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Strawberry Plant Issues.

jamie.lee.sutcliffejamie.lee.sutcliffe Posts: 8
edited May 2022 in Problem solving
Hi Everyone,

I have grown 3 Strawberry plants from seed this year and everything seem to be going well, the leaves where nice and green and the plants had good growth.

I repotted them a few weeks ago in to bigger pots and since then things have not been so good.

The leaves have started to turn brown at the ends and a few have gone yellow too.

Can anyone help me in identifying what I have done wrong or what the problem is? I'm thinking it could be potassium deficiency? 

Thanks in advance.

Jamie 🙂



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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    If they're just been re-potted with some fresh compost there shouldn't be a deficiency of anything.
    The compost does look very dry though which will prevent plants from getting the nutrients they need.
    Are they outside?  where they should be

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  • jamie.lee.sutcliffejamie.lee.sutcliffe Posts: 8
    @Pete.8 no there under my grow lights at the moment I'm due to start hardening them off this week as I'm in Yorkshire and it's been very cold over night, do you think it's just that? 

    I bottom water them so sometimes the top does look dry when there still alot of water in the soil still.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    They really don't want to be indoors at all now - they are very, very hardy plants.
    I'd get them out in the fresh air asap - somewhere a bit shady at first for a week then they'll be ready to plant wherever you want them.
    Once planted for a week or so you can trim off any manky leaves.


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • jamie.lee.sutcliffejamie.lee.sutcliffe Posts: 8
    @Pete.8 Thanks for the advice I will.lvw them out side today. 👍
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited May 2022
    No need to cosset them at all as @Pete.8 says. Totally hardy. I leave small runners out all year round.    :)
    They regularly get damaged leaves which you just remove. They'll soon make new ones.  They need some decent soil, and food and water to get them doing really well.

    However - well done on growing from seed!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



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  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    I keep mine in the greenhouse (out of reach of deer and blackbirds) and still get decent crops, usefully a month earlier than outdoors. So they can tolerate hotter conditions but would grow best outdoors in the ground. Don't expect any fruit from them this year though, remove any flowers which form and let them establish well.
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