Are you suppose to Keep strawberry blooms off for the first year? Then the second year you can let them bloom and harvest strawberrys?
2007-03-21 13:08:09 · 5 answers · asked by spence51@sbcglobal.net 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
By picking the blooms off the first year, it allows the plants to put their strength in the root system. by the second year the plants are established and then stronger enough to produce berries. Try taking one plant and leaving the berrys to ripen and check the difference in the plants next year. U will be real suprised how much larger plants u will have from the ones that u picked the blossum off of.
2007-03-21 22:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by ubusdad98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the plants were the prepotted or just roots because it they were prepotted they might be a little bit more mature and be able to handle the stress of blooming alot better - although most strawberry plants are generally hardy and grow like a weed once you plant them, but I have seen just the packaged roots and they look like they could use a little more time to develope.
2007-03-21 13:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably trimming it would help. I bought some bare root to be begin with. Gave me a few small berrries the first year but nothing not even leaves the next year. I had planted them in a big 5 gallon pot. Maybe a little extra care would have helped.
2007-03-21 14:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by rashida171 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never have. the hard part is keeping them weeded they
spread like crazy
2007-03-21 13:14:25 · answer #4 · answered by rvblatz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, THEY WILL MAKE STRAWBERRIES READY TO EAT THE FIRST YEAR...ENJOY
2007-03-21 13:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by whateverbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋