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Post by ladybird on Jan 30, 2015 11:38:35 GMT
Having received some postal bare rooted strawberry plants a while ago I put them outside with the intension of planting them n a tub . Well I forgot all about them found them this morning frozen solid  Is there any point in keeping them do you think , will they survive if I thawed them out and planted them up now ? |
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 30, 2015 14:52:22 GMT
I would def. plant them. What have you got to lose? Exactly! Get them in and cross your fingers  |
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Post by daitheplant on Jan 30, 2015 19:42:56 GMT
Gently thaw them out ( not somewhere hot, just mild), then pot them up and put them somewhere frost free.
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Post by ladybird on Jan 30, 2015 21:12:01 GMT
will do daitheplant thanks and as you say SP what have I  got to loose |
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Post by Cherry on Jan 30, 2015 21:43:21 GMT
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 31, 2015 13:50:28 GMT
What variety LB?
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Post by ladybird on Feb 1, 2015 14:55:47 GMT
They were a magazine offer with lillies for P&P only SP, I`ll have to check my file........ |
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Post by ladybird on Feb 2, 2015 11:37:24 GMT
All these notes I keep in my gardening file every year and I can`t find my finance sheets for 2014  so no idea what variety I have now SP looking at a list of strawberry names elsanta rings a bell though . |
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 2, 2015 23:53:37 GMT
All these notes I keep in my gardening file every year and I can`t find my finance sheets for 2014 so no idea what variety I have now SP looking at a list of strawberry names elsanta rings a bell though . So did Quasimodo  Elsanta is a good doer and I have grown it for years now. Maybe some folks could be picky over the flavour but it is a good all rounder and better than Cambridge Favourite imho |
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Post by Cherry on Feb 4, 2015 22:27:55 GMT
Definitely better than Cambridge Favourite which has been superseded. CF is usually grown as a jam strawberry and is too soft for most purposes.
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 10, 2015 12:05:50 GMT
I think you're in with a good chance, Ladybird.
I had three baby strawb plants from a neighbour. I put them in a trough, and then forgot all about them. They where frozen, buried in snow, and bashed around in the storms.
When I remembered them, I immediately applied an emergency program of Intensive Continuing Neglect, and ignored them some more.
They appear to be OK, and are still showing signs of growth. I have already purchased my tin of spray-on whipped cream, in anticipation.
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Post by dianthus on Feb 24, 2015 22:16:56 GMT
Elsanta is grown commercially, for fresh sales, as it is supposed to keep a day longer than it's predecessors.
For home use, the T&M catalogue has many, but I'd recommend Symphony and Florence, if you intend to make some jam as well as dessert use.
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Is there any point in keeping them do you think , will they survive if I thawed them out and planted them up now ?
got to loose 
so no idea what variety I have now SP looking at a list of strawberry names elsanta rings a bell though .
