• TinyBreak
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    8 days ago

    yum! How are your strawberries ready? I thought we were supposed to plan them the other weekend?

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        7 days ago

        oh cool, do they last that long? I just assumed they would die off at the end of the season.

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          7 days ago

          2-3 years until the viruses build up and kill them. They winter over just fine if you mulch them, or let Mother Nature do the mulching. Also, by the end of 2 years, all the local slugs & snails have them logged on their google maps so fruit quantity drops off dramatically unless you feel like being snailicidal.

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          7 days ago

          Perennial, unless you’re like me and things keep stealing them.