Subj : Re: Pick your own fruit
To   : DALE SHIPP
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Feb 10 2023 16:08:00

>  MP> My grandfather grew stawberries and, IIRC, that is how they grew...
>  MP> close to the ground.  I have never seen them grown tall enough, like
>  MP> blackberries do, that you didn't have to pick them from near the
>  MP> ground.

> I have seen adverts for "strawberry barrels" in which cut outs in the
> sides of a barrel allow for planting strawberries up the side of the
> barrel.  I have no idea if they really worked, and have serious doubts
> that it would be feasible in a commercial setting.

Maybe not, but that is a pretty neat concept and would be good for someone
who likes strawberries but that also has difficulty harvesting them from
their ground-level habitat.

Mike


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