"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Terry Coombs wrote:
someday I'll actually get strawberries to grow . This is the 2nd time
I've tried , and I'll admit that WM isn't the best source . Twice now
I've purchased and planted berry starts the sucker roots they
package in bags of 10 with the same results . They apparently rot in
the ground and never come up .
I guess if I really want strawberries I'm going to have to get a
couple of plants and let 'em spread on their own . I'm wondering if
the cold and wet weather we've had is the reason ... both of my
'maters have frost damage , though both seem to be recovering and
putting out new gowth . And the green onions planted the same day are
doing great .

Established strawbs don't do much until the ground warms up after the last
frost. I wouldn't try starting new crowns until then.

D

We've been told numerous time by numerous locals that the last frost is
*never* later than April 15th ... yet it froze/frosted here at least 3
nights in the last 3 weeks - as the blackened leaves on my tomatoes can
attest and the wife covered them on the coldest-predicted nights . I
noticed today that one guy on the highway out to our place always has a
very nice garden has nothing green showing yet . It has been unusually cold
this spring , been commented on a lot on rec.birds .
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Snag