Strawbs ready yet?

[SMT]

Has anyone had any homegrown Strawbs yet? We ate our first handful today.

[2granmas]

Yep been picking a handful a day for about a week. They have been forced in the greenhouse mind

[sarraceniac]

I've had a couple of early ones. Not sure what variety, bought them at a car boot and a bit potatoey. The Cambridge favourites are in full flower. Love them but have to wait 2 or three weeks at a guess. Come back hot weather.

[Madasafish]

Russian Giants in greenhouse are turning read. Largish but certainly not giant..

[janeyo]

We have had 14 so far.
This is not me being weird and counting them or anything, my children HAVE to share them, and like to pick them for themselves, so we know how many they have had - or it's fisticuffs lol

I don't suppose there will be many fo me or OH

[Parsleythelion]

The current Mrs P and I have had a couple of handfuls of our earlies over the last week......I know it's been said many many times before but it has to be said again.....the sense of pride and satisfaction of eating something fresh off the plant (as well as the superior flavour etc) makes it all worth while. You can tell I'm a newbie :-)

Depending on the crop size, I am considering venturing into a bit of jam making.

[crazii_c]

im still waiting. i can see tiny green srawbs atm, just a few more weeks, i cant wait!!!
also waiting for my alpines, but think ive got quite a wait still for them.

[Hermit]

I had 1 friday and will be eating 1 more in 2-3 days time, i gave loads of flowers and green fruits at the mo, same with the currents and blueberrys, oh the anticipation............

[Shadylane]

Nope - nowhere near yet. Probably would be closer if the frosts hadn't blackened all the flowers. We have a few forming but a while to go yet. The wild ones in the back garden
are just starting to turn but they're only very ickle. Alpines still no where near flowering. Tiny - TINY, they are.

[Irie Jan]

The current Mrs P and I have had a couple of handfuls of our earlies over the last week......I know it's been said many many times before but it has to be said again.....the sense of pride and satisfaction of eating something fresh off the plant (as well as the superior flavour etc) makes it all worth while. You can tell I'm a newbie :-)

Depending on the crop size, I am considering venturing into a bit of jam making.

Good old SE London sigh, I still miss it from time to time, I was borne in Nunhead near Peckham, lived there for my 1st 19 years. Then other parts of SEL for a few more years b4 moving to Essex

I had my strwberries in the greenhouse for a while after I bought the plants eaarlier this year. Shame I put them out perhaps a little too soon to be picking them now They are still in flower and I have quite a few green fruits on the plants and even a couple of runers. Now I know I should really cut the runners off 1st year but I want to increase my crops as only have 4 plants of 3 different varieties, I'm impatient for now so have already poked the runners in the soil and will cut their runners off them next year for the 1st year to let the plants establish a bit more. Come back sunshine I want strawberries soon!

[tomsloc]

my gariguettes are beginning to turn red -- but my grandaughter has noticed them!!!!!!

[Bramble_killer]

ours are still green BUT there's enough for 3-4 punnets to be ready at the same time so I can GORGE on them when they're ready. muahahahahaahahah


(but would like one or two now )

[FB.]

My early strawberries are still green and about the size of blackberries at the moment.
My late strawberries only began flowering a week ago (they're still flowering), so they'll be quite a while before they're ready.

[tomsloc]

what earlies are you growing fb,they seem very late ?

tom

[FoxHillGardener]

Had a few from the forced ones in the greenhouse. The outdoor ones are still green, but it's only a couple of weeks to Wimbledon so they'd better get on with it to meet my target