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Old 06-06-2006, 01:42 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Strawberry fields forever


I had some strawberries growing in a garden at a house I was renting out.
One of my tenants had planted them. The were large delicious and spreading
themselves quickly. I transplanted several of the to my new house. The
first year they did not do much, which I kind of suspected would happen.

This year they took off. First the plants grew tall and had a flower. I
saw bees around them and figured they were being pollinated. They stared
sending out spreaders which was great. However all the berries are the
small tasteless things what we used to call wild strawberries.

What happened to my berries? Can I do anything to save them? If I have to
replant new strawberries how do I keep this from happing again?

I posted the above question in a different ng. So far have found the
strawberries I now have are called barren strawberries. I still don't know
how or why they apparently changed. Any help is appreciated.

Doc