| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HTA ID | HTA-0649 |
| Title | Henry's Garden — Growing Strawberries |
| Era | KRON-TV (San Francisco, ~2005–2013) |
| Station | KRON-TV Channel 4 |
| Program | Henry's Garden (KRON segment) |
| Role | Host |
| Segment Type | Henry's Garden |
| Duration | ~05:20 |
| Source File | Strawberry.txt |
| Record Version | V1 (Transcript Only) |
Henry learns how to grow strawberries successfully in the Bay Area.
Speaker 1 00:00 Mmm, mmm. Speaker 1 00:02 Great fresh strawberries right here in Henry's garden. Speaker 1 00:05 You don't like my strawberries? Speaker 1 00:07 Nope. Speaker 1 00:08 They didn't come from Henry's garden. Speaker 1 00:10 No, they're in Henry's garden. Speaker 1 00:11 Actually, they-- Speaker 1 00:12 Well, they're in the container that was in Henry's garden. Speaker 1 00:14 That's right. Speaker 1 00:14 They grew in this little plastic container in Henry's garden. Speaker 1 00:16 Put that away, okay? Speaker 1 00:17 Here you go. Speaker 1 00:18 Anyway, Che loves them, and we all love them, Speaker 1 00:20 and we want to grow our own fresh strawberries. Speaker 1 00:23 I'm trying our own fresh strawberries here. Speaker 2 00:25 We're going to put a strawberry patch in. Speaker 2 00:27 Right here. Speaker 2 00:28 I'm all for it. Speaker 2 00:30 I'm all... Speaker 2 00:31 We're gonna do it right here. Speaker 2 00:32 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Speaker 2 00:35 And if I didn't sit there and say that strong enough, no, we can't plant them here. Speaker 2 00:39 So we can plant them here, that's great. Speaker 2 00:40 I wanted to plant them here, but you know what the problem is? Speaker 2 00:42 It's what he's planted here before. Speaker 2 00:45 Tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, all the things that are not compatible with the Speaker 2 00:51 planting of strawberries, at least over the last two years. Speaker 2 00:54 Verticillium wilt. Speaker 2 00:55 Oh, I hate that stuff. Speaker 2 00:56 Why didn't you tell me that before? Speaker 2 00:58 Well, you know, I forgot about that. Speaker 2 01:00 All right. All right. We'll go up here. Speaker 2 01:01 No. No, no. Why? Speaker 2 01:02 This is a cutting garden. This is perfect. Speaker 1 01:04 No. You got this one up here. Speaker 1 01:06 This is even better. That's a cutting garden, too. Speaker 1 01:07 It's gonna be a fuzz. Nice and sun. Speaker 1 01:08 We got lots of room for rose and everything. Speaker 1 01:10 See all these little stakes? They got bulbs coming up. Speaker 1 01:12 Leave it. Leave it. Speaker 1 01:13 So where do you want to put them, Henry? Speaker 1 01:15 Right up here. I've already started. Speaker 1 01:16 I got a berry patch here, so I've already put in Speaker 1 01:19 some blackberries, some blueberries, Speaker 1 01:21 and now I can put in some strawberries. Speaker 2 01:23 Henry, Henry. What? Speaker 2 01:24 Henry. Speaker 1 01:25 This doesn't do it. Speaker 2 01:26 This is a perfect spot. Speaker 2 01:27 You've got blueberries, you've got blackberries, and strawberries. Speaker 2 01:31 They don't mix. Speaker 2 01:32 They have different care and culture. Speaker 2 01:35 It's a terrible combination. Speaker 2 01:37 Terrible. Speaker 1 01:37 Buzz, we can put them all over here, okay? Speaker 1 01:41 How about it? Speaker 2 01:42 You know, Henry? Speaker 2 01:43 What? Speaker 2 01:43 I'm glad this is Henry's garden because you've got to live with the consequences. Speaker 2 01:46 Let's get rid of this. Speaker 1 01:47 Whoa! Speaker 1 01:47 Hey, hey, hey, hey! Speaker 1 01:48 What are you doing? Speaker 2 01:50 Why did you pull that out? Speaker 2 01:52 We don't want blackberries. Speaker 2 01:54 Get that out of here. Speaker 2 01:54 What's wrong with the blackberries? Speaker 2 01:55 They're gonna come up all over the place. Speaker 2 01:57 They're aggressive. Speaker 2 01:58 You can't keep them contained. Speaker 2 01:59 We've got to keep the strawberries basically in a row. Speaker 2 02:02 We want to be able to-- Speaker 1 02:03 Bad location for blackberries. Speaker 1 02:05 Blackberries you want to keep in a small area. Speaker 2 02:07 They just go all over the place. Speaker 2 02:08 We're gonna plant strawberries in a row Speaker 2 02:10 because there's two key things with planting strawberries. Speaker 2 02:13 Good soil preparation. Speaker 2 02:15 We've got to use lots of organic matter. Speaker 2 02:17 And number two-- Speaker 2 02:18 Ow! Speaker 2 02:19 Darn it. Speaker 2 02:19 We don't want to plant them too deep. Speaker 2 02:21 This is a very critical area. Speaker 2 02:23 this little sensitive area where the roots meet the fleshy part. Speaker 2 02:27 A lot of times people tend to plant them up like this and they die. Speaker 2 02:31 So we need soil that drains quickly and is nice and loose. Speaker 2 02:36 You're probably wondering what I'm doing over here. Speaker 2 02:38 I'm amending some soil. Speaker 1 02:39 We're going to build it on mounds. Speaker 1 02:41 We're going to mound it up. Speaker 1 02:42 Oh dear. Speaker 1 02:42 Okay hurry. Speaker 1 02:43 Hurry, hurry, hurry. Speaker 1 02:44 So when you say mound, we're going to mix. Speaker 1 02:46 I mean mound. Speaker 1 02:48 I know you mean mound. Speaker 1 02:49 I mean mound. Speaker 1 02:49 When you say mound, what do you mean by mound? Speaker 1 02:52 - Oh, you mean mound. Speaker 1 02:55 - Oh, wow. Speaker 1 02:57 That's more than a mound. Speaker 1 02:58 That's like a pyramid. Speaker 1 02:58 - Well get the strawberries out of the way. Speaker 1 03:00 - Oh, you got dirt all over my fresh strawberries. Speaker 2 03:02 - Well, I'm sorry. Speaker 2 03:02 You've got your strawberries in the way of my mound. Speaker 2 03:05 - Oh, that's a serious mound. Speaker 1 03:06 - Absolutely. - Okay, so now what? Speaker 2 03:08 - Let's spread this out. Speaker 2 03:10 Mix this in. Speaker 1 03:11 - Spread it out. Speaker 1 03:12 Oh, you gotta mix it in. Speaker 1 03:13 - Well, yes. Speaker 1 03:14 - Okay, I love it when you do that with your hands. Speaker 2 03:15 - Oh, I know, I love to get dirty. Speaker 2 03:17 - Does that feel good? Speaker 2 03:18 - Oh, it does, it does. Speaker 1 03:20 - Okay, so how well do we need to mix it? Speaker 1 03:22 How deep do we need to mix it? Speaker 2 03:23 We want to go down about 6 to 8 inches. Speaker 2 03:24 Ok. Speaker 2 03:26 At the very most, but we want the mounds to be up about 6 inches like I'm doing here. Speaker 2 03:30 Why? Speaker 2 03:31 And the reason for it is that we want to be able to control the main portion of the plant Speaker 2 03:35 because the berry patch, although it lasts from year to year, the plants don't last. Speaker 2 03:40 And we want to rotate them. Speaker 2 03:41 Too close together Henry? Speaker 2 03:42 How close? Speaker 2 03:43 Whoa! Speaker 1 03:44 I'm not going to get very many berries if I plant that. Speaker 2 03:46 Well duh! Speaker 2 03:47 Did you say duh? Speaker 2 03:49 This is a lousy site to begin with but it is Henry's Garden. Speaker 2 03:54 Okay real quickly. Speaker 2 03:55 18 to 24 inches. Speaker 2 03:56 Right. Speaker 2 03:57 We want to have about three feet between the rows but not here. Speaker 2 04:00 This way the plants will be on the high part, the water will flow away and be nice and moist Speaker 2 04:06 and loose. Speaker 1 04:06 So we would ideally have three feet apart these rows. Speaker 1 04:10 Yeah. Speaker 1 04:10 And they'd be mounds sort of like this. Speaker 1 04:12 Right. Speaker 1 04:13 And anything else that we need to do? Speaker 1 04:15 It depends on the berry. Speaker 2 04:16 These are quinaults. Speaker 2 04:17 Quenotes is an ever-bearing variety. Speaker 2 04:20 And the ever-bearing varieties tend to produce multiple harvests during the course of the year. Speaker 2 04:24 And after about three years, they kind of give up because of the vigor. Speaker 2 04:27 So you need to rotate the plants. Speaker 2 04:29 So that's why with a berry patch, you need to allow an open space so you have some room to plant other berries. Speaker 1 04:37 Hey, Buzz, I heard a rumor that you know something fascinating about strawberries that you were dying to tell the audience. Speaker 2 04:41 Oh, yeah. You know, the funny thing is that you don't find any mention of strawberries in the Bible. Speaker 2 04:46 Isn't that amazing? Speaker 2 04:46 I don't find anything in Greek mythology or the Egyptians because although they were around Speaker 2 04:51 at that particular time, they weren't grown down the flatland where we have all of those Speaker 2 04:55 particular history. Speaker 2 04:57 Most of the strawberries were grown up in the cooler area where their temperature was Speaker 2 05:01 not as hot in the area itself. Speaker 2 05:03 That was the main thing, Henry. Speaker 2 05:05 No mention in the Bible. Speaker 1 05:06 Of strawberries. Speaker 1 05:07 Buzz, there's no mention in the Bible of artichokes. Speaker 1 05:11 But you don't see me doing a whole segment on it, do you? Speaker 1 05:14 Well that's the next one we're going to do. Speaker 1 05:16 next edition, take a look of Henry's garden. In the meantime, just take a look at this. I think Speaker 3 05:20 we're done, right? Just gotta put some water in. Oh, absolutely, Henry. You're done. Put a fork in it.