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ArmyWifey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Holly
Abilene
KS
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 Posted - Jul 26 2005 : 08:34:48 AM
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I have lovely plants with nice leaves but no berries, not even any blossoms?
Penny for your thoughts?
Thanks,
Holly
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DeeHarp
Farmgirl in Training
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Dee
Missouri
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Posted - Jul 26 2005 : 09:54:13 AM
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Holly,
We are from Missouri. Our strawberries bloomed and produced in June.
Dee :-)
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jul 26 2005 : 09:54:29 AM
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Good morning Holly...a couple of things come to mind.
1. How old are your plants? I find mine only produce well for the first couple years, then need replacing.
2. Do you fertilize? Too much nitrogen will cause beautiful lush plants, but nary a flower!
3. Are your strawberries day neutral or spring producing? Spring producing plants may well be past their bloom period.
4. Did you have a cold or late spring? Of everything I grow, I find strawberries to be the most suseptable to weather fluctuations.
Hope this helps.
Diane
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ArmyWifey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Holly
Abilene
KS
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Posted - Jul 26 2005 : 11:44:14 AM
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Umm I bought them this spring, I probably have overfertilized them, they are everbearing and this spring was cooler than usual for here although by no means cold. We live in the Mojave desert --Zone 9/10 if that helps.
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Fulminous
Farmgirl in Training
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Deb
Maine
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Posted - Jul 26 2005 : 8:49:36 PM
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| I had some plants I got from Johnny's seeds that claimed I really wouldn't get much in the first year of their life with me, that was supposed to be their year to establish the root system. It said that even if I was to have any blooms it was reccomended to pinch them off. Unfourtionately, I can't tell you how they did the second year, they died during an early frost while I was at work (I was away from home for nine days at a time for work) last fall. |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jul 26 2005 : 9:25:52 PM
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In the desert frost was probably not the problem! Here on the east coast we grow them on the 3 year plan. Year 1 - primarily roots, year 2 - buds and berries, year3-5 diminishing return so new plants are usually in order. If you stagger the replacement throughout year 3-5 you will have an ongoing harvest. Mites are a huge problem also
so they aren't the easiest thing to grow organically. But when you get it right, they are so worth it! Did your plants go through any transplant shock? That could be a reason for no blossom/bud production. Even irregular watering can be a problem initially. I never fertilize transplants, just a little bone meal when I plant and they seem to do well and establish themselves nicely. Hope that helps even though I am on the edge of Zone5/6.
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