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by iowadahlia on January 13, 2004 04:16 PM
but i planted strawbwerries last spring and i heard that you should pinch the flowers the second year as well, is that true?

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by Phil and Laura on January 13, 2004 04:30 PM
to the best of my knowledge and exp., you should only pinch the flowers the first season...Phil [Embarrassed]
by weezie13 on January 13, 2004 04:54 PM
Iowa,
When you heard this, did they say why??
Other than root system maybe????????

I have strawberries, (A BA~ZILLION)
I do know you should pinch the runners.......
Because they will cause the plant to want
to reproduce in making new plants,
instead of reproducing with fruit!!!!!

Make sense???

Weezie

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by iowadahlia on January 13, 2004 10:18 PM
i thought it was so they would produce more fruit, maybe it was the runners. my old brain just aint what it used to be.

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by weezie13 on January 14, 2004 06:33 AM
Iowa,
I'm willing to bet it was the runners.....
Because they spend all their time making new
plants and not on concentraiting on making fruit..

Do you have strawberries???
I have them, and fight the woodchucks, ants, birds, slugs, mice, and my children to get them.
It is soooooooo nice to come out in the morning
and pick some strawberries....yum!

Weezie

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by plants 'n pots on January 14, 2004 02:38 PM
Oh Weezie... you forgot the "chickmunks" as my daughter used to call them. Them rascals never let me get one single red, ripe, strawberry. They would beat me to it at sunrise every single day! [Mad]

Last summer I decided to try to grow strawberries in a large pot on my 2nd story deck - no chipmunks, but only 1 berry. [dunno]

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by weezie13 on January 14, 2004 08:43 PM
Oh, yeah, those lil' buggers tooooooo!!

My kids and the tenants' boy are the worst though,
they walk right thru the plants and all!!!

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