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09-05-2013, 02:39 AM
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Well , maybe
Terry Coombs wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... 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 . The times they are a changing.... D |
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