HARIBO Giant Strawberry Bulk Sweets, 1 kg

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Both the everbearing and the june-bearers will produce a great yield of berries. How to Plant Strawberries The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch is a wonder of art. By that I don’t just mean it is one of the world’s greatest paintings. It is also something we wonder at, astonished, like a rare relic in a cabinet of bizarre curiosities. What is happening in this outrageous display of unfettered imagination and what can it possibly mean?

That way, all the energy will be sent to the fruit on that plant. (What to do with these runners? Keep reading) I have a lot of sawdust laid down as a mulch (we also use straw), and it has helped a lot to keep the weeds down.Weeding and regular watering are all that are needed. Early each spring, I top dress the plants with a shovel full of compost.The Ilan variety of strawberry was originally bred by Dr. Nir Dai, a researcher from the Israel's Agricultural Research Organization ( ARO), at the ARO Volcani Center in Bet-Dagan, near Tel-Aviv. Plant strawberries in mid-spring or in late summer/early autumn – no later than the first week of September innorthern Britain and the second week of September in southern regions. Planting in August or early September gives them longer to get established before fruiting, so they should produce a better crop. And you ARE going to want to know which plants are oldest, if you want the biggest juiciest strawberries there are. The massive berries that arise from this stunning new variety could be the largest strawberries ever and unlike some other 'king sized ' fruits they are simply bursting with flavour too.

Summer-fruiting strawberries – these are the most popular type and produce the largest fruit. They have a short but heavy cropping period of two or three weeks. There are early-, mid- and late-fruiting cultivars, cropping from early to mid-summer. If covered with cloches or grown in a greenhouse from late winter, they will provide even earlier harvests. The strawberry developed slowly for more than 45 days from flowering which caused it’s large size at full ripening stage." If growing strawberries in pots or hanging baskets, feed them every two weeks during the growing season with a balanced fertiliser. When flowering begins, switch to a high potash liquid fertiliser to encourage good fruiting. Plant in a sunny and sheltered position in fertile, free-draining soil. Poor soil can be improved by adding compost or well-rotted manure prior to planting. Perpetual strawberries – sometimes called everbearers, they produce small flushes of fruit over a long period, from early summer until the first autumn frosts. The crops are not as large as summer-fruiting varieties, the fruits are smaller and plants are less likely to produce runners.Sweet Colossus is a traditional June bearing strawberry so will yield most of its bountiful harvest in early summer. The conical berries are sweet and juicy and often weigh more than 40g each. You'll get plenty of them too so overall yields will be very rewarding.

Taking the same delicious flavours and texture, but in a rounder, squishier shape, the Haribo Squidgy Strawbs Share Bag offers 160g of chewy, fruity goodness! These are ideal for a cosy night in and really give Haribo fans something to sink their teeth into. You may find you have a problem with slugs and snails being attracted to the strawberries. The best ways to combat these pests is to use copper tape. Just staple it around the edge of your raised bed or pot. Ilan' cultivar has many large and unusual fruits, but it is the largest strawberry I have ever seen." - Dr. Nir Dai, ARO Stawberry breederThese will bear fruit the following year.For other maintenance, all you really need to do is keep the berry bed weeded. Give your strawberries plenty of space. Dig a hole with a trowel big enough to take the roots of the plant. Plant them 45cm (18in) apart, leaving 75cm (30in) between rows - the crown should be level with the soil surface.