Hello Duncan I have very carefully netted my tomatoes to save my plants from birds and delinquent chooks. Will this be a problem for the Bees to do their thing. Great newsletter by the way
I have had quite a few variations of this question asked over the last fortnight. So I've included the topic of pollination in Tuesday's Q and A post. In short though, I don't have issues with pollination when my tomatoes are netted with insect netting and bees etc are excluded. So your plants will still develop tomatoes without the services of bees. Stay tuned for Tuesday's post.
I too have begun picking an abundance of strawberries this week.
I have had the same plants in the same patch for the past 5 years with barely noticeable difference in yield.
My annual preparation involves clipping off all of the remaining top growth in winter. Then I vigorously scarify the patch with a hand rake. I am left with almost bare ground with only the strongest plants with good roots left after this (abuse). I fertilise with chicken manure pellets and simply wait for spring and the plants come through
Thanks for sharing your experience on growing strawberries. They are certainly resilient plants and incredibly productive. I'm not surprised that they are still productive after five years and I expect that mine will be the same.
Hello Duncan I have very carefully netted my tomatoes to save my plants from birds and delinquent chooks. Will this be a problem for the Bees to do their thing. Great newsletter by the way
Thank you
Thanks for the great feedback and your support.
I have had quite a few variations of this question asked over the last fortnight. So I've included the topic of pollination in Tuesday's Q and A post. In short though, I don't have issues with pollination when my tomatoes are netted with insect netting and bees etc are excluded. So your plants will still develop tomatoes without the services of bees. Stay tuned for Tuesday's post.
Happy gardening
Duncan
Hello Duncan,
I too have begun picking an abundance of strawberries this week.
I have had the same plants in the same patch for the past 5 years with barely noticeable difference in yield.
My annual preparation involves clipping off all of the remaining top growth in winter. Then I vigorously scarify the patch with a hand rake. I am left with almost bare ground with only the strongest plants with good roots left after this (abuse). I fertilise with chicken manure pellets and simply wait for spring and the plants come through
Regards Mark
HI Mark,
Thanks for sharing your experience on growing strawberries. They are certainly resilient plants and incredibly productive. I'm not surprised that they are still productive after five years and I expect that mine will be the same.
Enjoy a summer rich in strawberries.
Duncan
great info ... as always. I'll be planting some veggies out tomorrow
Thanks Ina, enjoy the summer growing season.