Unusualy hot spring !! Lots and lots of strawberries growing already

[Germinater]

Anyone else found that this year should be a bumper year for strawberries all my plants are already producing lots and lots of flowers and fruit 60 of 3 plants in one pot so far !! Raspberries already flowering and to top that my autumn bliss is flower swell very strange dint expect to see that for a few months yet ???

[Germinater]

also say I am very luck that I live in Eastbourne witch is almost as far south as you can get in uk so blessed with good sunshine since early march this year

[scarey55]

I am in France but the weather is pretty much like the south of England and my strawberries are flowering like mad! They hardly produced anything last year but I put that down to too much feeding. Hope there isn't a last minute frost to knock them down.

[Germinater]

Yer think we will be alright this year think we've seen the last of the really cold weather now but hoping for lots of sun shine this year and then will get a really good crop all summer fingers crossed...
Watering strwbs is a little difficult quant it need enuff bt not to much find it easier to water early morning and let the sun shine burn of the extra... Find also a good feed of bone meal and every to weeks a feed high in potassium really helps the fruiting ...wish you the best of luck for this year!!!!

[SarahStrawberry]

Yes! I'm in Eastern Scotland and my strawberry plants in our polytunnel have absolutely loads of flowers about to open, can't believe how many - can't wait for the berries! Don't think i've seen the flowers this early before.

[Germinater]

Yer really early this year might get an extra crop...fingers crossed
Had a bout of vine weevils in one pot and repoted almost dead bt weather has brought them right bk really suprised should get sun of them wasn't holding out much hope bt there startin to look really strong now was lucky they were only in the one pot dam things

[Nicos]

Ours too are in flower- but we're forecast frost tomorrow night!!!

[Germinater]

Well hope all is ok cover with an old bed sheet for the night that should do the trick

[jackie j]

My cambridge favourite in their 2nd year have loads of flowers, I have already netted them to stop the birds. Looking forward to some lovely strawberries if I can eat them before daughter does.

[Germinater]

Yer my little ones love them that's why iv expanded the plot to about 50 plants so I can get my hands on A few this year.. Here hopin anyway . Bought 10cambridge favs this year here there good sweat berries but will expand next year Maris de bois as iv heard there as close to alpines as you can get and I love my little alpine strawbs there amazing . Trying to grow some from seeds from last years berries they have germinated but think it will be long proses before I get full grown plants

[Two_Sheds]

Yer think we will be alright this year think we've seen the last of the really cold weather now

You should be OK, your last frost date is end of March. We usually get one mid-April, so I expect to lose a few strawberry flowers before the end of the month (I still get more fruit than I can eat though)

[Germinater]

think im lucky live on almost furthest south coast so weather is usualy quite mild so hoping not to get any frost ..getin down to about 7degrees at night at lowest not great for my toms and cucumbers in the plastic green house i got but they been out for almost a mounth now and seem to be growing fine did have a prob with a slug keep cumin in at night and muching on the tomato but put it on a tub of water so it cant get to it anymore pesky things

[bendipa]

Strawberry flowers are formed in September regardless of how the weather does at this time of year. Flower buds on mine are just starting to emerge from the crown on my plants. Doesn't appear to be more buds than usual.

[Germinater]

well all mine are growing crazy everyday there seems to be a new runner growing from the base all strawbs flower at differant points depending on the strain perpetuail,early.or june bearing ..

[Two_Sheds]

tomato ... put it on a tub of water so it cant get to it anymore

Don't leave plants sitting in water, they'll rot

there seems to be a new runner growing from the base ..

Runners shouldn't be appearing this early..?