25 Eve Everbearing Strawberry Plants - Best Berry! - Bare Root Plants

This is my first time purchasing roots online. The plants looked dead initially. I put them in water in a bowl, and stuck them in my bay window which gets full sun and I left them there for a few days. I changed the water every 24hours. Within a day, they revitalized, grew more green shoots and today, I finally finished planting them in my pots, and in the garden. I ordered 25, but received 49. I even transplanted 12 to my friends planters. Before planting I did give the roots a haircut, and trimmed off about an inch for each one. I planted some in the ground, and some in planters. One died in the planter, but I think it is because my husband moved and object in front of it, and blocked all of the sunlight.So far the other 48 are alive and kicking. I planted them in a large planter- 4 each, 10 inches apart around the perimeter. In the middle, I planted one borage seed for every 4 plants as borage helps protect strawberries against diseases. Then in between each strawberry plant, I planted either red onions, or chives, as they are companion plants, and they prevent the berries from growing mold. In the garden, I planted the berries behind a row of chives, and/or garlic or onions.I will keep you posted on their progress, and I am hopeful that we will get berries this year. I also purchased some bird netting to cover them with as I heard that you can lose 1/3 of your strawberries to the bird if you do not protect them. I still haven't figured out how I will add the netting around them.Update- June 10th- I did cut off the initial flower buds 4 weeks ago as they say if you do, your berries will be bigger the next year. After being gone on vacation for a week, we finally got our first strawberry- and it was really sweet. Planting one borage in between 6 plants has helped keep the plants healthy, and bug free. I did have to trim the borage as it is really prickly and can get out of control.These plants are very hardy. I actually planted them in a side yard, and then transplanted them to planter boxes so I could protect them easily from the birds. All of the plants survived during the transplant.I did lose about 5 plants but I think it was due to not enough water in my planter box. But once we added more water tubes to my boxes, then plants grew bigger.UPDATE 10/23/2012. As anticipated these strawberry plants gave us strawberries in October. I am excited about the prospect of having strawberries again in April as well. The plants were doing so well, they started producing runners- babies. I put small little planters and used a paper clip to hold down the root so it would take in the tiny little planters. Then one week later I cut the connection with scissors, and the baby plants survived.I planted 4 strawberry plants at my friends house and she planted them in a circular 20 gallon planter, and the plants are also producing strawberries like crazy. Again just recently the plants produced runners, and last week I was able to give a different friend 8 baby strawberry transplant plants. The strawberry plants are starting to over take my garden- but that is fine with us since the rest of my garden was having some bad luck.In addition, I planted marigolds next to them to deter the bad bugs away from the strawberry. I do think it would be better off to plant the strawberries in planters off the ground so you can keep the strawberries off the ground, and you can pick them before they go bad on you. Also planting in a planter allows you to always have the perfect soil for them to thrive.I am thrilled that because of the growth of the strawberries that we will have strawberries for many years. The best part is my two year old and 5 year old just walk out and pick strawberries. We rinse them off, and enjoy them while sitting in the backyard.

UPDATE: 1/20/2016I've been buying from hirts for at least three years now. I've receive 50 plants last month and 100 plants on the way. I've planted at least four gardens and one tower for friends and family with these roots. If you follow the instructions (set in water for two hours, lightly trim and plant at the crown, as soon as you get them) you are going to get results. I will say I augment a bit with some plant food to give them a healthy start. I like my strawberry leaves big and strong, before they begin flowering. Keep them moist but not over watered, do not pack the soil and you will be successful. The first review I did (see below) I planted in my mothers garden... as of today there are over 200 strawberry plants in that garden. (We obviously let them run). People think I'm strawberry shortcake, but it's really hirts.. They have a great product and I've been hooked since I first ordered.FIRST REVIEW -- 4 stars> I ordered 25 to go into my mother's stackable tower which holds 30 plants and already had six I'de purchased at Lowe's. I got 50... so I definitely got my money's worth...They came in a box & inside that were the instructions & a plastic bag which was moist, most still trying to sprout and very few completely dormant. They had been in transit USPS for four days and sat in my mailbox for a day - so I was a bit worried. I mixed some plant solution together and gave them a 10minute drink. Did I do the right thing and plant them right away? … NO, I live in an apartment & didn't want to head to mothers... my excuse? it was late. So what to do with all these plants? I had way to many... I grabbed a net cup, laced the roots in, through a plant solution together and one hydroponic strawberry done 24 to go. I got LAZY by the fifth one and planted 10 in two dirt pots set out on my patio. The rest I left till morning where I B-lined it to moms and set to planting..... I ended up with 30 in the tower and five along the garden wall..(where they were trampeled by the brick layers my mother failed to tell me were coming to increase the wall height) HOW did they do? ONLY seven have not come back and they are in the pots at my apartment. I think I need to set them on a warming tray to get the pot temp up, because I'm fairly sure they are still salvageable. Even the trampled ones have shoots coming from the crown, so I expect they will recover. All in All...I will order from them again. Most of the plants were obviously very strong, thick crowns, long healthy roots and I'm looking forward to next year's harvest.

Received the strawberries which took longer than expected. When I received them, they were slimy and stinky. I have a hydroponic setup so the roots were soaked about 8 hours in reverse osmosis water then rinsed. The slimy roots just rinsed away and I pruned the mushy tops and black roots off. There's no sign of life yet but it's only been 12 hours and I added some H2O2 to my nutrient solution in an attempt to kill any fungus prior to potting the roots within my mesh cups. I'm pretty disappointed on how these plants looked upon arrival and have little faith that they will rebound. If they do, I will change my rating.UPDATE 6/13/2016: As promised, I've changed my rating as 10 of the 25 roots are showing new growth in the past 48 hours. None of the plants planted outdoors show new growth, only the hydroponics have. It's a freakin miracle they're still alive because half. of the roots were washed away as a huge black slime ball while soaking. The stems were all mush and had to be cleaned so there was nothing to begin with. I'm holding out hope for the outdoor strawberries.