Pineberry and Purple Strawberry Plants - Brown Leaves soon after planting.

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With underwatering the plant will wilt over while it is green and shrivel up. What you show is more likely overwatering than underwatering.

 

[phkc070408]

OK then. I was trying to be conservative too. Conservative but Consistent. I'll cut back even more

 

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Next time you water mix 1 pint of 3% hydrogen peroxide per gallon of water. That will aerate the soil and kill off some of the harmful fungi, along with the good too.

 

[phkc070408]

Sounds good. Thanks for the help tonight. I appreciate it.

 

[phkc070408]

So, I think I got to the bottom of this - it was under watering. It was also quite warm inside my hooped garden so I suspect the heat, combined with dry conditions, caused the leaves to burn.

My strawberries are planted in raised rows. When I watered them, the water was not seaping into the middle of the mound. I was too concerned with over-watering.

I removed the cover, have been watering more. While one plant died, all others are doing better and most of my bare-roots have leaves now.

 

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When you water, water deeply and then let it dry.