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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: carlrmj on July 15, 2012, 20:50

Title: prolonging strawberry season
Post by: carlrmj on July 15, 2012, 20:50

Hi
   I grew honeoye strawberries this year,had loads off them,but they have now all finished.

   They began cropping at the beginning of June.

   I was hoping someone could suggest some other varieties that would prolong the season.

  I was reading up on everbearing ones,but am unsure on them.

  Thanks Carl

Title: Re: prolonging strawberry season
Post by: sunshineband on July 16, 2012, 07:24

Our main ones are marshmello, and I take five plants into the greenhouse once they have been well frosted, as this then gives us an early crop. I hand pollinate these

We also have a few plants of Amelia, which are slightly more scaret in colour, not that deep luscious crimson. They do well and taste good. They start to crop in August usually: easy to get I think

Hope that helps

Title: Re: prolonging strawberry season
Post by: carlrmj on July 16, 2012, 15:32

Thanks Sunshineband,I've been onto t&m website and they will  stock them ,delivery after

September.

Cheers Carl

Title: Re: prolonging strawberry season
Post by: angelavdavis on July 16, 2012, 17:46

Hi Carl,

I also enquired in a recent post so thought you might find the suggestions useful:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=96715.0

Title: Re: prolonging strawberry season
Post by: davejg on July 16, 2012, 21:34

the earliest variety i have seen is christine, some new very late ones are Malwina and Judibel
all these were available from Ebay last year and did ok for me.

Title: Re: prolonging strawberry season
Post by: Bing on July 16, 2012, 22:13

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-ORGANIC-STRAWBERRY-PLANTS-choose-your-own-variety-/200791602566?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item2ec01cb586 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-ORGANIC-STRAWBERRY-PLANTS-choose-your-own-variety-/200791602566?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item2ec01cb586)

here is a guy selling all sorts