Posted by Dwayne on August 4, 2005, 5:50 am
Check out the soil pH. We moved some blackberries from Arkansas (acidic) to
Kansas (neutral) and they weren't sweet and lost their flavor. We may try
lowering the pH next year, but it was very disappointing.
Dwayne
> I've left a few of my radishes to go to seed. They produce great flowers
> and now have some seed pods. Do I wait until the plant dies and then
> harvest the pods for planting next year?
> Also, I moved my strawberries patch this year and the few berries that are
> growing are either tasteless or EXTREMELY tart. Along with this my
> lettuce is bitter. Is there some difficiency in my soil that might
> account for this? Will my strawberries ever taste sweet again or do I
> have to start over next year?
> dazed and confused in calgary....
Posted by embertr on August 5, 2005, 11:45 pm
Thanks Dwayne, I'll check it out. It's odd but today I had one berry that
was as sweet as jam. That's not consistent though. Oh well, better luck
next year.
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:50:05 -0500, Dwayne wrote:
> Check out the soil pH. We moved some blackberries from Arkansas (acidic) to
> Kansas (neutral) and they weren't sweet and lost their flavor. We may try
> lowering the pH next year, but it was very disappointing.
>
> Dwayne
>
>> I've left a few of my radishes to go to seed. They produce great flowers
>> and now have some seed pods. Do I wait until the plant dies and then
>> harvest the pods for planting next year?
>>
>> Also, I moved my strawberries patch this year and the few berries that are
>> growing are either tasteless or EXTREMELY tart. Along with this my
>> lettuce is bitter. Is there some difficiency in my soil that might
>> account for this? Will my strawberries ever taste sweet again or do I
>> have to start over next year?
>>
>> dazed and confused in calgary....
Posted by Bill on August 6, 2005, 4:49 am
On 8/3/05 11:38 PM, in article pan.2005.08.04.06.38.39.786282@shaw.ca,
> Along with this my
> lettuce is bitter. Is there some difficiency in my soil that might
> account for this?
I have had bitter lettuce also... I figure it to be a lack of water and/or
high temperatures that make lettuce want to bolt=go to seed. My thinking is
any plant that grows fast will be sweet....you may want to give the lettuce
more water and when it gets hot....just cool it down by spraying a
'mist'...I have just quickly used a watering can to spray enough water to
just dampen the lettuce leaves... Just the leaves...then water heavily after
a little while. It does seem to work.
Bill
PS: Have a nice Sunday.
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> and now have some seed pods. Do I wait until the plant dies and then
> harvest the pods for planting next year?
> Also, I moved my strawberries patch this year and the few berries that are
> growing are either tasteless or EXTREMELY tart. Along with this my
> lettuce is bitter. Is there some difficiency in my soil that might
> account for this? Will my strawberries ever taste sweet again or do I
> have to start over next year?
> dazed and confused in calgary....