Latin Name of Strawberry.
Common Name: Wild Strawberry
Latin Name: Fragaria virginiana
Family: Rosaceae
The commercial strawberry grown in the garden is a hybrid, Fragaria × ananassa.
This hybrid was produced from a cross between plants of two strawberry Fragaria species, Fragaria chiloensis and Fragaria virginiana.
This is a bad year for slugs on strawberries.
slug-damage-on-strawberry
The slug population has exploded in the ideal conditions provided by the wet conditions last summer & this spring.
To reduce slug attacks on strawberries:
* surround the strawberry row with oyster grit, or a similar medium,
which the slugs do not like to cross.
* place ’slug pubs’ amongst the rows. These are small containers of
beer which the slugs drop in to.
* leave grapefruit or orange skins in the row, which will attract
slugs, & pick the slugs out every day & destroy.
* purchase a pyramid slug trap
* elevate the strawberry plants on poles which the slugs cannot
climb – see table top strawberries.
* click the link for more info on slug control
slug-eaten-strawberry
Slugs can devastate the strawberry crop, so it is worth taking time to
control the slugs, using a number of different methods.
Table Top Strawberries planted in York on August 1st have grown well.
table-top-strawberries
The strawberry variety nearest the camera is Darsilette. This is an
early variety. The other variety, Darselect, is a mid-season, main-crop
strawberry.
The cold-stored strawberry plants arrived with good roots and crowns,
but no leaves. As soon as they were planted into warm, moist peat they
started to produce leaves. They have been kept moist and sprayed with
soluble feed. In the six weeks they have been growing they have been
de-flowered twice. They should produce a 60-70% yield next season.
TableTopStrawberries
These table top strawberries are showing great promise just six weeks
after planting.
The plantlets on strawberry runners which were potted up four weeks ago , have grown into strong young strawberry plants.
strawberry-roots
New roots have grown down and out of the bottom of the pot, as shown in the picture of the bottom of the pot above..
strawberry-linked
The runner, connecting the new plant in the pot with the mother plant, can
be cut & the peg can be removed.
cut-strawberry-cord
The new, young strawberry plant is now independent and able to feed itself. The
plant must be watered regularly whilst it is in the pot, to keep it damp.
strawberry-plants
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