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| While inspecting the towers I realized that everything was droopy. How could that be, I wondered? Everything is on an Orbit dual output timer.
Yes, the timer had failed. I hope I caught it in time, but of course it occurred just as my berries were starting to turn red. I guess my hubris is being punished - the deer just found my 3-1 cheery, too. Andrew |
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| If they are just droopy, and not dried and brown, they should bounce back. Your harvest may not be that great this season, but they will be fine for next year. Strawberries are pretty hardy and can take quite a but of neglect. If it is their first year, your harvest probably would not have been that great anyway, but don't give up on them. |
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| Oh, I'm far too stupid to give up. For the cherries and apple tree, they are in 3x3 foot 'boxes' (no bottom) to help them get started in my otherwise clay-heavy soil. I'm going to run to Home Depot and pick up their 7' deer net/fencing and 3/4" 10' PVC pipe. I figure I'll put a 'post' in each of the corners and circle the trees with the netting. It should last until they grow more and I can bury several feet of the PVC inside the box to keep it rigid and upright. Any better idea on the trees? I've already (too late) sprayed them with Deer Off. Other than 'I'm too stupid to quit', is there any good reason why I keep trying to beat Mother Nature? I mean I NEVER get any of the blueberries from my plants - the chipmunks eat them all and thumb their noses at me, after all. Andrew |
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| Did your strawberry towers recover? |
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| Well, they certainly have not recovered. Dead? I don't know yet. It is certainly grim - some of the plants are showing brown and none of the lower levels (where the recent rains wouldn't have penetrated during my failure-induced drought) are in any way perking up. The before pictures compared to the current state is really sad. There's always next year. :( Andrew |
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