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title: "Hey anyone know what I can do to help my strawberries actually make…"
description: "Hey anyone know what I can do to help my strawberries actually make it to full ripeness? They keep getting moldy on me :-( We kept these growing up, but it was…"
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community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "PatOnTheBack"
published: "2024-04-17T17:44:58.969247Z"
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# Hey anyone know what I can do to help my strawberries actually make…

_Posted by PatOnTheBack on 2024-04-17_

Hey anyone know what I can do to help my strawberries actually make it to full ripeness? They keep getting moldy on me :-(

We kept these growing up, but it was much sunnier at my parents house than it is here and we also had an actual plant bed whereas here I’m confined to planter boxes and pots. I’m just trying to figure out the learning curve I guess?

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## 4 comments

### Plants plants commented on 2024-04-18

I hope you figure it out I struggle with mine to and I can’t figure it out ugh

#### PatOnTheBack replied on 2024-04-19

Hoping we have better luck as it starts warming up 🤞

#### Plants plants replied on 2024-04-19

Oh one tip iv gotten is try to keep the berries off the soil iv seen people use mettle mesh I personally used a lil plastic wrap around the base of the plant to try and catch any incoming berries and keep them off the dirt !

### Charr commented on 2024-04-19

May want to use a fungicide spray. Cut off moldy parts.

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