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[Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>]

Thanks.

You're colder than I.  The old strawberry plants (that I didn't entirely
remove) have set lots of fruit, and even some of the Tristar flowers did
before I removed them.  

First raspberry blossom of the season today!

Ginda

Doreen Howard wrote:
> 
> Ginda,
> I planted 25 Tristars last year and picked off the blossoms for about 8
> weeks.  Then I let the plants set fruit.  I had a steady supply of berries
> until Labor Day when it started to cool off.  Tristar puts out runners like
> crazy, too, and you will have more plants.  My plants were vigorous at the 8
> week point. and that is why I let them fruit.  Since yours have not grown
> much, I'd keep pulling off the flowers.  We have had the same kind of
> weather as you have, and my mature strawberry patch (Tristar, Ozark Beauty
> and Tribute) have lots of flowers, but none have set fruit due to lack of
> pollinators.  Let's hope for warmer weather so we can get berries!
> Doreen Howard
> Wisconsin, Zone 4b
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
> To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:38 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] New everbearing strawberries
> 
> > I put some Tristar strawberries into a pot this spring.  For 6 weeks, I
> > dutifully clipped all the blossoms.  Now it's been 6 weeks, and I am
> > tempted to let the blossoms develop, but the plants aren't much bigger
> > than the day I planted them.  One, in particular, barely has leaves at
> > all.  (The others had some leaves when I planted them.)
> >
> > In contrast, the earliglows I planted in the garden had no leaves at all
> > when I got them, and now look like nice little plants.  (They also hold
> > their blossoms conveniently away from their crowns, for easy trimming.)
> >
> > Do you think I should keep clipping flowers for another couple of
> > weeks?  Can I let them set a little fruit?
> >
> > The weather was warm when I put them in, and promptly turned cold and
> > wet.  It's been unseasonably cold until today, when it warmed up.  Who
> > knows what tomorrow will bring.
> >
> > Ginda Fisher
> > Eastern Mass., zone 6
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