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More on Pollination!

With all the snow and ice covering Britain and parts of Europe not many will be thinking about pollination. However for those lucky enough to find time to spend in the office or garden shed you may be planning ahead … Continue reading

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Fleece & Floating

It has been a cold Winter in Britain, just as elsewhere in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. Fruit crops are generally developing later than they have in recent years. It has been suggested that strawberry crops were running … Continue reading

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Cold Poland!

This post is written from Poland. A country gripped by a ‘proper winter’ having experienced -25oc in January and it is still snowing. Fortunately crops like strawberries are protected by the snow, which accumulated before the lowest temperatures arrived. Even … Continue reading

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Promoting Earliness under Tunnels

For northern European growers the new year is kicking off with key staff returning to farms to prepare for the coming season. In Holland there will be glasshouse growers who have only just stopped picking Elsanta strawberries but the majority … Continue reading

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