Topic: strawberries 08

[manicscousers]

I swapped some runners to some people last year, anyone else got any fruit yet..marshmello  :P

[carolinej]

Mine have a few flowers on them. No fruit yet though.

cj :)

[OllieC]

Still a few weeks to go here, manics! IIRC, you fleeced/cloched yours, is that right?

[manicscousers]

right, ollie, cloched in feb, then taken off when they had flowers, the plastic was left over from the poly  ;D

[OllieC]

That's made a huge difference then, I'd expect us to be a week or so ahead of you down here... so a good month, perhaps, ahead from cloching? Now, I remember someone on here saying not to bother with cloche's on strawbs... and me arguing... I'll go'n sit in the smug corner now.  ;D

[Tin Shed]

I've had a few from a couple of plants, but I think they will all go into hibernation after todays cold wind and rain!

[lorna]

Manic the answer to your question is NO, (very envious.) Daughter bought me 6 plants last year but didn't get any results due to the weather. I did pot quite a few runners and this year they are in a raised bed, lots of flowers so here's hoping. Protected by one of Lidl's mosquito nets  ;D I just love them

[manicscousers]

fingers crossed for you, lorna  :)

[Sinbad7]

Loads of fruit on mine, think it could be a bumper year for them, BUT not a hint of pink on one of them :(

Sinbad

[Chris Graham]

We have had two rips ones.  Looks like a bird got to the 3rd before us so I have netted them.

[lorna]

Hoorah!! Picked a small bowl of strawberries this evening. Quite small but very sweet (had to try one before I went out this evening :))

[kt.]

My OH says there are tons of strawberries on the plants, this being their 2nd year.  Loads more than last year.  Still green at the moment, but looking good apparently. 

[darren2007]

yes ktlawson your first lot of strawberrys have hundreds on and your second lot dont have as much as mine but still doin good ( was in your plot the other day everything looking good )

also anyone know when i should put my runners into pots

[kt.]

yes ktlawson your first lot of strawberrys have hundreds on and your second lot dont have as much as mine but still doin good ( was in your plot the other day everything looking good )

also anyone know when i should put my runners into pots

For runners,  wait another few weeks, until after fruits are harvested, or near the end of their harvest.  Also check here:
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,43027.0.html

(ps: Don't suppose you did some weeding in my abscence ;D ;D ;D)

[norfolklass]

I've got four different varieties: Alice, Florence, Honeyoye (spelling?!?) and a mystery variety that I was given. the mystery variety came from a friend at work. she planted them in her garden, then she dug them all up and put them into a tray and gave them to me. I planted them in a bit of spare space I had, then when I'd finished digging my strawberry and rhubarb bed I moved them again, in about March time. so they really should be sulking but I've had the most enormous crop of great big fat juicy strawberries on the whole site! in fact someone has even climbed into my plot and stolen some >:( picked my third big punnet full on Tuesday evening. I just wish I knew what variety they were ::) still, they're sending out loads of runners so I'm sorted for strawberries ;D the named varieties are tiny and a few are just starting to ripen.

[debster]

i never covered or cloched mine and i have lots of juicy red strawberries, im in the south west though

[darren2007]

(ps: Don't suppose you did some weeding in my abscence   )

got enought to do in my own allotment with out doin yours  :P

[vegmandan]

That's mine all finished now,all grown in pots in the polytunnel.

Not bad considering the plants are 4 years old and I wasn't expecting much.

[manicscousers]

ours today, for the visitors' tea 

[star]

I have some Marshmello courtesy of Grawc........thankyou again! They are lovely, mine have just about finished. They are in a south west facing windowbox and have done very well