gardener to farmer, too

Waaaaay back in March, I brought the strawberries into the greenhouse, hoping to have an early treat… As the plants started warming up and growing, some hateful insects started eating the leaves…

I didn’t know what it was or what to do about it…You all gave me suggestions, and several of you identified the problem as weevils. In fact, strawberries have their own special weevil…called, wait for it, the Strawberry Root Weevil, dun, dun, dun….Aack, what a gross pest…anything with larvae really freaks me out.

Anyway, I grabbed up the plants and put them out into the yard…away from my seedlings. They sat outside for the next two months or so… During that time, we had a couple of freezes (which is ridiculous…Mother Nature is seriously acting up)…didn’t kill the plants, but they stopped growing. As we moved into the spring, I noticed the new growth on the plants had no notches in it…
I kept an eye on it, waiting to see the evidence of my strawberries turning into a buggy snack…for the rest of the article, join me at Gardener to Farmer …

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