Good luck! Looking forward to reading reports on how the experiments work out.
It's really too hot here (central Texas) in Summer for strawberries, but one year I tried planting them under a large Elm tree, figuring the shade would mitigate the intense heat. They survived but only produced rather small berries. I suspect they needed more direct sunlight.
Maybe with smaller shade trees, the sunlight can be actively adjusted with judicial pruning...
When I was a kid we had a great strawberry patch, but that was in northern Virginia...
Thanks, Jeff! We already put a shading net over one of the strawberry beds. It does help. During flowering and fruiting season, it's not too hot yet, so that shouldn't be a problem. The problem is keeping them alive until autumn, I realise.
Good luck! Looking forward to reading reports on how the experiments work out.
It's really too hot here (central Texas) in Summer for strawberries, but one year I tried planting them under a large Elm tree, figuring the shade would mitigate the intense heat. They survived but only produced rather small berries. I suspect they needed more direct sunlight.
Maybe with smaller shade trees, the sunlight can be actively adjusted with judicial pruning...
When I was a kid we had a great strawberry patch, but that was in northern Virginia...
Thanks, Jeff! We already put a shading net over one of the strawberry beds. It does help. During flowering and fruiting season, it's not too hot yet, so that shouldn't be a problem. The problem is keeping them alive until autumn, I realise.
That makes sense. I may try again using your methods.
There's something about strawberries that says "Home" like no other fruit. Childhood memories, I guess. I'll report on progress.