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title: "First time gardener, first flowers (strawberry). Tucson is having a…"
description: "First time gardener, first flowers (strawberry). Tucson is having a heatwave and I’m worried they are scorching my flowers. Can I have confirmation? Planta…"
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community: "Gardening and Outdoor"
author: "Kiley F"
published: "2026-03-14T16:47:49.551759Z"
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# First time gardener, first flowers (strawberry). Tucson is having a…

_Posted by Kiley F on 2026-03-14_

First time gardener, first flowers (strawberry). Tucson is having a heatwave and I’m worried they are scorching my flowers. Can I have confirmation? Planta says too much light, but I think it’s heat. It gets shade around 1:30 in my area.

Please give me your wisdom 😭

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## 7 comments

### Melissa commented on 2026-03-14

I’m in Dallas \& mine have been flowering for a while..,I keep pinching them off. Have no idea if that’s what I’m supposed to do…but this one was hiding under the leaves 🤣

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#### Melissa replied on 2026-03-14

Oh, and this is out in my garden \& almost a year old.

#### Cheri replied on 2026-03-25

If you pinch them off, how are you gonna get strawberries? The flowers turn into strawberries!

#### Kiley F replied on 2026-03-26

I was told it will produce bigger fruit if you pinch the first few!

#### Melissa replied on 2026-03-26

That’s what i thought, so earlier in the season…I did that. They are flowering again now \& I’m leaving these.

### Melody commented on 2026-04-09

I don’t know much but South Florida has a huge strawberry festival each year. If they are fine in those temps…

#### Kiley F replied on 2026-04-09

How hot does Fl get? At this time it was averaging over the 100s!

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