Planting strawberries is becoming more and more popular in the UK, with increasing numbers of people choosing to grow their own fruit. Chris Bowers can make planting strawberries a fruitful and manageable task, and we have a great variety of strawberry plants including autumn strawberry varieties which will give you the results that you are looking for.
POT GROWN PLANTS FOR JUNE, JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER PLANTING. The advantage of planting pot grown plants at this time is that they become established well before winter, and each plant will give you a heavy crop the first season. Each plant is individually packed so as to avoid disturbance and the advantages far outweigh the extra cost involved. All plants are hardened off before despatch, so they are ready for immediate planting upon receipt. Plant 15" apart in the row with 24 to 30" between rows.
Fruit Produced |
Area for growing |
Type of plant |
Late April, early May |
Cold greenhouse or windowsill |
Plant pot grown plant in pots/ containers during July/August |
All May and early June |
Planted outdoors covered with glass cloches or polythene in mid/late February |
Plant pot grown plants during July/ August/September |
Normal Crop mid June |
Outdoors July /August /September for superb maxim crop in first year |
Plant pot grown plants in June to October |
Autumn Crop August to late October |
Outdoors |
Plant autumn fruiting varieties during autumn or spring. Always pot grown plants |
November/December |
Greenhouse at 50°F |
Day neutrals in pots/containers |
Over the years Chris Bowers' pot grown strawberries have often been said to be synonymous with choice and quality. Their reputation is well known throughout Europe and we receive enquiries from many parts of the world. The advantage of our pot grown strawberries is simple, they are grown in a special fertile pot for planting straight into the garden upon receipt. The pots are much larger than many others dispatched and the roots grow through their special pots so there is no root disturbance. The result is that often just after two weeks in your garden, they are well established and seem as though they have always been there!
The benefits are obvious:
Add to this the obvious benefits of a superior, virus-free healthy plant, and the difference in the results becomes clearer. Customers who have been planting our strawberries for the past 20 years or more already know this, new customers may order with every confidence. Never settle for second best, it is always false economy. If you order early, we can normally despatch during the summer to your preferred time for planting.
Some gardeners prefer to plant in spring and, once again, a pot grown plant is to be preferred. Perpetual varieties (autumn fruiting) will give an excellent crop from August onward when planted in spring, and day neutral varieties 12 weeks after planting.
All of our propagating stock of the main varieties is ministry certified for trueness to type, health and vigour. Propagating stock of some varieties that are not eligible under the main certification scheme have been inspected and certified for health. The few varieties that are not eligible under either scheme are grown to our same standards of guaranteed health. These are mainly the old or outclassed varieties. Complicated but very effective for the production of a very high quality plant.
Strawberries are despatched from April to late September. Orders placed after 3rd week of Sept will be held over until the next despatch season.