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Originally Posted by babylove1985
I purchased a bag of bare root strawberries from Walmart...not the best source, I know, but this was more of an experiment before I invested a lot of money. they have green in the raised beds about two weeks but show no signs of life. it had snowed a few tones since planting and I did not soak them before planting (didn't realize I was supposed to until after the fact). should I give it more time or cut my loss and Getty more?
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You don't give enough information to go on, but here are a couple of thoughts:
Since you don't show your area, your weather may have come into play. Remember that you have just planted dormant, bare-root plants. If they were good(still alive from sitting in a Wal-Mart distribution center and in a dry semi truck, then in the back store room for who knows how long--then out onto the sales floor.......you know where this is going...) and viable, then there will have to be some good sunshine, warm soil and moisture to wake them up and get them going. You have provided the moisture.
A BB store strawberry plant can be good. The trick is to look inside the package and see if the crown looks like it is sort of white and juicy. If it is brown, it is already dead and no amount of moisture will help it. The pack should feel moist, too. Usually the plant is packed in some spahgnum moss or pine shavings at the processing plant--hopefully with some moisture added, but that same condition will cause more rapid evaporation in the dryness of the store--especially those on the top of the bin.....
This website, also found in Post #6 of the "Fireside" sticky above, shows how to plant a strawberry plant correctly--and I am guessing that this may have been your problem--all other things being okay. There is a "Goldilocks" depth thet the plant will like--any other level, and it will die of suffocation(if too deep), or from drying out(if too shallow)
http://strawberryplants.org/ See the section on Growing Strawberries.
Hope this helps.
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