growing strawberries, was [Sca-cooks] Plum loco

[Dana Huffman]

How hot did the balcony get?  I had a south-facing balcony
for many years and never had much luck with anything
because it would all go heat dormant by mid-summer.  And
this was in Seattle!  70 degrees outside, but 90 on the
balcony; the roof over the balcony trapped all the heat.
If the whole plant just sat there and didn't grow or have
new leaves, this may be your problem.

Also, bloom booster or fuschia food will encourage potted
plants to bloom and therefore have fruit.  If the plants
grew but you didn't get any fruit, this might help.

If you had flowers but the fruit didn't set, I've heard
that tickling the flowers with a feather will help
pollinate them, but haven't ever tried it.

HTH.

Dana/Ximena

--- Druighad at aol.com wrote:
> Really? oh. Well thank you for correcting me. Afterall,
> I'm just a city girl
> wit a penchant for baking and cooking, not necessarily
> growing things.
>
> Um, maybe you can answer a question for me then. I was
> trying to grow
> stawberries this summer and it didn't work so well. I
> live on the fourth
> floor of an apt. building with a southern facing balcony.
> I have a very nice
> strawberry pot and I planted the plants in that. About
> two to the top and one
> in each space on the sides. Can you give me a few reasons
> why they just
> didn't thrive? Well lighted, well watered, not much wind.
> Help?
>
> Finnebhir


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