Problems with Strawberries

[jcaswell]

I am a novice gardener, and am growing strawberries for the first time. I am generally having a success, but am having a problem with about 20% of them - I would describe them as splitting, or having scabs. A picture of the unfortunate things are below (if the attachment works). Can anyone tell me what is going wrong?



They are in a raised bed, with bird netting over, and straw underneath them, and I have an automatic watering system watering them twice a day (evening and early morning).

Any thoughts?

[roitelet]

Sorry can't see the picture. BTW welcome to the vine.

[veggiechicken]

Hi and welcome. I've copied your image into my post so that we can see it.
To me, it looks like too much water making them split their skins

[chefgage]

I would say watering them twice a day is a bit over kill. I only water mine if there has been no rain for about 3 to 4 days, otherwise I do not bother. If they are splitting I think it's like if you over water tomatoes, they also split.

[chefgage]

In fact just lately I have only been watering mine that are in raised beds once a week ish.

[roitelet]

I would agree with VC. I don't water mine at all once they start to ripen. Keep the berries dry and the rot won't set in.