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WTFH replied

20 June 2016, 12:08
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

My outdoor ones are ripening nicely. Been collecting a bowl full every day

You have to be quick though or something (birds, slugs, not sure what?!) takes scoops out of them!

Scoops will be by slugs/snails. If you have a lot of straw under the plants that should help deter them.
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LondonManc replied

20 June 2016, 10:53
Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post

Its my Strawberries that pull birds to my yard

Better chance than your 16-pack anyway.
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PurpleGorilla replied

20 June 2016, 10:09
Scottish strawberries are bitter, shrivelled and twisted.

English strawberries are plump, sweet, and juicy.
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FatLazyContractor replied

20 June 2016, 10:07
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

If you net them birds can't get them.

Its my Strawberries that pull birds to my yard
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SueEllen replied

20 June 2016, 10:03
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

My outdoor ones are ripening nicely. Been collecting a bowl full every day

You have to be quick though or something (birds, slugs, not sure what?!) takes scoops out of them!

If you net them birds can't get them.
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OwlHoot replied

20 June 2016, 09:04
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Our greenhouse ones are pretty tasty at the moment but the outdoor ones are a couple of weeks away.

My outdoor ones are ripening nicely. Been collecting a bowl full every day

You have to be quick though or something (birds, slugs, not sure what?!) takes scoops out of them!
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FatLazyContractor replied

20 June 2016, 07:14
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Our greenhouse ones are pretty tasty at the moment but the outdoor ones are a couple of weeks away.

Keep the fecking foxes away then ...
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FatLazyContractor replied

20 June 2016, 07:13
Coincidentally, there was this feature on BBC 1 this morning explaining the impact of EU regulations on our strawberries.

And those smug looking Romanian fruit pickers posing for cameras. Not a single fit lass
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WTFH replied

20 June 2016, 07:03
Our greenhouse ones are pretty tasty at the moment but the outdoor ones are a couple of weeks away.
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PurpleGorilla replied

20 June 2016, 05:54
Always worth the smell test before you buy them. the stronger and more intoxicating the strawberry smell, the better they will taste.
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stek replied

19 June 2016, 20:22
Oddly enough in out local wee Tesco we pick out the Perth strawbs, juicy as fook!

The Essex ones are well rank and thick as pig tulip on quiz shows too.....
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FatLazyContractor replied

19 June 2016, 20:16
Originally posted by AtW View Post

The ones picked by gentle hands of Polish pickers?

And eaten.
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FatLazyContractor replied

19 June 2016, 20:10
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Only buy strawberries from the Southern half of the UK where they can be grown outside.

I grew some last year in my garden. Not sure if it was the variety, but each one was as big as Nigella's mangoes and they tasted great.
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AtW replied

19 June 2016, 20:09
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Only buy strawberries from the Southern half of the UK where they can be grown outside.

The ones picked by gentle hands of Polish pickers?
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SueEllen replied

19 June 2016, 20:05
Only buy strawberries from the Southern half of the UK where they can be grown outside.
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