Re: Strawberries?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Strawberries?
- From: J* W*
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:06:15 -0700
I am very new to all of this, and I bought a strawberry plant, that is
doing very well. It has about four flowers on it, do these flowers turn
into the actual strawberry? Also, I was watering and saying hello, when I
noticed A LOT of weird green bugs, and tiny spiders all over my beautiful
little buds. Does any one have an organic solution for bugs on
strawberries, or for that matter, on any plant?
Your help is very appreciated, as my beloved will be VERY upset if I kill
all of my plants this year.
At 09:44 AM 4/16/99 , you wrote:
>Though strawberries may not be what most of you think of as perennials,
>here in Southern California, they are. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me
>why strawberry beds seem to produce best the second year and decline after
>that. I understand why they might not produce well until that second year,
>but why decline? After all, they send off runners and make new plants each
>year, so wouldn't those new plants be as vigorous as their parent plants?
>Should I completely replace my bed every two years and if so, what
>advantage is there to purchasing new plants rather than collecting new
>offshoots and keeping them until it is time to re-plant?
>
>Thanks for your input
>
>Nan
>**********
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>Nan Sterman
>San Diego County California
>Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
>
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