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What am I doing wrong? (strawberries)

17 years ago

I have quite a few strawberry plants (Quinault) that I planted last spring. I pinched off all the buds last year and let them root really well and they put out a few good runners, so now they are pretty well established and plentiful.

My problem? The dang slugs! I know it's slugs, I see their yucky trail all over the fruits. Some they completely gut and some they just nibble a bit, but the fact remains- I have yet to have a single edible berry, and they've been ripening in dribs and drabs for a week now. Every day I find about 5 berries that are ripe- yet from the slugs, they are just inedible. What exactly is the beer trick I see mentioned? I heard about it first on the tv show King of the Hill, haha, and it didn't work too well for them, but hey, it's a tv show, so that's not gospel. :)

Also, some of the berries are soggy. My mom says I should keep them off the ground, but how?

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