The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(
Daisy
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Daisy
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some other fall flowers i like
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Yellow, flower with bug around...
Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008
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Crazy looking flower
Orange lillies
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Purple Flower
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Lupine at Quail Hollow Ranch, CA USA
Robert Nyman
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Asim Shah posted a photo:
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Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008
Without intense care no harvest. Normally at least a daily inspection with hands on is needed. Every few days a more accurate care and control to hand select / remove snails or remove larger weeds that might cover up the strawberry plants. The plant needs lots of hot sunshine during the period between blossom and strawberry harvest.
Small weeds and grass actually would be beneficial to have between the plants. Most farmers lack to courage to let all the small weeds and grass survive. As you can see on most of the pictures here, the fields are usually completely cleaned up from all other growth.
Here in Trinidad most strawberry fields are sprayed regularly, weekly or more often with chemicals - fungicide and pesticide or as seen here, the toxic chemicals are added to the flooding water used for irrigation once or several times a week.
In true mixed culture as common at home in private garden, there is absolutely NO need for any chemicals of any kind nor for any fertilizer! Strawberries are rugged plants and survive / prosper easily all year if planted amidst all other flowers and plants of your organic garden. Just see how nature does it - wild strawberries grow in wild grass and forest without any chemicals or fertilizer.
In album Fruits of the Philippine islands
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