kay wrote in news:kay.9922996
@gardenbanter.co.uk:


Jake;947838 Wrote:


Mine's the same. Conventional wisdom says that, about now, we chop off
the dead stuff to let the new green growth develop. This is new
territory for me but I'm planning to work on the basis that the old
growth will simply suck nutrient from the flowers/berries and at the
moment it's bigger than the new so while I've got that distinction I'm
going to chop it off.
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My logic would be that if it's green and healthy it's photosynthesising
and making a positive contribution. Once it starts to look less good
than the new stuff, hack it off and let the new stuff get a share of the
light.





3 ideas all saying cut off last years foliage. That's what I am going to
do. When it is done, it's done, no going back. Let's hope we are right, but
no big deal we will have our strawbs, maybe bigger, maybe smaller. Time
will tell.

If you read this, what feed do you use? I use tomato liquid feed, probably
not the best thing.

Baz