If you want just a few plants but huge berries, snip these runners off! Yes, every single one of them. These Felco hand pruners are perfect for making clean cuts. During this strawberry season in late January and early February it was particularly cold," explained Dr. Nir Dai, who was one of the witnesses during the strawberry's weigh-in. If growing strawberries in pots or hanging baskets, feed them every two weeks during the growing season with a balanced fertiliser. When flowering begins, switch to a high-potash liquid fertiliser to encourage good fruiting. Plants older than 3 years are usually past their prime and you will have lots of newer babies by that time. Summer-fruiting strawberries – these are the most popular type and produce the largest fruit. They have a short but heavy cropping period of two or three weeks. There are early-, mid- and late-fruiting cultivars, cropping from early to mid-summer. If covered with cloches or grown in a greenhouse from late winter, they will provide even earlier harvests.

Ilan' cultivar has many large and unusual fruits, but it is the largest strawberry I have ever seen." - Dr. Nir Dai, ARO Stawberry breeder Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location. After cropping, remove any straw and netting to allow better air flow around the crown of the plant. Both the everbearing and the june-bearers will produce a great yield of berries. How to Plant Strawberries

High yield - Traditional June bearing strawberry so will yield most of its bountiful harvest in early summer. This is what an out of control strawberry bed looks like. Learn from our mistakes and don’t let this get out of hand!

Strawberries should be planted out as soon as possible - only plant outdoors once all risk of frost has gone. The massive berriesthat arise from this stunning new variety could be the largest strawberries ever and unlike some other 'king-sized' fruits they are simply bursting with flavour too. Just snip the runner close to where the NEW growth is. Plant that baby in a separate bed or area. This is how you get new daughter plants.Strawberries are quite easy to grow but to keep your bed going year after year, some maintenance needs to be done. And we’ve figured out how to grow huge strawberries every year! However, instead of bearing one big harvest over the next month, these berries will keep growing and bearing fruit all summer long, sometimes even into the Fall months! Remove ALL the flowers that grow off your runners that first year to let the plant put its energy into the roots. Taking the same delicious flavours and texture, but in a rounder, squishier shape, the Haribo Squidgy Strawbs Share Bag offers 160g of chewy, fruity goodness! These are ideal for a cosy night in and really give Haribo fans something to sink their teeth into.

Over time, you will end up with a lot of strawberry plants, maybe too many. In this case, take any 3 or 4 year old plants and toss them.

Soon the plant will start bearing flowers – each of the flower buds will turn into a strawberry. You will probably find a LOT of flowers on EACH plant. This plant is set perfectly, it’s not too deep so that the crown is buried. It’s not so shallow that the roots can become exposed. The Garden of Earthly Delights is popular because we can see surreal images of our own, modern existence in it. Since the 1960s, it has been hailed as a psychedelic romp. Those giant strawberries are like free narcotics at a music festival. What strikes us when we look at it is the sheer joyous excess and mad profusion of this painter’s mind. Was he some kind of heretic, speculating on an alternative lifestyle of free love and fruity fun with no thought of tomorrow? Plant in a sunny and sheltered position in fertile, free-draining soil. Poor soil can be improved by adding compost or well-rotted manure prior to planting.

The June bearing variety of strawberry plants start bearing fruit around the middle of June, here at least. They will keep bearing fruit for about four weeks. Everbearing strawberries The Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych that can be folded open. When closed, it shows a monochrome painting of the creation of the world, with God looking down on a flat landscape sealed inside a giant bubble. Open the tall side panels on their hinges and you are confronted by a world – or rather three worlds – of lurid colour and hallucinatory invention. In the left panel, God introduces Eve to Adam in the Garden of Eden. In the one on the right, Bosch imagines all the sufferings and monstrosities of hell, including a bird-headed creature eating a naked man, a pig dressed as a nun and a hollowed out giant with trees for limbs and an inn inside his pale egg-like torso. Not all Kingsway sweets are vegan; however, throughout their massive range, there are plenty of options that cater to different dietary requirements. In fact, many of the most popular Kingsway lines are suitable for vegans, such as Tongue Painters and Dracula Teeth. What’s more, many popular lines have been adapted to suit various dietary requirements. For instance, Watermelon Slices are gluten-free whilst Jelly Snakes are dairy-free. As a retailer, these give you more flexibility in-store as you can cater to a broader range of customers. You can also use diatomaceous earth; sprinkle this around the base of your plants. Finely crushed egg shells will work too, as these pests won’t want to cross the sharp edges of the shells. See, this is why we plant the runners into a different bed. This helps us after a few years to remember where the oldest plants are.)When you want to have new plants for putting in the ground, always take rooted runners off your youngest mother plants. The strawberry developed slowly for more than 45 days from flowering which caused it’s large size at full ripening stage." If you plant strawberries too deep, they might rot, but if you leave the crown protruding from the soil, the plant will dry out and die. Firm your plants in well and water thoroughly. That way, all the energy will be sent to the fruit on that plant. (What to do with these runners? Keep reading) Sweet Colossus is a traditional June bearing strawberry so will yield most of it's bountiful harvest in early summer. The conical berries are sweet and juicy and often weigh more than 40g each. You'll get plenty of them too so overall yields will be very rewarding.