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Garden Gate:  strawberry plants should have a warning label :)  |
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
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lisa
lexington
ky
USA
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
2963 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 08:49:01 AM
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I wont be able to get them all seperated and moved before it freezes . I have to haul dirt for each bed i am adding them to. I have a huge fantasy of a dump truck pullinggup to my front yard and giving me a load of topsoil
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 11:12:06 AM
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Lisa, I found I had the same problem this year and gave away hundreds of them and they then reproduced MORE! My beds look like I never touched them. I am in the process of building one more bed which I will not allow it to reproduce, just so I can have lots of berries. I'll let the other beds grow babies and just give the babies to friends or sell at our market.
I know how you feel.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
2963 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 11:28:35 AM
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they are a mixture of june and everbearing plants. I am going to have to do like lisamarie and not let the replanted ones have babies. I want to watch for scrap lumber being thrown away over the winter and maybe build a bed on the inside of the longer bed also. I tried to find anyone around her ethat would want plants but all the neighbors raise "lawns" . They think it more than weird to have a garden.Funny how 4 of the neighbors dont mind to ask me if i have ripe tomatoes do they .
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1404 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 11:48:33 AM
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The problem with cutting the runners is that the "mother" plants get tired and produce less and smaller berries. So maybe cut it down to one runner per plant and you should be able to keep it in check.
Betty in Pasco
who is moving her strawberry bed and killing off what isn't moved. |
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
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Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 12:11:57 PM
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So let me get this straight? You cut off the runners from the Mother plant so she not only doesn't reproduce but has bigger berries? I have just a few to transplant right now and am wondering how to set it up so I don't run inot this problem either. Mine are 6 of June and 6 of Ever bearing.
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 5:12:07 PM
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Mine are all everbearing. I found this year that with the plants I continued to cut babies off of produced more berries. The ones that continued to produce babies had hardly any berries. If cutting them all off tuckers the mother out, then I suppose I could allow one on each plant. I'll try that next year, Betty.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
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LisaLu
True Blue Farmgirl
126 Posts
Lisa
Wildomar
Ca
USA
126 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 7:43:24 PM
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This is what I love about this website...it's like you girls are reading my mind. I have over 400 sq ft of strawberries that need thinning, but we are having record high temps, and I can't last long out there (we're still in summer). I've never thinned them before, the first year was just ok, this was the second year and the berries were huge. They are so overgrown now that I can't even walk in between the rows. Can I just replant the runners, trim up the mothers, and and a new layer of dirt/compost,then straw? I'm really new to all of this and I could sure use some advise. Anyone want to come to California? I could sure use a few "sisters" right about now!
LisaLu
Happiness is homemade... |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
2963 Posts |
Posted - Oct 01 2008 : 02:42:37 AM
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oh no!! 400 ft of them :) I would never get them all straightened out. lisalu --yours did like mine too. I am not sure if i am doing it right but i made new beds and then dug them up and moved them. They were such a mess i couldnt trim anything. Now i will stay on top of them next year when they start making babies. I will be sure to leave a new baby or two like betty said . I went online to library and reserved some berry growing books last night. I Know i can look up info online --but there is something about holding a book and reading :P Next year i am just growing the berries--tomatoes--sweet taters and green beans. That is all i see to have luck with. Squash gets eaten by the rabbits and bugs. The rabbits LOVE green pepper and snow pea plants. They chewed them off to the ground . Darn rabbits dug right under my fence to get in the yard this year. 
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
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LisaLu
True Blue Farmgirl
126 Posts
Lisa
Wildomar
Ca
USA
126 Posts |
Posted - Oct 01 2008 : 07:58:22 AM
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I love the picture! That will be my cat in a few weeks. My wonderful hubby is building a chicken coop for me! Again - I have NO CLUE what I'm doing out here in the middle of nowhere pretending to be a country girl! But I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! If someone would have told me 10 years ago that I would be living like this, I would have laughed out loud! This is so much more fun than high heels, company cars, and 2 hour lunches, and boring board meetings!
I'll be asking for help about the chickens in a few....hope y'all have a nice day!
P.S.
The "Lu" was added to my name by one of my "city friends"..lol...
LisaLu
Happiness is homemade... |
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
2963 Posts |
Posted - Oct 06 2008 : 5:11:20 PM
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I ended up with total of 98 ft of replanted ones and barely made a dent in the main bed. Lisa--i keep thinking abuot chickens. If i ever get the coons under control i may get a couple of them.
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
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strawberry plants should have a warning label :)
