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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

Sheridan,

I'm in my third year with these and have 3 varieties.  Mine are in wide, low pots while I figure out a good place to put them(hopefully soon).  I am using a loose, rich acid soil with plenty of organic matter.  The plants seem to be thriving except that they cannot compete with the local weeds.  If I do not stay on top of the weeding with them, the locals out-compete them.  Roots are fragile and I tend to uproot plants when pulling weeds.  I divided one of the pots last year and lost the division over the winter.  They get morning sun for the most part, but some afternoon shelter/semi-shade where I have them.  I have access to a very fine (1/4") pine bark this year and thinking about using it as a mulch to cut down on the weeds.

Still, they have spread well and now fill the pots.  Love the fruit, but too few.  Birds like them too, so I protect them with netting.  One thing, the berries look ripe
 for a long time before they get ripe, making it hard to judge when to pick.  Seeds are larger than I would like to see.  Very sweet when ripe, taste reminds me of cotton candy.

I have an 8x3' strawberry bed and am thinking that they might do well in a raised bed like that for each variety.  I would not want to mix varieties in the same location in case one would out-compete the other and then you would not have a pollinator.

Just my opinion.

John

Sheridan Shumway <rattler_mt@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  been searching for info on growing these for the last
> few days. ive got the cultivars 'Anna' and 'Valentina'
> from One Green World as well as the nagoonberry from
> Raintree.....other than needing different cultivars
> for 'Anna' and 'Valentina' to set fruit i cant seem to
> find much info on actually
>  growing them. i find lots
> on them as far as "wildflowers" but not much of
> anything as far as culture info.
>
> anyone else growing them?
>
> Sheridan S.
> northeast Montana
> zone 3/4
>
>
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