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Strawberry season

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I planted 2 plants around 8 years ago and the first year had loads of berries. 2nd and 3rd year were little. Thereafter there wasn't much. So I just left the plants to their peril. Well I didn't think they would survive beyond 3 years. But 8 years on and they have multipled to around 40 plants. This year I picked 30 strawberries. With more still growing. Notwithstanding the slimy little buggers (snails) have taken over the garden plot. It's funny that snails don't eat the whole strawberry plants. They must only eat what they need.

Anyway today at Asda there were loads of Strawberries. Oh man I tell ya they were delicious. Its definitely strawberry season. Never ever buy berries in England unless it's that time of year. Otherwise they would have been grown in a greenhouse which means that they will always be tasteless.

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

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Scottish strawberries are the best Toan, keep an eye out for those.

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

We enjoy fresh strawberries best when soaked in gin, tonic and ice

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Scottish strawberries are the best Toan, keep an eye out for those."

Sounds lovely but it's a bit of a drive to Scotland. Given the price of fuel.

However I will keep an eye out. Thanks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Hampshire berries best ever. No contest.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Scottish strawberries are the best Toan, keep an eye out for those."

Yes! Omg I picked up some Driscoll's Zara strawberries grown in Aberdeenshire from Tesco's near my work the other day. Been back every day since for a punnet at lunchtime

Might be the best strawbs I've ever had, and I said the same thing about M&S red diamonds last year and Malling Centenary a few years before that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Op, if you replace your strawberry plants with new ones every 3 or 4 years you'll have a much better crop yield.

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By *hortarseWoman
over a year ago

Norfolk

I've strawberries at the bottom of my garden for years. They always shooting off all over. I let them take hold then snip them to get new plant

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Op, if you replace your strawberry plants with new ones every 3 or 4 years you'll have a much better crop yield. "

Yes I thought this too. But that's not totally true. Well my plants naturally give berries every year, but you do need to feed them with nutrition. Manure.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"Op, if you replace your strawberry plants with new ones every 3 or 4 years you'll have a much better crop yield.

Yes I thought this too. But that's not totally true. Well my plants naturally give berries every year, but you do need to feed them with nutrition. Manure. "

Nell knows her plants, OP. You might do well to listen to the advice

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

we picked our first strawberries from the garden today. I just let the runners root themselves in pots each year then replant

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By *illanelleWoman
over a year ago

Ryde, Isle of Wight


"Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden. "

Wild strawberries are intoxicatingly delicious

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Op, if you replace your strawberry plants with new ones every 3 or 4 years you'll have a much better crop yield.

Yes I thought this too. But that's not totally true. Well my plants naturally give berries every year, but you do need to feed them with nutrition. Manure.

Nell knows her plants, OP. You might do well to listen to the advice "

So are you and Nell saying after 3 years I should kill all my strawberry plants and grow new one's? No I can't do that. Why it is murder. No it is wrong. Sorry. Besides now you have to wait for them to grow which requires more time.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"Op, if you replace your strawberry plants with new ones every 3 or 4 years you'll have a much better crop yield.

Yes I thought this too. But that's not totally true. Well my plants naturally give berries every year, but you do need to feed them with nutrition. Manure.

Nell knows her plants, OP. You might do well to listen to the advice

So are you and Nell saying after 3 years I should kill all my strawberry plants and grow new one's? No I can't do that. Why it is murder. No it is wrong. Sorry. Besides now you have to wait for them to grow which requires more time. "

Nell said plant new plants every 3yrs. She didn't say you have to remove the older, less productive ones.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden.

Wild strawberries are intoxicatingly delicious "

I’m glad I’m not alone. They’re like little bombs of flavour in your mouth

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By * F 2018Couple
over a year ago

shropshire

Love the local strawberries sweet and juicy!

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By *illanelleWoman
over a year ago

Ryde, Isle of Wight


"Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden.

Wild strawberries are intoxicatingly delicious

I’m glad I’m not alone. They’re like little bombs of flavour in your mouth "

Aren't they? Such a delicate but complex flavour. Slightly perfumey (is that a word?) and so sweet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden.

Wild strawberries are intoxicatingly delicious

I’m glad I’m not alone. They’re like little bombs of flavour in your mouth

Aren't they? Such a delicate but complex flavour. Slightly perfumey (is that a word?) and so sweet."

They’re close to the the concentrated flavour of a dried one. If you’ve tried those. ? Don’t you think. My garden is a foragers dream

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden.

Wild strawberries are intoxicatingly delicious

I’m glad I’m not alone. They’re like little bombs of flavour in your mouth

Have you planted any herbs? I have a huge rosemary. She was tiny when I planted her around 14 years ago.

Aren't they? Such a delicate but complex flavour. Slightly perfumey (is that a word?) and so sweet.

They’re close to the the concentrated flavour of a dried one. If you’ve tried those. ? Don’t you think. My garden is a foragers dream "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Wild strawberries are awesome they pop up all over my garden.

Wild strawberries are intoxicatingly delicious

I’m glad I’m not alone. They’re like little bombs of flavour in your mouth

Have you planted any herbs? I have a huge rosemary. She was tiny when I planted her around 14 years ago.

Aren't they? Such a delicate but complex flavour. Slightly perfumey (is that a word?) and so sweet.

They’re close to the the concentrated flavour of a dried one. If you’ve tried those. ? Don’t you think. My garden is a foragers dream "

They’re like ladies nipples between my lips…

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By *tarburst babydollMan
over a year ago

Dingwall

To increase yeild cut the runners unless you want to propagate new plants

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Am today making my first batch of the years Strawberry Jam, about 8 jars,

I have opened all the internal doors to let the aroma of the Strawbs filter throughout the house.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last couple of days heat and rain have made ours go mental all of a sudden. I can feel a pavlova coming on x

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