On Jul 11, 1:11 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Quoting from:
>
> http://www.heraldandnews.com/article...ocal_news/loca...
>
> A Friday night thunderstorm that
> destroyed fields of strawberry seedlings in
> Butte Valley, Tulelake, Malin and Yonna
> Valley will likely cripple the strawberry
> market nationwide.
>
> California, which gets its strawberry plants
> from Klamath and Siskiyou county
> farmers, produces 75 percent of the nation's
> strawberries.

The problem will come about *next* year. They grow the plants from
seed in northern California, then transplant to fields in central
California to grow the berries. It's a two year process from seed to
strawberry.

Susan B.