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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
I am offered some by my daughter and her partner who want to get rid of
some. Is this a daft time of year to be planting them? No frost yet, but will they need protecting with fleece? -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
On Nov 6, 3:43*pm, Gordon H
wrote: I am offered some by my daughter and her partner who want to get rid of some. Is this a daft time of year to be planting them? No frost yet, but will they need protecting with fleece? -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply It's exactly the right time to be planting strawberries. |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
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, harry writes On Nov 6, 3:43*pm, Gordon H wrote: I am offered some by my daughter and her partner who want to get rid of some. Is this a daft time of year to be planting them? No frost yet, but will they need protecting with fleece? -- Gordon H It's exactly the right time to be planting strawberries. Thanks. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:43:03 +0000, Gordon H
wrote: I am offered some by my daughter and her partner who want to get rid of some. Is this a daft time of year to be planting them? No frost yet, but will they need protecting with fleece? If you're ground planting, now's a good time. But if you're using tubs of any sort, it's best to wait until the spring (after the heavy frosts - once they're established in tub type planters strawberries are fine thru the winter.) Incidentally, I picked one today. Delicious! But I think that's the last one this year. |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
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writes On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:43:03 +0000, Gordon H wrote: I am offered some by my daughter and her partner who want to get rid of some. Is this a daft time of year to be planting them? No frost yet, but will they need protecting with fleece? If you're ground planting, now's a good time. But if you're using tubs of any sort, it's best to wait until the spring (after the heavy frosts - once they're established in tub type planters strawberries are fine thru the winter.) Incidentally, I picked one today. Delicious! But I think that's the last one this year. Thanks, I'm near Manchester, BTW, so the cropping is well over. I tasted some of my daughter's earlier in the year and they were small but delicious, and it put me off bought strawberries. Slugs and birds may be a problem, but I may try some black plastic matting which I have stored, and top it with grit. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
Jake wrote:
If you're ground planting, now's a good time. But if you're using tubs of any sort, it's best to wait until the spring (after the heavy frosts - once they're established in tub type planters strawberries are fine thru the winter.) Incidentally, I picked one today. Delicious! But I think that's the last one this year. I have alpine strawberries that have just decided to flower again |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
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@mid.individual.net: Jake wrote: If you're ground planting, now's a good time. But if you're using tubs of any sort, it's best to wait until the spring (after the heavy frosts - once they're established in tub type planters strawberries are fine thru the winter.) Incidentally, I picked one today. Delicious! But I think that's the last one this year. I have alpine strawberries that have just decided to flower again I had some alpine strawberries which I grew from seed, Mignonette if I remember. But they were very disappointing indeed. Last winter in the south facing border they remained green, and early enough in spring they put up some nice white flowers and then the fruit. The fruits were thousands but only the size of a "little finger" nail. Wish I had kept them to see what might have been, but we dont have the space for what might be. Baz |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
Baz wrote:
The fruits were thousands but only the size of a "little finger" nail. That's all they're meant to be! I'm not keen on the flavour, but the boys like them. Wish I had kept them to see what might have been, but we dont have the space for what might be. Mine are just in a large pot. The boys like foraging in them. |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
wrote in message ... Baz wrote: The fruits were thousands but only the size of a "little finger" nail. That's all they're meant to be! I'm not keen on the flavour, but the boys like them. Wish I had kept them to see what might have been, but we dont have the space for what might be. Mine are just in a large pot. The boys like foraging in them. So do vine weevil larvae, as I've just discovered. :-( Steve |
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Strawberry Plant Question Please?
Baz wrote:
The fruits were thousands but only the size of a "little finger" nail. Wish I had kept them to see what might have been, but we dont have the space for what might be. I think mine started out as a packet of Alexandra, or similar name. Their fruits were about the size of a robin's egg. However, some seem to have crossed with Royal Sovereign, and seeded. This has greatly improved their size and flavour, while retaining the clumpiness of alpines. -- Rusty |
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Mine are noticeably larger if the weather has been wet - are you in a dry area? I have them edging all my veg beds and some of my flower beds - if I want to plant anything, I just pull up an armful of strawberry plants to make space. Picking is a right pain. Worse than bilberries. But I have several pounds in the deepfreeze - they don't keep their texture, but they do keep their taste and are good for any use where texture isn't important.
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If I were you I'd plant them now, no time like the present and I'm sure they will be fine. My friend has some and she said she planted hers in mid October and the weather hasn't changed all that much since then.
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