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Well what can I say.=) This just started as
of last year because our strawberry growers are gearing up for the time (very
soon) they can no longer use methyl bromide as a part of their soil prep. I
personally haven't tasted them (the annual type) so I can't comment on their
flavor but I do like the idea that they will not be poisoning our soil.
I probably won't even have the chance to
taste one since it appears they always ship their produce to the mid-west or
somewhere. Lucky for me, if I choose to buy raspberries at a store,
they most likely will come from some place like Minnesota. It's the same thing
for us when it comes to avocados. Here we are, smack dab in the middle of
avocado country and if you go to one of our local markets, the avocados
come from Mexico or Argentina. Hmmmm, makes a lot of sense. Good thing I
know a lot of growers personally. =)
Deborah
They're growing raspberries like ANNUALS???? Well, that
explains it. Good grief. They don't even produce well until they've been
established for a couple of years. *rolls eyes* Just more proof that my
refusal to eat store bought raspberries is a good one!
Growing
raspberries as annuals *shakes head* I think the world is coming to an end!
;-)))
Autumn Beauty is a very popular variety here. Several of the
local pick your own farms grow them. They taste wonderful - I've been known to
go out and spend my birthday picking raspberries and then living on them until
they're all gone! Raspberries, even black raspberries, grow wild all over
Minnesota. There are families who have been picking the same wild raspberry or
wild blueberry patches for generations. Any park here that has a wild wooded
section - and most do - has wild raspberries. Course, beating the birds to
them is something of a miracle!
;-)
Pamela
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deborah@greencure.org
wrote on
9/30/2002
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I found out from our local farm advisor that in
Ventura California the growers are planting the raspberries like annuals so
they come to them already pre-chilled. In the summer months they use a huge
floating row covers to raise the temperature a bit since we are on the
coast.
One berry that seems to need low chill hours and
is treated like a perennial is the variety Autumn Beauty, which is suppose to
big and sweet!
Deborah Mills
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Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:36
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Subject: Re: [cg] Plants for community
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Well, I'd be unsurprised to learn that there were varieties
that produce in such a climate. Still, to my mouth, the ones that get a good
winter produce sweeter berries! ;-) Bear Lake raspberries (the Wasatch
Valley I mentioned) are unbelievably good. Big, juicy, sweet with enough
tart in 'em to balance them out!
Pamela
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deborah@greencure.org
wrote on
9/30/2002
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We live in Ventura California where we have
very mild winters and recently many of our strawberry growers have started
growing raspberries instead. I will do a little research to see what
varieties they are growing.
Deborah Mills
Green Cure, Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From:
b*@magicaldesk.com
To: community_garden@mallorn.com
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002
9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [cg] Plants for
community garden
While you can grow strawberries in such a mild climate and
still get fruit, I am unaware of any varieties of raspberries that can be
grown, and produce fruit, without a good cold season. Raspberries are my
favorite fruit and the very best ones I've ever had come from a valley in
the Wasatch Mountains. Altitude is about 6000 feet, winters are *very*
cold and they get heavy snow fall. Second best raspberries I've ever had
come from here in Minnesota in the US. It can get extremely cold here in
the winter - and the raspberries do just grand. Black raspberries don't
like it quite as cold, but I think that even they require a cold dormant
season.
You should be able to grow the strawberries, but with less
sun, they'll produce less fruit. On the other hand, I once had an
extremely productive balcony garden that only had sunlight until about 2
in the afternoon. I did very well with peppers and tomatoes and many
flowers and herbs. Produced more than I could eat and I ended up freezing
and enjoying a great deal of produce in the winter!
Have you kept
an eye on local breeders? Here in Minnesota, we get a lot of really great
plant varieties bred for local conditions by the University of Minnesota's
Landscape Aboretum.
Pamela
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tamsin@sparecreative.com
wrote on
9/28/2002
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Comfrey,
what a wonderful plant! I will be sure to try some comfrey
medicine.
Comfrey will be the next plant to go in I hope. We are planning to
add
a small article about comfrey in our next garden newsletter and that
is
a great tip, thanks!
Do you think strawberries and rasberries
would cope with only morning sun,
even though the weather would be
quite warm (LA-type climate)?
Thanks for the advice and
info,
Happy
Gardening,
Tamsin
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