Re: Garden Geeks thread
One other hint on strawberries that I discovered:
Let them migrate if possible. I found that new plants always had the biggest and best berries. Over the years, I have allowed my patch to move around the rest of the garden.
This is accomplished by the plants sending out their shoots and me allowing them to migrate to a specified new area.
Each late-summer, I weed about a quarter of the patch, always choosing an old growth segment. The next spring, this becomes home to beans, tomatoes, peppers whatever.
Our patch is probably no more than 30 square feet at any time and we always get sick of berries before they're done. Good problem to have.
One other hint on strawberries that I discovered:
Let them migrate if possible. I found that new plants always had the biggest and best berries. Over the years, I have allowed my patch to move around the rest of the garden.
This is accomplished by the plants sending out their shoots and me allowing them to migrate to a specified new area.
Each late-summer, I weed about a quarter of the patch, always choosing an old growth segment. The next spring, this becomes home to beans, tomatoes, peppers whatever.
Our patch is probably no more than 30 square feet at any time and we always get sick of berries before they're done. Good problem to have.
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