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 Strawberry festivals are a wonderful source of fun and excitement for kids of all ages and adults too! Strawberry shortcake, pageants, and a host of entertaining events make for a great weekend experience for families. As strawberry harvest season begins in earnest all around the country, the strawberry festivals coincide. If you are looking for something to do this weekend, check out these strawberry events. If you are are even relatively close to where one is occurring, consider making the trip!
The festivals that are happening this weekend are listed below. However, even MORE festivals are going to be happening over Memorial Day weekend, so if you can’t make one this weekend, see the entire directory for those happening throughout the rest of the year.
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 Strawberries are big business. Really big business. Since everyone loves strawberries, a billion-dollar industry has developed in order to meet the demand of consumers in America and around the world. California leads the world in strawberry production, but Florida, North Carolina, and other locations produce many tons of harvested berries annually.
But, humans aren’t the only entities that love strawberries. Bugs, slugs, and fungi love to feast upon the nutrient-rich fruits and plants. The more fruits are destroyed, the less the hard-working farmers can sell to salivating consumers. To increase the harvest, therefore, most strawberry producers have developed techniques and practices that allow for maximum yield and minimum loss. The widespread use of fumigants and pesticides has become mainstream.
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 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: How Long Do Strawberry Plants Live?
On January 27, 2011, Mark asked:
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New strawberry varieties are constantly being developed. Oftentimes, the improvements that are made through the breeding and selection process are somewhat significant, but small. Or, only certain aspects of the desired traits are manifest while others are not passed on during the process.
The latest release from Cornell’s berry breeder Courtney Weber is very [...]
Just in case you didn’t feel like there were already plenty of fantastic uses for strawberry plants, the delightful strawberry-producing forbs have been pressed into service…clean-up service. Spring Lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has become home to man-made floating islands that are intended to improve water quality and, consequently, the environment.
The islands are floating [...]
 Strawberries and Pineapples just go well together, don’t they?! The tropical goodness of pineapples meshed with the temperate tastiness of strawberries is enough to send even the most discriminating taste buds into a fit of olfactory and gustatory excitement. This strawberry pineapple salad recipe is a tried and trusted favorite of many an individual.
This chilled pineapple coconut strawberry salad recipe is easy to make, easy to modify and tweak, and even easier to enjoy. If you happened upon this page whilst looking for a different strawberry delectable delight, fret not! Strawberry Plants .org has an entire library of wonderful Strawberry Recipes that are sure to please. Browse on over and look for something else or different Strawberry Salads. Just click the above link to find a different strawberry-containing recipe that will be more in line with your expectations. Even if you don’t know quite what you are looking for, chances are that you will find something exciting to try!
Enough yammering. Let’s get right to the strawberry pineapple salad recipe recipe…
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 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: Are Dried Up Strawberry Plants Dead?
On September 17, 2010, Sheryl asked:
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 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: Strawberry Plants Producing Late?
On September 11, 2010, sira asked:
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 The goal here at Strawberry Plants .org is to spread the passion for strawberries far and wide. The vision is to see the number of home gardeners growing strawberries increase, to see the number of people appreciating strawberry recipes including this remarkable culinary berry increase, and to see the number of folks benefiting from the many healthful qualities of strawberries rise exponentially.
Because of the love for all things strawberry that abounds here, and the dedication to spread the joy, I do my best to answer questions from sincere folks. Answering questions about strawberries helps strawberry growers grow in confidence. So, this site is a place where you can come for strawberry-related help. I do my best to answer all legitimate questions, but sometimes it takes me a while to respond. So, previous questions that have been asked and answered (as well as future questions and answers) are going to be provided here (and added as they are asked in the future).
So, before submitting a new question, briefly check the previously answered questions to see if your concern has been addressed. Also, don’t forget that this site has a search function. Just type a few words related to your question in the box at the top right of this page, and see if you can find the answer to your question that way.
In order to facilitate the archiving of questions, each question is placed in a category. The first table below contains the categories. Each link within the category will take you to another table where the individual questions are. Clicking on each question will take you to a page where that question is asked and the strawberry answers are given. Without further ado, let the questions begin…
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Strawberry plants produce strawberries that produce profits for farmers all across the country. Strawberries are big business. So, anything that can increase the yields or ease of harvesting huge crops of juicy berries is often adopted. In the state of Wisconsin, commercial growers are presently allowed to use the herbicide Spartan 4F to control [...]
Ah, controversy is an interesting thing. When it comes to agriculture, one of the hot-button issues is whether or not organic farming is superior to conventional. With the advent of full-length documentaries on the topic, many people have become convinced that organic farming is not just better, but that conventional farming is detrimental to [...]
 People love strawberries. Gardeners who are new to growing strawberries often start out with dreams of bushels of berries and end up with virtually no harvest at all. One of the common causes of this undesirable phenomenon is overzealous fertilization by well-intentioned budding horticulturalists!
Don’t Over-Fertilize Healthy Strawberry Plants
When strawberry plants have access to seemingly unlimited resources, they tend to get fat and happy. Just like a 500 pound behemoth of a sloth who has millions of calories within reach of his armchair won’t go out of his way to be productive, strawberry plants who sit in an environment saturated with high concentrations nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus think good times are here to stay. So, they don’t produce much of harvest. They will devote their production to vegetative output. While it is true that strawberry plants have many medicinal uses and useful compounds, most people would prefer the simple delight of the strawberries themselves.
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With summer just around the corner, strawberry season is almost over. However, if you and yours are in a milder or more northern climate, you still have an opportunity to make the pilgrimage to a local strawberry farm to pick your own brimming baskets of fresh and juicy berries.
To help with your endeavors, [...]
 Strawberry plants, because of their unique genetic makeup, are one of the first crops available in most of the temperate world. Britain is one of these fortunate countries to reap bountiful harvests in the springtime. Weather plays a role in when crops mature, however. And, the United Kingdom has had tremendously favorable weather for the productions of strawberries.
British Strawberries: Sweeter
The warm weather and favorable conditions this year have produced the largest crop of English strawberries in the last 20 years. The warm temperatures through March and April have caused the harvest to arrive almost two full weeks earlier than normal. Plus, the increased sunshine has increased the sugar content of the berries. Bigger, sweeter strawberries? You bet!
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For those who can’t or won’t grow their own strawberries (even though they really should), organically-grown fruit is popular. Even as studies are showing that organic strawberries are better, more and more farmers are adapting organic methods for strawberry production.
In fact, this trend is even spreading to many countries outside the United States. [...]
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