From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: NAFEX List <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Strawberry sun scald or fungus?
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 08:05:45 -0500
As usual, when picking strawberries yesterday, I came across some with a
soft, whitish, watery blotch on the berry. It's usually, but not always,
on a ripe berry. I've always thought that was sun scald, but...
something about it yesterday made me wonder about that. IS it just sun
scald, or is it a disease or a fungus of some type? Some of the berries
are pretty well covered by it.
I've never sprayed my strawberry patch with a fungicide (with anything,
actually), because I don't ever see leaf spots. The biggest problem my
strawberries usually have is not getting enough water. But I've run the
sprinkler on them a few times recently, because it's been so very dry
here lately (usually, I don't water them until after the strawberry
season is over), so maybe that's causing some fungal problems.
Yesterday, I did find more of these problems than usual.
So, anyone know what causes this?
Thanks,
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
--
We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't
stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected. -
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
[NAFEX] Strawberry sun scald or fungus?,
William C. Garthright, 05/31/2009