update: strawberries

The galore pink strawberry plants are doing extremely well after planting them in the strawberry jar planter. They are producing flowers and developing into strawberries! I deliberately did not bother to remove the flowers from these strawberry plants because I wanted to see how greatly this lack of step will affect yield for this harvest and next year's harvest. I'm excited about the potential harvest of these particular berries.

I've also sowed borage seeds about two weeks ago at the tops of each strawberry planter. I sowed blue and white borage seeds. The brown planter has blue borage while the turquoise planter has white borage. It took about two weeks for the seeds to germinate and boy was I excited to see a pair of leaves sprout from the soil! I'm looking forward to seeing how they grow and produce the featured blue (and white) star-like flowers.

galore pink strawberries

I recently bought two paks of strawberry plants from Binder Farm in Union Square. These strawberry plants produce berries called Galore Pink. Unlike the other strawberry plants I bought from the Strawberry Store, the blossoms from the Galore Pink are pink! I thought this was pretty novel as thought it would be nice to grow these.

Because they are grown in paks, planting them in the strawberry jar planter was easy. The root balls of each plant were small enough to fit into each pocket.

This particular breed of strawberries seems to be produced by a company called Ball Horticultural Company. They seem to produce new varieties of plants into the market. You can learn more about Ball by clicking here.

They're happy in their new home and already producing some strawberries. More blossoms are also on the way. I can't wait to taste these guys!