The air had been so thick with anticipation for fresh fruit you could definitely slice it, but for the past few weeks we have gotten diddly squat out of our strawberry patch. Just look at what I was able to pick after I had told the kids "lets not pick them and eat them right away, lets wait a week and pick them all at once". They were so patient. As it turns out it wasn't much of a test since this is the result of one week's production.
What the hey? We water them well, cut off the new runners to keep the plant's energy focused on the old plant, not the new. There is no evidence that any other creatures are stealing the fruit from under or through the netting either. So, a wise man told me I probably wasn't fertilizing them enough. Now lets see if that does the trick. If anyone has ideas that might help....
strawberries are sooo gone in Ky. by now, so they look good to me...:) grandma Boots
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