Steve B wrote:
"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?

Well, there is only one way to really find out!

Strawberries appear to be more tolerant of less light than other
fruiting plants. They have a denser leaf canopy which I believe helps.
A little more shade might help with your water requirements.

I have a friend who got her back yard cleared out (it was very
overgrown) and had a garden put in. I went to look at this just a day
ago and found that the peachtrees had been planted under another tree,
they will have to grow into the tree. The garden itself is between two
trees, and will get a couple hours of full sun in the middle of the day.

Now, it looks to me that when all this was done that they had
considered many factors but not how much sun!

As Billy has pointed out, you have to work with what you have, but
you should try to make the best use of it.

Jeff

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