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my mara des bois from ken muir are fantastic. I only received them a month ago and they have settled so well. What a bargain those runners were. In utter contrast, I received 15 slimy pathetic plants from chris bowers and I paid top price for them thinking I would be receiving 15 fantastic pot ready plants. They were the worst plants I have ever received by post from anyone. Anyway I`ll skim over the fact that customer service were disgustingly nasty, I got a refund. I put all the plants in the soil and there are tiny signs of life from 3 from 15.
Cootambear, shall I persist with them or am I risking disease? Should I take the lot out and start with a clean slate by getting plants from ken muir? Your advice would be welcome
what variety did you get from bowers?
in any event, I would dig out the dead ones and chuck em (no composting to prevent disease).
now is not the time to buy new plants I`m afraid, wait until autumn.
let the 3 live, unless they are crap varieties.
I have year two maras flowering, boy my mouth is wateringFreedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4 (George Orwell, 1984).
(I desire) ‘a great production that will supply all, and more than all the people can consume’,
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Homebase are selling all their strawberry plants off at half price near us. Don't know if it's the same at all the stores.
This year i WILL have savings!0 -
one each of norfolk nectar, cirano and calypso. I think I`ll pot those 3 today, get rid of the rest and put some phacelia seeds on the patch as green manure. Then I`ll be ready for autumn
now the nice bit is choosing what varieties0 -
julie_toots wrote: »Homebase are selling all their strawberry plants off at half price near us. Don't know if it's the same at all the stores.
That's where I get mine.
Apart from paying 48p for 6, I've never paid more than 30p for a plant though. I'm not sure about half price.
The beauty is, I've got at least half a dozen different varieties so they're all at different stages of fruitThe smaller the monkey the more it looks like it would kill you at the first given opportunity.
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How is everyone faring? I noticed today a big cluster of green berries on one of my plants. My 110 cambridges (year 1), all all vigorous.Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4 (George Orwell, 1984).
(I desire) ‘a great production that will supply all, and more than all the people can consume’,
(Sylvia Pankhurst).0 -
newsgroup_monkey wrote: »That's where I get mine.
Apart from paying 48p for 6, I've never paid more than 30p for a plant though. I'm not sure about half price.
The beauty is, I've got at least half a dozen different varieties so they're all at different stages of fruit
amen to that
I have about 9 varieties now - none of course of the turnip flavoured Elsanta (which accounts for 80% of supermarket strawberries in the UK).
the prices they try and sometimes sell them for - £1.50 and up - are crazy. I will only pay top price for Maras or Gariguettes - until I can propogate enough of them myself of course.Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4 (George Orwell, 1984).
(I desire) ‘a great production that will supply all, and more than all the people can consume’,
(Sylvia Pankhurst).0 -
Picked 4 lovely large ripe strawberries today, summer must be on the way althought I'm sitting here wearing 3 jumpers and have the heating on!!0
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