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Post by nightowl on Jun 2, 2009 7:27:20 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 2, 2009 8:09:19 GMT
There's a lot of strawberries on those NO ;D
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Post by nightowl on Jun 2, 2009 8:24:04 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 2, 2009 8:49:25 GMT
Oh my word N.O. they're prolific are'nt they. Well done, you'll get a great harvest all being well.
Now I wonder what's happening with mine folks, any advice would be welcome. The leaves this year are huge but there are only a few fruits underneath them all. I'm worried they're not even getting light to them with the leaves being so big.
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Post by nightowl on Jun 2, 2009 13:08:12 GMT
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Post by carolann on Jun 2, 2009 13:23:08 GMT
Just chop some of the leaves off LG I do it with mine as some of their leaves are masive, at the end of the season just cut all the leaves off and you should have lots of flowers next year.
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Post by Tig on Jun 2, 2009 19:19:27 GMT
Are they tasty, juicy and sweet NO?
I think the ones you get from supermarkets these days are rubbish! They may be red but they are hard and tasteless!! I heard on the news that they reckon folk aren't buying them because of the credit crunch, well they are wrong! Grow some that taste decent and I may buy a few more, otherwise I'll stick to bananas!! (OK rant over - back in me box now ;D)
x Tig
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 3, 2009 6:20:02 GMT
Thanks for the advice Carolann and Nightowl. I'll take a good few leaves off this morning and hope for a good crop this year.  You are so right Tig in most cases they just don't taste sweet. Surprisingly my Daughter got some market garden ones from Tesco a couple of weeks ago for me and they were'nt bad at all 'tho. |
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Post by nightowl on Jun 3, 2009 7:09:27 GMT
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 4, 2009 6:57:15 GMT
They look amazing, Nightowl! They are much further on than all mine....although I have been picking quite a few tiny but totally scrummy wild Strawberries - I love 'em! |
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Post by nightowl on Jun 4, 2009 8:28:16 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 10, 2009 7:32:50 GMT
I have just shared the first strawberry with my OH - from the PC I saw a blackbird eyeing it up and dived out in the rain to rescue it.....oooo what a fantastic taste!!!
RF
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 10, 2009 9:53:14 GMT
Taking my strawberry pots into the greenhouse in January gives me early delicious berries but it does mean one thing ..... They are all gone now ......  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 10, 2009 9:59:25 GMT
Ooo that's bad planning Mowhay - next year you will have to have more strawberries and do 50/50 - early and late.
RF
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 10, 2009 10:25:35 GMT
Yes you are right RF but I always think I can get another pot in the GH , next year will leave some outside and then take spent plants out of GH and put others in, cos the bl**dy blackbird nicks them if you let him ...  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 10, 2009 11:24:20 GMT
I have bought some netting - the smallest bit I could get and far too big for the pot but I think after tasting the one strawberry this morning that there might just be a couple more pots next year, and then I should have just the right amount of netting .....how's that for woman's logic then!!!
RF
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 10, 2009 12:26:02 GMT
I've got some in the GH and some outside and tbo the outside ones are doing better for some strange reason.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 10, 2009 12:26:10 GMT
Excellent Rf, glad you've had such success with your strawberries. Mowhay at least you've had some, I'm beginning to think all I'm going to get this year are a few late ones.  |
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 10, 2009 13:26:51 GMT
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 13, 2009 7:25:06 GMT
Smallest and I picked a big juicy ripe strawberry the other evening (the first one ready)...good job I checked it first because it was full of ants! I've never seen that before...so do check before cramming one in your mouth.......  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 14, 2009 15:53:35 GMT
Oh no 4P how awful. Hope the rest are ok. |
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Post by carolann on Jun 15, 2009 7:51:08 GMT
Found 3 ripe ones yesterday so shared them with OH and FIL, lots of others ripening so just in time for tennis, must get some cream today. yum yum
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 20, 2009 17:13:55 GMT
 No red ones yet. |
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Post by Tig on Jun 20, 2009 23:12:30 GMT
I picked a beauty off the front border day before yesterday, and shared it with OH, no sugar required it was sooo sweet. Lots more nearly ready - today all gone! Blackbirds found them! Glad that we had one! |
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 22, 2009 8:19:44 GMT
I have those little forest ones at MssK and any one who can grow those should, they are miles sweeter than the normal ones we have. Mind you they do keep you distracted from the serious work in the garden....  |
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Post by snowowl on Jun 23, 2009 15:01:23 GMT
You have done well with them NO i have a few in my raised bed and one was ripening of nicely. I got up this morning and it was half eaten  I dont have much luck with strawberrys. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 24, 2009 11:59:11 GMT
Well I've gotten rid of a lot of the old leaves on mine to let some light and air in and given them a good feed with liquid tomato food. I think what I did wrong was not to cut back the growth last year. Anyhow they're repaying me by producing flowers and after all it's a learning experience. I looked at last years threads and Ihad my first strawberries at the end of june but most of them july and august. ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 27, 2009 20:00:04 GMT
mine are turning pink......soon be red ;D
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Post by carolann on Jul 1, 2009 7:49:25 GMT
Mine are ripening fast and furious and I cant keep up picking them ;D I have given away loads as I always have too many. Have you seem the price of them in the supermarkets?  up here the price is from £1.80 to £2.50p per 400grams I could make a fortune ;D |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 1, 2009 8:16:11 GMT
I have just had a look at my strawberries and they are sending runners (is that what they are called) all over the place - well I don't want any new plants - can I just cut them off??
RF
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, could have been a tad sweeter but the only 2 I've eaten so far weren't really quite ripe! 
