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Started by Plot69, June 22, 2009, 16:11:56

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Plot69

Picked a few more today... Sixth bag like that so far, still with no end in sight.


Tony.

Sow it, grow it, eat it.

Plot69

Tony.

Sow it, grow it, eat it.

mummybunny

Fantastic  ;D I'm green with envy  ;D I thought ours was producing a good crop  ::)

Lucy

caroline7758

I knew mine wasn't! :(

amanda21

Wow - what a lovely crop.  Just wondering though how everyone finds their strawberries keep?  I have found that mine really are beginning to loose their freshness within an hour or so of picking.  I know they are never going to keep as long as the sprayed shop bought ones but it seems that this year they are just not lasting long enough to eat them fresh!
http://ihateworms.blogspot.com/  - Why then do I so want an allotment?

BarriedaleNick

Bloody Hell - You are having a good year!
How much space have you got planted with strawbs - I can't seem to get a decent crop to save my life.
Moved to Portugal - ain't going back!

Flighty

I've been picking about 40, from 8 plants, every couple of days for over a week now with lots more to come.

http://flightplot.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/strawberry-anyone/
Flighty's plot,  http://flightplot.wordpress.com,  is my blog.

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Plot69

Quote from: BarriedaleNick on June 22, 2009, 16:47:16
How much space have you got planted with strawbs - I can't seem to get a decent crop to save my life.

I started with a dozen plants 3 seasons ago. They multiplied into 5 dozen which again multiplied into about 150 plants that I have now. 100 of which are going to be replaced with fresh runners as soon as they finish fruiting... And not quite so many this time!
Tony.

Sow it, grow it, eat it.

BarriedaleNick

Quote from: Plot69 on June 22, 2009, 17:23:41
Quote from: BarriedaleNick on June 22, 2009, 16:47:16
How much space have you got planted with strawbs - I can't seem to get a decent crop to save my life.

I started with a dozen plants 3 seasons ago. They multiplied into 5 dozen which again multiplied into about 150 plants that I have now. 100 of which are going to be replaced with fresh runners as soon as they finish fruiting... And not quite so many this time!

Ok - I planted a dozen this year so I'll get back to you in three years!
Moved to Portugal - ain't going back!

Plot69

Quote from: BarriedaleNick on June 22, 2009, 17:31:59

Ok - I planted a dozen this year so I'll get back to you in three years!

Don't do what I did last year. I went away for 6 weeks and left them to their own devices. With so many runners running riot they all matted together, pretty much the same as you'd want a nice tightly knitted lawn. I think that's probably why I have so many this year and the reason I'm going to rip most of them up and restore some type or order amongst the ranks.
Tony.

Sow it, grow it, eat it.

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