Honeoye Strawberry 10 Bare Root Plants - Extremely Hardy June-Bearing

By far the best strawberry bare roots I have ever received in 40 years of gardens and ordering from places I knew, and places I didn't know. They were well packaged, protected from damage and they were large! The ones I had purchased never made it, they looked dead when I opened them and they probably were. Follow the directions, make sure to keep them in the fridge until you plant them. Just wish I hadn't waited for the duds before ordering these because most crops around here are in bloom, so they are getting a late start. I don't harvest the first year, just let them grow. Next year should be awesome!

I got these 4 days ago, submerged the roots in some water in a small bucket, waited 30 mins, then planted them in a mix of the following: 2 parts Miracle Gro Potting Mix, 1 part Miracle Gro Garden Soil, 1 part fine sand from Lowe’s, and a few tablespoons of Expert Gardener Plant Food for Acid-Loving plants. I moistened the mix with water, cut the roots to 5 inches long (because they were full and beautiful with leaves already budding) and then planted them. What you want is to plant them with the top of the roots at the soil line (it doesn’t hurt the plant at all) and make sure to add sand to the soil mix for drainage. THREE DAYS LATER: they are reaching for the sky with new leaves already forming! I got one extra root and EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE THRIVING AND ALIVE! If you are not ordering from this company you are missing out! Excellent value for the money! Shipped quickly and immediately started growing! I will leave another review in a month’s time!Side note: I live in SW Louisiana.

These strawberries arrived in great condition and I put them in the ground right away and they thrived. I ordered 10 received 14 and 12 survived. I've seen some insane photos of the growing conditions here in the reviews, these won't do well lying on bare dirt, they are strawberries not dirt berries. They won't do well in plastic pots either the roots can't aerate and will become pot bound and the plants will be stunted and never recover.You shouldn't repot them either because grown strawberries are very delicate, plant them immediately in their final home with lots of mulch or don't blame the company for your failure. Plant store mulch won't do as it's too dirty, they need brown compost like dried leaves or straw or small sticks free from dirt. When you water it should not touch the plants and if you're using city water you should let it sit out in the sun for at least a day before to get rid of the chlorine which will burn the plants.I live in zone 9b where it's notoriously hard to grow things like this, south texas summer sun will kill plants like this, during summer I plan to move them under a tree for protection.I ordered them on February 7th and planted them on the 9th and have fertilized them twice. I recommend mixing organic fertilizer in the dirt and supplementing with miracle grow when they start flowering, organic fertilizer ties up the nitrogen fixing bacteria in the soil. It took 45 days after planting to get ripe fruit.This seems like a good company, live plant sales is a tough business so try to work with this company before giving them a bad review.

Pro: they gave me a couple extra in case not all took root.Con: despite that, only 8 rooted.Pro: those that did root are now thriving and already producing fruit. Some also have produced rooted runners so I suppose that makes up for the ones that didn’t make it.Attached photo was taken 5 weeks after planting.

All plants grew. Just tasted the first strawberry. Sweet and not bitter at all.

All plants planted within 3 days of arrival and all survived and looking good 1 week in.Fresh plants packed in a plastic bag, easily separated for planting.Happy with purchase.

I planted my 10 strawberry Roots eas instructed, indoors, & in a strawberry Planter. I moved them outside after the last freeze. Within a week, over 1/2 of the plants started dying. I was checking the Soil pH, temp, & moisture daily. Unfortunately, I only had 3/10 plant survivors. My daughter bought me 2 baby strawberry plants from a nursery, both are doing great, getting lots of flowers, and a few strawberry's are Growing. My 3 remaining root plants are still Alive, but showing little growth. I recommend buying strawberry plants from a nursery vs. trying to grow strawberry Roots. *Update: it is now the end of July, Not even one strawberry from the remaining plants. Very disappointed. Lesson learned.

Produced well! But do not use indoors as these came with spider mites.