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Mon, Dec 22, 14 at 16:14
| Do strawberry plants need to go through a cold winter/period of dormancy to be able to bear fruit? Where I live temperatures only fluctuate by a few degrees throughout the year, usually between 22 and 33 C, so my outdoor environment would not be able to provide that chilling time. I have read about putting runners in the freezer for a couple of weeks to mimic winter. Could that work? Also, with days of 11 to 12 hours throughout the year, how would ever bearing and day neutral varieties behave? Would they just keep on going? |
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| Strawberries are temperate zone fruits and do poorly elsewhere. I have no idea about the refrigeration. Seems it could somewhat work at first, but you would need to pull plants every year. or grow in pots and put them yearly in the fridge. Also about 6-8 weeks in fridge would be better. Check http://strawberryplants.org/. Best site about strawberries ask there for advice. |
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