MUSHY STRAWBERRIES !!!

[greenishfingers]

Hope someone can throw some light on this one.... some of my strawberries have gone an orangey-pink colour and very mushy. Does any1 know what's happening and how to resolve it? Was looking like it was going to be a bumper crop this year,I'll be heartbroken if I lose the b****y lot now !!! Help?!?!?

[JeremyinCzechRep]

Have you had any hail recently? It sounds like it could be hail damage. If it is, fruit that comes later should be fine.

[JulieSherris]

Yeah, it sounds like a cold issue - but it hasn't been that cold where you are, has it?
I have no idea apart from that, sorry Maybe Tony will know?

[greenishfingers]

No,lastweek or so it's relly warmed up.Befor i went away I gave all the fruit a good watering and put straw under the strawberries in anticipation of a bumper crop ! I finally get to go away for a few days and look what bloody happens as soon as I turn my back !!!! : )

[Mrs Moustoir]

Could be cold or that they have been baked in the sun. We've had a few that over-ripened in direct sunshine this week. They went a sort of pinky - beige colour and had a mushy texture.

Didn't affect the whole crop though and we've still had plenty of strawberries. Hopefully your crop will be the same.