Strawberry problem

50Twuncle

We have three different hybrid strawberry plants -(3 of each type) and this year - only had 4 fruit combined
Anyone else found similar ?
Is it down to the weather ?

Silvertabby

I've got mine in hanging baskets. The new ones (red flowers - can't remember the name) have lots of flowers and unripe fruits, not so many on the other basket.

Mind you, I've already seen the blackbirds checking our their futures feasts......


ADD: 'Summer Breeze Rose'. The flowers look really pretty - like little geums. Remains to be seen how the berries taste (if I can beat the blackbirds to them !).

50Twuncle

Silvertabby wrote: »

I've got mine in hanging baskets. The new ones (red flowers - can't remember the name) have lots of flowers and unripe fruits, not so many on the other basket.

Mind you, I've already seen the blackbirds checking our their futures feasts......

Ours are in tubs in the middle of the patio - a good 20 feet from any soil - yet SLUGS still have attacked them and demolished a whole strawberry !
Time for nematodes methinks !

dancing_star

Mine are growing like triffids. It's their second year. Last year's haul was rubbish - I blamed the weather - so they were on a yellow card and if this year was bad I was going to pull them up and plant something else instead.


They must have heard as there are loads of unripe fruit and the plants are massive. I've got them netted so the birds can't get their beaks on them.


So the better yield is due to either the wetter weather this year or the fact it's their second year. Not sure which!

sheramber

Due to second year. First year is usually small crop. Some recommend removing flowers the first year to allow the plant to put its energy into growing.

Second and third year are normally best yield and plants should be renewed after third year.

Feed with tomato fertiliser .

You can root up runners from your plants ready to replace the parent plants.

50Twuncle

sheramber wrote: »

Due to second year. First year is usually small crop. Some recommend removing flowers the first year to allow the plant to put its energy into growing.

Second and third year are normally best yield and plants should be renewed after third year.

Feed with tomato fertiliser .

You can root up runners from your plants ready to replace the parent plants.

I have removed most of the runners already (and continue to remove them !) - assuming that these would use up too much of the plants resources !
I had a single LARGE berry today - it was really nice - but the only one for a week or more....
The compost claimed to be pre-treated with fertiliser but I will try some tomato fertiliser

pompeii

Live up north and have picked 2kg of Strawberries from 6 small troughs of strawberries and there are lots more to come, I have 3 hanging baskets ( like in the picture) that have lots of flowers that are just starting to swell and a 1mtr x1mtr raised bed with lots of unripe strawberries, I am beginning to panic a bit. Last year only got a couple of kilos from the troughs and the raised beds. I am also removing runners although I will keep some later for propagation.

50Twuncle

We NOW have lots of flowers but they won't set
No idea why - there are tons of flying insects - they've been at the flower stage for 2 weeks now !

sheramber

Maybe you have a late fruiting strawberry.

Make sure they are well watered to swell the fruit.

50Twuncle

sheramber wrote: »

Maybe you have a late fruiting strawberry.

Make sure they are well watered to swell the fruit.

There's no fruit yet though - just heaps of flowers with no buds of fruit under them !

JuzaMum

I have had 5 strawberries this year and usually have plenty. Making up for it with courgettes though:undecided