Strawberry's now fruiting

[colin1957]

Is anyone else's strawberry's starting to flower now, i would have thought that it was a bit early just now. I gave them a bit of new compost with chicken manure pellets about 3 weeks ago and they have gone mad.

[Little tom]

Hello Colin,
It must be OK; my strawberries Everest have started to flower too :-)
The sun is doing them good!

[colin1957]

Yes , it is good to see at this time of year but i just thought it is a bit early in the year as mine have never fruited this early before . They are past the flower stage and i have about 20 fruits on one plant, maybe it it a sign of a good year

[Nicola_D]

My alpine strawberries are flowering too, I posted about it in the fruit section but no one has replied yet.

I haven't fed mine with anything though, was amazed they survived the snow.

[colin1957]

Hi Nicola, mine have been out in the snow ( unprotected ) for three years now and are still OK.

[tommyq1976]

Mine have gone mental this year - it's the 2nd season for the main plants and 1st for the runners I had off them.

I've got about 30 flowers developing into fruit from the main 4 plants and around 10 between the 4 runner developments.

[poohpouri]

my strawberrys are flowering as well,main strawberrys been second year,also runners from lastyear flowering aswell ,must be the warm weather we are having

[Shaun]

My straws had started to flower untill i found my 2 year old son pulling the flowers off to give to mummy

[colin1957]

Originally Posted by Shaun

My straws had started to flower untill i found my 2 year old son pulling the flowers off to give to mummy

Oh No...............

Next time he plays out in the garden he will have to ware mittens but his hart was in the right place.. just a bit early thats all.

[Shaun]

i need to train himnon how to pull out weeds put his skills to work

[GMB27]

Mine arent anywhere near it yet, or arent showing it at least! Worrying a little now lol