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Title: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: Digeroo on April 28, 2012, 13:57:12
Has anyone any advice please.
Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: goodlife on April 28, 2012, 14:20:51
Yellow ..how? Do you mean odd leaf changing colour or the general colour of the plants is 'yellowing'
Are the yellow leaves all older leaves?
If its just 'general' yellowing..then it is lack of 'food' or some nutrient.
Individual leaves going yellow..can be due older leaves having had 'enough' and ready for new replacement.
If you have trouble with vineweevils... :o >:(..that is common pest with strawberries..when their grubs have caused enough trouble in roots, that often show in change of colour in individual leaves and then eventually those bits die off...go brown.
Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: BarriedaleNick on April 28, 2012, 14:21:18
Give em a feed up?  Maybe all this rain is leeching the soil - a liquid feed may help.
Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: Digeroo on April 28, 2012, 14:24:51
The entire plants have gone yellow.  They have had a feed.  It may be too much water.  But it is only a few plants in a row.  I am worried that something is nibbling at the roots.  I do not like the sound of the vine weevils. 
Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: goodlife on April 28, 2012, 14:35:29
No..sound of vine weevils is not nice..but it could be just a feeding 'issue'
Strawberry leaves don't react to to feeding as quickly as leafy veg does. When did you applied the feed?
Its been cold and wet so that slows the effect of the feed as well.
When you go to lottie..take firm hold of one of the strawberry plants..like you would hold ponytail. If there is much damage to the roots..the plant will feel 'loose' or even come up easily..then you know that something has eaten the roots..and no doubt you will find the culprits as well.
If that happens..you need to salvage the situation by treating all the plants with nematodes..they will quickly clean off the grubs. Any plants that come loose with some roots left you can wash the soil off and pot them up and let them regrow new root system before planting into soil again.
Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: Digeroo on April 28, 2012, 15:10:04
I am glad I posted this thread because it sound as if it could spread.  I will give one of the plants a tug and see what is going on below. 

It could also be a drainage issue, I might try digging a small trench.

Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: JENIAN on April 28, 2012, 17:48:37
Pot ash & blood fish & bone feed Maybe! :-[
Title: Re: Leaves on Strawberries going yellow
Post by: Digeroo on April 28, 2012, 19:00:48
I went and dug up a small plant with two very small yellow leaves.  It had the most enormous root system.  But no sign of any sort of bugs above or below ground.  I had no idea that strawberries had such huge roots.  Ground is wet but not water logged.  I dug a hole so that the water could drain if necessary but it did not fill up.

I think it must be cold and thinking it is autumn already.