Hi, I have 2 baskets.  One with Fresca variety and one with Alpine.

The Alpine have produced a lot of good sized strawberries but the Fresca variety strawberries are very tiny and hardly worth picking.

Does anyone know the reason for this ?

Thanks. 

Hi Karen,

What position are both baskets in?

Do you water them with same ammounts of water?

What feed are you using?

Has the basket been dry at some point?

Mike Easom

Hi, the Alpine were grown from seed this year and only transferred to basket in July but flowered very quickly and now the fruit is being produced.

Both baskets have a self watering system which waters them twice a day so same amount of water in each.

I did give a tomato plant feed to the Fresco once but have not given to the Alpine as I am sure I read somewhere you dont have to give a feed in the first year ?

Could this be the problem ? The one feed I have given to the Fresco has made so much difference ?

Thanks.

Hi Karen,

I do have alpine strawberrys in my garden in pots, i find giving them a light feed when mature allways helps keep the plants strong and producing good fruits, especially in the summer months when they are working hard to produce good growth and fruits. once every two weeks with tommerite.

Fresco i would imagine is larger in size, fruit and plant, there for it will have more of a need for water and feed.

Feeding can be very difficult to explain, i tend to reccomend halving the stated dose so everytime you water, the plants get a light feed, when they need it.

Check your baskets weight, if bone dry give 2/3 good watering to swell the compost when the compost is swollen i would then give a feed, otherwise the feed will be wasted.

If the basket is very wet then allow to dry out.

good luck, let me know how you get on

Mike Easom