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RE: strawberries

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I grow Strawberries as an edible ground cover.  That leaves more 
space in my garden for other stuff.  I have found that the way to get 
sweet berries is to wait until they are DARK red.  The redder the 
fruit, the sweeter the berry.  I know this sounds kind of obvious but 
it took me a while to figure out.  Also I wouldn't cut back on the 
water as you could stress the plant.  Which, for hot peppers actually 
makes the peppers hotter...but I ramble.

For the other person about where they fruit.  No the fruit is NOT on 
the runners, they come from the crown just like the leaves.  The 
runner is a whole other plant that uses the runner until it roots and 
then you can cut the runner (I do it in the spring).

-Ron M.

-Ron M.

> 
> This is my third year for my strawberry bed, and I'm having a bumper crop.
> Imagine, I almost dug up this bed and tossed the strawberries becasue they
> did so poorly before! I didn't do anything to them except give them a little
> cotton seed meal and fish emulsion every once in a while--I didn't even keep
> it weeded very well.
> 
> My only question is, should I cut back on watering them? I know for melons,
> once the fruit starts to ripen, if you water too much it washes out the
> taste. These strawberries aren't the sweetest I've ever had, and they do
> taste a little watered down. Any suggestions?
> 
> Virginia
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annie Sargent [a*@esargent.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 12:33 AM
> To: Square Foot Gardening List
> Subject: strawberries
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> > Does anyone have personal spacing info for strawberries, a spacing they
> > have successfully used (as opposed to one they have read about)?  I've
> read
> > about "so and so says" but I haven't seen anyone actually say they use a
> > certain grid spacing, and if so what strawberry variety they planted at
> > that spacing.
> 
> I've planted my strawberries in between my squares. Originally I bought them
> to go in the squares, but ran out of room. So since I was thinking I'd plant
> moss or creeping thyme in the 2' gaps between the squares, I tried the
> strawberry plants. It stays pretty wet and shaded but for some reason they
> love it there. I don't know the "official" spacing, but each plant has
> gotten big enough to take up a square and crowd its neighbor, so I doubt you
> could do more than one a square. Also, someone told me once that
> strawberries produce fruit only on the shoots they send out (is that right?)
> so they need somewhere to send shoots off to I guess. This is only my second
> growing season, so I haven't had any fruit yet. Also, do they need to be cut
> back at the end of the growing season or should I leave them alone like I
> did last year?
> 
> Annie Sargent who's got more planting and learning to do!
> annie@esargent.org
> 

-Ron
menoldre@va.prestige.net


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