"Jeff Thies" wrote in message
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David Hare-Scott wrote:
Steve B wrote:
We bought some killer one gallon strawberry plants the other day. They
all have strawberries on them, some ripe.

You missed talking about sun, probably because the OP has plenty of sun
(and didn't ask), I don't.

I have a single strawberry planted in the fall last year that has set out
several pups. I have little open area and it's a trade off for me what to
plant where. The strawberries are growing into the shaded area, perhaps 4
or 5 hours of full sun. Are strawberries more tolerant of shade than say
cucurbits or tomatoes? My current thinking, whether it is right I don't
know, is to plant the greens (kale and swiss chard) in the less sunny
garden edges, the strawberries are there also.

Jeff

Thank you for bringing that up. They would be shaded by a large apple tree
for about half the day, but our summers here are brutal bright sunshine, so
they would have a lot of reflected light, and 5-6 hours direct. Enough?
Too much?

Steve
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