Subj : Re: Pick your own fruit
To : DALE SHIPP
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Feb 10 2023 16:08:00
> MP> My grandfather grew stawberries and, IIRC, that is how they grew...
> MP> close to the ground. I have never seen them grown tall enough, like
> MP> blackberries do, that you didn't have to pick them from near the
> MP> ground.
> I have seen adverts for "strawberry barrels" in which cut outs in the
> sides of a barrel allow for planting strawberries up the side of the
> barrel. I have no idea if they really worked, and have serious doubts
> that it would be feasible in a commercial setting.
Maybe not, but that is a pretty neat concept and would be good for someone
who likes strawberries but that also has difficulty harvesting them from
their ground-level habitat.
