Comments on: Berry Good, Berry Bad http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berry-good-berry-bad Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diann Tompkins http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-40822 Diann Tompkins Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:50:59 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-40822 If you have a plat that has bad blossoms & you pick off the bad blossoms when the plant gets new blossoms will they be bad to ? If you have a plat that has bad blossoms & you pick off the bad blossoms when the plant gets new blossoms will they be bad to ?

]]> By: Diann Tompkins http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-40821 Diann Tompkins Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:44:18 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-40821 what is a strawberry carpel ? what is a strawberry carpel ?

]]> By: tommyd3mdi http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-1911 tommyd3mdi Fri, 09 May 2008 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-1911 Since my father is a gardener I know the problem of late frost pretty well (after all we have had hundreds of meters of strawberry plants in several years to protect).<br/><br/>What helps is usually two things:<br/><br/>a) take notice of the weather report for the upcoming night<br/><br/>b) cover your strawberry plants with a thin fleece at cold nights (f.e. this one: http://www.planto.com/en/garden-fleece.html) - this should protect the blossoms from getting damaged<br/><br/>Thomas. Since my father is a gardener I know the problem of late frost pretty well (after all we have had hundreds of meters of strawberry plants in several years to protect).

What helps is usually two things:

a) take notice of the weather report for the upcoming night

b) cover your strawberry plants with a thin fleece at cold nights (f.e. this one: http://www.planto.com/en/garden-fleece.html) – this should protect the blossoms from getting damaged

Thomas.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-1909 Rob Fri, 09 May 2008 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-1909 I have musk strawberries and alpine strawberries in additional to the normal ones. All three species suffered from the frost. But I should be fine with other types of berries, raspberries, blackberries, etc., since they develop later in the season. I have musk strawberries and alpine strawberries in additional to the normal ones. All three species suffered from the frost. But I should be fine with other types of berries, raspberries, blackberries, etc., since they develop later in the season.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-1908 Anonymous Fri, 09 May 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/berry-good-berry-bad.html#comment-1908 How did your other berries do? How did your other berries do?

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