Day Neutral / everbearing strawberries: remove blossoms??

swamper · May 26, 2013

I'm growing 3 types of Day Neutral / everbearing strawberries: Tristar, Mara de Bois, and Ozark Beauty. I'm wondering how much I will be rewarded with more fruit later if I remove the first set of blossoms?

I don't have any June bearing types, so I'm tempted to just let them mature and take what I get later. I don't really care about berry size, but flavor matters.

I've had very good tasting berries from Tristar. I also tried seascape and evie in 2009-2011, and didn't think the flavor was up to par.

the tristar plants were rejuvenated last year; the mara de bois were purchased new last year, and the ozark beauties are purchased new this year. I've seen recommendations to not rejuvenate, but the tristars seem to be putting out lots of blossoms.

May 26, 2013	#1
swamper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: CT Posts: 219	Day Neutral / everbearing strawberries: remove blossoms?? I'm growing 3 types of Day Neutral / everbearing strawberries: Tristar, Mara de Bois, and Ozark Beauty. I'm wondering how much I will be rewarded with more fruit later if I remove the first set of blossoms? I don't have any June bearing types, so I'm tempted to just let them mature and take what I get later. I don't really care about berry size, but flavor matters. I've had very good tasting berries from Tristar. I also tried seascape and evie in 2009-2011, and didn't think the flavor was up to par. the tristar plants were rejuvenated last year; the mara de bois were purchased new last year, and the ozark beauties are purchased new this year. I've seen recommendations to not rejuvenate, but the tristars seem to be putting out lots of blossoms.