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title: "Just looked at my strawberry plant and it looks really bad is it a…"
description: "Just looked at my strawberry plant and it looks really bad is it a pest or something else?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Blooming Dawn"
published: "2024-10-15T15:16:48.093551Z"
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# Just looked at my strawberry plant and it looks really bad is it a…

_Posted by Blooming Dawn on 2024-10-15_

Just looked at my strawberry plant and it looks really bad is it a pest or something else?

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## 6 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-10-15

Looks like it bolted and then died, also if you’re in the northern hemisphere it’s a little late for strawberries too

### Blooming Dawn commented on 2024-10-15

I'm in the southern area is that worse

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-10-15

Oh goodness, so like Australia or?

### Blooming Dawn commented on 2024-10-15

Sorry no I meant southern part of the USA

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-10-15

Oh okay, yeah up here we’re experiencing fall and usually strawberries die off, especially close to frost dates. Also too with it bolting and flowering before producing fruits probably meant that all the suckers of the plant weren’t pinched off in time. Epic gardening has a lot of good videos about strawberries and when and how to grow them

### Blooming Dawn commented on 2024-10-15

Thank you so much!

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