Kia ora, last season I didn’t lift the strawberry plants. They were in bins and I just couldn’t be bothered taking them out, putting in new potting mix, getting new plants. So, apart from a casual weed now and then I just left them to it.
I have had the best strawberry season ever. 6-7 berries a day in the high season – plenty for dessert – if they lasted that long. The birds gave up I think. Usually it’s a battle between me and the birds which ends in a draw. This last season I didn’t use any bird netting or any fancy systems and I still won by a country mile. I don’t know why.
What I do know is it’s still going on – only one or two now but every couple of days, I see something red, fossick among the leaves, pick the red berry, stand there and eat it.
You’ve probably seen the weakness in all this – I haven’t lifted them this year either. Can this go on? I’ll find out I suppose. Have to confess the reasons there’s no photo is because I forgot and ate it…
