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    My strawberry's are not sweet!

    In fact they are a bit like the stuff you get from the shop in mid winter!!?

    I have two big planters of Gariguette strawberry's in the Poly tunnel and loads more outside.

    In less than 3 month since transferring the two planters to the poly they shot up and there is loads of nice fragrant red fruit. I picked the first round yesterday and away and behold they smell nice, soft as gariguette should be but taste like cucumbers

    It is the first time I grow strobs in a polytunnel and the only different to how I treat the outdoor ones is giving them more water (the outdoor plants only get rain), what have I done wrong?
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    I find the strawbs are tasteless if

    - they've had too much water
    - not enough warm sunshine (not just heat, but actual sun on them)
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Overwatered? I don't know for certain but you can knock the taste out of toms if you water too much. Mine outdoors get nothing from me, just the rainwater.
      Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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      • #4
        There was something in a newspaper or on the television news this week about strawberries being sweeter if their watering is limited. Sorry, can't remember where I saw it.
        Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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        • #5
          I grew my tunnel strawberries on capillary matting. So they got a constant steady supply of water (but only what they needed) and swelled up huge but weren't watery tasting. Maybe it's a case of too much water all at once for you? The matting is such a revelation to me, great for the plants and less work for you.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by redser View Post
            I grew my tunnel strawberries on capillary matting. So they got a constant steady supply of water (but only what they needed) and swelled up huge but weren't watery tasting. Maybe it's a case of too much water all at once for you? The matting is such a revelation to me, great for the plants and less work for you.
            Yes, probably I felt that at 35c the strobs will die without watering once a week but boy I was wrong, tough plants strawberries.

            I have one sheet of capillary mat somewhere so will give it a go. Thanks for the practical advice everyone. CD

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            • #7
              Thanks for the reminder Redser, even though it was unintentional - I got a watering system from GYO for being MOM. It's still in the box in the shed, so I'll get it out for the plants in the stayput.
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                My pleasure I'm setting up auto watering in the tunnel at the moment. I feel more like a plumbers mate than a gardener! And congrats

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