Strawberry Patch Woes

[smstonypoint]

According to Charlie Weaver, you shouldn't expect any the first year, at least on Mount Idy.

:laughing:

You are showing your age. Hollywood Squares went off the air a long time ago.

Steve

 

[2LaneCruzer]

:laughing:

You are showing your age. Hollywood Squares went off the air a long time ago.

Steve

Yep...to paraphrase Willie Nelson, I've outlived my strawberries.

 

[T_e_r_r_y]

In one episode didn't Joe Friday say something about asparagus, that it takes about three years after planting seeds to get any spears coming up?



Sorry. I couldn't resist. I tried two different times to grow strawberries; we got precious few before the plants all died. Same with Asparagus.[/QUOTE]

 

[rgr33]

In Oregon, where wet soggy growing conditions are the norm, I use Captan fungicide to prevent this kind of thing. Just be sure to rinse fruit before eating. Peaches and strawberries are victims of slugs, rot,t and blight here if left unprotected.