Best Strawberries (in pots) growing medium

[retropants]

As I have given up my allotment, I have saved about 20 strawberry runners in pots for this year. My new plot at home is still hardstanding at the moment, and will be for some time. I am planning on potting up the runners in either troughs or bigger pots.

My question is: what medium should I plant them in? I was thinking of a soil based mix perhaps would be best, but as I've never grown them in pots before, I'm not sure.

[Geoff]

I grow some in pots in the polytunnel and use homemade soil based compost. When I am digging tunnel and greenhouse beds I bag up the soil from the first trench then when I add compost the beds don't get too high. I use this with leafmould and sharp sand to make a JI type mix with fish, blood and bone as the fertiliser with a bit of extra potash.

[tigerburnie]

I grow French Strawberries in pots in shop bought multi purpose compost and will re-pot and add a bit of fish, blood and bone to it, I then feed once a week during the summer with tomato fertiliser.

[Primrose]

If you're planning on leaving them in the same pots for up to three years I,d be tempted to use a soil based compost which is more robust than the usual potting compost. I suspect this will probably be less prone to drying out in warm weather although obviously you will still need to add some fertiliser or nutrition in subsequent years.

[retropants]

thanks all, I'll make up a soil based mix for them