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Tarnished plant bug damage - strawberries
Bee witched
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Evening everyone,
I have what appears to be classic tarnished plant bug damage on many of my strawberries this year. The fruits are deformed, and at first I suspected poor pollination ..... I did wonder how that could happen as we have 8 hives of honeybees in the garden
Do any of you have any experience of preventing this using cultural methods .... too late for this year I know.
Many thanks,
Bee x
I have what appears to be classic tarnished plant bug damage on many of my strawberries this year. The fruits are deformed, and at first I suspected poor pollination ..... I did wonder how that could happen as we have 8 hives of honeybees in the garden
Do any of you have any experience of preventing this using cultural methods .... too late for this year I know.
Many thanks,
Bee x
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
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I agree it could be weather related .... but the damage does look more like the tarnished plant bug rather than frost. I grow the strawberries in troughs and I pop them into the greenhouse if a late frost is forecast.
I do have some good fruit .... but about half are deformed and probably not even fit for jam
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime