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We have grown strawberries for quite a few years but I have found that this year, although the crop is fairly good, the strawberries are quite tart. Could this be the lack of sun? They have never been like this before.
Indeed lack of sun, it takes warm sunlight to change the starches into sugars - all berries etc. will be sour this year due to poor light. Mine haven't even thought about going red yet, never mind sweet.
My strawberries taste very watery - too much rain perhaps? They are also rotting on the plant before I have a chance to ripen - boo!
Thank you Bookertoo, I thought it may be the case.
Of course, I meant - THEY have a chance to ripen - not ME!!
Yes SFord mine are the same, watery and rotting on the plants but have also had a problem with ants burrowing into them
Kagee wrote (see)
Ants don't burrow into strawberries- something else has made a hole bird or slug probably- then ants, woodlice etc move in to clean up
