Strawberry Fields Forever

[GaryD]

Hi,

We don't have much happening in the plant department while we're waiting for the delivery of our Queenslander system components......but we have about 10 strawberry plants in our old square foot bed.

It's currently churning out a generous helping of strawberries every couple of days.

Interestingly, this bed is pretty neglected. It gets watered when Jan thinks of it and I can't remember the last time we put anything in the way of fertiliser on it.......but it keeps plugging away.

Gary

[wannabee]

I was getting a good crop of strawberries from plots on my deck - until the damn possums found them. Does anyone know any way to scare or repel those damn marsupials?? Now they have destroyed my spinnach, capsicums, parsley and strawberries. So far, they have kept away from garlic, chives, lettuce and chillis.

Mike

[GaryD]

Hi,

Since the strawberries stopped, the runners have gone wild.

Anyone know about how to handle these things from this point on? Can we use them for next season's strawberry crop?

Garu

[Kaduda]

I would say that your strawberry patch is trying to expand...I know mine went from two plants to about 7-8 in the course of the late summer / early fall up here...

[Rew]

Strawberries only last a few years, farmers who grow them for cash usually plow half the row under, and let those pesky runners root to keep the rows of plants fresh and keep the crops coming year after year.

To avoid too many runners don't fertilize much.