Not so Sweet Strawberries

by Lee
(Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

I planted my strawberries between my blueberry plants and they are not so sweet even though they are blood red and ripe.

How to get them sweeter? Are they in the right location? They get about 4 hours of sun every day.


ANSWER:


Strawberries need lots of sunshine to produce sweet fruit. They are probably not getting enough sunshine growing between the blueberry bushes.

We plant strawberries completely out in the open, where they will receive full sun all day long. Warm weather helps sweeten the berries also. When we have stretches of cool and rainy weather in the summer, I notice that the berries aren't as sweet.