How many strawberry plants to fill a planter ?

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I have bought my parents this strawberry planter for christmas and I'd like to give them some garden vouchers so they can get some strawberry plants when the season is right. So.... can anyone hazard a guess as to how many they'd need and how much they are ?

thanks !

one or two in the top and one in each of the holes on the sides. i would guess.

i had window box things with strwaberry plants this year, and was surprised how much they spread out... my planters were roughly 40-50cms long and i had 3 plants in each. couldve managed with 2. got crowded.

(that is, though, the sum total of my gardening experience to date, so i'd wait for an 'expert' to answer if i were you

mind you, more plants = more strawberries? dunno... (not a lot of help am i?)

thanks Nappies... Perhaps I'll work on the number of holes - good idea !

Definitely no more than one per hole and one should be enough in the top. They will need plenty of watering and feeding as the pot looks quite small, and it might be a good idea to buy a roll of sticky copper tape to go round the bottom of the pot to stop slugs climibing up and snaffling the strawberries.

But you do get a suprising amount of strawberries per plant.

Elsanta are my favourite variety. Cambridge Favourite are an old variety you see everywhere but I THInk they're disappointing - contrary to much popular belief, the new varieties taste better than the old ones.