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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mushy Pea on May 27, 2009, 21:00:53

Title: The first strawberry.....
Post by: Mushy Pea on May 27, 2009, 21:00:53
.... is almost ready to pick.  ;D

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/pigbun/DSC00381.jpg)

Will OH get to share it?  ???

Watch this space.....  ;D

MP
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: amanda21 on May 27, 2009, 21:18:25
Enjoy!  I had my first three yesterday, eaten up at the plot, still warm from the sunshine.....Yum!!
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: saddad on May 27, 2009, 22:01:24
I would suggest not...  ::)
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: dtw on May 27, 2009, 22:07:23
Mine are still green, but I've got 38 pots of them to feast on when they do ripen.  ;D
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: grotbag on May 27, 2009, 22:13:31
have picked a few so far , i love em
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on May 27, 2009, 22:21:32
Only on the alpines from the baskets at the mo', small but sweet  ;D

Linda
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: terrier on May 27, 2009, 23:46:39
Mine have been tormenting me for weeks but nothing ready to pick yet   :(
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: lewic on May 28, 2009, 11:30:13
Weirdly, my strawberries that came in plastic pots and went straight in the ground have loads of flowers and some fruit, but the ones that were in peat pots seem to have hardly grown. All planted at the same time and were the same size, can only assume that the peat pots are slowing down the root growth somehow.
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: Mushy Pea on June 03, 2009, 07:13:30
And here it is along with a couple more.

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/pigbun/DSC00384-1.jpg)


Total First Harvest 125 grams from 4 strawberries.  ;D

MP
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: cornykev on June 03, 2009, 16:32:53
Send us one in the post Mushy, I've had only one so far.  :'(      ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: manicscousers on June 03, 2009, 20:30:09
we had 3 today, split into 12  ;D
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: N8R on June 03, 2009, 20:41:40
cant wait for mine they are driving me crazy the anticipation is aggonising  ;D ..n8r
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: Sinbad7 on June 03, 2009, 20:53:15
My third picking today.  Really delighted with them.

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt54/Sinbad7/crops/strawberries.jpg
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: Plot69 on June 04, 2009, 14:08:22
Picked a carrier bag full today, then had to go up town to Lakeland to buy 3 boxes of jam jars.
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: louise stella on June 04, 2009, 17:32:30
oooooh - I picked my first ones today!  Gorgeous!  (we'll be sick of them in a couple of weeks).

Louise
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: dtw on June 04, 2009, 18:01:39
I just scoffed 1/2lb from my garden.  :D
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: terrier on June 04, 2009, 18:10:01
Still green in my garden, but it can't be long now.
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: Plot69 on June 05, 2009, 08:06:27
Quote from: dtw on June 04, 2009, 18:01:39
I just scoffed 1/2lb from my garden.  :D

That's what happens when I let my kids loose over my plot. Very few strawberries make it half way up the path let alone home.
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: beckydore on June 05, 2009, 08:13:12
mine are still green at the moment.
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: 1066 on June 05, 2009, 08:34:11
Mine are green and so am I (with strawberry envy  ;) )

Quote from: lewic on May 28, 2009, 11:30:13
but the ones that were in peat pots seem to have hardly grown.

Maybe they are too dry? I find peat pots tricky to keep just right (either too dry or too wet), maybe take them out of them ?

1066
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: boltonlad on June 05, 2009, 09:04:24
yep still green up here and I know what you mean about kids nicking them before they get home, they do it with the peas as well.  Have had to grow double the amount of peas this year so we may actually get some on our plate.
Title: Re: The first strawberry.....
Post by: betula on June 05, 2009, 09:45:12
Mine still green,thought with all this sun thay would be red by now :(