeline. Glad you enjoyed it!
Столько свежей ягодки в мае, очень здорово 😍
Kim, thanks for another great strawberry video! We're in Costa Mesa (Zone 10B) wondering what to do for our Strawberry Babies over "winter". We have tons planted in towers and some in bags. They're still producing but nothing edible for a few months. Do you trim yours back to the crown until spring or something? Thanks for all your help over the years!
Thanks Kim. Just trying strawberries this year.
Way to go, Leslie! Growing your own berries is so rewarding. Thanks for watching!
I was hoping to learn how to GROW strawberries, type of soil etc, not just how to pick them. Last summer, I had no success at all, not even any flowers even though I gave the plants the best conditions...so I thought. Do they like a more acid soil perhaps? Lots of things I need to learn...
Good afternoon love
Looks delicious. I need a shade cover. Mine are in direct sun and it is about to get really hot here in nor cal.
Smoothies 🍓 T❤️ME
Yes indeed, yummy!
Do frozen peas
Hello dear, Do you ship strawberry seeds to Beirut in Lebanon ?
Another question, can I start strawberry seeds now in Lebanon ? The weather is warm enough here around 21-25 degrees Celcius.
Will it succeed ?!
🙏
black absorbs heat faster than lighter colors. fyi
Hi Kim!!! Do strawberries over winter? Or do they die with the frost? I live in upstate NY and we start getting snow on the ground mid to late Nov.
I put a mint plant in with a dtary plant.big mistake! The mint plant tyed to take over! So I took the strawberry plant out and transplanted it somewhere else.Mine are in pots.so the mint can be by itself!
Hello, I love your garden, do you have any videos about good winter crops?
I'll take suggestions from anybody.
Hello Oliver, thanks for your kind words. You'll want to watch my fall garden series, bit.ly/CaliKImFallGardenSeries2020, for crops to plant in cool weather, Enjoy!
Lost 1 to spidermites, they are ruthless
Would love your recipe for the yogurt of talked about?
Hi Colleen, if you have an instant pot, it's in the recipe booklet that came with it. Super easy, saves a ton of $$. Enjoy!
Quick question: I got some bare root June bearing Strawberries and planted them out in April. They don't get more than maybe 3 hours direct sunlight then rest of the day shade. So far all I have gotten is runners, and I cut those off.
Are they going to produce berries next year?
It's already in the middle of June and only one flower so far. Beautiful green leaves, I fertilize and I keep them watered so the soil is moist but not damp. Any suggestions?
What do you recommend fertilizing with? Right now I have fish emulsion, liquid worm casting, and good dirt plant food.
Hi Angelina, I use a plant cocktail of Good Dirt Plant Food and Vermisterra Worm Castings on all my containers, every 10 days - 2 weeks. Keeps them producing! Watch this video for the details, bit.ly/CaliKim5SecretsToGrowTomatoesInContainers. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video CaliKim. Do the plants produce fruit in the first year when you plant bare roots?
Glad you enjoyed the video, Tazmeen! If you planted June bearing bare root strawberries, you won’t have a harvest the first year, as they take time to get established. If you planted everbearing varieties you will miss the early summer harvest, but you should have some strawberries to eat in late summer or early fall, depending on how long they take to get established. Enjoy your berries!
Did Camera Guy get a new lens? The shots at the beginning of the video were particularly nice. I just planted some strawberries in some SmartPots rail saddle bags and I’m hopeful that I’ll see some berries from that.
Hi Brittany, yes, he did, the opening shots were with that lens - he'll be thrilled that you noticed! Hope you get lots of berries from your rail saddles! Thanks for stopping by!
Do you have problems with squirrels or birds getting your strawberries? I don't, but we have lots of both and also cats, so I worry about my strawberries and the animals I love!
The centre of my strawberry flowers that is supposed to be a berry turns black after few days of bloom. Are the going to grow or they are wasted ?
Want to try strawberries for the first time -I think I should have some shade cloths on hand so can you tell me what type to look for and where I might get it? Thank u 😘
Hello Karenk1 - you'll love growing strawberries and crate towers make it easy! Here's the shade cloth I use, amzn.to/3dTA1GB, super helpful in hot temps. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much, is it safe just to simply lightly lay The shade cloth on top of plants or should I be using stakes so they don’t lay directly on the plants?
And how do you keep the birds from eating them
i grow jewel and chandler
Where can you buy smart pots crate liners? Thanks. Murray
What strength shade cloth do you use
How do I know how many seeds to plant in one spot?
I am having THE WORST time with my milk crate carton!!!! Not sure what I'm doing wrong :-( I used Organic Miracle grow potting soil, worm castings, leaf mulch and seascape berries...
Hi Jayden, sorry to hear it, what seems to be the problem? Maybe we can troubleshoot...
@@CaliKim29 I'm thinking i waited too long to plant the little plugs I purchased. All but one have grown leaves. I waited about 3 weeks to plant them :-( it's been nearly 2 months and only one is showing signs of life. I live in Redding, CA and it hasn't been super hot yet. I have established plants from the nursery on top and some marigolds in the center. I had 1 1" strawberry lol there are a few teeny teeny tiny ones that are like blueberry size or smaller! There was some little gnats but I treated those with Murphys oil and some essential.oils and rinsed in the a.m. I also got the pvc piping to run through the middle but bc the plugs aren't producing I haven't added them yet. I'm wondering if I should just start again? Maybe my soil is missing something? But I always use organic miracle grow, it's affordable at Costco lol
How many plants do you have?
Where do you get shade cloth?
Hello iam from canada ontario where did you get those tomato cages like to buy some thanks for the tips and you look lovey today
Hello Clean Water, not sure which tomato cages you are referring to ones, as I didn't share about tomato cages in this video. Do you mean the crates? You can pick them up on Amazon here: amzn.to/3hRDMjv. Thanks for watching, enjoy!
What is your Amazon link for shade cloth?
The filming seems strange did u get new camera
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What type of strawberries are yours?
I have a chandler strawberry 🍓 so far hasn’t been too productive. I planted it late summer last year . Do strawberries self pollinate ?
Hi April, Chandler berries are a June bearing berry, you should see some berries in early to mid summer. They produce one crop per year for 4-6 weeks then are done until the following year. Strawberry flowers have both male and female parts, and are capable of self pollinating (wind and rain can move the pollen around) but often this results in uneven pollination and misshaped fruit as I showed in the video. It works best when the flowers are pollinated by bees for best shaped and largest fruit. Thanks for stopping by!
@@CaliKim29 thanks for that information. I saw some more flowers coming on after I post the comment.
What kind of soil do you use. I’ve tried for two years to grow strawberries 🍓 I think they just hate me.
Tina, so sorry to hear that! Soil really does make a difference, my favorite is Good Dirt, good-dirt.com, (10% off with code “calikim10”, also available at Target), you can see how I built the towers and filled them with soil here, bit.ly/CaliKimVerticalGardeningTrellisAndTowers. Good luck!
I bought a 6 tiered tower and am using raised bed soil. Chose that because technically it is a raised bed. ?
I'd call it a container rather than a raised bed, but no big deal, either one will work. Soil is your biggest investment, use the best you can afford, its worth it!
What is the brand/type of planter next to the strawberry tower?
Hi Jen, it's a self watering planter by Crescent Garden, very handy. Thanks for watching!
Cali Kim can you please give me a some online websites to vist to buy strawberry seeds plz
Hi Connie, great info on strawberries here, strawberryplants.org. They have links for seeds and all kinds of other interesting growing details. Have fun!
How did you plant them in there?
Hello Andre, so fun to grow strawberries in crates - you'll love it! Watch this video for all the details, bit.ly/CaliKimVerticalGardeningTrellisAndTowers. Have fun!
Hello, how do you amend the soil in the crate tower? We have drip irrigation hooked up to ours and my husband is saying we cannot take the tower apart to amend the soil because the drips are permanent and we would have to break them in order to pull apart the tower and amend the soil. Any suggestions?
Hi Beautiful Roots - I just unstack the towers, pull the drip connections apart (soften them with a fire lighter first and they pull apart easily), add add a few inches of fresh potting mix and worm castings to each level and you're good to go! Have fun!
@@CaliKim29 Awesome, I'll give it a try! Thank you! Can the fire lighter softened drips be connected back together snuggly without leaks in the line? Or would I need to replace them?
Usually it can be connected again without a problem. If the end of the line gets too stretch out, just snip off and reconnect the barbed connector.
@@CaliKim29 Thank you, thank you, thank you! Sounds good, I'll try it out. This has been super helpful! :-)
I've got ants on mine 🤣
Oh no, try DIY ant baits, I have a video on it, do a search for "ant baits" on my channel and it should pop up. Thanks for watching!
@@CaliKim29 love it
@@CaliKim29 my dad has some growing up the greenhouse 🌹
I have yet to successfully grow strawberries, bare root I will never buy again. 4 years in a row they never grew this year 1 out of 20 survived. 2 potted plants survived no berries
For the first time I grew from seed. A red flowering varieties from Proven Winners. They are supposed to produce the first year from seed. I’ve got flowers and they are stunning. It was less stressful than bear root but i made a few mistakes that I will try not to make next year for the pink flowering seeds I bought for next season🙌🏻💗❤️
I hear ya - I've not had great luck with bare roots either. I root runners for new plants and also pick up a few transplants from the garden center each year. Thanks for watching, Vivian!
That's awesome, how exciting! Thanks for stopping by, Denise!
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