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Default Tristar Strawberries


"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:01:58 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
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>>On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 3:37:05 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I am growing these this year. Got tons of berries but they are just
>>> starting
>>> to ripen. Alas, our sun that we were supposed to get today just did not
>>> happen. Anyway... I picked 4 of them the other day. They looked ripe but
>>> they were very sour. Everything I red about them indicates that they are
>>> sweet. Did I just pick them too soon? Anyone know?

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>>did they smell like a strawberry, if they are ripe they will have a nice
>>strong strawberry smell

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> do the sniff test. Strongly scented strawberries are ripe and sweet


Thanks.