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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: jazzbyrd on June 04, 2009, 22:45

Title: Strawberries!
Post by: jazzbyrd on June 04, 2009, 22:45

Some of my strawberry plants have loads of leaves covering the fruit so much so  that the leaves are shading the fruit from the sun.
Do I need to cut back the leaves to allow the fruit to ripen?

Jazz

Title: Re: Strawberries!
Post by: Mitsy on June 04, 2009, 23:22

No idea what everyone else does or if its right but but I do  ;)

Title: Re: Strawberries!
Post by: Trillium on June 04, 2009, 23:51

I've never bothered and I always get lots of ripe berries. To cut now would stress the plant since after fruiting old leaves will turn dark and they must be cut off. To do it now means you might cut off this year's needed leaves.