Or that’s Judy how they grow. There will be odd shaped ones.
Or the soil is not ideal. Msybe it has toxins or heavy metals. Or insufficient nutrients.
I_like_beouf
Were your seeds not heirloom?
yukaputz
Becaue you are gardening in the chernobyl exclusion zone? Hardiness… zone 1. 🙂
AutomaticElk98
I think this is what happens when the flower only gets partially pollinated – the fruit doesn’t really bother making proper fruit around the unfertilized seeds.
cobalt-r
It could be frost damage? Especially if they’re growing in a low lying area. Has it been very cold in your area recently?
_nevers_
I’m guessing a boron deficiency? If you’re growing in ground, maybe hit them with a good compost tea and microbial inoculant, then top dress with compost.
Gettingoffonit
It looks like partial pollination.
The fruit knows which seeds are fertile and which aren’t and it will focus production around the viable seeds.
If you look closely you will notice that the plumper areas of your strawberries have large seeds and the pinched or underdeveloped areas have small seeds.
If you are using pesticides stop. Otherwise don’t worry about it. Early strawberries are the most effected by this because the pollinators aren’t in full swing yet. The issue should correct itself now that the butterflies and bees are waking up.
QPEPDC
Worked as a beekeeper on a strawberry farm – 100% pollination error. Ya need more bees! And if you have netting up make sure the holes are big enough for them to get through!
icnoevil
Because they are poorly pollinated. Get honeybees.
megx420
my first crop always looks like this. i just pluck them off and compost them. the next ones will look better when more pollinators get to them. also recommend adding flowers near ur berries to attract more bees
Bagel-Jesus
plants grow in the shape of their souls
speppers69
My first and over winter strawberries always look like that. I’m in Northern California and my strawberries produce all year. But the winter ones always look kinda funky. Sometimes only the bottom part gets ripe and the upper half is still white. I’ve found that some of those funky looking ones have some amazing flavor. Even if they’re hard as a rock. Definitely not the slicing up kind. More the bite into kind and suck on the juice.
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I told you not to plant a garden at Chernobyl!
It may be the breed. Or hybridized.
Or that’s Judy how they grow. There will be odd shaped ones.
Or the soil is not ideal. Msybe it has toxins or heavy metals. Or insufficient nutrients.
Were your seeds not heirloom?
Becaue you are gardening in the chernobyl exclusion zone? Hardiness… zone 1. 🙂
I think this is what happens when the flower only gets partially pollinated – the fruit doesn’t really bother making proper fruit around the unfertilized seeds.
It could be frost damage? Especially if they’re growing in a low lying area. Has it been very cold in your area recently?
I’m guessing a boron deficiency? If you’re growing in ground, maybe hit them with a good compost tea and microbial inoculant, then top dress with compost.
It looks like partial pollination.
The fruit knows which seeds are fertile and which aren’t and it will focus production around the viable seeds.
If you look closely you will notice that the plumper areas of your strawberries have large seeds and the pinched or underdeveloped areas have small seeds.
If you are using pesticides stop. Otherwise don’t worry about it. Early strawberries are the most effected by this because the pollinators aren’t in full swing yet. The issue should correct itself now that the butterflies and bees are waking up.
Worked as a beekeeper on a strawberry farm – 100% pollination error. Ya need more bees! And if you have netting up make sure the holes are big enough for them to get through!
Because they are poorly pollinated. Get honeybees.
my first crop always looks like this. i just pluck them off and compost them. the next ones will look better when more pollinators get to them. also recommend adding flowers near ur berries to attract more bees
plants grow in the shape of their souls
My first and over winter strawberries always look like that. I’m in Northern California and my strawberries produce all year. But the winter ones always look kinda funky. Sometimes only the bottom part gets ripe and the upper half is still white. I’ve found that some of those funky looking ones have some amazing flavor. Even if they’re hard as a rock. Definitely not the slicing up kind. More the bite into kind and suck on the juice.